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IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION
From time to time, DTC receives from outside sources notices and other
documents, including corporate action information, and communications
concerning financial assets. Although DTC may make certain of such
documents and communications, or extracts therefrom ("Information")
available to Participants and other authorized users, it shall be under no
obligation to do so nor, having once or more done so, shall DTC have a
continuing obligation to make available Information of a certain type.
Information is not independently verified by DTC and is not intended to be a
substitute for obtaining advice from an appropriate professional advisor.
Therefore, Participants and other authorized users are advised to obtain and
monitor Information independently. In addition, nothing contained in
Information made available to Participants and other authorized users shall
relieve them of their responsibility under DTC's Rules and Procedures or other
applicable contractual obligations to check the accuracy, where applicable, of
Participant Daily Activity Statements and all other statements and reports
received from DTC and to notify DTC of any discrepancies. DTC DOES NOT
REPRESENT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, OR
FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY INFORMATION (AS DEFINED
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INDIRECTLY FROM INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS, OR DEFECTS ARISING FROM OR
RELATED TO ITS SERVICES; AND (2) ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
The services provided by DTC to its Participants and other authorized users
are provided only pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Participants
Agreement, which references the Rules and Procedures of DTC, and/or other
contractual documents (collectively, the "Contractual Documents"). DTC's
obligations to Participants and other authorized users are therefore contractual
in nature and are limited solely to those obligations expressly set forth in the
Contractual Documents. Participants and other authorized users are obligated
to, among other things, follow precisely the procedures outlined in the
Contractual Documents and provide DTC with complete and accurate
information. In accepting financial assets from Participants and/or providing
services to other authorized users, DTC relies, among other things, upon the
duty of Participants and other authorized users to exercise diligence in all
aspects of each transaction processed through DTC.
Participants shall not use, distribute, transmit or otherwise make available any
Data File or Information, with or without any service charge or fee, as the
basis for or as part of a data product or service offered for commercial gain to
any other person. DTC’s affiliate DTCC Solutions LLC (“DTCC Solutions”) has
the right to license usage of the Data Files for purposes other than those
permitted in the first paragraph of this Procedure, and any Participant which
wishes to use or distribute Data Files other than as contemplated hereby must
contract directly with DTCC Solutions prior to any such distribution. This
restriction includes, but is not limited to, service bureaus and other third
parties, whether or not affiliated with a Participant, regardless of whether such
person as previously itself received and/or used any Data Files in the past;
such entities may obtain the Data Files only upon execution of a license
agreement with DTCC Solutions.
DTC shall have the right, but not the obligation, to audit the use and
distribution of Information and Data Files by any Participant. Unauthorized use
or distribution by Participant, any of its Affiliates or any of its account holders
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About Reorganization:
Introduction
Overview
This chapter describes DTC's Reorganization products. Each section includes a description of the product,
how it works, and a list of associated Participant Terminal System (PTS) and Participant Browser
System (PBS) functions that you can use to access the product.
Warning! Information regarding DTC's processing of reorganization items is available via the PBS PTS
function Reorganization Inquiry for Participants (RIPS) and, in many cases, via the Reorg PBS
functions listed under Reorganization and Redemptions, Income Tracking/Adjustments,
Instructions and Inquiries, Processors, Proxy Announcements, Risk Analysis, Investors
Voluntary Redemption and Sales Service and Agent Functions used for the particular reorganization
activity. DTC obtains this information from sources it believes to be reliable, but DTC does not represent
the accuracy, adequacy, timeliness, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of this information,
which is provided as is. Furthermore, this information is subject to change. Participants should
independently obtain, monitor and review any available documentation relating to the reorganization
activity and verify information obtained from DTC. In addition, nothing contained in such information shall
relieve participants of their responsibility under DTC's Rules and Procedures to check the accuracy of their
Participant Daily Activity Statements and to notify DTC of any discrepancies.
About Reorganizations
DTC receives and distributes information to you about various reorganization activities, and processes
these actions on your behalf. These services are available through DTC's Participant Terminal System
(PTS), Participant Browser System (PBS) and, in some cases, via Computer-to-Computer Facilities (CCF
and CCF-II), and Mainframe Dual Host (MDH). DTC also assigns voting or consenting rights to you in
conjunction with shareholder meetings or consent solicitations.
Almost all Reorganization services are available via PTS and PBS. However, for those rare occasions when
DTC cannot offer a service via PTS or PBS, DTC will notify you of the reorganization activity and what
action you should take. For example, an offer may require that you sign a form in order to exchange
shares, and this cannot be done via PTS or PBS.
Warning! DTC has no obligation to examine for completeness or accuracy any instruction forms or
accompanying documents submitted to DTC. Nevertheless, if DTC makes such an examination, and the
form or accompanying documents do not appear to be complete or accurate or your general free position
is insufficient, the instruction may be rejected by DTC. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the
rejection, but DTC cannot guarantee such notification.
• Voluntary Offerings
• Conversions
• Mandatory Reorganizations
• Puts
• Warrant Exercises
• Right Subscriptions
• Unit Swingovers
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• CD Early Redemptions
• Proxy
Reorganization Envelopes
Reorganization envelopes are created for each reorganization event and maintained via the Reorg
Inquiry for Participants (RIPS) function available via PTS and PBS. These envelopes serve as a
means of announcing the reorganization event and providing you with any updates to that information.
There are three types of RIPS envelopes:
1. Preliminary: Set up before all the details of the reorganization event are available.
Securities undergoing a reorganization are segregated from your general free account into one of the
following:
D "Phase one" redemption reorg deposits (Full calls, partial calls and
maturities), up to five business days before the redemption date.
I IVORS redemptions.
S Sales of rights.
T Custody tenders.
V Rights oversubscriptions.
W Custody warrants.
X Custody conversions.
Z CD redemptions.
B 059-01
059 = The activity code of the RIPS envelope (in this case, rights)
Pledged Securities
For pledged securities, you will not receive payments (cash or securities) resulting from a reorganization
until those securities are released.
Segregated Securities
For segregated securities, you will receive payment and your segregated position will be decremented. If
your position is split between your free account and Segregated position, both will be decremented with
the exception of partial redemptions, in which case your free position will be decremented first and any
remaining portion will come from your segregated position.
Additionally to account for any position movements between the Segregated and Free accounts on
allocation date, DTC will execute an additional real time position capture immediately prior to allocation to
recognize any adjustments you may have made prior to allocation.
Frozen Letters
In certain instances, DTC will process a book-entry delivery on your behalf for securities that have a chill
for deliver order (DO) activities. You must contact the appropriate person at DTC (use the RIPSfunction
for contact information) and forward a frozen letter request that includes the following:
• An indemnity clause.
Note- DTC does not provide a specific form for an indemnity clause. You must provide the indemnity
clause in whatever format your own legal requirements dictate.
Service Topics:
Allocations
About the Product
DTC's Allocations product allocates cash and stock to participants, ensuring that cash and stock payments
are received on a timely basis, and in turn paid out to participants as soon as possible. DTC accomplishes
this by maintaining constant contact with the appropriate paying agents and following through with
disbursements to participants.
PTOP (PTS) / Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges (PBS): PTOP is a function that is used by DTC
Participants to submit instructions, submit protects, submit cover / protects, submit cover
protects on behalf of another Participant and submit withdrawals on various Voluntary
Reorganization events. PTOP provides a snapshot of the offer details, inquiry functionality and
maintains history of all instruction details.
PSOP (PTS) / Rights Subscriptions (PBS): PSOP is a function that is used by DTC Participants
to submit instructions including oversubscriptions, submit protects, submit cover protects,
submit cover protects on behalf of another Participant and submit Rights sell instructions on
Rights Subscription events. This function provides a snapshot of the offering details, inquiry
functionality and maintains history of all instruction details.
382-2721 and follow the prompts mentioned above (choose Option #4, followed by Option #2.
Announcements
About the Product
The Announcements product provides you with information regarding the processing of securities
undergoing reorganization activity such as:
• Tender offers
• Exchange offers
• Conversion expirations
• Rights subscriptions
This information is distributed to you electronically (via PTS / PBS, and CCF, CCF II, and MDH) and, in
limited cases, through Important Notices which are available on our Web DTCC’s web site
athttps://login.dtcc.com/dtcorg. at http://www.dtcc.com/legal.aspx.
• Prospectuses
• Proxy Statements
• Plans of Reorganization
• Press releases
• Newspapers
This information is then communicated to you through PTS RIPS / PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions, either online or via CCF, CCF II and MDH.
Warning! DTC obtains this information from sources it believes to be reliable, but DTC does not represent
the accuracy, adequacy, timeliness, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of this information,
which is provided as is. Furthermore, this information is subject to change. Participants should obtain,
monitor and review independently any available documentation relating to the reorganization activity and
should verify independently information obtained from DTC.
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1. Expiration Inquiry: This feature allows you to view an online report of all time-critical voluntary
reorganization activities that are about to expire. This feature also provides other important
information such as:
• Expiring activities where the target security is also the subject or proceeds of another
reorganization activity.
2. Reorganizations: This feature allows you to perform inquiries about issues undergoing a
reorganization activity. You can also identify all new envelopes, or any envelopes where updated
information is available. You can customize these options to display only those envelopes for
securities in which you have position at the close of business the previous day. You can perform
inquiries based on:
• CUSIP
Note- You can view Preliminary envelopes as well as Active envelopes. Preliminary envelopes are set up
before all the details of the offer are available. DTC provides the preliminary information to you while
continuing to gather information.
CD Early Redemptions
About the Product
The CD Early Redemptions program allows you to exercise the early redemption privilege of eligible CDs.
When you use the CD Early Redemptions program, DTC will:
• Allow you to view certificates of deposit (CDs) eligible for early redemption
• Submit securities to redemption agents and allocate redemption proceeds to you upon receipt.
This product allows you to exercise the early withdrawal privilege of eligible CDs and receive the resulting
redemption proceeds in a fully automated book-entry environment.
Exempt Instructions
An exempt instruction allows you to redeem securities for accounts that qualify for an exemption from any
early withdrawal penalty that would otherwise be deducted by the issuer from the redemption payment.
You can submit early redemption instructions exempt from penalty when the underlying beneficial owner
is deceased or has been adjudicated incompetent.
When you submit an exempt instruction via the CERRfunctionPTS CERR / PBS CD Early Redemption
Requests functions, you must indicate the reason for the exemption and submit the proper
documentation to DTC. In those cases where the issuer has agreed to accept instructions without the
necessary documentation, you must acknowledge that you have possession of the documentation proving
the exemption. You must also indicate that such documentation will be promptly provided to the issuer if
requested within thirty30 months of the redemption payment, or be forwarded to DTC within five
business days.
DTC will present the instructions, and required documentation, to the Issuer promptly after receiving
them. You are credited the principal and accrued interest amount (if any) after DTC receives payment
from the Issuer. DTC does not know in advance the date of payment or the amount of accrued interest.
Warning! If the issuer requests the documentation and you fail to provide it promptly, you will be liable
for the payment of any penalty. In such cases, DTC will charge the amount of the penalty to your
settlement account and remit it to the requesting issuer.
Non-Exempt Instructions
A non-exempt instruction allows you to redeem securities for beneficial owners who are not exempt from
an early withdrawal penalty. The penalty, which could be forfeited interest earnings and/or part of the
principal amount, is determined by the issuer.
DTC will present the instructions, and required documentation, to the issuer promptly after receiving
them. You are credited the principal and accrued interest amount (if any) after DTC receives payment
from the issuer. DTC does not know in advance the date of payment, amount of accrued interest or the
amount of any applicable penalties.
Issuer Acceptance
Both exempt and non-exempt instructions are subject to acceptance by the issuer. An accepted instruction
results in DTC crediting your settlement account with the amount of proceeds received from the issuer. If
an instruction is not accepted by the issuer, DTC will return the securities to your general free account.
Conversions
About the Product
DTC's Conversions product provides you with an economical and orderly method for exercising conversion
privileges. When you use this product, DTC will:
• Notify you of upcoming expirations and record dates for conversion privileges
• Submit securities to agents and collect from them the underlying stock or cash
You should check your Participant Daily Activity Statement to assure that your transactions were properly
processed and recorded. For Conversions, the entry on the report is Conversions (Account#2222), a two-
part entry converting an eligible bond or preferred security into the underlying common stock.
Conversions are generally exercisable at a fixed rate any time throughout the life of the convertible
securities and are irrevocable. Conversion privileges will expire when any of the following occur:
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• The convertible security is the subject of a partial or full call (conversion privileges expire only
for the called securities)
When this happens, DTC will, upon proper notification from the issuer or its agent, notify you of an
impending expiration of a conversion privilege.
