EX-99.1 12 y01956exv99w1.htm EX-99.1: FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
To Tender
U.S.$1,500,000,000 5.375% Notes Due 2013 (CUSIP: 03938LAC8) and U.S.$1,500,000,000 6.125% Notes Due 2018 (CUSIP: 03938LAF1)
which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
for any and all outstanding unregistered U.S.$1,500,000,000 5.375% Notes Due 2013 and
U.S.$1,500,000,000 6.125% Notes Due 2018
of
ArcelorMittal
pursuant to the prospectus dated            , 2008
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON       , 2008 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS OF ORIGINAL NOTES MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
Delivery to the Exchange Agent, HSBC Bank USA, National Association:
By Regular, Registered or Certified Mail,
By Overnight Courier or By Hand:
         
By Facsimile:   HSBC Bank USA, National Association   Confirm by Telephone:
(718) 488-4488   Corporate Trust & Loan Agency   (800) 662-9844
    2 Hanson Place, 14th Floor    
Attention: Corporate Trust   Brooklyn, New York 10217-1409    
Operations   Attention: Corporate Trust    
    Operations    
     Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal to an address, or transmission via telegram, telex or facsimile, other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery. The instructions contained herein should be read carefully before this Letter of Transmittal is completed.
     HOLDERS WHO WISH TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE EXCHANGE NOTES FOR THEIR ORIGINAL NOTES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) THEIR ORIGINAL NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
     By execution hereof, the undersigned acknowledges receipt of the prospectus (the “Prospectus”), dated            , 2008, of ArcelorMittal (the “Company”), which, together with this Letter of Transmittal and the instructions hereto (the “Letter of Transmittal”), constitutes the Company’s offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) up to an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$1,500,000,000 5.375% Notes Due 2013 and U.S.$1,500,000,000 6.125% Notes Due 2018 (respectively, the “2013 Exchange Notes” and the “2018 Exchange Notes” and, together, the “Exchange Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a registration statement of which the Prospectus constitutes a part, for a like principal amount of its outstanding unregistered U.S.$1,500,000,000 5.375% Notes Due 2013 and U.S.$1,500,000,000 6.125% Notes Due 2018 (respectively, the “2013 Original Notes” and the “2018 Original Notes” and, together, the “Original Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
     This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by Holders if: (i) certificates representing Original Notes are to be physically delivered to the Exchange Agent herewith by Holders or (ii) tender of Original Notes is to be made according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.” Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.

 


 

     If delivery of the Original Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the Exchange Agent at DTC, this Letter of Transmittal need not be manually executed; provided, however, that tenders of Original Notes must be effected in accordance with the procedures mandated by DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”).
     The term “Holder” with respect to the Exchange Offer means: (i) any person in whose name Original Notes are registered on the books of the Company or the trustee or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered Holder or (ii) any participant in DTC whose Original Notes are held of record by DTC who desires to deliver such Original Notes by book-entry transfer at DTC.
     The undersigned has completed, executed and delivered this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offer. Holders who wish to tender their Original Notes must complete this letter in its entirety.
     The instructions included with this Letter of Transmittal must be followed. Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of the Prospectus, this Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to the Information Agent. See Instruction 8 herein.
     HOLDERS WHO WISH TO ACCEPT THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND TENDER THEIR ORIGINAL NOTES MUST COMPLETE THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IN ITS ENTIRETY.
     List below the Original Notes to which this Letter of Transmittal relates. If the space provided below is inadequate, list the certificate numbers and principal amounts on a separately executed schedule and affix the schedule to this Letter of Transmittal. Tenders of Original Notes will be accepted only in authorized denominations.
 
DESCRIPTION OF 2013 ORIGINAL NOTES
             
    Certificate Number(s)*       Aggregate Principal Amount
Name(s) and Address(es) of   (attach signed list   Aggregate Principal Amount   Tendered
Holder(s)   if necessary)   of 2013 Original Note(s)   (if less than all)**
 
(Please fill in if blank)
           
 
TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 2013 ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED
 
*   Need not be completed by Holders tendering by book-entry transfer.
 
**   Need not be completed by Holders who wish to tender with respect to all 2013 Original Notes listed. See Instruction 2. 2013 Original Notes tendered hereby must be in denominations of principal amount of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
DESCRIPTION OF 2018 ORIGINAL NOTES
             
    Certificate Number(s)*       Aggregate Principal Amount
Name(s) and Address(es) of   (attach signed list   Aggregate Principal Amount   Tendered
Holder(s)   if necessary)   of 2018 Original Note(s)   (if less than all)**
 
(Please fill in if blank)
           
 
TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 2018 ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED
 
*   Need not be completed by Holders tendering by book-entry transfer.
 
