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Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

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)

 

 

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   68-0275553

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA

  94597
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Debt Securities

Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


GUARANTORS

 

Exact Name of Obligor as

Specified in its Charter

   State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization
   I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number
  

Address of Principal

Executive Offices

All-Glass Aquarium Co., Inc.    Wisconsin    39-1144104   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Aquatica Tropicals, Inc.    Delaware    47-1931804   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

B2E Biotech, LLC    Delaware    20-2228567   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

B2E Corporation    New York    11-3243032   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

B2E Microbials, LLC    Delaware    20-4794120   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

B2E Manufacturing, LLC    Delaware    27-1019314   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Blue Springs Hatchery, Inc.    Delaware    20-2712744   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Farnam Companies, Inc.    Arizona    86-0101524   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597


Florida Tropical Distributors International, Inc.    Delaware    13-4226191   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Four Paws Products, Ltd.    New York    11-2210716   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

FourStar Microbial Products, LLC    Delaware    27-0176880   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Gro Tec, Inc.    Georgia    58-1734869   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Gulfstream Home & Garden, Inc.    Florida    58-2255720   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Hydro-Organics Wholesale    California    68-0446334   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

IMS Southern, LLC    Utah    47-5327235   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

IMS Trading, LLC    Utah    47-4194049   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Kaytee Products Incorporated    Wisconsin    39-0399490   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

K&H Manufacturing, LLC    Delaware    20-8789809   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597


Matson, LLC    Washington    20-0083295   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Midwest Tropicals LLC    Utah    37-1870445   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

New England Pottery, LLC    Delaware    57-1198837   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

NEXGEN Turf Research, LLC    Oregon    20-5355094   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Pennington Seed, Inc.    Delaware    58-2394553   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Pets International, Ltd.    Illinois    36-3390302   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Quality Pets, LLC    Utah    61-1852453   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Segrest, Inc.    Delaware    13-4226185   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Segrest Farms, Inc.    Delaware    56-2306146   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Sun Pet, Ltd.    Delaware    20-3967065   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597


T.F.H. Publications, Inc.    Delaware    22-1918893   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Wellmark International    California    94-3273583   

c/o Central Garden & Pet Company

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597


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 and Fiduciary Powers 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 333-130784-06.
** 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 Los Angeles and State of California on the 1st day of December 2017.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

/s/ Michael Tu

Michael Tu
Vice President


EXHIBIT 6

December 1, 2017

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/ Michael Tu

Michael Tu

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 September 30, 2017, 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

      $ 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  
  

 

 

 

I, John R. Shrewsberry, Sr. 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.

John R. Shrewsberry

    Sr. 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.

                    Directors

Enrique Hernandez, Jr

Federico F. Pena

James Quigley