Conversion exercises of equity securities are expressed as rates. For example, one share of convertible
preferred stock is convertible at the rate of 1.5 shares of the underlying security, with the fractional
interest being payable in cash based on the current market value of the securities.
Conversion exercises of debt securities are expressed as prices that are paid from the principal amount.
For example, $15.00 of the principal amount is exchanged to receive one share of the underlying security,
or $1,000.00 of the principal amount is exchanged for 66.66 shares of the underlying security.
You can enter conversion instructions via the PTS RCNV or PBS Reorg Conversions functions, and
view eligible convertible securities via PTS RCIP or PBS Participant/Reorg Conversions functions.
Once it the processor receives your "made" (completed) conversion instructions, DTC deducts the
convertible securities from your account and adds the underlying securities to it. On conversions where
the entitlement could be cash, proceeds are credited to your account after the price determination period.
The underlying securities are immediately eligible for all of DTC's services, including book-entry delivery
and pledges for collateral loans. DTC credits these shares to your general free account if an underlying
issue is in an interim period. The additional shares are allocated on the due bill redemption date.
DTC will notify you via the PTS RIPS functionor PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions when it receives notification from the issuer or its agent that:
• A convertible security is undergoing a partial or full call for redemption. DTC will chill Delivery
Orders the evening prior to the redemption date.
The announcement will indicate the cutoff date and time by which you must submit your conversion
exercise instructions. If PBS or the appropriate function (RCNV or PTOP) is PTS RCNV or PBS
Reorg Conversions functions are not available, you must submit hard copy instructions (see Hard Copy
Procedure for Conversions) to DTC.
Note- Legal deposits on convertible securities undergoing any of the above are not permitted.
1. The quantity of the underlying securities in the custody of DTC or of a custodian bank or of a
nominee of either, including underlying securities resulting from a participant's conversion
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3. The rights, if any, in the underlying securities prior to their issuance pursuant to the terms
governing the convertible securities, and
4. The rights against the conversion agent and the issuer arising from the submission of
convertible securities to the conversion agent.
Any instruction given by a participant or a pledgee to transfer, pledge or release from pledge underlying
securities by book-entry will be deemed for all purposes of DTC's Rules and Procedures to be an
instruction to transfer, pledge or release from pledge the rights described in clauses a, b, c1, 2, 3,
and 4 of the preceding sentence rather than the underlying securities identified in the instruction. Any
instruction given by a participant or a pledgee to withdraw from DTC physical certificates representing
underlying securities shall nevertheless be deemed to be an instruction to DTC to deliver only the quantity
of underlying securities identified in the instruction. Should, for any reason, the underlying securities
subject to such withdrawal instruction exceed the amount of underlying securities available for withdrawal,
such instruction may be rejected by DTC.
transactions
that occurred
within the past
60 days.
Eurobond Conversions
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The conversion process begins outside DTC with the presentation of convertible securities to an authorized
conversion agent. Securities may be presented to the conversion agent by:
• A DTC participant
• Any other entity wanting the underlying securities to be delivered to a DTC participant account.
• The quantity and description of the securities to be converted, including an ISIN or CUSIP
number
• Instructions to deliver the underlying securities, registered in DTC's nominee name (Cede &Co.),
to DTC
• The account to be credited at DTC, including the DTC participant number and name.
The conversion agent then certifies to DTC that a conversion is in progress and requisitions the underlying
securities for delivery to DTC. This Certification of Conversion form, which is signed by an authorized
individual:
• Represents to DTC that the securities are guaranteed to be delivered, and that DTC will receive
any applicable dividend allocations.
Important Considerations
When using DTC's Eurobond Conversions product, please note the following:
1. The underlying securities are added to your account normally in time for book-entry delivery to
other participants on the same day.
2. By accepting the addition to your account, you assign to DTC all of your rights against any
person involved in the process that results in the convertible securities being surrendered to any
conversion agent and the issuer of the convertible securities and agree to take such action as
shall be necessary to permit DTC to assert such rights; in addition, you agree to indemnify and
hold harmless DTC, any other DTC participant and any pledgee in DTC and its or their employees,
officers, partners, directors, shareholders and agents against any loss, liability, claim, damages or
expense, including costs, disbursements, and counsel fees arising (a) by reason of the addition;
(b) by reason of the failure of the Principal Bank conversion agent to deliver the underlying
securities; (c) by reason of the failure of the issuer of the underlying securities or its agent (s) to
pay or make available to DTC any dividend or other distribution or interest payable on, and any
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voting rights related to, the underlying securities based on a record date that is the same as or
after the presentation date stated in the Certification of Conversion form; (d) by reason of any
deficiency in the underlying securities delivered to DTC; or (e) for any other reason, except by
reason of any wrongful and/or criminal misconduct of DTC or any of its employees.
3. All matters that relate to the underlying securities shall be dealt with by DTC as though
delivered to DTC by you, including any liability arising as a result of the rejection of securities by
DTC after addition to your DTC account and the transfer, pledge or withdrawal thereof by you,
and all agreements between you and DTC and the Rules and Procedures of DTC from time to time
in effect shall govern any and all matters relating to the underlying securities.
4. DTC has the right to deduct the underlying securities from your securities account to which
they had been added if the underlying securities are not promptly delivered to DTC by the
conversion agent. DTC may make such deduction whether or not the underlying securities remain
in your account at the time of such deduction.
5. DTC has the right to charge your DTC Dividend/Reorganization Cash Settlement account in the
amount of any cash dividend, distribution or interest, and to deduct from your securities account
any securities distribution, payable on the underlying securities based on a record date that is the
same as or after the presentation date stated in the Certification of Conversion form if not
received by DTC whether or not previously credited to your account (s).
6. DTC will make copy#4 of the Certification of Conversion form from the conversion agent
available for you to pick up.
8. The Principal Bank conversion agent may or may not be the transfer agent (TA). DTC will not
accept securities directly from a TA unless it is also the Principal Bank conversion agent and then
only in accordance with DTC's prescribed procedures.
2. The quantity of convertible securities subject to the conversion instructions that are held by the
conversion agent,
3. The rights, if any, in the underlying securities prior to their issuance pursuant to the terms
governing the convertible securities,
4. The rights against the conversion agent and the issuer arising from submission of convertible
securities to the conversion agent, and
Any instruction given by a participant or a pledgee to transfer, pledge or release from pledge underlying
securities by book-entry will be deemed for all purposes of DTC's Rules and Procedures to be an
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instruction to transfer, pledge or release from pledge the rights described in a, b, c, d, and e of the
preceding sentence rather than the underlying securities identified in the instruction. Any instruction given
by a participant or a pledgee to withdraw from DTC physical certificates representing underlying securities
shall nevertheless be deemed to be an instruction to DTC to deliver only the quantity of underlying
securities identified in the instruction. Should, for any reason, the underlying securities subject to such
withdrawal exceed the amount of underlying securities available for withdrawal, such instruction may be
rejected by DTC.
1 Complete DTC's Conversion Instruction form (#5684) and retain the last copy.
Note- If the transaction date is the dividend record date for the underlying
security, and there is an earlier standard industry dividend cutoff date that is not
applicable to DTC, enter an X in the Dividend Record Date box.
Also, if the transaction date is DTC's dividend cutoff date, you must enter an X in
the Dividend Cutoff Date box. See the Warning below.
Warning! DTC takes no responsibility for arranging the conversion of convertible securities processed by
DTC on the dividend record date or the standard industry dividend cutoff date in time to obtain dividend
protection on the underlying securities if you do not mark the required box. Also, DTC may reject the
instruction if you mark a box that is not required to be marked.
Also, DTC has no obligation to examine for completeness or accuracy any instruction forms or
accompanying documents submitted to DTC. Nevertheless, if DTC makes such an examination, and the
form or accompanying documents do not appear to be complete or accurate, or your general free position
is insufficient, the instruction may be rejected by DTC.
Note- If the transaction date is the dividend record date for the underlying
security, and there is an earlier standard industry dividend cutoff date that is not
applicable to DTC, enter an X in the Dividend Record Date box.
Also, if the transaction date is DTC's dividend cutoff date, you must enter an X in
the Dividend Cutoff Date box.
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Note- If you submit your instruction via email, you may call the Voluntary
Offerings Customer Help Center at 1-888-382-2721 Option # 4 followed by
Option #2 and confirm the email was received.
Warning! DTC has no obligation to examine for completeness or accuracy warrant exercise instructions
that have been submitted to it or, if it does examine them, to conduct a thorough or accurate
examination. Nevertheless, if DTC makes such an examination and the instructions do not appear to be
complete or accurate, or if your general free position is, at any time after submission of the instructions,
insufficient to permit deduction of the warrants to be surrendered or of the payment securities to be
surrendered, or if DTC in its sole judgement elects not to debit your net settlement account for the cash
payment or the additional cash payment at any time after submission of the instructions because such
action might result in a financial loss to Participants generally or to DTC, DTC may reject the instructions
by making copy#1 of the instructions available for your pickup by messenger at DTC's Central Delivery
Department.
Any action taken by DTC pursuant to Warrant Subscription Instructions received by DTC from you on a
business day for which, pursuant to the Instructions, an amount is to be debited from your money
settlement account with DTC shall not constitute an entry on DTC's books increasing your account for the
quantity of underlying securities subject of the Instructions until such time as you pay your Net Debit
Balance, if any, as finally determined by DTC for such business day. If DTC, prior to such time, ceases to
act for you pursuant to DTC's Rules, DTC shall have the right to complete the transaction contemplated by
the Instructions, sell out the underlying securities subject of the Instructions in the manner specified in
DTC's Rule and credit the proceeds of such sale to your money settlement account; provided, however,
that if any of such securities have been transferred out of or withdrawn from your account, such securities
shall be deemed for all purposes to have been delivered to you.
Also, DTC takes no responsibility for arranging the exercise of the warrants processed by DTC on the
dividend record date or the standard industry dividend cutoff date in time to obtain dividend protection on
the underlying securities if you do not mark the required box. Also, DTC may reject the instruction if you
mark a box that is not required to be marked.
Note- You can also use the following procedures when your terminal is malfunctioning or when PBS is
unavailable.
Warning! IMPORTANT: To accept offers that are eligible under DTC’s Automated Tender Offer
Program (ATOP), you must use the PTS PTOP functionor PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
functions; hard copy Voluntary Offering Instructions forms and Letters of Transmittal will not be
accepted. DTC will attempt to notify your designated coordinator by telephone of the rejection, but DTC
cannot guarantee that this will be done. ATOP-eligible offers are identified in the PTS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions and/or PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
functions.
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1 Complete DTC's Voluntary Offering Instructions form (#7443) and retain copy#6.
3 Complete the Letter of Transmittal or other acceptance document and make one
copy.
4 Attach the original and copy of the Letter of Transmittal or other acceptance
document to copies 1-5 of the Voluntary Offering Instructions form and send to
DTC's Reorganization Department at 55 Water Street, 25th Floor, New York, NY
10041.
Note- If you submit your instruction via email, you must call the Voluntary
Offerings Customer Help Center at 1-888-382-2721 choose Option # 4 followed
by Option #2 and confirm the email was received.
Note- If you cannot get your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or other acceptance
document to the tender agent prior to the offer expiring, you may be able to
accept the offer prior to the expiration by other means (such as a telegram, fax
or letter sent directly to the tender agent), and submit a Letter of Transmittal and
a copy of the telegram, fax, or letter to the tender agent prior to the expiration of
the protect period. See Relevant Terms for a description of a Letter of
Transmittal.
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Warning! Before submitting an instruction, you should carefully review the terms of the offer and make
sure you understand the election you are making. You should review the information in
the RIPSfunctionPTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions functions as well as the
offering materials and Letter of Transmittal prepared by the oOfferor.
3 Attach the original and copy of the Letter of Transmittal form and staple to the
remaining copies (2 through 7) of the Tender Instructions form.
Note- For sealed bids, to maintain the confidentiality, black out the tender price
on the Letter of Transmittal. DTC will use its best efforts to cooperate with you in
maintaining confidentiality, but takes no responsibility in this regard.
Result- The tendered securities will be deducted from your general free account
and delivered by book entry to the agent's account. You will receive a time-
stamped copy#7 of the Tender Instructions form as your receipt.
Note- If you cannot get your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the agent prior to
the invitation expiring, you may be able to accept the invitation prior to the
expiration by other means (such as a telegram, fax or letter sent directly to the
agent), and submit a Letter of Transmittal and a copy of the telegram, fax, or
letter prior to the expiration of the protect period. See Relevant Terms for a
description of a Letter of Transmittal.
Note- If you wish to maintain confidentiality, black out the tender price on the
Letter of Transmittal. DTC will use its best efforts to cooperate with you in
maintaining confidentiality, but takes no responsibility in this regard.
