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EXHIBIT (a)(4)
Offer to Purchase for Cash
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
(Including the Associated Stock Purchase Rights)
of
Splash Technology Holdings, Inc.
at
$10.00 Net Per Share
by
Vancouver Acquisition Corp.,
a wholly owned subsidiary
of
Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
The Offer and Withdrawal Rights Will Expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City
Time, on Friday, October 13, 2000, Unless the Offer is Extended.
September 14, 2000
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
We have been appointed by Vancouver Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned
subsidiary ("Purchaser") of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. ("EFI"), to act as
Information Agent in connection with Purchaser's offer to purchase all
outstanding shares of common stock of Splash Technology Holdings, Inc.
("Splash") and the associated stock purchase rights at a price of $10.00 per
share (and the associated stock purchase right), net to the seller in cash,
less any required withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in Purchaser's Offer to Purchase, dated
September 14, 2000, and the related Letter of Transmittal.
Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for
whose accounts you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of your
nominee.
Purchaser is not obligated to purchase any tendered shares unless, after the
purchase of tendered shares, Purchaser would own a majority of the shares
outstanding on a fully diluted basis. The offer is also conditioned, among
other things, the expiration or termination of any applicable antitrust waiting
periods.
Enclosed for your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom
you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, are
copies of the following documents:
1. Offer to Purchase, dated September 14, 2000;
2. Letter of Transmittal for your use in accepting the offer and tendering
shares and for the information of your clients;
3. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the offer if the
shares and all other required documents are not immediately available or cannot
be delivered to Wilmington Trust Company (the "Depositary") by the Expiration
Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) or if the procedure for book-entry
transfer cannot be completed by the Expiration Date;
4. A letter to stockholders of Splash from Kevin Macgillivray, Chief
Executive Officer of Splash, together with a Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by Splash;
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5. A letter which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold
shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space
provided for obtaining the clients' instructions with regard to the offer;
6. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
Substitute Form W-9; and
7. Return envelope addressed to the Depositary.
We urge you to contact your clients as promptly as possible. Please note
that the offer and withdrawal rights expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on Friday, October 13, 2000, unless the offer is extended.
In all cases, payment for shares accepted for payment pursuant to the offer
will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of (1) certificates
evidencing the shares (or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of the shares
into the Depositary's account at the Depositary Trust Company), (2) a Letter of
Transmittal properly completed and duly executed with any required signature
guarantees or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent's Message (as
defined in the Offer to Purchase) and (3) any other required documents.
If holders of shares wish to tender, but cannot deliver their certificates
or cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry transfer prior to the
expiration of the offer, a tender of shares may be effected by following the
guaranteed delivery procedure described in "Section 3. Procedures for Accepting
Our Offer and Tendering Shares" of the Offer to Purchase.
Purchaser will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker, dealer or
other person in connection with the solicitation of tenders of shares pursuant
to the offer. However, Purchaser will reimburse you for customary mailing and
handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the enclosed materials
to your clients. Purchaser will pay or cause to be paid any stock transfer
taxes payable with respect to the transfer of shares to it, except as otherwise
provided in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
Any inquiries you may have with respect to the offer should be addressed to
the undersigned at our address and telephone numbers set forth on the back
cover page of the Offer to Purchase.
Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from us, at the
address and telephone number set forth on the back cover page of the Offer to
Purchase.
Very truly yours,
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
Nothing contained in this letter or in the enclosed documents shall
constitute you or any other person as the agent of EFI, Purchaser, Splash, the
Information Agent or the Depositary, or of any affiliate of any of them, or
authorize you or any other person to use any document or to make any statement
on behalf of any of them in connection with the offer other than the enclosed
documents and the statements contained therein.
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