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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)

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

A National Banking Association   94-1347393

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

101 North Phillips Avenue

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

  57104
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Wells Fargo & Company

Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

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

 

 

TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   36-4062333

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

14901 South Orange Blossom Trail,

Orlando, Florida

  32837
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

4.75% Senior Notes due 2021

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


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

Treasury Department

Washington, D.C.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California 94120

 

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

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None with respect to the trustee.

No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.

 

Item 15. Foreign Trustee.    Not applicable.
Item 16. List of Exhibits.    List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

 

  Exhibit 1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.*

 

  Exhibit 2. A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated June 27, 2012.

 

  Exhibit 3. A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certification of Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated December 21, 2011.

 

  Exhibit 4. Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.**

 

  Exhibit 5. Not applicable.

 

  Exhibit 6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

 

  Exhibit 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.

 

  Exhibit 8. Not applicable.

 

  Exhibit 9. Not applicable.


* Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated December 30, 2005 of file number 333-130784.
** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated May 26, 2005 of file number 333-125274.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Atlanta and State of Georgia on the 13th day of February, 2013.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
/s/ Stefan Victory
Stefan Victory
Vice President


EXHIBIT 2

Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE

I, Thomas J. Curry, 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. “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,” Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Charter No. 1), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date of this certificate.

 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, June

27, 2012, 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.

/s/ Thomas J. Curry
Comptroller of the Currency


EXHIBIT 3

Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, John Walsh, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Office of 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. “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,” Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Charter No. 1), was granted, under the ahnd and seal of the Comptroller, the right to act in all fiduciary capacities authorized under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 668, 12 USC 92a, and that the authority so granted remains in full force and effect on the date of this certificate.

 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today,

December 21, 2011, 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.

/s/ John Walsh
Acting Comptroller of the Currency


EXHIBIT 6

February 13, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

 

Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
/s/ Stefan Victory

Stefan Victory

Vice President


EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

at the close of business December 31, 2012, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.

 

            Dollar Amounts
In Millions
 

ASSETS

     

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

     

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

      $ 22,460   

Interest-bearing balances

        105,937   

Securities:

     

Held-to-maturity securities

        0   

Available-for-sale securities

        203,661   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

     

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

        46   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

        30,783   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

     

Loans and leases held for sale

        29,991   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     745,960      

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     14,234      

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

        731,726   

Trading Assets

        34,637   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

        7,746   

Other real estate owned

        3,891   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

        595   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

        11   

Intangible assets

     

Goodwill

        21,545   

Other intangible assets

        19,870   

Other assets

        53,226   
     

 

 

 

Total assets

      $ 1,266,125   
     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Deposits:

     

In domestic offices

      $ 918,331   

Noninterest-bearing

     253,411      

Interest-bearing

     664,920      

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

        76,108   

Noninterest-bearing

     1,821      

Interest-bearing

     74,287      

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

     

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

        17,247   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

        12,230   


          Dollar Amounts
In Millions
 

Trading liabilities

        18,815   

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

        39,654   

Subordinated notes and debentures

        16,747   

Other liabilities

        32,260   
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      $ 1,131,392   

EQUITY CAPITAL

     

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

        0   

Common stock

        519   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

        101,833   

Retained earnings

        24,167   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

        7,144   

Other equity capital components

        0   
     

 

 

 

Total bank equity capital

        133,663   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

        1,070   
     

 

 

 

Total equity capital

        134,733   
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities, and equity capital

      $ 1,266,125   
     

 

 

 

I, Timothy J. Sloan, EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timothy J. Sloan

EVP & CFO

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

John Stumpf

David Hoyt

Michael Loughlin

   Directors