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Exhibit 25.1

 

 
 

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

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

National Banking Association
  04-3401714
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
if not a U.S. national bank)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
150 Royall Street, Canton, MA
  02021
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Law Department

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

150 Royall Street, Canton, MA

02021

(781) 575-2000

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY1

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ohio    34-0253240

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio

   44316
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

 

 

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 
1 

See Table 1 for additional registrants.

 

 
 


Table 1

ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

The following subsidiaries of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company guarantee the Debt Securities and are co-registrants under the registration statement.

 

Exact Name of Registrant

as Specified in Its Charter

 

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or
Organization

 

I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number

 

Address of

Registrant’s Principal

Executive Offices

 

Address of Agent for
Service

Celeron Corporation   Delaware   51-0269149  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Cooper International Holding Corporation   Delaware   75-2035615  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company LLC   Delaware   34-4297750  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Vietnam Holding, LLC   Delaware   83-2795952  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Cooper Tire Holding Company   Ohio   34-1961810  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

1160 Dublin Road, Suite 400

Columbus, Ohio 43215

(855) 545-1303

Divested Companies Holding Company   Delaware   51-0304855  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Divested Litchfield Park Properties, Inc.   Arizona   51-0304856  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

7955 S. Priest Dr., Suite 102

Tempe, Arizona 85284

(800) 927-9800

Goodyear Canada Inc.   Ontario, Canada   Not applicable  

450 Kipling Avenue,

Toronto, Ontario

M8Z 5E1 Canada

(416) 201-4300

 

Secretary

450 Kipling Avenue

Toronto, Ontario

M8Z 5E1 Canada

(416) 201-4300

Goodyear Export Inc.   Delaware   26-2890770  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800


Exact Name of Registrant

as Specified in Its Charter

 

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or
Organization

 

I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number

 

Address of

Registrant’s Principal

Executive Offices

 

Address of Agent for
Service

Goodyear Farms, Inc.   Arizona   86-0056985  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

7955 S. Priest Dr., Suite 102

Tempe, Arizona 85284

(800) 927-9800

Goodyear International Corporation   Delaware   34-0253255  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Goodyear Western Hemisphere Corporation   Delaware   34-0736571  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800

Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc.   Ohio   34-0932669  

4651 Prosper Road

Stow, Ohio 44224

(330) 928-9092

 

Corporation Service Company

1160 Dublin Road, Suite 400

Columbus, Ohio 43215

(855) 545-1303

Raben Tire Co., LLC   Indiana   35-1162941  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

135 North Pennsylvania Street, Suite 1610

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

(800) 927-9800

T&WA, Inc.   Kentucky   62-1723160  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

421 West Main Street

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(800) 927-9800

Wingfoot Brands LLC   Delaware   87-4040423  

200 Innovation Way

Akron, Ohio 44316

(330) 796-2121

 

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

(800) 927-9800


Item 1.    General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
  

(a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

  

Comptroller of the Currency

340 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10017-2613

  

(b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

  

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2.    Affiliations with the obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe such affiliation.
   None.
Items 3-15.    No responses are included for Items 3-15 of this Form T-1 because, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, neither the obligor nor any guarantor is in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee and the Trustee is not a foreign trustee as provided under Item 15.
Item 16.    List of exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility.
   1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustee. (See Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-200089).
   2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business.
   3. A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certification of Fiduciary Powers for Computershare Trust Company, National Association.
   4. A copy of the existing bylaws of the trustee, as now in effect. (See Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-200089).
   5. Not applicable
   6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
   7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
   8. Not applicable
   9. Not applicable


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the trustee, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, organized and existing under the laws of the United States, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of St. Paul, and State of Minnesota, on the 29th day of May, 2025.

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:   /s/ Corey J. Dahlstrand
 

Name: Corey J. Dahlstrand

Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT 2 

 

A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence for Computershare Trust Company, National Association, dated May 5, 2025.

 

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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

  Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Rodney E. Hood, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. “Computershare Trust Company, National Association,” Canton, Massachusetts (Charter No. 23148), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, May 5, 2025, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

 

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   Acting Comptroller of the Currency   
   LOGO   

2025-00879-C


EXHIBIT 3

 

A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certification of Fiduciary Powers for Computershare Trust Company, National Association, dated May 5, 2025.

 

LOGO  

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

  Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Rodney E. Hood, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. “Computershare Trust Company, National Association,” Canton, Massachusetts (Charter No. 23148), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, May 5, 2025, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

 

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   Acting Comptroller of the Currency   
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2025-00879-C


EXHIBIT 6

 

CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321 (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and in connection with the proposed issue of debt securities, Computershare Trust Company, National Association hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefore.

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:   /s/ Corey J. Dahlstrand
  Name: Corey J. Dahlstrand
  Title: Vice President

May 29, 2025


EXHIBIT 7

 

 

Consolidated Report of Condition of

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

150 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021

at the close of business December 31, 2024.

 

ASSETS    Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     2,104  

Interest-bearing balances

     361,932  

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     -0-  

Available-for-sale securities

     -0-  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     -0-  

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     -0-  

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     -0-  

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     -0-  

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     -0-  

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     -0-  

Trading assets

     -0-  

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     6,464  

Other real estate owned

     -0-  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     -0-  

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     -0-  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     134,206  

Other intangible assets

     437,126  

Other assets

     149,658  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     1,091,490  
  

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     -0-  

Noninterest-bearing

     -0-  

Interest-bearing

     -0-  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     -0-  

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     -0-  

Trading liabilities

     -0-  

Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     -0-  

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     -0-  

Other liabilities

     150,750  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     150,750  
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0  

Common stock

     500  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     850,876  

Retained earnings

     89,364  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -0-  

Other equity capital components

     -0-  

Total bank equity capital

     940,740  

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     -0-  

Total equity capital

     940,740  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     1,091,490  
  

 

 

 

I, Greg Brandt, Assistant Controller of the above named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

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Greg Brandt

Assistant Controller