Exhibit 99.1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
To Tender for Exchange
$725,000,000 aggregate principal amount 4.800% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028
$725,000,000 aggregate principal amount 5.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2030
$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount 5.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2035
Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc.
Amcor plc
Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
Amcor UK Finance plc
Amcor Group Finance plc
Berry Global Group, Inc.
Berry Global, Inc.
THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON        , 2025, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS OF OLD NOTES MAY BE WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “Exchange Agent”)
By Registered or Certified Mail, Overnight Delivery:
Corporate Actions
111 Fillmore Ave
St. Paul, MN 55107
Reference: Amcor
For Information Call:
Tel. No.: (800) 934-6802
For Facsimile Transmission (for Eligible Institutions only):
(651) 466-7367
Confirm by E-mail:
cts.specfinance@usbank.com
DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING ANY BOX BELOW.
The undersigned acknowledges that he or she has received the prospectus, dated         , 2025 (the “Prospectus”), of Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (“Amcor plc”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AFUI”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with limited liability (“Amcor UK”), Amcor Group Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with limited
 

 
liability (“AGF”), Berry Global Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Berry Global Group”), and Berry Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Berry Global” and, together with Amcor plc, AFUI, Amcor UK, AGF and Berry Global Group, the “Guarantors”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter”), which together constitute the offers (the “Exchange Offers”) by the Issuer and the Guarantors to exchange $725,000,000 aggregate principal amount 4.800% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Exchange 2028 Notes”), $725,000,000 aggregate principal amount 5.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Exchange 2030 Notes”) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount 5.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2035 (the “Exchange 2035 Notes” and, together with the Exchange 2028 Notes and the Exchange 2030 Notes, the “Exchange Notes”), for a like aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.800% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Old 2028 Notes”), 5.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Old 2030 Notes”) and 5.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2035 (the “Old 2035 Notes,” and, together with the Old 2028 Notes and the Old 2030 Notes, the “Old Notes”) that were issued and sold in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
For each Old Note accepted for exchange, the holder of such Old Note will receive an Exchange Note having an aggregate principal amount equal to that of the surrendered Old Note.
This Letter is to be completed by a holder of Old Notes either if certificates are to be forwarded herewith or if a tender of certificates for Old Notes, if available, is to be made by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the Exchange Agent at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC,” and together with Euroclear Bank SA/NV (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”), the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in “Terms of the Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering the Old Notes” section of the Prospectus and an Agent’s Message (as defined herein) is not delivered. Delivery of this Letter and any other required documents should be made to the Exchange Agent.
Delivery of documents to the applicable Book-Entry Transfer Facility does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.
The undersigned has completed the appropriate boxes below and signed this Letter to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offers. Holders who wish to exchange their Old Notes must complete this Letter in its entirety.
The instructions included with this Letter must be followed. Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of the Prospectus and this Letter may be directed to the Exchange Agent.
List below the Old Notes to which this Letter relates. If the space provided below is inadequate, the certificate numbers and principal amount of Old Notes should be listed on a separate signed schedule affixed to this Letter.
DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES
(See Instruction 2)
Series of
Old Notes
Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Holder(s)
Exactly as Name(s) appear(s) on Old Notes
(Please fill in, if blank)
Certificate
Number(s)*
Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Represented
by Certificate
Principal
Amount
Tendered
(if less
than all)**
       
Total
*
Need not be completed if Old Notes are being tendered by book-entry transfer.
**
Unless otherwise indicated in this column, the holder will be deemed to have tendered the full aggregate principal amount represented by such Old Notes. See Instruction 2. Old Notes tendered hereby must be in denominations of principal amount that are $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. See Instruction 1.
 