**   Need not be completed by Holders who wish to tender with respect to all 2018 Original Notes listed. See Instruction 2. 2018 Original Notes tendered hereby must be in denominations of principal amount of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

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o   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY DTC TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT’S ACCOUNT AT DTC AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Name of Tendering Institution:
DTC Book-Entry Account:
Transaction Code No.:
     If Holders desire to tender Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (i) certificates representing such Original Notes are not lost but are not immediately available, (ii) time will not permit this Letter of Transmittal, certificates representing such Original Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date or (iii) the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the Expiration Date, such Holders may effect a tender of such Original Notes in accordance with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”
o   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY DELIVERED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Name(s) of Holder(s) of Original Notes:
Window Ticket No. (if any):
Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery:
Name of Eligible Institution that Guaranteed Delivery:
DTC Book-Entry Account No.:
If Delivered by Book-Entry Transfer:
Name of Tendering Institution:
Transaction Code No.:
o   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND NON-EXCHANGED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE TO BE RETURNED BY CREDITING THE DTC ACCOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE.
o   CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE ORIGINAL NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:
Address:

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Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Subject to the terms of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Company the principal amount of Original Notes indicated above. Subject to and effective upon the acceptance for exchange of the principal amount of Original Notes tendered in accordance with this Letter of Transmittal, the undersigned sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company all right, title and interest in and to the Original Notes tendered hereby. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent its agent and attorney-in-fact (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Company and as trustee under the indentures for the Original Notes and the Exchange Notes) with respect to the tendered Original Notes with full power of substitution to (i) deliver certificates for such Original Notes to the Company, or transfer ownership of such Original Notes on the account books maintained by DTC, together, in either such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, the Company and (ii) present such Original Notes for transfer on the books of the Company and (iii) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Original Notes, all in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer. The power of attorney granted in this paragraph shall be deemed irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
     The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that he or she has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Original Notes tendered hereby and that the Company will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim, when the same are acquired by the Company. The undersigned also acknowledges that this Exchange Offer is being made in reliance upon existing interpretations by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) set forth in interpretive letters issued to parties unrelated to the Company that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for sale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who acquires such Original Notes directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act or any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holder’s business and such holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution of such Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act. If a holder of Original Notes is engaged in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Notes or has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC described above and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction.
     The undersigned represents that (i) any Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Original Notes tendered hereby will be acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes, whether or not such person is the undersigned, (ii) neither the holder of such Original Notes nor any such other person has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, is engaged in or intends to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act and (iii) neither the holder of such Original Notes nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer receiving Exchange Notes for its own account, it represents that it acquired the Original Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will deliver a prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes to the extent required by applicable law or regulation or SEC pronouncement. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes, the undersigned is not deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
     The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Exchange Agent or the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the assignment and transfer of the Original Notes tendered hereby.

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     For purposes of the Exchange Offer, the Company shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Original Notes when, as and if the Company has given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. If any tendered Original Notes are not accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer for any reason, certificates for any such unaccepted Original Notes will be returned (except as noted below with respect to tenders through DTC), without expense, to the undersigned at the address shown below or at a different address as may be indicated under “Special Issuance Instructions” as promptly as practicable after the Expiration Date.
     All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Letter of Transmittal shall survive the death, incapacity or dissolution of the undersigned and every obligation under this Letter of Transmittal shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.
     The undersigned understands that tenders of Original Notes pursuant to the procedures described under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus and in the instructions hereto will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer.
     Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Issuance Instructions,” please issue the certificates representing the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes accepted for exchange and return any Original Notes not tendered or not exchanged, in the name(s) of the undersigned (or in either such event in the case of Original Notes tendered by DTC, by credit to the account at DTC). Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please send the certificates representing the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes accepted for exchange and any certificates for Original Notes not tendered or not exchanged (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signatures, unless, in either event, tender is being made through DTC. In the event that both “Special Issuance Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” are completed, please issue the certificates representing the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes accepted for exchange and return any Original Notes not tendered or not exchanged in the name(s) of, and send said certificates to, the person(s) so indicated. The undersigned recognizes that the Company has no obligation pursuant to the “Special Issuance Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” to transfer any Original Notes from the name of the registered holder(s) thereof if the Company does not accept for exchange any of the Original Notes so tendered.

