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Exhibit (a)(1)(C)

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

for

Offer to Purchase

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.

at

$12.00 Per Share of Common Stock, Net in Cash,

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated January 2, 2018

by

Alphabet Merger Sub Inc.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

The Hershey Company

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF JANUARY 30, 2018, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

 

 

Do not use for signature guarantees

 

 

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially in the form hereof, must be used to accept the offer of Alphabet Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hershey Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), of Amplify Snack Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at a price per Share of $12.00, net to the seller in cash, without any interest, but subject to any required withholding of taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”) if certificates for Shares and all other required documents cannot be delivered to American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC (the “Depositary”) prior to the expiration time of the Offer, the procedure for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration time of the Offer, or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Depositary prior to the expiration time of the Offer.


Such form may be delivered via telegram, facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution (as defined below). See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

 

LOGO

 

If delivering by hand, express mail, courier,

or other expedited service:

 

   By mail:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC

Operations Center

Attn: Reorganization Department

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

  

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC

Operations Center

Attn: Reorganization Department

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

FAX: 718-234-5001

Call one of the following numbers ONLY if you are confirming a facsimile transmission

CONFIRM: 877-248-6417 or 718-921-8317

For Information call: 888-605-8334

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

The guarantee on the back cover page must be completed.

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to Alphabet Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hershey Company, a Delaware corporation, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated January 2, 2018 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), receipt of each of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of Shares indicated below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

Number of Shares Tendered:    
Share Certificate Numbers (if available):     
If Shares will be delivered by book-entry transfer:  
Name of Tendering Institution:    
DTC Participant Number:    
Transaction Code Number:    
Date:    
Name(s) of Record Owner(s):  
     
     
(Please Type or Print)
Address(es):    
     
(Including Zip Code)
Area Code and Telephone Number:    
Signature(s):  
     
     

APPLY MEDALLION GUARANTEE STAMP HERE

 

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GUARANTEE

(Not to be used for signature guarantees)

The undersigned, a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association Incorporated, including any of the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program or an “eligible guarantor institution”, as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each, an “Eligible Institution”), hereby guarantees that either the certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer (or a Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase) with respect to all such Shares), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal), and any other required documents, are received by the Depositary within two trading days after the date of execution of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. A “trading day” is any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal, certificates for Shares and/or any other required documents to the Depositary within the time period shown above. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.

 

Name(s) of Firm:    
Address:    
(Including Zip Code)
Area Code and Telephone Number:    
Authorized Signature:    
Name:    
(Please Type or Print)
Title:    
Dated:    

NOTE: DO NOT SEND SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. SHARE CERTIFICATES ARE TO BE DELIVERED WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

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