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Result- You will receive a time-stamped copy#7 of the Tender Instructions form
as your receipt.
Withdrawing an Acceptance
Use the following procedure to withdraw an acceptance of a voluntary offer via hard copy:
Mandatory Reorganizations
About the Product
Mandatory Reorganizations are those reorganizations for which no participant input is required. DTC
processes these actions and will act on your behalf. When a mandatory reorganization occurs, DTC will:
• Submit the affected securities to the agent and collect entitlements from the agent
• Increases your position in the new security announced on your Participant Daily Activity
Statement, or
• Disburses cash proceeds and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares reflected on the Reorganization
Cash Settlement List
Note- See Dissenters' Rights/Appraisal Rights for information regarding Dissenters' Rights on a mandatory
reorganization.
sStock mMerger The exchange of one company's security for another company's
security or securities at a preset rate.
cCash mMerger The exchange of one company's security for cash at a preset
rate.
rReverse sSplit The exchange of a company's security for the same company's
Reverse Split new security at a preset rate. This reduces the number of
shares outstanding.
cCash and Sstock The exchange of one company's security for another company's
merger security and cash at a preset rate.
Nname Cchange The changing of a company name. The CUSIP for the security
may or may not change as well.
Ccorporate Any mandatory action not categorized as one of the above (such
Aaction as bankruptcy).
past 60 days.
Proxy
About the Product
DTC's Proxy product provides communication between participants and issuers. The most common types
of information communicated involve:
• Consent solicitations
• Bankruptcies
• Legal notices
Note- If you wish to vote securities registered in DTC's nominee name, Cede & Co., that have been
withdrawn from DTC on or before the record date, you may do so by submitting a standard industry claim
letter. The letter bearing an authorized signature must include:
• An indemnity clause, or
• Proof from the TA that the securities were outstanding in Cede & Co. name on the record date,
or microfilm copies of the front and back of the certificates.
DTC does not vote securities registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. Instead, DTC mails an
Omnibus Proxy to the issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede &
Co.’s voting rights to those participants that have position in their account at the close of business on the
record date. Accompanying the Omnibus Proxy is a security position listing that reflects each participant's
closing balance in the issue on the record date. To facilitate communication between issuers and
participants, the listing also includes the name, address, telephone number, and proxy contact of each
participant listed on the report.
At the same time that the Omnibus Proxy is created, each participant is notified via
the PANSfunction PTS PANS or PBS Proxy Announcements functions of their position in the issue
that they are entitled to vote.
You should obtain the necessary proxy material directly from the issuer. Upon receipt of the material, you
should complete and execute the proxy cards, returning them directly to the issuer or forwarding them to
your customers who follow the same or a similar procedure.
Note- While DTC expects the issuers to establish a record date for consent solicitations, if no record date
is established, DTC cannot follow its Omnibus Proxy procedures. To allow you to consent, DTC will, at your
request, or upon the request of the issuer or the indenture trustee, provide an authorization letter to the
issuer or indenture trustee.
The authorization letter of Cede & Co., which will not have a DTC security position listing attached to it,
permits you to give, or grant the authority to give, consents on the quantity of securities specified for you
on any DTC security positions listing or listings for any date or dates. It is the responsibility of the issuer
or indenture trustee to select the appropriate date or dates on which to obtain a security position listing
from DTC and to address any matters resulting from the absence of a record date.
these notices and order hard copies of original notices via the LENPfunction.PTS LENP or PBS Legal
Notice System functions.
You can seek DTC's assistance in exercising such rights on your own behalf or on behalf of your
customers. DTC will act in these matters only on written instructions from you.
In order to exercise such rights through DTC, you must complete and submit to DTC a letter identifying
the issue and the quantity of securities involved, along with the instruction letter instructing DTC to act.
Note- There are standardized forms of the Instruction Letter, Demands Letter and required questionnaire.
For samples, or for more information, call (212) 855-5202, or see Important Notice# 6664 on DTC's
Web site: https://login.dtcc.com/dtcorg. 1-888-382-2721 and choose Option 4, followed by
Option 2.
The stockholders assert their dissenters' rights in a signed letter to the corporation. This letter must be
signed by the stockholder of record. For participants with securities on deposit at DTC, that record holder
is Cede &Co., which is DTC's nominee.
In addition, stockholders are required to deposit physical share certificates with the corporation or a court
in connection with their dissent.
To exercise your dissenters' rights or appraisal rights, forward the following to DTC:
• A letter from you instructing DTC to sign an attached letter in order to assert dissenters' rights
or appraisal rights (Instruction Letter)
• A letter to be signed by Cede &Co. that asserts the dissenters' rights or appraisal rights (Assertion
Letter).
Note- For samples of the Instruction Letter, Assertion Letter, or questionnaire, see Important
Notice# 6664 on DTC's Web site: https://login.dtcc.com/dtcorg.
Upon receipt of the above, DTC will:
Warning! DTC does not represent that any of the example letters are legally sufficient under the laws of
any state, and persons seeking to assert such rights through DTC are advised to consult with their own
counsel concerning preparation of the Assertion Letters.
Puts
About the Product
The Puts program allows you to view announcements about upcoming repayment options and mandatory
tenders, as well as process instructions to exercise repayments, retainments, and relinquishments. When
you use the Puts program, DTC will:
• Notify you of upcoming repayment options, mandatory tenders, and mandatory tenders with
the option to retain, and relinquishments.
• Submit securities to tender agents and collect put proceeds from them
You should check your Participant Daily Activity Statement to assure that your transactions were properly
processed and recorded. For Puts, the entry on the report is Puts (Account#1444), a two-part entry
showing movement from the surrendered security to the contra-security.
After the expiration of a put exercise period, the tender agent is obligated to make cash payment or a
distribution of securities to DTC for the quantity of surrendered securities accepted in whole or in part. You
will receive one of the following:
• An allocated cash payment from DTC based on your position in the contra (optional or
mortgage-backed)/target (mandatory) security. The contra/target securities will then be deducted
from your account.
About Puts
Put issues are securities (usually bonds) with provisions that generally allow beneficial owners to sell the
bonds back to the issuer, or its Tender Agent, within a preset time period at a specified price (usually
100% of its face value). Put provisions can permit exercise of the put at various frequencies (such as
semiannually, annually, or only on one specific date) and often have floating or variable interest rates,
with the availability of the put linked to the rate change cycle.
Warning! Put provisions differ widely from issue to issue and many issues have unique features that
significantly affect your ability to exercise the put provision. For this reason, it is very important that you
follow the guidelines in the RIPSfunction PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions and the indenture or other documents regarding the specific processing details relating to
individual options. You are responsible for obtaining and monitoring announcements of put provisions from
all sources (including any material available from the tender agent) involving securities you have
deposited at DTC.
Mandatory Tender The exchange of bonds for cash, however, holders can elect to
with Retainment keep, or retain, their bonds.
Questions about the availability of the withdrawal privilege must be directed to the tender agent. DTC will
follow the instructions of the tender agent.
The proration will be reflected on your Participant Daily Activity Statement. The amount not accepted will
appear as a Receive in your General free position and as a Deliver in your contra-CUSIP position.
Note- Cancellation of a repayment option may also be permitted by the terms of the put provision. Upon
receipt of notification by the tender agent, DTC will notify you of a cancellation of the repayment option.
DTC distributes such property and/or rights to the tender agent and/or to you solely in accordance with
instructions received from the tender agent.
Warning! If you disagree with such an action, you must take the matter up directly with the tender
agent. DTC's responsibility in such matters is limited to acting in accordance with the tender agent's
instructions, notwithstanding any rights you may have against the tender agent in respect thereof under
the terms of a repayment option or applicable law.
Important Considerations
The following considerations apply to DTC's Puts product:
• You must notify DTC's Reorganization Department immediately of any delay or activity
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problems. Failure to do so could result in losses for which DTC will not be responsible.
• You may not deliver, transfer or physically withdraw securities that have been tendered
pursuant to a put provision; however, account transfers are permitted on mortgage-backed
securities.
• The completeness and accuracy of the instructions you submit to DTC are your responsibility. If
the forms are incomplete or your unpledged position is insufficient to permit deduction of the
surrendered securities, DTC may reject the instructions.
• In case of rejection, DTC will either return the instructions form to you with a Rejection Notice
attached, detailing the reason for the rejection, or notify you electronically via
the PUTSfunction,PTS PUTS or PBS Put Option Bonds functions, or PTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions, as appropriate.
• Where possible, DTC will endeavor to notify your designated coordinator by telephone of a
rejection, but DTC cannot guarantee that this will be done.
• If you disagree with any action taken by the tender agent on a put exercise, you must take up
the matter directly with the tender agent. DTC's responsibility in such matters is limited to acting
in accordance with the tender agent's instructions, notwithstanding any rights you may have
against the tender agent in respect thereof under the terms of the put exercise or applicable law.
• It is your responsibility to verify that DTC received the tender or retainment instructions and
moved the tendered (or retained) position into the contra-CUSIP number on the date the
instructions were submitted to DTC.
• No legal deposits of the subject security will be accepted from the date of
the RIPSannouncementPTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
announcement for the duration of the put exercise period.
• Deposits will be chilled for the duration of the put exercise period.
• If hardcopy forms are required, you are advised that by placing an "X" in box E on the Voluntary
Offering Instructions form (#7443), you authorize DTC to sign an election notice on your behalf
and to deliver it to the tender agent, in the event the tender agent requires such notice. This
notice may include certification that the security is not subject to any lien, pledge or other
encumbrance.
• If you have securities on deposit with DTC that are subject to a put exercise you can accept the
put exercise (repayment, retainment or relinquishment) at DTC. If you wish to put a unit
comprised of a bond and a certificate evidencing a put option right, and you hold the securities in
the form of the individual components, you must combine the components into a unit in order to
effect the put. To accomplish this, use the PTS function UNIT.
DTC will process the entries necessary to give effect to the reject. In the case of a rejected Voluntary
Offering instruction, your position in the contra securities will be reduced and your position in the
surrendered securities will be increased. In the case of a rejected Conversion instruction or Warrant
Subscription instruction, your position in the surrendered security will be increased (upon return of the
surrendered security by the agent) as appropriate to reflect the rejection. In addition, with respect to a
rejected Warrant Subscription instruction, DTC will process the entries necessary to credit you with any
subscription cash payment or payment securities returned to DTC by the agent in connection with the
rejection instruction.
• If you disagree with the rejection by the agent, you must take up the matter directly with the
agent. DTC's responsibility as to such matter is limited to acting in accordance with the agent's
instructions, notwithstanding any rights you may have against the agent in respect thereof under
the terms of the Reorganization transaction or applicable law.
• In the case of Voluntary Offerings, be sure to obtain the release of the contra securities from
pledge. Otherwise, tendered securities added to your account will be subject to the same pledge
as deducted contra securities, and will be added to your pledged account.
If rejection is for a reason other than that your tender price was not accepted or that a pro rata portion of
your tender was not accepted, DTC will attempt to notify you by telephone, calling first the coordinator (s)
at the telephone number (s) entered on the instructions form, but takes no responsibility therefor.
Rights Subscriptions
About the Product
The Rights Subscriptions product allows you to accept a rights offer and receive the underlying securities
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within a fully automated book-entry environment. When you use this product, DTC will:
• Process your instructions to accept offers via the Automated Subscription Offer Program (ASOP)
or, in very rare cases, via hard copy instructions
• Forward instructions and securities to Subscription Agents and balance with those agents
throughout the offering period
You should check your Participant Daily Activity Statement to assure that your transactions were properly
processed and recorded. For Rights, the entry on the report is Rights Subscriptions (Account#5555),
showing that DTC deducted the right from your account and added the underlying securities to your
reorganization account.
About Rights
Rights are short term instruments (usually 15 to 30 days) that give the holder the right to purchase
shares of new underlying securities (usually common stock) at a given price.
Note- Rights usually have limited advance notification, a restricted acceptance period, and specific
acceptance requirements. You should refer to the RIPSfunctionPTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions functions to view these requirements before submitting subscription instructions.
Relevant Terms
The following terms are relevant to Rights Subscriptions:
DTC eExpiration dDate The last day you can accept an offer by
submitting subscription or Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery instructions to DTC. This date may be
earlier than the date established for this purpose
by the oOfferor.
DTC cCover The last day you can cover your protects and
pProtect eExpiration dDate surrender rights through DTC pursuant to Notices
of Guaranteed Delivery. This date may be earlier
than the date established for this purpose by the
Offeror.
DTC sSell eExpiration Date The last day you can surrender rights to the agent
to sell and receive the sale proceeds through DTC.