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PLEASE SIGN HERE
(To Be Completed by All Tendering Holders of Original Notes Regardless
of Whether Original Notes Are Being Physically Delivered Herewith)
     This Letter of Transmittal must be signed by the Holder(s) of Original Notes exactly as their name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for Original Notes or, if tendered by a participant in DTC, exactly as such participant’s name appears on a security position listing as the owner of Original Notes, or by person(s) authorized to become registered Holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted with this Letter of Transmittal. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title below under “Capacity” and submit evidence satisfactory to the Company of such person’s authority to so act. See Instruction 3 herein.
     If the signature appearing below is not of the registered Holder(s) of the Original Notes, then the registered Holder(s) must sign a valid proxy.
                         
 
  x           Date:        
 
     
 
         
 
   
 
                       
 
  x           Date:        
 
     
 
Signature(s) of Holder(s) or
         
 
   
 
      Authorized Signatory                
                         
 
  Name(s):           Address:        
 
     
 
         
 
   
 
                       
 
     
 
(Please Print)
         
 
(including zip code)
   
                         
 
  Capacity(ies):            Area Code and Telephone No.:        
 
     
 
         
 
   
     Social Security No.(s):                                                            
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE (See Instruction 3 herein)
Certain Signatures Must Be Guaranteed by an Eligible Institution
 
(Name of Eligible Institution Guaranteeing Signatures)
 
(Address (including zip code) and Telephone Number (including area code) of Firm)
 
(Authorized Signature)
 
(Printed Name)
 
(Title)
Date:                                         

 


 

SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instruction 4 herein)
To be completed ONLY if certificates for Original Notes in a principal amount not tendered are to be issued in the name of, or the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer are to be issued to the order of, someone other than the person or persons whose signature(s) appear(s) within this Letter of Transmittal or issued to an address different from that shown in the box entitled “Description of Original Notes” within this Letter of Transmittal, or if Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer that are not accepted for purchase are to be credited to an account maintained at DTC other than the account at DTC indicated above.
     
Name:
   
 
   
 
  (Please Print)
     
Address:
   
 
   
 
  (Please Print)
 
   
 
   
 
  Zip Code
 
   
 
Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number
o Credit unexchanged Original Notes delivered by book- entry transfer to the Book-Entry Transfer Facility account set forth below.
Book-Entry Transfer Facility
Account Number, if applicable)
SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instruction 4 herein)
To be completed ONLY if certificates for Original Notes in a principal amount not tendered or not accepted for purchase or the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer are to be sent to someone other than the person or persons whose signature(s) appear(s) within this Letter of Transmittal or to an address different from that shown in the box entitled “Description of Original Notes” within this Letter of Transmittal or to be credited to an account maintained at DTC other than the account at DTC indicated above.
     
 
   
Name:
   
 
   
 
  (Please Print)
     
Address:
   
 
   
 
  (Please Print)
 
   
 
   
 
  Zip Code
 
   
 
Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number


 


 

INSTRUCTIONS
Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions
of the Exchange Offer and the Solicitation
     1. Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and Original Notes. The certificates for the tendered Original Notes (or a confirmation of a book-entry into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of all Original Notes delivered electronically), as well as a properly completed and duly executed copy of this Letter of Transmittal or facsimile hereof and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. The method of delivery of the tendered Original Notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent are at the election and risk of the Holder and, except as otherwise provided below, the delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Exchange Agent. Instead of delivery by mail, it is recommended that the Holder use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure timely delivery. No Letter of Transmittal or Original Notes should be sent to the Company. Original Notes may be tendered in whole or in part in the principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     Holders who wish to tender their Original Notes and (i) whose Original Notes are not immediately available or (ii) who cannot deliver their Original Notes, this Letter of Transmittal or any other documents required hereby to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date, or who cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis must tender their Original Notes and follow the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedures: (i) such tender must be made by or through an eligible institution (as defined below); (ii) prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent must have received from the eligible institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery) setting forth the name and address of the Holder of the Original Notes, the certificate number or numbers of such Original Notes and the principal amount of Original Notes tendered, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that within three business days from the date of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) together with the certificate(s) representing the Original Notes (or a confirmation of electronic mail delivery of book-entry delivery into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC) and any of the required documents will be deposited by the eligible institution with the Exchange Agent; and (iii) such properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile hereof), as well as all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal and the certificate(s) representing all tendered Original Notes in proper form for transfer (or a confirmation of electronic mail delivery of book-entry delivery into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC), must be received by the Exchange Agent within three business days from the date of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, all as provided in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.” Any Holder of Original Notes who wishes to tender his Original Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described above must ensure that the Exchange Agent receives the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
     As used herein in and in the Prospectus, “Eligible Institution” means a firm which is a member of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States.
     All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of tendered Original Notes will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any and all Original Notes not properly tendered or any Original Notes the Company’s acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right to waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Original Notes. The Company’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Original Notes must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Original Notes, nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Original Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Original Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned

