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Offers to Exchange Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes due 2021 and 2022 for up to
Offer to Exchange All Outstanding 7½% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2024
To the beneficial owners (or persons who are considering becoming beneficial owners), or representatives acting on behalf of beneficial owners (or on behalf of persons who are considering becoming beneficial owners), of the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Secured Second Lien Notes listed in the table above (the “Old Notes”): If you are a beneficial owner (or a person who is considering becoming a beneficial owner), or a representative acting on behalf of a beneficial owner (or on behalf of a person who is considering becoming a beneficial owner), of Old Notes that is a Qualified Holder (as defined below), please complete the Eligibility Letter on the next page and submit it or return it to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at the address set forth in the Eligibility Letter. If you are a beneficial owner (or a person who is considering becoming a beneficial owner) of Old Notes that is not a Qualified Holder, please do not take any action at this time.
A “Qualified Holder” is a beneficial owner (or a person who is considering becoming a beneficial owner) that certifies that it is: | ||||||||
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This letter is neither an offer nor a solicitation of an offer with respect to the Old Notes or the New Notes (as defined below), nor does this letter create any obligation whatsoever on the part of Denbury Resources Inc. or any other person to make any offer to the recipient hereof to participate in any exchange offer if an offer is made. If and when issued, the 7¾% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2024 and the 6⅜% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (collectively, the “New Notes”) will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. The New Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or to or for the benefit of any U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. You may direct any questions to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at the following telephone numbers: (800) 399-1581 (U.S. toll-free) or (212) 269-5550 (banks and brokers).
Very truly yours,
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ANNEX A “Qualified institutional buyer”
means: 1. Any of the following entities, acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary
basis at least $100 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated with the entity:
(a)
Any insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (a purchase
by an insurance company for one or more of its separate accounts, as defined by section 2(a)(37) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), which are neither registered under
section 8 of the Investment Company Act nor required to be so registered, shall be deemed to be a purchase for the account of such insurance company);
(b)
Any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”)
or any business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act;
(c)
Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958;
(d)
Any
plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees; (e) Any
employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974; (f) Any
trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company and whose participants are
exclusively plans of the types identified in subparagraph (1)(d) or (e) above,
except trust funds that include as participants individual retirement accounts
or H.R. 10 plans; (g) Any
business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers
Act”); (h) Any
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
corporation (other than a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities
Act or a savings and loan association or other institution referenced in
Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act or a foreign bank or savings and loan
association or equivalent institution), partnership, or Massachusetts or
similar business trust; and (i) Any
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act. 2. Any dealer
registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), acting for its own account or the accounts of
other qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on
a discretionary basis at least $10 million of securities of issuers that are
not affiliated with the dealer, provided,
that securities constituting the whole or a part of an unsold allotment to or
subscription by a dealer as a participant in a public offering shall not be
deemed to be owned by such dealer; 3. Any dealer
registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act acting in a riskless
principal transaction on behalf of a qualified institutional buyer; 4. Any
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act, acting for its
own account or for the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that
is part of a family of investment companies which own in aggregate at least
$100 million in securities of issuers, other than issuers that are affiliated
with the investment company or are part of such family of investment companies. “Family of investment companies” means any
two or more investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act,
except for a unit investment trust whose assets consist solely of shares of one
or more registered investment companies, that have the same investment adviser
(or, in the case of unit investment trusts, the same depositor),
provided that: (i) Each
series of a series company (as defined in Rule 18f-2 under the Investment
Company Act) shall be deemed to be a separate investment company; and (ii) Investment
companies shall be deemed to have the same adviser (or depositor) if their
advisers (or depositors) are majority-owned subsidiaries of the same parent, or
if one investment company's adviser (or depositor) is a majority-owned
subsidiary of the other investment company's adviser (or depositor); 5. Any entity,
all of the equity owners of which are qualified institutional buyers, acting
for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers;
and 6. Any bank as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, any savings and loan
association or other institution as referenced in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the
Securities Act, or any foreign bank or savings and loan association or
equivalent institution, acting for its own account or the accounts of other
qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a
discretionary basis at least $100 million in securities of issuers that are not
affiliated with it and that has an audited net worth of at least $25 million as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, as of a date not more
than 16 months preceding the date of sale under the rule in the case of a U.S.
bank or savings and loan association, and not more than 18 months preceding
such date of sale for a foreign bank or savings and loan association or
equivalent institution. For purposes of the foregoing definition: 1.
In
determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and invested on a
discretionary basis by an entity, the following instruments and interests shall
be excluded: bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit; loan
participations; repurchase agreements; securities owned but subject to a
repurchase agreement; and currency, interest rate and commodity swaps. 2. The aggregate value of securities owned and invested on a discretionary basis by an entity shall be the cost of such securities, except where the entity reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market value, and no current information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published. In the latter event, the securities may be valued at market for purposes of this section. 3.
In
determining the aggregate amount of securities owned by an entity and invested
on a discretionary basis, securities owned by subsidiaries of the entity that
are consolidated with the entity in its financial statements prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles may be included if the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the direction of the entity,
except that, unless the entity is a reporting company under Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, securities owned by such subsidiaries may not be included
if the entity itself is a majority-owned subsidiary that would be included in
the consolidated financial statements of another enterprise. 4. “Riskless principal transaction” means a transaction in which a dealer buys a security from any person and makes a simultaneous offsetting sale of such security
to a qualified institutional buyer, including another dealer acting as riskless principal for a qualified institutional buyer.
* * * * * * “U.S. person” means: 1.
Any natural person resident in the United States; 2.
Any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United
States; 3. Any
estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. person; 4. Any
trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person; 5. Any
agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States; 6. Any
non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held
by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. person; 7. Any
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held
by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual)
resident in the United States; and 8. Any
partnership or corporation if: (a) Organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign
jurisdiction; and (b) Formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of
investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless it is
organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in
Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) who are not natural persons, estates or
trusts.
The following are not “U.S. persons”:
1. Any
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held
for the benefit or account of a non-U.S. person by a dealer or other
professional fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident
in the United States; 2. Any
estate of which any professional fiduciary acting as executor or administrator
is a U.S. person if: (a) An executor or administrator
of the estate who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion
with respect to the assets of the estate; and (b) The estate is governed by
foreign law; 3. Any
trust of which any professional fiduciary acting as trustee is a U.S. person,
if a trustee who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion
with respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust (and no
settlor if th 4. An
employee benefit plan established and administered in accordance with the law
of a country other than the United States and customary practices and
documentation of such country; 5. Any
agency or branch of a U.S. person located outside the United States if: (a) The agency or branch operates for valid business reasons; and (b) The agency or branch is engaged in the business of insurance
or banking and is subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation,
respectively, in the jurisdiction where located; and 6.
The
International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank,
the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their agencies,
affiliates and pension plans, and any other similar international
organizations, their agencies, affiliates and pension plans. “United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia. |