ASOP allows you to submit subscription instructions, including basic subscriptions and the exercise of
step-up and oversubscription privileges, authorizing DTC to surrender the rights and make the
subscription payment to the subscription agent.
Note- Rights surrendered by participants and delivered by book-entry to the subscription agent are
subject solely to the subscription agent's instructions. DTC effects book-entry delivery of surrendered
rights from your account and debits your settlement account with the subscription payment. The
surrendered rights and the corresponding subscription payment are credited to an account maintained by
DTC on behalf of the subscription agent. When the underlying securities are issued by the subscription
agent, DTC distributes the securities to you by book-entry.
Under ASOP, you transmit your subscription instructions to DTC via the PBS function PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions. The agent can use the ASOP function to receive immediate notification of the
subscription instructions you submitted and to obtain other pertinent information.
The PSOP function allows you to transmit subscription instructions to DTC to:
• aAccept an offer by means of surrendering rights and making the required subscription payment
• aAccept an offer by means of a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (also known as a protect) and
subscription payment
• sSurrender rights after having accepted an offer by means of a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
submitted either through the PTS PSOP or delivered directly to the agent PBS
Rights Subscriptions functions.
• Surrender rights for the purpose of selling them through the agent.
The PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions functions also allow you to exercise any step-up or
oversubscription privileges when submitting instructions to accept a rights offer.
• The distribution of rights to record date holders of the underlying security is completed by book-
entry in accordance with DTC's Dividend procedures (see the DividendDistributions Service
Guide). In the event the rights distribution allows you to exercise a round-up privilege to receive
additional rights at the time of the record date distribution, the processing of round-up
instructions through DTC is completed in accordance with procedures contained in the information
about the rights distribution made available through DTC's Dividend department.
• If a rights CUSIP number is not assigned by the CUSIP Service Bureau, DTC establishes a user
CUSIP number for the rights offer.
• For rights offers that qualify for ASOP, the agent has entered into a master agreement with DTC
providing, among other things, that the delivery by DTC of an Agent's Message to the agent
satisfies the terms of the rights offer as to the execution and delivery of a Subscription Form or a
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery by the participant identified in the Agent's Message.
• For rights held on DTC's behalf at another depository, the agent agrees to accept rights from
the other depository in a quantity that fulfills DTC's obligation to deliver rights to the agent for
subscription instructions submitted under these procedures by participants.
• Rights offers eligible under ASOP are announced in the PTS RIPS functionand PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions functions and related CCF transmission identified by PTS
RIPS and PBS Reorganizations activity code 59 "Rights" envelopes. Information about
qualifying rights offers is also available to participants by means of an inquiry option of the PSOP
function PTS PSOP and PBS Rights Subscriptions functions, and may also be available by
means of hardcopy notices distributed to you by DTC.
The information provided by DTC describing a rights offer is intended as an aid, and can be viewed via
the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS and PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions functions. This information
is based on the best information available to DTC concerning the offer but may be subject to inaccuracies
or omissions. It is your responsibility to obtain and monitor announcements from all sources, including any
documents stating the terms and conditions of the offer obtainable from an Information agent, of offers
involving securities you have on deposit at DTC.
Subscription Instructions
Participants enter and transmit subscription instructions to DTC via the PSOPfunction.PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions functions. Subscription instructions entered by RTOPusersPTS RTOP or PBS
Release Reorg Transactions users are automatically applied to RTOPthe processor controls and must
be released and transmitted to DTC via RTOPthis function after the instructions have been entered
via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
No hardcopy instructions are accepted by DTC unless specifically authorized in advance by the appropriate
DTC Reorganization department or Participant Services representative. Relationship Manager. In
the event of a PTS or PBS outage, a backup hard copy form (Rights Subscription Instructions PTS/PBS
Backup Form) is available for the purpose of instructing DTC to surrender rights and the required
subscription payment (see About the Rights Subscription Instructions PTS/PBS Backup Form). If you
experience a PTS or PBS outage, you can alternatively execute and submit the required Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery document and subscription payment directly to the agent; a DTC backup hard copy
form is not available for this purpose.
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When accepting a rights offer by means of surrendering rights or by means of a Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery through PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, you can enter and combine in one instruction
up to 12 separate customer instructions. Upon the successful processing of an instruction with multiple
customers, DTC automatically generates separate transactions and Agent's Messages for each customer,
and these separate transactions are treated as individual acceptances thereafter by both DTC and the
agent.
Subscription Payments
In general, the subscription price of a rights offer is established at the outset of the offer and payment is
required when you accept an offer. In these cases DTC automatically calculates and charges the
subscription payment to your settlement account on the same day subscription and Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery instructions are successfully processed.
The terms of some rights offers specify that the subscription price is initially either an unknown or an
assumed price. In these cases, the actual subscription price is established during or after the acceptance
period of the rights offer.
When the subscription price is not known, DTC will accept your subscription instructions, but will not
charge your settlement account until the subscription agent advises DTC of the actual subscription price.
At that time, your settlement account is automatically charged the subscription payment for your previous
subscription activities. Any subsequent activity is also automatically charged to that account.
When there is an assumed subscription price, DTC charges the assumed subscription payment to your
settlement account on the same day instructions are successfully processed. Once the actual subscription
price is known, DTC remits to or collects from the subscription agent the difference between the assumed
and actual prices and credits or debits your account accordingly. Any subsequent activity is automatically
charged to your settlement account. These charges appear on your daily Reorganization Cash Settlement
List.
Some offers, however, permit you to make the subscription payment when the rights that are the subject
of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are surrendered. In this case, the subscription payment is charged to
you when the rights are surrendered. These charges appear on your daily Reorganization Cash Settlement
List.
When the underlying securities are made available to the agent, DTC distributes the new securities to your
general free account by book-entry and reduces your reorganization account accordingly.
Note- In the event a rights offer is neither subject to cancellation nor the availability of new underlying
securities, and the new underlying securities are immediately issuable and available, DTC processes
entries which results in you receiving immediate credit for new underlying securities in your general free
account.
Subscription Sub-Accounts
The underlying securities credited to your reorganization account are further identified by sub-accounts of
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the reorganization account. There are two subaccounts of the reorganization account for this purpose: the
basic subscription and oversubscription subaccounts.
The underlying securities to which you are entitled through the exercise of the basic subscription and any
step-up privilege are credited to your basic subscription subaccount. The quantity of underlying securities
you want to purchase through an oversubscription privilege, as indicated in the instruction you transmit to
DTC via the PSOPfunctionPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, is credited to your oversubscription
subaccount. Both of these subaccount positions are shown in your reorganization account with the
underlying security number.
When you surrender rights for the purpose of selling them through the agent, the quantity of rights the
subject of the sell instruction is credited to a third subaccount, named the sell subaccount. The sell
subaccount position is shown in your reorganization account with the rights CUSIP number until DTC
receives and credits your settlement account with the cash proceeds.
You can view your reorganization account and subaccount activities in your Participant Activity Statement
and Reorganization Cash Settlement List.
Basic subscriptions (with step-ups and over- 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
subscriptions)
Notices of Guaranteed Delivery on the last day of 8:00 a3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
the offer, with deferred subscription payments on the last day only; see Note
below.
Note- Instructions and/or Notices of Guaranteed Delivery on the offer'sDTC’s expiration date may be
permitted until between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., after DTC's cutoff time for the settlement of cash
activities, in cases where the subscription agent agrees to accept the corresponding subscription
payment from DTC on the next business day following the offer's expiration date on which DTC
is open for cash settlement services. . In such cases, DTC defers charging the subscription payment
with respect to Notices of Guaranteed Delivery processed on the last day of the offer until the next
business day on which DTC is open for cash settlement services.
• A RIPS PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions notice through CCF, or
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When notified by DTC of an eligible offer, or after inquiring via PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions or PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, you should note the following:
1. The rights CUSIP number and the CUSIP number of the underlying security that can be
subscribed to through the offer.
2. The exercise terms of the rights offer, including the number of rights that must be surrendered
to subscribe to one share of the underlying security, and the subscription price to purchase each
new share.
3. Any step-up privilege, including the step-up prices (if any) and the minimum fractional amount
required to exercise the step-up privilege.
5. The last day and time for submission of original acceptances (including Notices of Guaranteed
Delivery, if available) to the subscription agent via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
6. If a Guarantee of Delivery period is available, the last day and time on which deliveries in
satisfaction of Notices of Guaranteed Delivery (instructions to cover protects) can be submitted
via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
7. If the terms of the rights offer allow rights to be sold through to the subscription agent, the last
day and time for the submission of sell instructions via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
8. Any special representations required for the acceptance of an offer (for example, when the
oversubscription privilege can be exercised only for rights distributed to record date holders of the
underlying security and exercised in full).
Note- You should also determine from the information provided by DTC if there will be any interruption in
the availability of DTC services for the rights, such as a chill on deposits or withdrawals.
Warning! You must accept ASOP-eligible offers via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions;
except as noted in Subscription Instructions, hard copy instructions will not be accepted by DTC on ASOP-
eligible offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the
rejection, but DTC cannot guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can accept a rights offer and surrender rights and the required subscription
payment via PSOP PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions are specified in the notice about the offer,
which you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions. Unless otherwise specified in the information from DTC, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions is available for the purpose of transmitting acceptances from 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
eastern time.
2. Determine the terms of acceptance that you want to transmit via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions including, but not limited to:
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• Basic subscription: Determine the quantity of rights you want to exercise. When you
transmit an acceptance of the rights offer via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions, you must enter this quantity in the field provided.
• Step-up privilege: If there is a step-up privilege provided by the rights offer, determine
if the acceptance must include the exercise of the step-up privilege. When you transmit
an acceptance including the step-up privilege, you must respond affirmatively to the
step-up privilege in the field provided.
• Subscription payment: Determine the subscription payment that will be charged to your
DTC settlement account as a result of the basic subscription and the exercise of any step-
up or oversubscription privilege. When you transmit an acceptance, you do not enter the
subscription payment dollar amount. This amount is automatically calculated by DTC and
displayed to you prior to your approval of the transmission of the acceptance to DTC for
processing.
Note- When you transmit an acceptance, you can combine in a single acceptance a
maximum of 12 separate customer instructions to which the above information applies,
including the special representations and comments. The PTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions function's Rights Exercise Customer Breakdown screen will allow you to
enter the basic subscription rights quantity, the oversubscription underlying security
quantity, and a response to the step-up privilege for each separate customer instruction.
The sum of these quantities must equal the respective quantities you enter on the
primary Rights Exercise screen.
3. Enter and transmit the acceptance via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions. Your
acceptance should indicate the determinations you made in Step 2 above. See Submitting Rights
Exercise Instructions.
4. Acknowledge the Subscription Form. When you transmit an acceptance via PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions, a space will be indicated on the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions
screen for you to enter an acknowledgment of the Subscription Form required by the offer
identified by the rights CUSIP you specify in your acceptance. If you do not enter the
acknowledgment, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions will reject the acceptance. By
entering the acknowledgment via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, you agree that (i)
you have received, and will be bound by the terms of, the Subscription Form required by the offer
identified in the acceptance and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may be
enforced against you by the Offeror in such offer.
Note- The Subscription Form referred to in these procedures is the form of documentation
required by the offer when you transmit the acceptance.
5. Receive the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen after
having transmitted to DTC the information entered in Steps 2 and 3 above. The PTS PSOP or
PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen displays error messages for any input errors
(such as an error message indicating that the number of shares reflected in the oversubscription
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field for the PSOP input screen exceeds the maximum allowed by the terms of the offer). If
necessary, correct the required fields of the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input
screen and re-transmit the instruction to DTC for editing.
6. Receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen showing that the
instruction does not contain errors, and showing the subscription payment that will be charged to
your DTC settlement account. Verify the information you have entered and re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for processing.
7. Receive a PBS message acknowledging transmission of the acceptance and reporting the
status.
• If the message states that the acceptance was processed (made), confirm via
the POSfunctionPTS POS or PBS Security Position functions that 1) the quantity of
rights subject of the instruction has been deducted from your position in the specified
rights CUSIP number, 2) that you now have the quantity of underlying securities to which
you are entitled through the basic subscription and any step-up privilege shown in your
position in the basic subscription sub-account with the underlying security CUSIP number
specified in the acceptance and 3) that you now have the quantity of underlying securities
to which you are entitled through the exercise of any oversubscription privilege shown in
your position in the oversubscription sub-account with the underlying security CUSIP
number specified in the acceptance.
• If the message states that the acceptance was not processed and is now pending
(recycling), monitor future PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions messages to
determine that the acceptance is subsequently processed. Acceptances are not
transmitted to the subscription agent and securities are not moved into the
reorganization account of the underlying security CUSIP number until the acceptance has
been processed (made). You must monitor PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions
messages carefully to ensure that all your transactions are processed, and take
appropriate action to resolve pending (recycling) acceptances.
8. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS message reporting that the acceptance was processed (made)
to serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this message along with the Subscription Form
as part of your permanent records.
Note- When an acceptance is processed as reported in the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions message, DTC transmits an Agent's Message to the subscription agent indicating
your acceptance. This Agent's Message includes your acknowledgment concerning the
Subscription Form.
Warning! You must submit Notices of Guaranteed Delivery on ASOP-eligible offers via PSOPPTS PSOP
or PBS Rights Subscriptions; hard copy instructions will not be accepted by DTC on ASOP-eligible offers
and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the rejection, but cannot
guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can accept an offer by submitting a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via PSOP are
specified in the notice about the offer, which you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions functions. Unless otherwise specified in the PTS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions functions notice, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions is
available on those dates for this purpose from 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. eastern time on the offer's
expiration date only.
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The deferred subscription payment procedure may be used (see Schedule for Submitting Instructions). In
this case, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions is available until 5:00 p.m. on the offer's expiration
date.
2. Determine the terms of acceptance that you want to transmit via PSOPincluding PTS PSOP
or PBS Rights Subscriptions including, but not limited to:
• Basic subscription: Determine the quantity of rights you want to exercise. When you
transmit an acceptance of the rights offer via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions,
you must enter this quantity in the field provided.
• Step-up privilege: If there is a step-up privilege provided by the rights offer, determine
if the acceptance must include the exercise of the step-up privilege. When you transmit
an acceptance including the step-up privilege, you must respond affirmatively to the
step-up privilege in the field provided.
• Subscription payment: Determine the subscription payment that will be charged to your
DTC settlement account as a result of the basic subscription and the exercise of any step-
up or oversubscription privilege. When you transmit an acceptance, you do not enter the
subscription payment dollar amount. This amount is automatically calculated by DTC and
displayed to you prior to your approval of the transmission of the acceptance to DTC for
processing.
3. Enter and transmit the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions. Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should indicate the determinations you made
in Step 2 above. See Submitting Rights Protect Instructions.
4. Acknowledge the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. When you transmit an acceptance via a Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery, a space will be indicated on the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions screen for you to enter an acknowledgment concerning the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery required by the offer identified by the rights CUSIP you specify in your acceptance. If you
do not enter the acknowledgment, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions will reject the
acceptance. By entering the acknowledgment via PSOP, you agree that (i) you have received,
and will be bound by the terms of, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery required by the offer
identified in the acceptance and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may be
enforced against you by the Offeror in such offer.
Note- The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery referred to in these procedures is the form of the Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery required by the offer when you transmit the acceptance.
5. Receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen after having
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transmitted to DTC the information entered in Steps 2 and 3 above. The PSOPPTS PSOP or
PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen displays error messages for any input errors
(such as an error message indicating that the number of shares reflected in the
oversubscription field for the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input screen
exceeds the maximum allowed by the terms of the offer). If necessary, correct the required
fields of the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input screen and re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for editing.
6. Receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen showing that the
instruction does not contain errors. Verify the information you have entered and re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for processing.
• If the message states that the acceptance was processed (made), confirm that the
quantity of rights subject of the acceptance via a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is shown
in the information available through the inquiry feature of the PSOP PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions function, under the rights CUSIP number specified in the
submission.
• You must carefully monitor PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions messages and
the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions inquiry option to ensure that all Notices of
Guaranteed Delivery are processed, and that you take appropriate action to resolve
unprocessed transactions or discrepancies.
8. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS message reporting that the acceptance via a Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery was processed (made) to serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this
message along with the Subscription Form and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery as part of your
permanent records.
If you have accepted a rights offer through the subscription agent by means of a Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery via PSOP PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, you can subsequently deliver all or a
portion of the rights subject to the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the subscription agent through DTC
via the Cover Protects Submitted via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions option of the PTS PSOP or
PBS Rights Subscriptions function. See Submitting Cover Protect Instructions Via PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions.
Warning! You must accept ASOP-eligible offers via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions; except as
noted in Subscription Instructions, hard copy instructions will not be accepted by DTC on ASOP-eligible
offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the rejection, but
DTC cannot guarantee such notification.
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The dates on which you can cover a protect via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions are
specified in the notice about the offer, which you can view via the PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations
and Redemptions functions. Unless otherwise specified in the RIPS PTS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions functions notice, PTS PSOP is or PBS Rights Subscriptions
are available on those dates for this purpose from 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. eastern time.
Note- DTC shall have no responsibility in respect of your failure to instruct or properly instruct DTC to
surrender securities in accordance with acceptances by submission of Notices of Guaranteed Delivery to
the subscription agent via PSOP.
Checklist for Submitting a Cover of Protect via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions
1. Submit a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and the required subscription payment to the
subscription agent via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions before the offer expires.
2. Retrieve your copy of the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions message reporting the
completed processing of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery you want to cover, or retrieve the
necessary information via the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions function's inquiry option.
4. Enter and transmit an instruction to cover the protect. See Submitting Cover Protect
Instructions Via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
45. Acknowledge the Subscription Form. When you transmit an instruction to cover a protect
via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, a space will be indicated on the PTS
PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions screen for you to enter an acknowledgment concerning the
Subscription Form required by the offer identified by the rights CUSIP you specify in your
instruction. If you do not enter the acknowledgment, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions
will reject the instruction. By entering the acknowledgment via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions, you agree that (i) you have received, and will be bound by the terms of, the
Subscription Form required by the offer identified in the instruction and (ii) the agreement set
forth in the preceding clause (i) may be enforced against you by the oOfferor in such offer.
Note- The Subscription Form referred to in these procedures is the form of documentation
required by the offer when you transmit the instruction.
An instruction to deliver rights to cover a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery that was submitted under
these procedures can be for a quantity less than, but not more than, the original quantity of the
acceptance submitted via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions. You can submit more than
one instruction to cover the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery as long as the quantity of rights
indicated in those instructions does not exceed the original Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
quantity.
You must monitor the status of acceptances submitted via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions to ensure that the rights subject to the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are
subsequently delivered by the date indicated and in accordance with the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery and the terms of the offer. Use the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions function's
Protect Submissions with Uncovered Quantities option to inquire about the status of Notices of
Guaranteed Delivery.
56. Receive the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen after
having transmitted to DTC the information entered in Steps 2 and 3, and 4 above. The PTS
PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen displays error messages for any input
errors (such as an error message indicating that the number of shares reflected in the
oversubscription field for the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input screen
exceeds the maximum allowed by the terms of the offer). If necessary, correct the required fields
of the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input screen and re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for editing.
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7. Receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen showing that the
instruction does not contain errors. Verify the information you have entered and re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for processing.
• If the message states that the acceptance was processed (made), confirm via
the POSfunctionPTS POS or PBS Security Position functions that 1) the quantity of
rights subject of the instruction has been deducted from your position in the specified
rights CUSIP number, 2) that you now have the quantity of underlying securities to which
you are entitled through the basic subscription and any step-up privilege shown in your
position in the basic subscription sub-account with the underlying security CUSIP number
specified in the acceptance and 3) that you now have the quantity of underlying securities
to which you are entitled through the exercise of any oversubscription privilege shown in
your position in the oversubscription sub-account with the underlying security CUSIP
number specified in the acceptance.
• If the message states that the cover of protect instruction was not processed and is
now pending (recycling), monitor future PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions messages to determine that the instruction is subsequently processed.
Instructions to cover protects are not transmitted to the subscription agent and securities
are not moved into the reorganization account of the underlying security CUSIP number
until the acceptance has been processed (made). You must monitor PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions messages carefully to ensure that all your transactions are
processed, and take appropriate action to resolve pending (recycling) acceptances.
89. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS message reporting that the instruction was processed (made)
to serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this message along with the Subscription Form,
the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, and the message reflecting the original submission of the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery as part of your permanent records.
Note- When an instruction to cover a protect is processed as reported in the PSOPPTS PSOP or
PBS Rights Subscriptions message, DTC transmits an Agent's Message to the subscription
agent indicating your instruction. This Agent's Message includes your acknowledgment concerning
the Subscription Form.
The dates on which you can submit a cover of protect are specified in the notice about the offer, which
you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions functions.
Unless otherwise specified in the RIPS PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions notice, PTS PSOP isor PBS Rights Subscriptions are available on those dates for this
purpose from 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. eastern time.
Note- DTC shall have no responsibility in respect of your failure to instruct or properly instruct
DTC to surrender securities in accordance with acceptances by Notices of Guaranteed Delivery
submitted directly to the agent. Checklist for Submitting a Cover of Protect Directly to
the Agent on Behalf of another Participant
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Determine the terms of the acceptance you submitted in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
to the subscription agentof the protect that was submitted by another Participant
through PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, and which you now want to transmit via
PSOPcover via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions and input the information,
including, but not limited to:
• Protect ID: The Instruction Identification Number for the Protect with an
uncovered quantity. The participant ID for the entered Protect ID must not
match the signed-on participant ID.
• Protect Sequence Number: The Protect ID Sequence Number for the Cover of
Protect instruction. Values 01-12.
• Protect Participant ID: A valid participant ID and must not match the signed-
on participant ID. Must match the participant ID for the entered Protect ID.
2. Enter and transmit an instruction to surrender rights and cover the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery protect via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
3. Acknowledge the Subscription Form. When you transmit an instruction to cover a protect
via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, a space will be indicated on the PSOP PTS
PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions screen for you to enter an acknowledgment concerning the
Subscription Form required by the offer identified by the rights CUSIP you specify in your
instruction. If you do not enter the acknowledgment, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions
will reject the instruction. By entering the acknowledgment, you agree that (i) you have received
and will be bound by the terms of the Subscription Form required by the offer identified in the
instruction and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may be enforced against
you by the Offeror in such offer.
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Note- The Subscription Form referred to in these procedures is the form of documentation
required by the offer when you transmit the instruction.
5. Receive4. If there are errors, you will receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions input response screen after having transmitted to DTCdisplaying
the information entered in Steps 2 and 3 aboveThe PSOP input response screen displays
error messages for any input errors (such as an error message indicating that the
number of shares reflected in the oversubscription field for the PSOP input screen
exceeds the maximum allowed by the terms of the offer). If necessaryerrors. Once
you correct the required fields of the PSOP input screen and re-transmit the instruction
to DTC for editing.
6. Receive the PSOP input response screen showing that the instruction does not
contain errors. Verify the information you have entered anderrors, re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for processing.
75. Receive a PTS / PBS message acknowledging transmission of the cover of protect. The
message includes the status of the transaction.
• If the message states that the acceptance was processed (made), confirm via
the POSfunctionverify that 1) the quantity of rights subject of the instruction has been
deducted from your position in the specified rights CUSIP number2) that you now have
the quantity of underlying securities to which you are entitled through the basic
subscription and any step-up privilege shown in your position in the basic
subscription sub-account with the underlying security CUSIP number specified
in the acceptance and 3) that you now have the quantity of underlying securities
to which you are entitled through the exercise of any oversubscription privilege
shown in your position in the oversubscription sub-account with the underlying
security CUSIP number specified in the acceptance..
Note- The entitlement amount based on the rights position covered is credited
to the Participant that submitted the original protect.
• If the message states that the cover of protect instruction was not processed and is
now pending (recycling), monitor futurePTS PTS PSOP messagesor PBS Rights
Subscriptions to determine that the instruction is subsequently processed.
Instructions to cover protects are not transmitted to the Subscription Agent and
securities are not moved into the reorganization account of the underlying
security CUSIP number until the acceptance has been processed (made). You
must monitor PSOP messages carefully to ensure that all your transactions are
processed, and takethe appropriate action to resolve pending (recycling)
acceptances, and so your transactions may be appropriately processed.
86. Retain a copy of the PBS message reporting that the instruction was processed (made) to
serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this along with the Subscription Form and Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery as part of your permanent records.
Note- When an instruction to cover a protect is processed as reported in the PSOP message, DTC
transmits an Agent's Message to the subscription agent indicating your instruction. This Agent's Message
includes your acknowledgment concerning the Subscription Form.
Warning! You must submit sell instructions for ASOP-eligible offers via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions; except as noted in Subscription Instructions, hard copy instructions will not be accepted
by DTC on ASOP-eligible offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify
you of the rejection, but DTC cannot guarantee such notification.
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The dates on which you can submit instructions to sell rights are specified in the notice about the offer,
which you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions. Unless otherwise specified in the RIPS notice,PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions functions, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions is available on those dates for this
purpose from 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. eastern time.