 

CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITH THE APPLICABLE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Name of Tendering Institution:
Account Number:
Transaction Code Number:
By crediting Old Notes to the Exchange Agent’s Account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) and by complying with applicable ATOP procedures with respect to the Exchange Offers, including transmitting an Agent’s Message to the Exchange Agent in which the holder of Old Notes acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Letter, the participant in ATOP confirms on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such Old Notes all provisions of this Letter applicable to it and such beneficial owners as if it had completed the information required herein and executed and transmitted this Letter to the Exchange Agent.

CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER.
PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:
Address:
 

 
PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of each Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Issuer and the Guarantors for exchange the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes indicated above. Unless otherwise indicated above, the undersigned will be deemed to have tendered the full aggregate principal amount represented by the Old Notes. Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of the Old Notes tendered hereby, the undersigned hereby exchanges, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Issuer and the Guarantors all right, title and interest in and to such Old Notes as are being tendered hereby.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Issuer and the Guarantors in connection with the Exchange Offers) with respect to the tendered Old Notes with full power of substitution to (i) deliver such Old Notes, or transfer ownership of such Old Notes on the account books maintained by the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, to the Issuer and the Guarantors and deliver all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity, and (ii) present such Old Notes for transfer on the books of the Issuer and the Guarantors and receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Old Notes, all in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offers. The power of attorney granted in this paragraph shall be deemed to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange, assign and transfer the Old Notes tendered hereby and to acquire Exchange Notes issuable upon the exchange of such tendered Old Notes, and that the Issuer and the Guarantors 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 accepted by the Issuer and the Guarantors.
The undersigned acknowledges that the Exchange Offers are being made in reliance on interpretations by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than (i) any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Issuer or the Guarantors within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or (ii) any broker-dealer that purchases Old Notes from the Issuer and the Guarantors to resell pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)(or any other available exemption)), 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 holders’ business and such holders have no arrangement or understanding with anyone to participate in the distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act of such Exchange Notes and are not participating in, and do not intend to participate in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes. The undersigned acknowledges that the Issuer and the Guarantors do not intend to request the SEC to consider, and the SEC has not considered the Exchange Offers in the context of a no-action letter, and there can be no assurance that the staff of the SEC would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offers as in other circumstances. The undersigned acknowledges that any holder that is an affiliate of the Issuer or the Guarantors, or is participating in or intends to participate in or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offers, (i) cannot rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction.
The undersigned hereby further represents that (i) any Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offers are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes, whether or not such person is the holder; (ii) such holder or other person has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of such Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act and is not participating in, and does not intend to participate in, the distribution of such Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act and (iii) such holder or such other person is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of the Issuer or the
 

 
Guarantors or, if such holder or such other person is an affiliate, such holder or such other person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it represents that it will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired by it as a result of market-making or other trading activities and acknowledges 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; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
The undersigned warrants that acceptance of any tendered Old Notes by the Issuer and the Guarantors and the issuance of Exchange Notes in exchange therefor shall constitute performance in full by the Issuer and the Guarantors of certain of their respective obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2025, by and among the Issuer, Amcor plc, AFUI, Amcor UK, Amcor Pty Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of Australia, and AGF and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC, which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement in connection with the Exchange Offers.
The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Issuer and the Guarantors to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Old Notes tendered hereby. All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned. This tender may be withdrawn only in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Letter.
The undersigned understands that tenders of the Old Notes pursuant to any one of the procedures described under “Terms of the Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering the Old Notes” in the Prospectus and in the instructions hereto will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offers.
The undersigned recognizes that, under certain circumstances set forth in the Prospectus under “Terms of the Exchange Offers — Conditions to the Exchange Offers” the Issuer and the Guarantors may not be required to accept for exchange any of the Old Notes tendered. Old Notes not accepted for exchange or withdrawn will be returned to the undersigned at the address set forth below unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions” below. Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” below, please deliver the Exchange Notes (and, if applicable, substitute certificates representing Old Notes for any Old Notes not exchanged) in the name of the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry delivery of Old Notes, please credit the account indicated above maintained at the Book Entry Transfer Facility. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” below, please send the Exchange Notes (and, if applicable, substitute certificates representing Old Notes for any Old Notes not exchanged) to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signature(s). In the event that both “Special Issuance Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” are completed, please issue the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Old Notes accepted for exchange (and, if applicable, substitute certificates representing Old Notes for any Old Notes not exchanged) in the names of the person(s) so indicated. The undersigned recognizes that the Issuer and the Guarantors have no obligation pursuant to the “Special Issuance Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” to transfer any Old Notes from the name of the registered holder(s) thereof if the Issuer and the Guarantors do not accept for exchange any of the Old Notes so tendered for exchange.
The Book-Entry Transfer Facility, as the holder of record of certain Old Notes, has granted authority to the Book-Entry Transfer Facility participants whose names appear on a security position listing with respect to such Old Notes as of the date of tender of such Old Notes to execute and deliver this Letter as if they were the holders of record. Accordingly, for purposes of this Letter, the term “holder” shall be deemed to include such Book-Entry Transfer Facility participants.
 

