UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

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FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

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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)

Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17^th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

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

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THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

(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.

 

        

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-3 dated January 23, 2013 of file number 333-186155.

 

***  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 New York and State of New York on the 8th day of February, 2018.

 

 

EXHIBIT 6

February 8, 2018

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.

 

						Dollar Amounts In Millions
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin						$	18,593
Interest-bearing balances							205,447
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities							142,316
Available-for-sale securities							254,889
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold in domestic offices							118
Securities purchased under agreements to resell							30,628
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale							7,834
Loans and leases, net of unearned income			924,987
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses			10,292
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance							914,695
Trading Assets							45,303
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)							7,810
Other real estate owned							691
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies							11,686
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures							339
Intangible assets
Goodwill							22,481
Other intangible assets							16,825
Other assets							58,325
Total assets						$	1,737,980
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices						$	1,242,149
Noninterest-bearing			425,384
Interest-bearing			816,765
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs							118,326
Noninterest-bearing			929
Interest-bearing			117,397
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices							12,165
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase							6,652

			Dollar Amounts In Millions
Trading liabilities			10,606
Other borrowed money
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)			131,262
Subordinated notes and debentures			12,971
Other liabilities			40,287
Total liabilities		$	1,574,418
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus			0
Common stock			519
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)			111,189
Retained earnings			51,446
Accumulated other comprehensive income			20
Other equity capital components			0
Total bank equity capital			163,174
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries			388
Total equity capital			163,562
Total liabilities, and equity capital		$	1,737,980

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