Common use of Guarantee of Signature Clause in Contracts

Guarantee of Signature. Except as specified above specified above Signature Guarantee Not Required, if "Special payment Instructions" or "Special Delivery Instructions" boxes are checked, then all signatures on a Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a firm that is a member of a registered national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or by a commercial bank, a trust company, a savings bank, a savings and loan association or a credit union which has membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program, each of the foregoing being referred to as an "eligible institution." THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF SHARES AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS AT THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING SHAREHOLDER. Federal Income Tax Backup Withholding. To prevent United States federal income tax backup withholding equal to 30% of the gross payments made pursuant to the Offer, each tendering shareholder must provide the Depositary with the shareholder's correct taxpayer identification number and certain other information by properly completing the substitute Form W-9 included as page 4 of the Letter of Transmittal. Foreign shareholders, as defined in Section 13, must submit a properly completed Form W-8BEN, which may be obtained from the Depositary. For a discussion of certain federal income tax consequences to tendering shareholders, see Section 13. Each shareholder is urged to consult with his, her or its own tax advisor regarding his, her or its qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining any applicable exemption.

Guarantee of Signature. Except as As specified above specified above above, in the section, “Signature Guarantee Not Required, ,” if "“Special payment Instructions" ” or "“Special Delivery Instructions" boxes ” sections are checkedcompleted on the form accompanying the Letter of Transmittal, then all signatures on a Letter of Transmittal either (1) must be signed in front of a notary and notarized, or (2) must be guaranteed by a firm that is a member of a registered national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or by a commercial bank, a trust company, a savings bank, a savings and loan association or a credit union which has membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program, each of the foregoing being referred to as an "eligible institution." ” You need only complete one or the other of the notarization or signature guarantee. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF SHARES AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS AT THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING SHAREHOLDER. Federal Income Tax Backup Withholding. To prevent United States federal income tax backup withholding equal to 30% of the gross payments made pursuant to the Offer, each tendering shareholder must provide the Depositary with the shareholder's correct taxpayer identification number and certain other information by properly completing the substitute Form W-9 included as page 4 of the Letter of Transmittal. Foreign shareholders, as defined in Section 13, must submit a properly completed Form W-8BEN, which may be obtained from the Depositary. For a discussion of certain federal income tax consequences to tendering shareholders, see Section 13. Each shareholder is urged to consult with his, her or its own tax advisor regarding his, her or its qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining any applicable exemption.