2. Determine the quantity of rights you want to deliver in your instruction to sell the rights
via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions.
3. Enter and transmit an instruction to sell rights via the Sell Instructions option of the PSOPPTS
PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions function. See Submitting a Sell Instruction.
4. Acknowledge the Subscription Form. When you transmit sell instructions via PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions, a space will be indicated on the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions
screen for you to enter an acknowledgment of the Subscription Form required by the offer
identified by the rights CUSIP you specify in your acceptance. If you do not enter the
acknowledgment, PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions will reject the acceptance. By
entering the acknowledgment via PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, you agree that (i)
you have received, and will be bound by the terms of the Subscription Form required by the offer
identified in the acceptance and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may be
enforced against you by the oOfferor in such offer.
Note- The Subscription Form referred to in these procedures is the form of documentation
required by the offer when you transmit the instruction.
5. Receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen after having
transmitted to DTC the information entered in Steps 2 and 3 above. The PTS PSOP or PBS
Rights Subscriptions input response screen displays error messages for any input errors (such
as an error message indicating that the number of shares reflected in the oversubscription field
for the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input screen exceeds the maximum
allowed by the terms of the offer). If necessary, correct the required fields of the PSOPPTS PSOP
or PBS Rights Subscriptions input screen and re-transmit the instruction to DTC for editing.
6. Receive the PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions input response screen showing that the
instruction does not contain errors. Verify the information you have entered and re-transmit the
instruction to DTC for processing.
7. Receive a PTS / PBS message acknowledging transmission of the sell instruction and reporting
the status.
• If the message states that the sell instruction was processed (made), confirm via
the POSfunctionPTS POS or PBS Security Position functions that the quantity of
rights subject of the instruction has been deducted from your general free account
position and added to your sell sub-account position with the rights CUSIP number you
specified in the instruction.
• If the message states that the sell instruction was not processed and is now pending
(recycling), monitor future PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions messages to
determine that the instruction is subsequently processed. Instructions to sell rights are
not transmitted to the subscription agent and securities are not moved into the
reorganization account of the rights CUSIP number until the instruction has been
processed (made). You must monitor PTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions
messages carefully to ensure that all your transactions are processed, and take
appropriate action to resolve pending (recycling) acceptances.
8. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS message reporting that the sell instruction was processed
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(made) to serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this message as part of your permanent
records.
Note- When the sell instruction is processed as reported in the PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights
Subscriptions message, DTC transmits an Agent's Message to the subscription agent indicating
your acceptance. This Agent's Message includes your acknowledgment concerning the
Subscription Form.
DTC will follow the directions of the subscription agent with respect to the delivery of any rights subject of
the rejected acceptance or instruction by book-entry from the subscription agent's account to your general
free account. At the same time, any subscription payment previously charged to your settlement account
with respect to the rejected acceptance or instruction will be credited to your settlement account.
The distribution of underlying securities to which you subscribed through the basic subscription occurs by
book-entry, with DTC crediting the underlying security position reflected in the basic subscription sub-
account of the reorganization account to your general free account in the underlying security's CUSIP
number.
The distribution of underlying securities to which you subscribed through the oversubscription privilege is
normally subject to proration. If proration is required, DTC computes the allocation of underlying securities
on the basis of instructions from the subscription agent, and announces the proration computation to you
through the information about the rights offer provided by DTC. Upon effecting the prorated distribution of
the underlying securities, DTC removes (deletes) the entire underlying security position from your
oversubscription subaccount of the reorganization account and credits the prorated underlying security
position to which you are entitled to your general free account in the underlying security's CUSIP number.
At the same time, the subscription payment previously made by you for the unaccepted portion of the
oversubscription is credited to your settlement account.
DTC announces the distribution of cash proceeds and the rate of cash payment. to you through the
information about the rights offer provided by DTC. At that time, DTC credits your settlement
account with the cash proceeds and deducts the corresponding position residing in your sell subaccount of
the reorganization account in the rights CUSIP number.
In the event that a PTS / PBS outage prevents you from submitting a subscription instruction
via PSOPPTS PSOP or PBS Rights Subscriptions, and immediate action is required because of a
deadline (such as a PTS / PBS outage on the last day of the protect period), you should immediately
contact DTC's Customer Help Center at: 1-888-382-2721 and choose Option #4, followed by
Option # 2.
If necessary, you will be instructed to complete the Rights Subscription Instructions PTS / PBS Backup
Form (form#10491). Upon completion, retain copy#4 and deliver copies#1, 2 and 3 to the address shown
below. Copy#3 is receipted by DTC and returned via your messenger for your retention. If you are unable
to deliver the form by hand to DTC, you should immediately fax copy#1 to the number shown below,
then telephone the DTC Rights Supervisor at (212) 855-5260 contact DTC's Customer Help
Center at: 1-888-382-2721 and choose Option 4, followed by Option 2.to verify that a legible copy
was successfully transmitted and received by DTC.
By hand:
DTC Reorganization Department
By email:
[email protected]
Participants may call DTCC’s Customer Help Center at: 1-888-382-2721 and choose Option #
4, Ffollowed by Option 2 to confirm instructions have been received.
Unit Swingovers
About the Product
DTC's Unit Swingovers product allows you to separate a unit into its components and combine
components to make up a unit. You can do so by book-entry on or after the separation date.
DTC determines which securities qualify for the Unit Swingovers program, announces
qualifying issues, and adds them to a cumulative listing that appears monthly in DTC's Monthly
Reference Directory.
You should check your Participant Daily Activity Statement to assure that your transactions
were properly processed and recorded. For Unit Swingovers, the entry on the report is Unit
Swingovers (Account#1234), a multi-part entry separating the unit into its component parts,
or combining the component parts into a unit. This entry will consist of two to six component
CUSIP numbers for each unit CUSIP number.
About Units
A unit is a combination of two or more component securities (such as stock and warrants)
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initially sold and transferred as though they were one issue. A unit trades and transfers as a
unit for a period of time after issuance, which can be anywhere from one day up to (typically)
six months. At the end of this period, known as the separation date, the components of a unit
become separately transferable. Although the unit itself is no longer transferable as a unit, it
can continue to be traded as a unit by market makers and arbitrageurs.
DTC makes units eligible for the Unit Swingovers program only after their separation dates.
Advance notification of the separation date must be given to DTC by the managing underwriter.
On late notifications, DTC treats the next DTC business day as the separation date. At that time,
you can deposit the components and combine them into a unit position on DTC's books.
Relevant Terms
The following terms are important to gain an understanding of Unit Swingovers:
The components are eligible for all of DTC's services, while the unit is eligible for all DTC's
book-entry services. You can instruct DTC to separate a unit into its components, or combine
components into a unit via the UNIT function.
Use this To
function
Voluntary Offerings
About the Product
The Voluntary Offerings product allows you to accept various voluntary offerings (e.g. a tender offer, an
exchange offer, a merger with elections, conversion, and invitation to tender) within the book-entry
environment. When you use this product, DTC will:
• Process your instructions to accept offers via the Automated Tender Offer Program (ATOP) or, in
very rare cases, via hard copy instructions
• Forward instructions and securities to tender agents and balance with those agents throughout
the offering period
• Collect offering proceeds from tender agents and allocate them to you.
Note- Offers generally have limited advance notification, a short acceptance period and specific
acceptance requirements. You should use the RIPSfunction PTS RIPS or Reorganizations and
Redemptions functions to view these requirements before submitting instructions.
You should check your Participant Daily Activity Statement to assure that your transactions were properly
processed and recorded. For Voluntary Offerings, the entry on the report is Voluntary Offerings
(Account#4444), a two-part entry showing movement from the surrendered security to the contra-
security.
About Contra-CUSIPs
The CUSIP number reserved by DTC for the contra-securities contains the same issuer number (first six
digits) as assigned to the securities to be tendered. The issue number (next two digits) for the contra-
securities is a user code selected by DTC from the ranges specified in the CUSIP directory. The ninth digit
is the check digit. For example:
Description CUSIP
D12-1-79 8% JD18
Note- For internal processing and input to DTC, you should use the same CUSIP number
reserved by DTC for contra-securities.
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Pledge of Contra-Securities
If you have surrendered securities in response to a Voluntary Offering under these procedures, you can
pledge the contra-securities that have been added credited to your account by book-entry. The
surrendered securities have been delivered by book-entry to the agent's account, and from the time
of deduction debit from your account are subject solely to the agent's instructions. DTC is in possession
of a receipt from the agent for those securities that have been properly surrendered through DTC.
Therefore, for the purpose of their pledge, the contra-securities represent your rights through DTC to
receive from the agent the cash payments based on the bid and/or the return of some or all of the
surrendered securities in accordance with the terms of the offer.
Note- DTC will not deliver the securities that are the subject of a withdrawal request approved for
processing by the agent from the agent's account to your general free account if you have pledged the
related position under the contra-CUSIP number. You must release the pledge of the contra-securities
before the return of the securities that are the subject of the approved withdrawal request can be
processed.
Offers qualifying for processing under DTC's program are generally those where transfer taxes, if any,
payable as a result of the transfer of surrendered securities to the oOfferor are to be paid by the oOfferor
in accordance with the terms of the offering. Where such transfer taxes are not to be paid by the oOfferor,
DTC may nevertheless determine that the offer qualifies for processing under DTC's program, in which
event DTC describes the procedures for payment of the taxes via the PBS function RIPS.PTS RIPS or
PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions functions.
Relevant Terms
The following terms are relevant to Voluntary Offerings:
This term Refers to
Ttarget Ssecurity The security that is the subject of a Voluntary
Offering.
pProtect peirod Period The period after the expiration of an offer during
which securities may still be tendered (pursuant to
a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or other required
documents submitted to the tender agent prior to
the expiration of the offer).
oOdd lLot pPreference A feature that allows the purchaser to accept odd-
lot tenders in full, without proration.
mMerger with eElection A merger that provides the security holder the
option of electing different entitlements, usually
cash, stock, or a combination of both.
pProtect or Notice of A notice that allows holders who do not have their
Guaranteed Delivery securities readily available to accept a tender offer
by the expiration date and deliver the securities
within the period prescribed in the offer.
DTC eExpiration dDate The last day you can accept an offer through DTC.
This day may be earlier than the actual expiration
date established by the oOfferor.
sSealed bBid tTender oOffer An offer allowing securities owners to choose the
price at which they are willing to tender their
securities. This is submitted in a sealed bid and
sometimes must be within limits prescribed by
the oOfferor. The oOfferor normally reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders.
• Accept an offer and surrender securities using the PBS function PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
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• Surrender securities by book-entry through PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges, or via CCF, CCF II or MDH after a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery has been submitted
(also known as covering a protect).
• Cover protects that were submitted outside the ATOP program Submit a cover of a
protect on behalf of another Participant
Offers eligible for ATOP are identified in information from DTC. The information describing an offer is
intended as an aid, and can be viewed via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions functions. This information is based on the best information available to DTC concerning
the offer but may be subject to inaccuracies or omissions. You have the primary responsibility to obtain
and monitor announcements of offers involving securities you have on deposit at DTC from all sources,
including any documents stating the terms and conditions of the offer obtainable from an information
agent.
For each offer eligible for ATOP, the tender agent has entered into a master agreement with DTC
providing, among other things, that the delivery by DTC of an Agent's Message to the tender agent will
satisfy the terms of the offer as to the execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal or a Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery by the participant identified in the Agent's Message.
When notified by DTC of an eligible offer, or after inquiring via RIPS or PTOP PTS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions or PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, you
should note the following:
1. The last day for submission of original acceptances (including Notices of Guaranteed Delivery)
to the tender agent via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges.
2. If a Guarantee of Delivery period is available, the last day on which deliveries in satisfaction of
Notices of Guaranteed Delivery (instructions to cover protects) can be submitted via PTOP.PTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges.
4. Any special conditions of the offer, such as the existence of odd-lot preference or the ability to
submit a conditional acceptance, and the price range and permissible increments on bid price
tenders.
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Note- If more than one offer has been made for the target security, or if participants accepting an offer for
the target security may elect to receive alternative combinations of cash and/or securities, the different
offers or combinations of cash and/or securities will be identified by different contra-CUSIP numbers. You
must ensure that the contra-CUSIP you use to transmit an acceptance (including a Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery) or an instruction to cover a protect via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges correctly identifies the offer or combination you want to accept.
You should also determine from the information provided by DTC whether there will be any interruption in
the availability of any DTC services for the target security, such as a chill on deposits or withdrawals.
