EX-99.3 38 dex993.htm FORM OF LETTER TO BROKERS, DEALERS COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST CO. ETC. Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers Commercial Banks, Trust Co. etc.

Exhibit 99.3

 

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.

 

OFFER TO EXCHANGE ALL OUTSTANDING 11% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013 ($150,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT) FOR 11% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013 ($150,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT) WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED

 

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

 

Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated                     , 2005 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”) and a form of Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (the “Company”) to exchange $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 11% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Exchange Notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for any and all of its outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Outstanding Notes”). The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects (including principal amount, interest rate and maturity) to the terms of the Outstanding Notes for which they may be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except that the Exchange Notes are freely transferable by holders thereof (except as provided herein or in the Prospectus) and are not subject to any covenant regarding registration under the Securities Act.

 

The Company will accept for exchange any and all Outstanding Notes properly tendered according to the terms of the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. Consummation of the Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions described in the Prospectus.

 

We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Outstanding Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Outstanding Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold Outstanding Notes registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

 

  1. The Prospectus;

 

  2. A Letter of Transmittal for use in connection with the exchange of Outstanding Notes and for the information of your clients, together with a Substitute Form W-9 and Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9, providing information relating to U.S. federal income tax backup withholding (facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal may be used to exchange Outstanding Notes);

 

  3. A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Outstanding Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining the client’s instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer; and

 

  4. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

Your prompt action is requested. The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 2005, unless the Company extends the Exchange Offer (the “Expiration Date”). Outstanding Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn, subject to the procedures described in the Prospectus, at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

 

To participate in the Exchange Offer, certificates for Outstanding Notes or a book-entry confirmation (see the section captioned “Exchange Offer” in the Prospectus), a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile thereof or electronic instructions sent to the Depository Trust Company, and any other required documents, must be received by the Exchange Agent as provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.


If a registered holder of Outstanding Notes desires to tender, but such Outstanding Notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit such holder’s Outstanding Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the Expiration Date, or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under “Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

The Company has not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the Exchange Offer and will not pay any fee or commission to any broker, dealer, nominee or other person, other than the Exchange Agent, for soliciting tenders of Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Company will pay the Exchange Agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with these services.

 

Questions and requests for assistance with respect to the Exchange Offer should be addressed to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer, at their address and telephone number set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal. Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from the Exchange Agent.

 

Very truly yours,

 

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.

 

Nothing contained herein or in the enclosed documents shall constitute you or any other person as an agent of the Company or the Exchange Agent, or any affiliate thereof, or authorize you or any other person to make any statements or use any document on behalf of any of them in connection with the Exchange Offer, except for the enclosed documents and the statements expressly made in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.