EXHIBIT 99(2)
BRISTOW GROUP INC.
Letter to Clients
for Tender of All Outstanding
71/2% Senior Notes due 2017
in Exchange for Registered
71/2% Senior Notes due 2017
The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ,
2007, unless sooner terminated or extended. Outstanding notes tendered in the exchange offer may be
withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.
To Our Clients:
We are enclosing with this letter a prospectus dated , 2007 of BRISTOW GROUP
INC. and the related letter of transmittal. These two documents together constitute Bristows offer
to exchange its 71/2% Senior Notes due 2017 (the Exchange Notes), the issuance of which has been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount of its issued and
outstanding unregistered 71/2% Senior Notes due 2017 (the Outstanding Notes). The exchange offer is
not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes being tendered for
exchange.
We are the holder of record of Outstanding Notes held by us for your own account. A tender of
your Outstanding Notes held by us can be made only by us as the record holder according to your
instructions. The letter of transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be
used by you to tender Outstanding Notes held by us for your account.
We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of the Outstanding Notes
held by us for your account under the terms and conditions of the exchange offer. We also request
that you confirm that we may, on your behalf, make the representations contained in the letter of
transmittal.
Pursuant to the letter of transmittal, each holder of Outstanding Notes will represent to
Bristow that:
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any Exchange Notes received are being acquired in the ordinary course of
business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes; |
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such person does not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Outstanding Notes or the Exchange Notes within
the meaning of the Securities Act; |
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such person is not an affiliate, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act, of Bristow, or if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with the registration
and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable; |
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if such person is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not
intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes; |
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if such person is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Notes in exchange
for Outstanding Notes that were acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, and it will deliver a prospectus
in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and
by delivering a prospectus, it will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act; |
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if such person is a broker-dealer, it did not purchase the Outstanding Notes to
be exchanged for the Exchange Notes from Bristow; and |
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such person is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and
completely make the foregoing representations. |
Please return your instructions to us in the enclosed envelope within ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer.
INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANT
To Participant of The Depository Trust Company:
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt and review of the prospectus dated
, 2007 of Bristow Group Inc. and the related letter of transmittal. These two documents together
constitute Bristows offer to exchange its 71/2% Senior Notes due 2017 (the Exchange Notes), the
issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount
of its issued and outstanding unregistered 71/2% Senior Notes due 2017 (the Outstanding Notes).
This will instruct you, the registered holder and DTC participant, as to the action to be
taken by you relating to the exchange offer for the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account
of the undersigned.
The aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the
undersigned is
(fill in amount): $_________.
With respect to the exchange offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you (check appropriate
box):
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o To TENDER all Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned. |
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o To TENDER the following amount of Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned:$_______. |
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o NOT to TENDER any Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned. |
If no box is checked, a signed and returned Instruction to DTC Participant will be deemed to
instruct you to tender all Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.
If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account
of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to make, on behalf of the undersigned
(and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations contained
in the letter of transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial
owner, including, but not limited to, the representations that:
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any Exchange Notes received are being acquired in the ordinary course
of business of the undersigned; |
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the undersigned does not have an arrangement or understanding with any
person to participate in the distribution of the Outstanding Notes or the
Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act; |
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the undersigned is not an affiliate, as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, of Bristow, or if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to
the extent applicable; |
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if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and
does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes; |
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if the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Notes
in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired for its own account as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes;
however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the |
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