EX-25.1 25 d557350dex251.htm EX-25.1 EX-25.1

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)

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

31-0841368

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

 

800 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55402

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Raymond S. Haverstock

U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55107

(651) 466-6299

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

 

 

RHP Hotel Properties, LP

RHP Finance Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

Delaware

 

46-1000882

46-2380406

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Gaylord Drive

Nashville, Tennessee

 

37214

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

5.00% Senior Notes due 2021*

(Title of the Indenture Securities)

 

 

 


*TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS

 

Exact Name of Additional Obligor

as Specified in its Charter(1)

  

State or

Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation

or Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

   Delaware    73-0664379

Opryland Hospitality, LLC

   Tennessee    62-1586924

RHP Hotels, LLC

   Delaware    11-3689948

RHP Partner, LLC

   Delaware    46-0980656

RHP Property GP, LP

   Florida    62-1795659

RHP Property GT, LLC

   Delaware    11-3689950

RHP Property GT, LP

   Delaware    62-1798694

RHP Property NH, LLC

   Maryland    43-2062851

 

(1) The address of the principal executive offices, and the name, address and telephone number of the agent for service, of each additional obligor are the same as RHP Hotel Properties, LP and RHP Finance Corporation.

 

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FORM T-1

 

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

Washington, D.C.

 

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

Yes

 

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None

 

Items 3-15 Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

 

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.

 

  1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee.*

 

  2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.

 

  3. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, attached as Exhibit 3.

 

  4. A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.**

 

  5. A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6.

 

  7. Report of Condition of the Trustee as of June 30, 2013 published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

* Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number

333-128217 filed on November 15, 2005.

** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number 333-166527 filed on May 5, 2010.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. 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 and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of St. Paul, State of Minnesota on the 6th of September, 2013.

 

By:  

/s/ Raymond S. Haverstock

  Raymond S. Haverstock
  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 2

 

LOGO

 

 

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. “U.S. Bank National Association,” Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No. 24), 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.

 

LOGO

    

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today,

February 27, 2013, 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.

    

 

LOGO

 

     Comptroller of the Currency

 

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Exhibit 3

 

LOGO

 

Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

 

Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATION OF FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Thomas J. Curry, 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. “U.S. Bank National Association,” Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No. 24), was granted, under the hand 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.

 

LOGO

    

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today,

February 27, 2013, 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.

    

 

LOGO

 

     Comptroller of the Currency

 

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Exhibit 6

CONSENT

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

Dated: September 6, 2013

 

By:  

/s/ Raymond S. Haverstock

  Raymond S. Haverstock
  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of 6/30/2013

($000’s)

 

     6/30/2013  

Assets

  

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

   $ 6,618,511   

Securities

     74,478,321   

Federal Funds

     79,268   

Loans & Lease Financing Receivables

     226,554,158   

Fixed Assets

     4,958,016   

Intangible Assets

     13,125,133   

Other Assets

     23,519,520   
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 349,332,927   

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   $ 260,085,043   

Fed Funds

     2,946,249   

Treasury Demand Notes

     0   

Trading Liabilities

     639,343   

Other Borrowed Money

     27,488,313   

Acceptances

     0   

Subordinated Notes and Debentures

     4,836,320   

Other Liabilities

     13,040,945   
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ 309,036,213   

Equity

  

Common and Preferred Stock

     18,200   

Surplus

     14,216,132   

Undivided Profits

     24,513,966   

Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

   $ 1,548,416   
  

 

 

 

Total Equity Capital

   $ 40,296,714   

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   $ 349,332,927   

 

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