 
THE UNDERSIGNED, BY COMPLETING THE BOX ENTITLED “DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES” ABOVE AND SIGNING THIS LETTER AND DELIVERING SUCH NOTES AND THIS LETTER TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT, WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE TENDERED THE OLD NOTES AS SET FORTH IN SUCH BOX ABOVE.
SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 3, 4, 5 and 6)
   To be completed ONLY if certificates for Old Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange, or Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Old Notes accepted for exchange, are to be issued in the name of and sent to someone other than the undersigned, or if Old Notes delivered by book-entry transfer which are not accepted for exchange are to be returned by credit to an account maintained at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility other than the account indicated above.
Issue (certificates) to:
Name(s):
(Please Type or Print)
(Please Type or Print)
Address:
(Include Zip Code)
(Taxpayer
Identification or
Social Security
Number)
(Complete IRS Form W-9 or Appropriate IRS
Form W-8)

Credit unexchanged Old 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 Instructions 3, 4, 5 and 6)
   To be completed ONLY if certificates for Old Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange, or Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Old Notes accepted for exchange, are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than shown in the box entitled “Description of Old Notes” above.
Mail to:
Name(s):
(Please Type or Print)
(Please Type or Print)
Address:
(Include Zip Code)
(Taxpayer
Identification or
Social Security
Number)
(Complete IRS Form W-9 or Appropriate IRS
Form W-8)
IMPORTANT:   THIS LETTER OR A FACSIMILE HEREOF OR AN AGENT’S MESSAGE IN LIEU HEREOF (IN EACH CASE, TOGETHER WITH THE CERTIFICATE(S) FOR OLD NOTES OR A CONFIRMATION OF BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS) MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING ANY BOX ABOVE.
 

 
PLEASE SIGN HERE
(TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS WHETHER OR NOT
OLD NOTES ARE BEING PHYSICALLY TENDERED HEREBY)
(Please Also Complete and Return the Accompanying IRS Form W-9 or Appropriate IRS Form W-8)
x
x
Signature(s) of Owner(s)
Date
Area Code and Telephone Number:
   If a holder is tendering any Old Notes, this Letter must be signed by the registered holder(s) exactly as the name(s) appear(s) on the certificate(s) for the Old Notes or on a security position listing as the owner of Old Notes by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder(s), a copy of which must be transmitted with this Letter. If Old Notes to which this Letter relates are held of record by two or more joint holders, then all such holders must sign this Letter. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, then such person must (i) set forth his or her full title below and (ii) unless waived by the Issuer and the Guarantors, submit evidence satisfactory to the Issuer and the Guarantors of such person’s authority to so act. See Instruction 3.
Name(s):
 
(Please Type or Print)
(Please Type or Print)
Capacity:
 
Address:
 
(Including Zip Code)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION
(If required by Instruction 3)
Signature(s) Guaranteed by
an Eligible Institution: 
 
(Authorized Signature)
(Title)
(Name of Firm)
(Address, Include Zip Code)
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
Dated:   
 
