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Premium Standard Farms Inc/New, et al. – ‘S-4’ on 6/29/01 – EX-99.2

On:  Friday, 6/29/01, at 3:15pm ET   ·   Accession #:  950123-1-504009   ·   File #s:  333-64180, -01, -02, -03, -04

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 6/29/01  Premium Standard Farms Inc/New    S-4                   49:2.3M                                   RR Donnelley/FA
          Lundy International Inc
          Premium Standard Farms of North Carolina Inc
          Lundy Packing Co/MO
          PSF Group Holdings Inc

Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction   —   Form S-4
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4         Registration of Securities Issued in a               170    804K 
                          Business-Combination Transaction                       
 2: EX-1.1      Placement Agreement                                   26     97K 
 3: EX-2.1      Articles of Merger                                     6     33K 
 4: EX-3.1.A    Certificate of Incorporation                          17     70K 
 5: EX-3.1.B    Certificate of Amendment                               2     17K 
14: EX-3.10     Restated By-Laws                                      20     80K 
 6: EX-3.2.A    Certificate of Incorporation                           2     19K 
 7: EX-3.2.B    Certificate of Correction                              1     16K 
 8: EX-3.4      Articles of Incorporation                              3     20K 
 9: EX-3.5      Certificate of Incorporation                           3     19K 
10: EX-3.6      Amended and Restated By-Laws                          22     88K 
11: EX-3.7      Amended and Restated By-Laws                          20     84K 
12: EX-3.8      Restated By-Laws                                      23     94K 
13: EX-3.9      Restated By-Laws                                      23     94K 
15: EX-4.1.A    Indenture                                            106    411K 
16: EX-4.1.B    Specimen Certificate                                  12     47K 
17: EX-4.2      Registration Rights Agreement                         21     82K 
18: EX-4.3.A    Credit Agreement                                      73    278K 
19: EX-4.3.B    First Amendment to Credit Agreement                   15     59K 
20: EX-4.3.C    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement                   8     41K 
21: EX-4.3.D    Third Amendment to Credit Agreement                    5     28K 
22: EX-4.3.E    Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement                  27    102K 
23: EX-4.3.F    Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement                   13     55K 
24: EX-4.3.G    Guaranty Agreement                                     7     39K 
25: EX-5.1      Opinion of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP          2     20K 
26: EX-10.1     1999 Equity Incentive Plan                            20     77K 
36: EX-10.10    Stock Purchase Agreement                              47    184K 
37: EX-10.11    Market Hog Contract Grower Agreement                   9     44K 
27: EX-10.2     Long-Term Incentive Plan                               9     32K 
28: EX-10.3     Executive Level Severance Plan                        13     54K 
29: EX-10.4     Vice President Level Severance Plan                   13     54K 
30: EX-10.5     Special Executive Retirement Plan                     16     69K 
31: EX-10.6.A   Premium Standard Farms Deferred Compensation Plan     17     71K 
32: EX-10.6.B   Amendment No.1 Psf Deferred Compensation Plan          2     17K 
33: EX-10.7     Consulting Agreememt                                   8     36K 
34: EX-10.8     Services Agreement                                    10     47K 
35: EX-10.9     Consulting Agreement                                   4     22K 
38: EX-12.1     Statement Re Computation of Ratio of Earnings          1     17K 
39: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries                                           1     14K 
40: EX-23.2     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP                         1     14K 
41: EX-23.3     Consent of Kpmg LLP                                    1     14K 
42: EX-25.1     Form T-1                                              29     98K 
43: EX-25.2     Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on T-1     30    100K 
44: EX-99.1     Form of Letter                                         2     22K 
45: EX-99.2     Form of Letter of Transmittal                          9     42K 
46: EX-99.3     Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery                  4     24K 
47: EX-99.4     Form of Instructions                                   2     20K 
48: EX-99.5     Form of Letter to Clients                              2±    16K 
49: EX-99.6     Guidelines                                             4±    23K 


