EX-99.(A)(1)(M) 5 f77751b7ex99-a1m.txt EXHIBIT 99.(A)(1)(M) EXHIBIT 99.(a)(1)(M) NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO TENDER SHARES OF COMMON STOCK (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS) OF IKOS SYSTEMS, INC. AT $11.00 NET PER SHARE BY FRESNO CORPORATION, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2002, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. This form, or a form substantially equivalent to this form, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if certificates evidencing shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of IKOS Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), including the associated preferred stock purchase rights (the "Rights") issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated January 22, 1999, as amended (the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and Bank Boston, N.A. (the Common Stock and the Rights together are referred to herein as the "Shares"), are not immediately available, or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis or time will not permit all required documents to reach Wilmington Trust Company (the "Depositary") on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase dated December 7, 2001 (the "Offer to Purchase"), as amended and supplemented by a Supplement thereto dated March 13, 2002). This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary. See "The Offer -- Procedures for Tendering Shares and Rights" of the Offer to Purchase. THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [WILMINGTON TRUST LOGO] By Mail: By Hand/Overnight Courier: CT Reorg. Svcs., Drop Code 1615 Wilmington Trust Company Wilmington Trust Company Rodney Square North P.O. Box 8861 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899-8861 Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1615 Attn: Corporate Trust Reorg. Svcs.
By Facsimile: (302) 636-4145 Confirm by Telephone: (302) 636-6518 DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS LISTED ABOVE, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor 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 tenders to Fresno Corporation ("Purchaser"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mentor Graphics Corporation, an Oregon corporation, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 7, 2001 (the "Offer to Purchase"), as amended and supplemented by a Supplement thereto dated March 13, 2002, and the related revised (yellow) Letter of Transmittal (which together, as each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, constitute the "Offer"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of Shares specified below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in "The Offer -- Procedures for Tendering Shares and Rights" of the Offer to Purchase.
--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- SIGN HERE --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Certificate Numbers (if available) Signature --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- [ ] Check here if Shares will be tendered (Name(s)) (Please Print) Name of by book-entry transfer Tendering Institution --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Number of Shares tendered Address --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Account Number (Zip Code) --------------------------------------------- (Area Code and Telephone Number) --------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
2 GUARANTEE (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE) The undersigned, a firm which is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc. or any other "eligible guarantor institution" (as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), guarantees (a) that the above named person(s) "own(s)" the Shares tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (b) that such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4 and (c) to deliver to the Depositary of the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form of transfer, or a Book- Entry Confirmation (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent's Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry delivery, and any other required documents within three Nasdaq National Market trading days of the date hereof. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NAME OF FIRM) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NAME) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ADDRESS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ZIP CODE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (AREA CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER) DO NOT SEND SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. SHARE CERTIFICATES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Dated: ------------------------------------------------- 3