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Exhibit 99.3
LETTER TO DTC PARTICIPANTS REGARDING THE OFFER TO EXCHANGE
ANY AND ALL OUTSTANDING 10 1/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
FOR
10 1/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
OF
REXNORD CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED ___________, 2003
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON ___________,
2003, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME MAY BE EXTENDED FROM TIME
TO TIME, THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR THE
EXPIRATION DATE.
___________, 2003
To Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated ___________, 2003 (the
"Prospectus") and a Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") that
together constitute the offer (the "Exchange Offer") by Rexnord Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to exchange up to $225,000,000 in
principal amount of its 10 1/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "Exchange Notes"),
which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), for any and all outstanding 10 1/8% Senior Notes due 2012,
issued and sold in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities
Act (the "Private Notes"), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus. The Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal more fully describe the
Exchange Offer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
given to them in the Prospectus.
We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Private Notes
registered in your name or in the name of your nominee. In addition, we ask you
to contact your clients who, to your knowledge, hold Private Notes registered in
their own name.
Enclosed are copies of the following documents:
1. The Prospectus;
2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use in connection with the tender of
Private Notes and for the information of your clients;
3. The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange
Offer if the Private Notes and all other required documents cannot be
delivered to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date;
4. A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you
hold Private Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee,
with space provided for obtaining the clients' instructions with regard
to the Exchange Offer; and
5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
Substitute Form W-9.
DTC participants will be able to execute tenders through the DTC Automated
Tender Offer Program.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON ___________, 2003, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY. WE URGE YOU TO
CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.
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You will be reimbursed by the Company for customary mailing and handling
expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your
clients.
Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained form the Exchange
Agent, at the address and telephone numbers set forth below.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A.
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BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL: BY REGULAR MAIL OR OVERNIGHT COURIER:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
MAC #N9303-121 MAC #N9303-121
Corporate Trust Operations Corporate Trust Operations
P.O. Box 1517 6th & Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55480-1517 Minneapolis, MN 55479
BY HAND DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. (612) 667-4927
608 Second Avenue South
Corporate Trust Operations, 12th Fl.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
FOR INFORMATION OR CONFIRMATION BY TELEPHONE:
(800) 344-5128
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NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO
THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS AND
THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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