Warning! You must accept ATOP-eligible offers via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges; hard copy instructions and Letters of Transmittal will not be accepted by DTC on ATOP-
eligible offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the
rejection, but DTC cannot guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can accept an offer via PTOP are specified in the notice about the offer, which you
can view via the RIPSfunction. PTOPPTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions. PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges is available for the purpose of
transmitting acceptances either until 5:00 p.m. eastern time, (for offers indicated as ATOP I) or 1:00 p.m.
eastern time (for offers indicated as ATOP II). If you are unable to use PTOP during this time, the terms of
the offer may permit you to accept the offer directly through the tender agent via a hard copy Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery. See Hard Copy Procedures for Voluntary Offerings and Put Option Exercises.
2. Determine the terms of acceptance that you want to transmit via PTOP. Some information may
require specific responses. See PTOPforPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
for more information about the following:
• Odd-lot preference: If there is an odd-lot preference on the offer, indicate whether the
acceptance you transmit represents an odd-lot or multiple odd-lots that qualify for the
preference. (When you transmit an acceptance via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges, you are required to indicate that the acceptance does or does
not represent an odd-lot or multiple odd-lots qualifying for the preference.)
• Conditional tender: If the terms of the offer allow you to specify a minimum quantity to
be purchased if the offer is prorated, determine whether or not to specify a minimum
quantity on the transmitted acceptance. (When you transmit an acceptance via PTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, you are required to state such a
minimum quantity or to state "0" as a minimum quantity, which indicates that you are
not conditioning your acceptance on any minimum quantity of securities to be purchased
if the offer is prorated.)
length.)
3. Enter and transmit the acceptance via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges. Your acceptance should indicate the determinations you made in Step 2 above. See
Submitting a VOI.
4. Acknowledge the Letter of Transmittal. When you transmit an acceptance via PTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, a space will be indicated on the PTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges screen for you to enter an acknowledgment of the Letter of
Transmittal required by the offer identified by the contra-CUSIP you specify in your acceptance. If
you do not enter the acknowledgment, PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges will reject the acceptance. By entering the acknowledgment via PTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, you agree that (i) you have received, and will be bound by
the terms of, the Letter of Transmittal required by the offer identified in the acceptance and (ii)
the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may be enforced against you by the Offeror in
such offer.
Note- The Letter of Transmittal referred to in these procedures is the form of the Letter of
Transmittal required by the offer when you transmit the acceptance.
Warning! Regarding incomplete instructions: An acceptance that was entered via PTOPPTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges but not transmitted to DTC is an incomplete
transaction. Neither DTC nor the tender agent will take action on an incomplete transaction. You
are solely responsible for taking additional processing steps to complete your transactions.
Note- To identify incomplete transactions, use the inquiry feature of the PTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges function. See Viewing VOI Details for more information.
5. Receive a PTS / PBS message acknowledging transmission of the acceptance and reporting the
status.
• If the message states that the acceptance was processed (made), confirm via
the POSfunctionPTS POS or PBS Security Position that the quantity of securities
subject of the acceptance is now shown in your position under the contra-CUSIP specified
in the acceptance.
• If the message states that the acceptance was not processed and is now pending
(recycling), monitor future PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges messages to determine if the acceptance is subsequently processed.
Acceptances are not transmitted to the tender agent and securities moved into the
contra-CUSIP number until the acceptance has been processed (made). You must
monitor PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges messages carefully to
ensure that all your transactions are processed, and take appropriate action to resolve
pending (recycling) acceptances.
6. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS message reporting that the acceptance was processed (made)
to serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this message along with the Letter of
Transmittal as part of your permanent records.
Note- When an acceptance is processed as reported in the PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges message, DTC transmits an Agent's Message to the tender agent
indicating your acceptance. This Agent's Message includes your acknowledgment of the Letter of
Transmittal.
Warning! You must submit Notices of Guaranteed Delivery on ATOP-eligible offers via PTOPPTS PTOP
or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges; hard copy instructions will not be accepted by DTC on
ATOP-eligible offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the
rejection, but cannot guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can accept an offer by submitting a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via PTOP are
specified in the notice about the offer, which you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions functions. Unless otherwise specified in the RIPS notice, PTOP is
available on those dates for this purpose until 5:00 p.m. eastern time.
2. Determine the terms of acceptance that you want to transmit via PTOP. Some information may
require specific responses. See PTOPforPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
functions for more information about the following:
• Odd-lot preference: If there is an odd lot preference on the offer, indicate whether the
acceptance you transmit represents an odd-lot or multiple odd-lots qualifying for the
preference. (When you transmit an acceptance by means of a Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery through PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
functions, you are required to indicate that the acceptance does or does not represent
an odd-lot or multiple odd-lots qualifying for the preference.)
• Conditional tender: If the terms of the offer allow you to specify a minimum quantity to
be purchased if the offer is prorated, determine whether or not to specify it on the
transmitted acceptance. (When you transmit an acceptance by means of a Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery through PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges functions, you are required to state such a minimum quantity or to state "0"
as a minimum quantity, which indicates that you are not conditioning your acceptance on
any minimum quantity of securities to be purchased if the offer is prorated.)
• Comments: If any additional acceptance information is required for the tender agent,
prepare a statement of such to enter in the Comments field on the PTOPPTS PTOP or
PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions screen. (The field available for this
message is 67 characters in length.)
3. Enter and transmit the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via PTOP,PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges functions. Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should indicate the
determinations you made in Step 2 above. See Submitting a Protect for more information.
4. Acknowledge the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. When you transmit an acceptance via a Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery, a space will be indicated on the PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges functions screen for you to enter an acknowledgment concerning the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery required by the offer identified by the contra-CUSIP you specify in
your acceptance. If you do not enter the acknowledgment, PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges functions will reject the acceptance. By entering the acknowledgment
via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions, you agree that (i) you
have received, and will be bound by the terms of, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery required by
the offer identified in the acceptance and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i)
may be enforced against you by the Offeror in such offer.
Note- The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery referred to in these procedures is the form of the Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery required by the offer when you transmit the acceptance.
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Warning! Regarding incomplete instructions: An acceptance that was entered via PTOPPTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions but not transmitted to DTC is an
incomplete transaction. Neither DTC nor the tender agent will take action on an incomplete
transaction. You are solely responsible for taking additional processing steps to complete your
transactions.
Note- To identify incomplete transactions, use the inquiry feature of the PTOP function.PTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions. See Viewing VOI Details for more
information.
• If the message states that the acceptance was processed (made), confirm that the
quantity of securities subject of the acceptance via a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is
shown in the information available through the inquiry feature of the PTOP function.PTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions, under the contra-CUSIP
number specified in the submission.
• You must carefully monitor PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
messages and the PTOP inquiry feature to ensure that all Notices of Guaranteed Delivery
are processed, and that you take appropriate action to resolve unprocessed transactions
or discrepancies.
6. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS message reporting that the acceptance via a Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery was processed (made) to serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this
message along with the Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery as part of
your permanent records.
Submitting a Cover of Protect via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges for an ATOP-Eligible Offer
Once you have accepted an offer through the tender agent via a hard copy Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery submitted directly to the agent, you cannot subsequently deliver the
securities to the tender agent via the PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
functions. See Submitting a Cover of Protect via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges. Only protects submitted via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
can be covered via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges.
If you have accepted an offer by submitting a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the tender agent via PTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions, you can subsequently deliver all or a
portion of the securities subject to the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the tender agent through DTC via
the Cover Protect Submitted via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges feature of
the PTS PTOP function.or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions. See Submitting a Cover
of Protect via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges.
Warning! You must submit covers of protects on ATOP-eligible offers via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges; hard copy instructions will not be accepted by DTC on ATOP-
eligible offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the
rejection, but cannot guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can submit a cover of protect via PTOP are specified in the notice about the offer,
which you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions. Unless otherwise specified in the RIPSPTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions notice, PTS PTOP is or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges are available on those
dates for this purpose either until 5:00 p.m. eastern time (for offers indicated as ATOP I), or 121:00 p.m.
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Note- DTC shall have no responsibility in respect of your failure to instruct or properly instruct DTC to
surrender securities in accordance with acceptances by submission of Notices of Guaranteed Delivery to
the tender agent via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges.
2. Retrieve your copy of the PTOP message reporting the completed processing of the Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery you want to cover, or retrieve the necessary information via the PTOP
function's inquiry feature.
3. Enter and transmit an instruction to surrender securities and cover the protect. See
Submitting a Cover of Protect via PTS PTOP for more information. or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges.
4. Acknowledge the Letter of Transmittal. When you transmit an instruction to cover a protect
via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, a space will be indicated on
the PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges screen for you to enter an
acknowledgment concerning the Letter of Transmittal required by the offer identified by the
contra-CUSIP you specify in your instruction. If you do not enter the acknowledgment, PTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges will reject the instruction. By entering the
acknowledgment via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, you agree that (i)
you have received, and will be bound by the terms of, the Letter of Transmittal required by the
offer identified in the instruction and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may
be enforced against you by the oOfferor in such offer.
Note- The Letter of Transmittal referred to in these procedures is the form of the Letter of
Transmittal required by the offer when you transmit the instruction.
An instruction to deliver securities to cover a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery that was submitted
under these procedures can be for a quantity less than, but not more than,
the originalopen quantity of the acceptance submitted via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges. You can submit more than one instruction to cover the Notice of
Guaranteed Deliveryas long as the quantity of securities indicated in those instructions
does not exceed the original Notice of Guaranteed Delivery quantity.
Note- You must monitor the status of acceptances submitted via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges to ensure that the securities subject to the Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery are subsequently delivered by the date indicated and in accordance with the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and the terms of the offer. Use the PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
Tenders and Exchanges function's inquiry feature to inquire about the status of Notices of
Guaranteed Delivery.
Warning! Regarding incomplete instructions: An instruction that was entered via PTOPPTS
PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges but not transmitted to DTC is an incomplete
transaction. Neither DTC nor the tender agent will take action on an incomplete transaction. You
are solely responsible for taking additional processing steps to complete your transactions.
Note- To identify incomplete transactions, use the inquiry feature of the PTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges function. See Viewing VOI Details.
5. Receive a PTS / PBS message acknowledging transmission of the cover of protect. The
message includes the status of the transaction.
• If the message states that the instruction was processed (made), confirmverify that
the quantity of securities subject of the instruction is shown in the information available
through the inquiry feature of the PTOP function PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary
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Tenders and Exchanges functions, under the contra-CUSIP number specified in the
instruction.
• If the message states that the instruction was not processed and is now pending
(recycling), monitor futurePTS PTOP messagesor PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges to determine if the instruction is subsequently processed. Instructions
to cover protects are not transmitted to the tender agent and securities moved
into the contra-CUSIP number until the instruction has been processed (made).
You must monitor PTOP messages carefully to ensure that all your transactions
are processed, and takethe appropriate action to resolve pending
(recycling) instructionsacceptances, and to ensure that all of your transactions
are processed.
6. Retain a copy of the PBS message reporting that the instruction was processed (made) to serve
as your record of the transaction. Retain this message along with the Letter of Transmittal, the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, and the message reflecting the original submission of the Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery as part of your permanent records.
Note- When an instruction to cover a protect is processed as reported in the PTOP message, DTC
transmits an Agent's Message to the tender agent indicating your instruction. This Agent's
Message includes your acknowledgment of the Letter of Transmittal.
Warning! YouTo be able to cover a protect via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges you must submit covers of protects on ATOP-eligible offers via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges; hard copy instructions will not be accepted by DTC on ATOP-eligible
offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the rejection, but
cannot guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can submit a cover of protect are specified in the notice about the offer, which
you can view via the RIPS function Unless otherwise specified in the PTS RIPS RIPS or PBS
Reorganizations and Redemptions notice, PTS PTOP isor PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges
are available on those dates for this purpose either until 4:155:00 p.m. eastern time (for offers indicated
as ATOP I) or 121:00 p.m. eastern time (for offers indicated as ATOP II).
Note- DTC shall have no responsibility in respect of your failure to instruct or properly instruct DTC to
surrender securities in accordance with acceptances by submission of Notices of Guaranteed Delivery to
the tender agent via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges.
Checklist for Submitting a Cover of Protect via PTOP when Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery Was Submitted Directly to the Agent PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders
and Exchanges on Behalf of another Participant
1. Submit a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the tender agent before the offer expires
via hard copy or as otherwise specified in the terms of the offer.
1. Determine the terms of the acceptance of the protect that were submitted by another
Participant through PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, and which you
now want to cover via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, and input
the necessary information, including, but not limited to:
2. Enter and transmit an instruction to cover the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via PTOP. See
Submitting a Cover of Protect viaprotect via PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and
Exchanges.