EX-99.2   —   Form of Letter of Transmittal
Exhibit Table of Contents

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EXHIBIT 99.2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO TENDER UNREGISTERED 9 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011 (INCLUDING THOSE IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM) OF PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC. PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND PROSPECTUS DATED , 2001 THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2001 (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"), UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY. The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [Enlarge/Download Table] By Overnight Delivery or Registered or Certified Mail: By Hand in New York: By Hand in Delaware: Wilmington Trust Company Wilmington Trust Company Wilmington Trust Company Rodney Square North c/o Computershare Trust 1105 Rodney Square North 1100 Rodney Square North Company of New York Wilmington, DE Wilmington, DE 19890 Wall Street Plaza Attn: Corporate Trust, 1st Attn: Corporate Trust 88 Pine Street, 19th Floor Floor New York, NY 10005 Facsimile Transmission Number: (For Eligible Institutions Only) (302) 651-1079 Confirm Receipt of Facsimile by Telephone: (302) 651-8869 Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be sent promptly by registered or certified mail, by hand or by overnight delivery service. Delivery of this letter of transmittal to an address or transmission of instructions via facsimile other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery. If you wish to exchange unregistered 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (The "Old Notes"), for an equal aggregate principal amount of registered 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (The "New Notes"), pursuant to the exchange offer, you must validly tender (and not withdraw) old Notes to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date. SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED. PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by holders of Old Notes either if Old Notes are to be forwarded herewith or if tenders of Old Notes are to be made by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by Wilmington Trust Company (the "Exchange Agent") at The Depository Trust Company pursuant to the procedures set forth in "The Exchange Offer -- Procedures for Tendering" in the Prospectus (as defined). 1
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Holders of Old Notes whose certificates for such Old Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their certificates and ail other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, must tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in "The Exchange Offer -- Guaranteed Delivery Procedures" in the Prospectus. 2
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[Enlarge/Download Table] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION OF TENDERED OLD NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGGREGATE NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) OF REGISTERED OWNER(S) AS IT CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT APPEARS ON THE 9 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011 NUMBER(S) OF OLD NOTES (PLEASE FILL IN, IF BLANK) OF OLD NOTES TENDERED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF OLD NOTES TENDERED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (BOXES BELOW TO BE CHECKED BY ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY) [ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Name of Tendering Institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Account Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Code Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] CHECK HERE AND ENCLOSE A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IF TENDERED NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Name of Registered Holder(s) Window Ticket Number (if any) Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery Name of Institution which Guaranteed Delivery If Guaranteed Delivery is to be made By Book-Entry Transfer: Name of Tendering Institution Account Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Code Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
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[ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND NON-EXCHANGED OLD NOTES ARE TO BE RETURNED BY CREDITING THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY ACCOUNT NUMBER SET FORTH ABOVE. [ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE OLD NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES (A "PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER") AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. Name: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Address: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4
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Ladies and Gentlemen: 1. The undersigned hereby tenders to Premium Standard Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Old Notes, described above pursuant to the Company's offer of $1,000 principal amount of the New Notes, in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of the Old Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Prospectus dated , 2001 (the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"). 2. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that it has full authority to tender the Old Notes described above. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the tender of Old Notes. 3. The undersigned understands that the tender of the Old Notes pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between the undersigned and the Company as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. 4. Unless the box under the heading "Special Registration Instructions" is checked, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that: (i) the New Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the undersigned and any beneficial owner of the Old Notes (a "Beneficial Owner"); (ii) neither the undersigned nor any Beneficial Owner is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of such New Notes; (iii) neither the undersigned nor any Beneficial Owner has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Notes; (iv) if the undersigned or any Beneficial Owner is a resident of the State of California, it falls under the self-executing institutional investor exemption set forth under Section 25102(i) of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 and Rules 260.102.10 and 260.105.14 of the California Blue Sky Regulations; (v) if the undersigned or any Beneficial Owner is a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it falls under the self-executing institutional investor exemption set forth under Sections 203(c), 102(d) and (k) of the Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972, Section 102.111 of the Pennsylvania Blue Sky Regulations and an interpretive opinion dated November 16, 1985; (vi) the undersigned and each Beneficial Owner acknowledges and agrees that any person who is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or is participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the New Notes must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction of the New Notes or interests therein acquired by such person and cannot rely on the position of the staff of the Commission set forth in certain no-action letters; (vii) the undersigned and each Beneficial Owner understands that a secondary resale transaction described in clause (vi) above and any resales of New Notes or interests therein obtained by such holder in exchange for Old Notes or interests therein originally acquired by such holder directly from the Company should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or Item 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K of the Commission; and (viii) neither the holder nor any Beneficial Owner is an "affiliate," as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the Company. Upon request by the Company, the undersigned or Beneficial Owner will deliver to the Company a legal opinion confirming it is not such an affiliate. 5