 

 
INSTRUCTIONS
Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offers
1.
Delivery of this Letter and Old Notes.
This Letter or, in lieu thereof, an Agent’s Message stating that the holder has expressly acknowledged receipt of and agrees to be bound by and held accountable by this Letter, is to be completed by or received with respect to holders of Old Notes either if certificates are to be forwarded herewith or if tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer set forth in the “Terms of the Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering the Old Notes” section of the Prospectus. Certificates for all physically tendered Old Notes, or Book-Entry Confirmation, as the case may be, as well as a properly completed and duly executed Letter (or manually signed facsimile hereof) and any other documents required by this Letter (or, in lieu thereof, an Agent’s Message), must be received by the Exchange Agent at the address set forth herein on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the Expiration Date. Old Notes tendered hereby must be in denominations of principal amount that are $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The term “agent’s message” means a computer-generated message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Exchange Agent and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the tendering participant that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by, and makes the representations and warranties contained in, the letter of transmittal and that the Issuer and the Guarantors may enforce the letter of transmittal against such participant.
2.
Partial Tenders (not applicable to noteholders who tender by book-entry transfer).
Tenders of Old Notes will be accepted only in denominations of principal amount that are $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
If less than the entire principal amount of any Old Notes is tendered, the tendering holder(s) should fill in the principal amount of Old Notes to be tendered in the box above entitled “Description of Old Notes.” The entire principal amount of the Old Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. If the entire principal amount of Old Notes is not tendered, then Old Notes for the principal amount of Old Notes not tendered and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Old Notes accepted will be sent to the holder at his or her registered address, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter, promptly after the Old Notes are accepted for exchange.
3.
Signatures on this Letter; Bond Powers and Endorsements; Guarantee of Signatures.
If this Letter is signed by the registered holder of the Old Notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificates representing such Old Notes without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
If this Letter is signed by a participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, the signature must correspond with the name as it appears on the security position listing as the holder of the Old Notes.
If any tendered Old Notes are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all of such owners must sign this Letter.
If any tendered Old Notes are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate copies of this Letter as there are different registrations of certificates.
When this Letter is signed by the registered holder or holders of the Old Notes specified herein and tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate bond powers are required. If, however, the Exchange Notes are to be issued, or any untendered Old Notes are to be reissued, to a person other than the registered holder, then endorsements of any certificates transmitted hereby or separate bond powers are required. Signatures on such certificate(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
If this Letter is signed by a person other than the registered holder or holders of any certificate(s) specified herein, such certificate(s) must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, in either
 