3. Acknowledge the Letter of Transmittal. When you transmit an instruction to cover a protect
via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, a space will be indicated on
the PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges screen for you to enter an
acknowledgment concerning the Letter of Transmittal required by the offer identified by the
contra-CUSIP you specify in your instruction. If you do not enter the
acknowledgment, PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges will reject the
instruction. By entering the acknowledgment, you agree that (i) you have received, and will be
bound by the terms of, the Letter of Transmittal required by the offer identified in the instruction
and (ii) the agreement set forth in the preceding clause (i) may be enforced against you by
the oOfferor in such offer.
Note- The Letter of Transmittal referred to in these procedures is the form of the Letter of
Transmittal required by the offer when you transmit the instruction.
4. Enter protect information. When you transmit an instruction to cover a protect, you
must enter the date on which the protect was submitted, and information (for example,
a window ticket number or a statement of the method used to provide the protect, such
as "by fax") verifying that the protect was given. Failure to provide adequate
information may cause the tender agent to reject the instruction to cover the protect.
When transmitting a cover of protect via PTOP, some specific information may be
required. See PTOPfor more information about the following:
• Conditional offer: If the terms of the offer allow you to specify a minimum
quantity of securities to be purchased if the offer is prorated, you are required
to state such a minimum quantity or to state "0"as a minimum quantity (which
indicates that you are not conditioning the acceptance on any minimum quantity
of securities to be purchased if the offer is prorated) when you transmit the
instruction to cover the protect via PTOP.
Warning! Regarding incomplete instructions: An instruction that was entered but not
transmitted to DTC is an incomplete transaction. Neither DTC nor the tender agent will
take action on an incomplete transaction. You are solely responsible for taking additional
processing steps to complete your transactions.
Note- To identify incomplete transactions, use the inquiry feature of the PTOP function.
See Viewing VOI Details.
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54. Receive a PTS / PBS message acknowledging transmission of the cover of protect. This
message includes the status of the transaction.
• If the message states that the instruction to cover the protect was processed
(made), confirm via the POSfunctionverify that the quantity of securities subject of
the instruction are now shown in your position under the contra-CUSIP specified in the
instruction.
• If the message states that the instruction to cover theof protect instruction was not
processed and is now pending (recycling), monitor futurePTS PTOP messagesor PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges to determine if the instruction is subsequently
processed. Instructions are not transmitted to the tender agent and securities
moved into the contra-CUSIP number until the instruction has been processed
(made). You must monitor PTOP messages carefully to ensure that all your
transactions are processed, and takethe appropriate action to resolve pending
(recycling) instructions. acceptances, and to ensure that all of your transactions
are processed.
65. Retain a copy of the PBS message reporting that the instruction was processed (made) to
serve as your record of the transaction. Retain this along with the Letter of Transmittal and Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery as part of your permanent records.
Note- When an instruction to cover a protect is processed as reported in the PTOP message, DTC
transmits an Agent's Message to the tender agent indicating your instruction. This Agent's
Message includes your acknowledgment of the Letter of Transmittal.
Warning! You must submit withdrawals of acceptances on ATOP-eligible offers via PTOPPTS PTOP or
PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges; hard copy withdrawals will not be accepted by DTC on ATOP-
eligible offers and, if submitted, will be rejected. If possible, DTC will attempt to notify you of the
rejection, but cannot guarantee such notification.
The dates on which you can submit a withdrawal of an acceptance are specified in the notice about the
offer, which you can view via the RIPSfunction.PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions. Unless otherwise specified in the RIPS PTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and
Redemptions notice, PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges is available on those dates
for this purpose until 5:00 p.m. eastern time.
2. Enter and transmit an instruction to withdraw the acceptance via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges. See Submitting a Withdrawal Request for more
information. The withdrawal request can be for all or any part of the acceptance previously
submitted via PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges, and you can
submit more than one withdrawal request as long as the quantity of securities indicated in the
withdrawal instructions does not exceed the original quantity of the acceptance.
Warning! Regarding incomplete instructions: An instruction that was entered but not transmitted
to DTC is an incomplete transaction. Neither DTC nor the tender agent will take action on an
incomplete transaction. You are solely responsible for taking additional processing steps to
complete your transactions.
Note- To identify incomplete transactions, use the inquiry feature of the PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS
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3. Receive and retain the PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges message
acknowledging transmission of the withdrawal instruction and reporting the status of the
instruction as "Pending Agent's Acceptance. "
Note- When a withdrawal instruction is processed as reported in the PTOPPTS PTOP or PBS
Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges message, DTC transmits an Agent's Message to the tender
agent indicating that your instruction is held in pending status until the agent acts on it. The
tender agent must accept or reject the withdrawal via the ATOP program. To reject the
withdrawal, the tender agent must provide a comment stating the reason for rejection.
4. Receive the PTS / PBS message indicating acceptance or rejection of the withdrawal request.
Note- If the tender agent accepts the withdrawal of an acceptance in which the securities were
surrendered (not an acceptance via a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery), DTC reduces the quantity of
the original acceptance by the quantity of the withdrawal accepted by the tender agent and, in
most cases, returns the securities to your account under the original CUSIP number. Securities
that are the subject of an accepted withdrawal request that have been pledged under the contra-
CUSIP number, however, are not returned to your account in the regular CUSIP number until the
pledge has been released.
5. Retain a copy of the PTS / PBS messages indicating the tender agent's response to the
withdrawal request, and DTC's subsequent actions on the withdrawal request, if applicable. Retain
these messages along with the message reflecting the original acceptance and the original
withdrawal request as part of your permanent records.
Note- You can inquire about your withdrawal instructions and the status thereof via
the PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges function's inquiry feature. See
Viewing VOI Details.
DTC will follow the directions of the tender agent with respect to the delivery of the securities subject of
the rejected acceptance (not an acceptance via a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery) or instruction by book-
entry from the tender agent's account to your general free account and the corresponding deduction of
securities of like quantity under the contra-CUSIP number from your general free account.
Proration of an Offer
Proration of an offer may be permitted by the terms of the offer. If proration is required, DTC will compute
the allocation on the basis of instructions received from the tender agent and will notify you accordingly.
The proration will be reflected on your Participant Daily Activity Statement. The amount not accepted will
appear as a Receive in your general free position and as a Deliver in your contra-CUSIP position.
Note- Cancellation of an offer may also be permitted. DTC will notify you of a cancellation as soon as it is
notified by the tender agent.
Warning! Be sure to obtain the release of contra-securities from pledge. Otherwise, the surrendered
securities will be subject to the same pledge as the deducted contra-securities and added to your pledged
account.
If you disagree with either a proration or cancellation, you must take the matter up directly with the
tender agent. DTC's responsibility in such matters is limited to acting in accordance with the tender
agent's instructions, notwithstanding any rights you may have against the tender agent in respect thereof
under the terms of an offer or applicable law.
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DTC distributes such property and/or rights to the tender agent and/or to you solely in accordance with
instructions received from the tender agent.
Note- Voting rights with respect to pledged securities will be assigned to the pledgor participant.
Warning! If you disagree with such an action, you must take the matter up directly with the tender
agent. DTC's responsibility in such matters is limited to acting in accordance with the tender agent's
instructions, notwithstanding any rights you may have against the tender agent in respect thereof under
the terms of an offer or applicable law.
Available Reports
Offering information and activity reports are available via DTC's online services, CCF, CCF II, MDH, and
the PBS functions PTOPand RIPS.PTS PTOP or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges and PTS
RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions. These online reports provide you with a listing of
eligible offers, brief terms of the offer and the details of all instructions submitted. Offering information
(such as terms of the offer, critical dates and special processing requirements) is also available via DTC's
online services. Allocation information is available through all of the normal cash and position inquiries
such as the PBS functions SDAR, POS, PARTand ARTPTS SDAR or PBS Reorg / Redemptions /
Dividend Allocations, PTS POS or PBS Security Position, PTS PART or Participant Activity
Research and PTS ART or PBS Activity Research Tool, the Reorganization Cash/Stock Settlement
Lists and the Participant Daily Activity Statement.
Important Considerations
The following considerations apply to DTC's Voluntary Offerings product:
• You must notify DTC's Reorganization department immediately of any delay in receiving
securities and related activity problems.
• You must follow established industry reorganization procedures at all times. Failure to do so
could result in losses for which DTC will not be responsible.
• You may not deliver, transfer or withdraw securities that you have surrendered pursuant to an
offer.
• The completeness and/or accuracy of Voluntary Offering instructions submitted to DTC are your
responsibility. If the instructions are incomplete or your unpledged position is insufficient to
permit delivery of the tendered securities, DTC may reject your instructions.
• In case of rejection, DTC will either notify you electronically via the PTOP functionPTS PTOP
or PBS Voluntary Tenders and Exchanges functions or return the Voluntary Offering
Instructions form to you attached to a Rejection Notice.
• Where possible, DTC will endeavor to notify your designated coordinator of a rejection by
telephone, but DTC cannot guarantee that this will be done.
• Securities that you surrender by book-entry to the tender agent are subject solely to the tender
agent's instructions. You can pledge by book-entry for collateral loans your rights to receive
securities and/or cash payment from the tender agent in return for surrendered securities and/or
the return of some or all of the surrendered securities in accordance with the terms of the offer.
Other depository services, including transfers and withdrawals, are not available in the
surrendered securities or in such rights.
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Warrant Exercises
About the Product
DTC's Warrant Exercises product provides you with a method for exercising warrants by book entry. When
you use this product, DTC will:
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• Notify you of upcoming expirations and record dates for warrant exercises
• Submit securities to agents and collect from them the underlying stock or cash
Note- You should check your Participant Daily Activity Statement to assure that your transactions were
properly processed and recorded. For Warrant Exercises, the entry on the report is Warrant Exercises
(Account#3333), showing that DTC has deducted the warrant from your account and added the
underlying securities.
About Warrants
Warrant exercises allow the holder to purchase the underlying security at a preset price. The typical life of
a warrant is three to five years, unless it is called for redemption or its maturity is accelerated. There is
often a prescribed waiting period during which you cannot exercise the warrant. After the waiting period
ends, you can exercise your warrants at any time during the life of the warrants.
DTC will notify you via the RIPSfunctionPTS RIPS or PBS Reorganizations and Redemptions
functions when it receives notification from the issuer or its agent that:
The announcement will indicate the cutoff date and time by which you must submit your warrant exercise
instructions.
Note- Legal deposits on warrants undergoing any of the above are not permitted.
Once DTC receives a warrant exercise instruction via WARRPTS WARR / PBS Warrant Subscriptions,
DTC deducts the warrant position from your account, debits you the exercise proceeds, and adds the
underlying securities to your account. The underlying securities are immediately eligible for all of DTC's
services, including book-entry delivery and pledges for collateral loans.
Note- A warrant may not be eligible for exercise through DTC if a shareholder is required to be a resident
of a certain state in order to exercise the warrant. When this is the case, you must withdraw your position
and exercise outside of DTC. When these items are exercisable at DTC, you must certify, with
accompanying documentation, that the owner of the warrant is a resident of the state, and submit a
hardcopy instruction (see Hard Copy Procedure for Warrant Exercises).
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Also, some warrants may not be eligible for hardcopy instructions if the new shares are not registered with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or have restrictions placed upon them.
2. The quantity of warrants subject to warrant exercise instructions that are in the custody of DTC
or of a custodian bank or a nominee of either, including such warrants that are held by the
warrant agent,
3. The cash payments and additional cash payments subject to your warrant exercise instructions
that have been debited to your money settlement account and are in the possession of DTC or the
warrant agent,
4. The quantity of payment securities subject to your warrant exercise instructions that are in the
custody of DTC or of a custodian bank or of a nominee of either, including such securities that are
held by the warrant agent,
5. The rights, if any, in the underlying securities prior to their issuance pursuant to the terms
governing the warrants, and
6. The rights against the warrant agent and the issuer arising from the submission of warrants
and exercise payments to the warrant agent.
Any instruction given by a participant or a pledgee to transfer, pledge or release from pledge underlying
securities by book-entry will be deemed for all purposes of DTC's Rules and Procedures to be an
instruction to transfer, pledge or release from pledge the rights described in a, b, c, d, e1, 2, 3, 4,
5, and f6 of the preceding sentence rather than the underlying securities identified in the instruction. Any
instruction given by a participant or a pledgee to withdraw from DTC physical certificates representing
underlying securities shall nevertheless be deemed to be an instruction to DTC to deliver only the quantity
of underlying securities identified in the instruction. Should, for any reason, the underlying securities
subject to such withdrawal exceed the amount of underlying securities available for withdrawal, such
instruction may be rejected by DTC.
Inquiry