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5. The undersigned may, IF AND ONLY IF UNABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN ITEM 4 ABOVE, elect to have its Old Notes registered in the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2001, among the Company, the Guarantors and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as placement agents, in the form filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which the Prospectus is a part. Such election may be made by checking the box under "Special Registration Instructions" on page . By making such election, the undersigned agrees, jointly and severally, as a holder of transfer restricted securities participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its agents, employees, directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable legal and other expenses actually incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the shelf registration statement filed with respect to such Old Notes or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the undersigned furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the undersigned expressly for use therein. Any such indemnification shall be governed by the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions regarding notice, retention of counsel, contribution and payment of expenses set forth therein. The above summary of the indemnification provision of the Registration Rights Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement. 6. If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes, however, by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer and Old Notes held for its own account were not acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Old Notes cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 7. Any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives of the undersigned. 8. Unless otherwise indicated herein under "Special Delivery Instructions," the certificates for the New Notes will be issued in the name of the undersigned. 6
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SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS (SEE INSTRUCTION 1) To be completed ONLY IF the New Notes are to be issued or sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that provided above. Mail [ ] Issue [ ] (check appropriate boxes) certificates to: Name: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PLEASE PRINT) Address: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (INCLUDING ZIP CODE) SPECIAL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS (SEE ITEM 5) To be completed ONLY IF (i) the undersigned satisfies the conditions set forth in Item 5 above, (ii) the undersigned elects to register its Old Notes in the Shelf Registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement and (iii) the undersigned agrees to indemnify certain entities and individuals as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and summarized in Item 5 above. [ ] By checking this box the undersigned hereby (i) represents that it is unable to make all of the representations and warranties set forth in Item 4 above, (ii) elects to have its Old Notes registered pursuant to the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement and (iii) agrees to indemnify certain entities and individuals identified in, and to the extent provided in, the Registration Rights Agreement and summarized in Item 5 above. 7
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SIGNATURE To be completed by all exchanging noteholders. Must be signed by registered holder exactly as name appears on Old Notes. If signature is by trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth full title. See Instruction 3. X -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURE(S) OF REGISTERED HOLDER(S) OR AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE Dated: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Names(s): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT) Capacity: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (INCLUDING ZIP CODE) Area Code and Telephone No.: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURE GUARANTEE (IF REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION 1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NAME OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION GUARANTEEING SIGNATURES) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ADDRESS (INCLUDING ZIP CODE) AND TELEPHONE NUMBER (INCLUDING AREA CODE) OF FIRM) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PRINTED NAME) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (TITLE) Dated: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH FORM A PART OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS 1. GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES. Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or by an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible Institution") unless the box entitled "Special Registration Instructions" or "Special Delivery 8
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Instructions" above has not been completed or the Old Notes described above are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. 2. DELIVERY OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OLD NOTES. The Old Notes, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or copy thereof), should be mailed or delivered to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth above. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD NOTES AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE HOLDER. INSTEAD OF DELIVERY BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HOLDERS USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ASSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE. NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE COMPANY. HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES, OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS. 3. SIGNATURE ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, BOND POWERS AND ENDORSEMENTS. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than a registered holder of any Old Notes, such Old Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed by such registered holder exactly as such registered holder's name appears on such Old Notes. If this Letter of Transmittal or any Old Notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations, or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by the Company, proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal. 4. MISCELLANEOUS. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Old Notes will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all Old Notes not properly tendered or any Old Notes the Company's acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right to waive any defects, irregularities, or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes. The Company's interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Notes must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects in such tenders or shall incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Notes will not he deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holder thereof as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date. 9

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