 
case signed exactly as the name or names of the registered holder or holders appear(s) on the certificate(s) and signatures on such certificate(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
If this Letter or any certificates or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by the Issuer and the Guarantors, evidence satisfactory to the Issuer and the Guarantors of its authority to so act must be submitted with the Letter.
Endorsements on certificates for Old Notes or signatures on bond powers required by this Instruction 3 must be guaranteed a financial institution, including most banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses, that is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each an “Eligible Institution”).
Signatures on this Letter need not be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution if the Old Notes are tendered: (i) by a registered holder of Old Notes (which term, for purposes of the Exchange Offers, includes any participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility system whose name appears on a security position listing as the holder of such Old Notes) who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter, or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution.
4.
Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions of Old Notes.
Tendering holders of Old Notes should indicate, in the applicable box or boxes, the name and address (or account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility) to which Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offers, or substitute Old Notes not tendered or accepted for exchange, are to be issued or sent, if different from the name or address of the person signing this Letter. In the case of issuance in a different name, the employer identification or social security number of the person named must also be indicated. Holders tendering Old Notes by book-entry transfer may request that Old Notes not exchanged be credited to such account maintained at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility as such noteholder may designate hereon. If no such instructions are given, such Old Notes not exchanged will be returned to the name or address of the person signing this Letter.
5.
Tax Identification Number and Backup Withholding.
Under U.S. federal income tax law, payments made in respect of Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offers may be subject to backup withholding at a rate currently of 24% (the “Specified Rate”). In order to avoid such backup withholding, each tendering holder (or other payee) that is a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien) should complete and sign the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 included with this Letter, on which form such holder must provide the correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) and certify, under penalties of perjury, that (a) the TIN provided is correct or that such holder is awaiting a TIN; (b) the holder is not subject to backup withholding because (i) the holder has not been notified by the IRS that the holder is subject to backup withholding as a result of failure to report interest or dividends, (ii) the IRS has notified the holder that the holder is no longer subject to backup withholding, or (iii) the holder is exempt from backup withholding; and (c) the holder is a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien). If a holder has been notified by the IRS that it is subject to backup withholding, it must follow the applicable instructions included with the IRS Form W-9.
The holder (other than an exempt or foreign holder subject to the requirements described below) is required to give the TIN (in general, if an individual, the holder’s Social Security number, otherwise, the holder’s employer identification number) of the record holder of the Old Notes. If the tendering holder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for one or intends to apply for one in the near future, such holder should follow the applicable instructions included with the IRS Form W-9. If the Exchange Agent or the Issuer and the Guarantors is not provided with the correct TIN, the holder may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Code in addition to backup withholding at the Specified Rate on payments to such holder.
Certain holders (including all corporations and certain holders that are not U.S. persons (“foreign holders”)) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. Such an exempt holder,
 

 
other than a foreign holder, should enter the holder’s name, address, status and TIN on the IRS Form W-9 and fill in the appropriate exempt payee code on the IRS Form W-9, sign, date and return the IRS Form W-9 to the Paying Agent, and should follow the additional instructions included with the IRS Form W-9. A foreign holder should not complete the IRS Form W-9. In order for a foreign holder to qualify as an exempt recipient, such holder must submit a statement (generally, an IRS Form W-8BEN or other applicable Form W-8), signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that holder’s exempt status. Such statements can be obtained from the Exchange Agent or online from the IRS at www.irs.gov. For further information concerning backup withholding and instructions for completing the IRS Form W-9 (including how to obtain a TIN if you do not have one and how to complete the IRS Form W-9 if Old Notes are registered in more than one name), consult the instructions included with the IRS Form W-9.
Failure to complete the IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 will not, by itself, cause Old Notes to be deemed invalidly tendered, but may require the Issuer and the Guarantors (or the Paying Agent) to withhold at the Specified Rate on payments made in respect of Exchange Notes. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, if the required information is furnished to the IRS, the federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
6.
Transfer Taxes.
The Issuer and the Guarantors will not pay any transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer of Old Notes to it or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offers. The amount of any transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with this Letter, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.
7.
Waiver of Conditions.
The Issuer and the Guarantors reserve the absolute right to amend, waive or modify, in whole or in part, any or all conditions to the Exchange Offers.
8.
No Conditional Tenders.
No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders of Old Notes, by execution of this Letter, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of their Old Notes for exchange.
Neither the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Exchange Agent nor any other person is obligated to give notice of any defect or irregularity with respect to any tender of Old Notes nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.
9.
Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Old Notes.
Any holder whose Old Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact the Exchange Agent at the address indicated above for further instructions. This Letter and related documents cannot be processed until the Old Notes have been replaced.
10.
Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.
Questions relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus and this Letter, may be directed to the Exchange Agent, at the address and telephone number indicated above.
11.
Incorporation of Letter of Transmittal.
This Letter shall be deemed to be incorporated in and acknowledged and accepted by any tender including through DTC’s ATOP procedures or via an Electronic Exchange Instruction by any participant on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of any Older Notes so tendered.
 

 
12.
Withdrawals.
Tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn only pursuant to the limited withdrawal rights set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Terms of the Exchange Offers — Withdrawal of Tenders” in the Prospectus.
 

 
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