EX-99.2 25 mar2202_ex9902.txt EXHIBIT 99.2 NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY for o% NOTES DUE 20__ of H.J. HEINZ FINANCE COMPANY This form or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept the Exchange Offer of H.J. Heinz Finance Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), made pursuant to the Prospectus, dated [o], 200_ (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus"), if certificates for the outstanding o% notes due 20__of the Company (the "Old Notes") are not immediately available or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis or time will not permit the Old Notes, the Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents to reach Bank One Trust Company (the "Exchange Agent") on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand, overnight courier or mail, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, to the Exchange Agent as set forth below. See "The Exchange Offer--Procedures for Tendering" in the Prospectus. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Prospectus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON [o], 2002 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Exchange Agent By Mail or Hand/Overnight Delivery: By Facsimile: Bank One Trust Company, N.A. 312 407-8853 One North State Street Attention: Exchanges Ninth Floor Chicago, Illinois 60602 Confirm by Telephone: Attention: Exchanges 800 524-9472 DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION VIA FACSIMILE, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION" UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Ladies and Gentlemen: The undersigned hereby tender(s) to the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes set forth below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "The Exchange Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures." All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned under this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, trustees in bankruptcy and other legal representatives of the undersigned. --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE SIGN AND COMPLETE Certificate No(s). of Old Notes (if available): ____________________________________________________ Signature(s) of Owner(s) or ____________________________________________________ Authorized Signatory:______________________________ Date:_______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Name(s) of Registered Holder(s): Principal Amount of Old C% Notes Due 20__ ____________________________________________________ Tendered:* ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Area Code and Telephone No.:________________________ If Old Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer provide the following information: Signature:_________________________________________ DTC Account Number:________________________________ Date:______________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be signed by the holder(s) of Old Notes exactly as its (their) name(s) appear on certificates for Old Notes or on a security position listing as the owner of Old Notes, or by person(s) authorized to become holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. 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 provide the following information. Please print name(s) and address(es) Name(s): _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Capacity:______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Address(es): _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2 DO NOT SEND OLD NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT TOGETHER WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. THE GUARANTEE ON PAGE 4 MUST BE COMPLETED. --------- * Must be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, provided that if fewer than all of the Old Notes of a holder are tendered for exchange, the untendered principal amount of the holder's remaining Old Notes must be $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 3 GUARANTEE (Not to Be Used for Signature Guarantee) The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") as an "eligible guarantor institution," including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, municipal securities dealer, government securities broker or government securities dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association recognized program (each of the foregoing being referred to as an "Eligible Institution"), hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth above, either the Old Notes tendered hereby in proper form for transfer, or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Old Notes to the Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company, pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case together with one or more properly completed and duly executed Letters of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or agent's message in lieu thereof) and any other required documents within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date. The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Letter of Transmittal (or agent's message in lieu thereof) and Old Notes tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth above and that failure to do so could result in financial loss to the undersigned. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Name of Firm:_______________________ ___________________________________ Address:____________________________ (Authorized Signature) ____________________________________ Name:______________________________ (Include Zip Code) Title:_____________________________ Date: _____________________________ Area Code and Telephone No.:______________________ ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- DO NOT SEND OLD NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT TOGETHER WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 4