UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION
DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
Securities Act of 1933 File No: ________________
(If application to determine eligibility of trustee for delayed offering pursuant to Section 305(b)(2))
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
A. Rule as to the Use of Form T-1.
Form T-1 shall be used for statements of eligibility of corporations designated to act as trustees under trust indentures to be
qualified pursuant to Sections 305 or 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Form T-1 also shall be used for statements of
eligibility of foreign trustees under trust indentures to be qualified pursuant to Sections 305 or 307, where a prior order has been
issued pursuant to Section 310(a)(1) or 304(d), or the Commission has promulgated a rule under such sections permitting the
trustee to act as a sole trustee under the indenture to be qualified. Finally, Form T-1 shall be used for applications to determine
the eligibility of a trustee pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Act
B. Obligations Deemed to be in Default.
Item 13 requires disclosure of defaults of the obligor on securities issued under indentures under which the applicant is
trustee.
If the obligor is not in default, the applicant is required to provide responses to Items 1, 2 and 16 of Form T-1. In addition,
Item 15 would be applicable to foreign trustees. If the obligor is in default, the applicant must respond to all of the items in form
T-1.
An obligor shall be deemed to be in default upon the occurrence of acts or conditions as defined in the indenture, but
exclusive of any period of grace or requirement of notice.
C. Application of General Rules and Regulations.
The General Rules and Regulations under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 are applicable to statements of eligibility of this
form. Attention is particularly directed to Rules 0-1 and 0-2 as to the meaning of terms used in the rules and regulations.
Attention is also directed to Rule 5a-3 regarding the filing of statements of eligibility and qualification and to Rule 7a-16 regard-
ing the inclusion of items, the differentiation between items and answers, and the omission of instructions.
D. Scope of Items and Instructions.
The items and instructions require information only as to the trustee, unless the context clearly shows otherwise.
E. Calculation of Percentages of Securities.
The percentages of securities required by this form are to be calculated in accordance with provisions of Rule 10b-1.
F. Items Relating to Underwriters.
Wherever any item of the form requires information with respect to an underwriter for the obligor, the information is to be
given as to every person who, within one year prior to the date of filing the statement of eligibility and qualification, acted as an
underwriter of any security of the obligor outstanding on the date of filing the statement and as to every proposed principal
underwriter of the securities proposed to be offered. The term “principal underwriter” means an underwriter in privity of con-
tract with the issuer of the securities as to which he is an underwriter.
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