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without cost by the Exchange Agent to the tendering Holders of Original Notes, unless otherwise provided in this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.
     2. Partial Tenders. Tenders of Original Notes will be accepted only in the principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. If less than the entire principal amount of any Original Notes is tendered, the tendering Holder should fill in the principal amount tendered in the third column of the chart entitled “Description of Original Notes.” The entire principal amount of Original Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. If the entire principal amount of all Original Notes is not tendered, Original Notes for the principal amount of Original Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. If the entire principal amount of all Original Notes is not tendered, Original Notes for the principal amount of Original Notes not tendered and a certificate or certificates representing Exchange Notes issued in exchange of any Original Notes accepted will be sent to the Holder at his or her registered address, unless a different address is provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal or unless tender is made through DTC, promptly after the Original Notes are accepted for exchange.
     3. Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal; Bond Powers and Endorsements; Guarantee of Signatures. If this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile hereof) is signed by the registered Holder(s) of the Original Notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the Original Notes without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
     If this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile hereof) is signed by the registered Holder(s) of Original Notes tendered and the certificate(s) for Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor is to be issued (or any untendered principal amount of Original Notes is to be reissued) to the registered Holder, such Holder need not and should not endorse any tendered Original Note, nor provide a separate bond power. In any other case, such holder must either properly endorse the Original Notes tendered or transmit a properly completed separate bond power with this Letter of Transmittal, with the signatures on the endorsement or bond power guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
     If this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile hereof) is signed by a person other than the registered Holder(s) of any Original Notes listed, such Original Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers signed as the name(s) of the registered Holder(s) appear(s) on the Original Notes.
     If this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile hereof) or any Original Notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, or officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and unless waived by the Company, evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority so to act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal.
     Endorsements on Original Notes or signatures on bond powers required by this Instruction 3 must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
     Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile hereof) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution unless the Original Notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered Holder (including any participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of Original Notes) who has not completed the box set forth herein entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” or (ii) for the account of an eligible institution.
     4. Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions. Tendering Holders should indicate, in the applicable spaces, the name and address to which Exchange Notes or substitute Original Notes for principal amounts not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be issued or sent, if different from the name and address of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal (or in the case of tender of the Original Notes through DTC, if different from the account maintained at DTC indicated above). In the case of issuance in a different name, the taxpayer identification or social security number of the person named must also be indicated.
     5. Transfer Taxes. The Company will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however, certificates representing Exchange Notes or Original Notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other than the registered Holder of the Original Notes tendered hereby, or if tendered

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Original Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered Holder or any other person) will be payable by the tendering Holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering Holder.
     Except as provided in this Instruction 5, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the Original Notes listed in this Letter of Transmittal.
     6. Waiver of Conditions. The Company reserves the absolute right to amend, waive or modify specified conditions in the Exchange Offer in the case of any Original Notes tendered.
     7. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Original Notes. Any tendering Holder whose Original Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact the Information Agent at the address indicated herein for further instruction.
     8. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies. Questions and requests for assistance and requests for the Prospectus, Letter of Transmittal and the related documents may be directed to the Exchange Agent set forth above. Holders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Exchange Offer.
IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR FACSIMILE THEREOF), OR AN
AGENT’S MESSAGE IN LIEU THEREOF, AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE
RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
 
(DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE BELOW)
         
Certificate Surrendered   Original Notes Tendered   Original Notes Accepted
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
Delivery Prepared by                     
  Checked by                                            Date                                         

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By Regular, Registered or Certified Mail,
By Overnight Courier or By Hand:
         
By Facsimile:   HSBC Bank USA, National Association   Confirm by Telephone:
(718) 488-4488   Corporate Trust & Loan Agency   (800) 662-9844
    2 Hanson Place, 14th Floor    
Attention: Corporate Trust   Brooklyn, New York 10217-1409    
Operations   Attention: Corporate Trust    
    Operations    
Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc.:
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Banks and Brokers Call (Collect): 212-269-5550
All Others Call (Toll Free): 800-290-6429

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