EX-8.1 4 d942881dex81.htm EX-8.1 EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1 to Form F-10

(Exhibit 25.1 to Form F-3)

 

 

 

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)

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

NEW YORK   13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
organization if not a U.S. national bank)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification no.)

 

60 WALL STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
  10005
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Mirko Mieth

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 36th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250-1663

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

 

 

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   98-0176673
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

333 Bay Street, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  M5H 2R2
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

TR FINANCE LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   84-3786645
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

677 Washington Boulevard,
9th Floor Stamford, Connecticut
  06901
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

 


TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Co-Registrant as Specified in its Charter

   I.R.S. Employer
Identification
No.
   State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
   Address and Telephone
Number of Principal
Executive Offices

Thomson Reuters Applications Inc.

   74-3053016    Delaware    610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc.

   75-1297386    Texas    2395 Midway Road
Carrollton, Texas 75006

(800) 327-8829

West Publishing Corporation

   41-1426973    Minnesota    610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

 

 

Debt Securities of Thomson Reuters Corporation

Debt Securities of TR Finance LLC

Guarantees of Debt Securities of TR Finance LLC

(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.

 

Name

   Address

Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)

   New York, NY

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C.

New York State Banking Department

   Albany, NY

 

  (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.

 

Item 3. -15.

Not Applicable

 

Item 16.

List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1 -    Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 31, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 18, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 3, 1999; and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust


   Company dated March 14, 2002, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 2 -    Certificate of Authority to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 3 -    Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 4 -    Existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, approved March 29, 2019, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit S-3ASR filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-236787.
Exhibit 5 -    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 -    Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
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.

 


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, 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 this 6th day of July, 2020.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

/s/ Bridgette Casasnovas

By:

 

    Name: Bridgette Casasnovas

 

    Title: Vice President


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS 00623
         
New York, NY 10005          
   Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System    OMB Number 7100-0036
   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    OMB Number 3064-0052
   Office of the Comptroller of the Currency    OMB Number 1557-0081
      Approval expires March 31, 2023
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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

 

  

LOGO

  

 

Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for

a Bank with Domestic Offices Only—FFIEC 041

 

 

 

 

Report at the close of business March 31, 2020

This report is required by law: 12 U.S.C. § 324 (State member banks); 12 U.S.C. §1817 (State nonmember banks); 12 U.S.C. §161 (National banks); and 12 U.S.C. §1464 (Savings associations).

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “bank” in this report form refers to both banks and savings associations.

    20200331        

    (RCON 9999)

This report form is to be filed by banks with domestic offices only and total consolidated assets of less than $100 billion, except those banks that file the FFIEC 051, and those banks that are advanced approaches institutions for regulatory capital purposes that are required to file the FFIEC 031.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Each bank’s board of directors and senior management are responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control, including controls over the Reports of Condition and Income. The Reports of Condition and Income are to be prepared in accordance with federal regulatory authority instructions. The Reports of Condition and Income must be signed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the reporting bank (or by the individual performing an equivalent function) and attested to by not less than two directors (trustees) for state nonmember banks and three directors for state member banks, national banks, and savings associations.

I, the undersigned CFO (or equivalent) of the named bank, attest that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting

 

schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that the Reports of Condition and Income have been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature of Chief Financial Officer (or Equivalent)

04/30/2020

 

Date of Signature

  

 

Director (Trustee)

 

 

 

Director (Trustee)

 

 

 

Director (Trustee)

 

 

 

Submission of Reports

 

Each bank must file its Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) data by either:

 

(a)

Using computer software to prepare its Call Report and then submitting the report data directly to the FFIEC’s Central Data Repository (CDR), an Internet-based system for data collection (https://cdr.ffiec.gov/cdr/), or

 

(b)

Completing its Call Report in paper form and arranging with a software vendor or another party to convert the data into the electronic format that can be processed by the CDR. The software vendor or other party then must electronically submit the bank’s data file to the CDR.

For technical assistance with submissions to the CDR, please contact the CDR Help Desk by telephone at (888) CDR-3111, by fax at (703) 774-3946, or by e-mail at CDR.Help@ffiec.gov.

 

FDIC Certificate Number

   623   
     (RSSD 9050)     

To fulfill the signature and attestation requirement for the Reports of Condition and Income for this report date, attach your bank’s completed signature page (or a photocopy or a computer generated version of this page) to the hard-copy record of the data file submitted to the CDR that your bank must place in its files.

The appearance of your bank’s hard-copy record of the submitted data file need not match exactly the appearance of the FFIEC’s sample report forms, but should show at least the caption of each Call Report item and the reported amount.

 

  DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

  Legal Title of Bank (RSSD 9017)

New York

City (RSSD 9130)

NY      10005
State Abbreviation (RSSD 9200)     

Zip Code (RSSD 9220)

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

    
8EWQ2UQKS07AKK8ANH81
(Report only if your institution already has an LEI.) (RCON 9224)
 

 

 

The estimated average burden associated with this information collection is 50.11 hours per respondent and is expected to vary by institution, depending on individual circumstances. Burden estimates include the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data in the required form, and completing the information collection, but exclude the time for compiling and maintaining business records in the normal course of a respondent’s activities. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an organization (or a person) is not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503, and to one of the following: Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551; Legislative and Regulatory Analysis Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC 20219; Assistant Executive Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429.

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

  

New York, NY 10005

  
    

FFIEC 041

    

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RC-1

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Banks

and Savings Associations for March 31, 2020

All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

 

      Dollar Amounts in Thousands      RCON      Amount      
  Assets                    
  1.     Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):          
      a.    Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)      0081      32,000     1.a.
     

b.    Interest-bearing balances (2)

                

0071

    

11,612,000

    1.b.
  2.     Securities:                
  a.    Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) (3)            JJ34        0     2.a.
  b.    Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)            1773        0     2.b.
      c.    Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading (4)     

JA22

    

6,000

    2.c.
  3.     Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:          
     

a.    Federal funds sold

                

B987

    

0

    3.a.
      b.    Securities purchased under agreements to resell (5, 6)                  B989      14,923,000     3.b.
  4.     Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):          
      a.    Loans and leases held for sale                  5369      0     4.a.
      b.    Loans and leases held for investment    B528     

12,980,000

                  4.b.
  c.    LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses      3123        33,000           4.c.
  d.    Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c) (7)           B529        12,947,000     4.d.
  5.     Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)        3545        0     5.
  6.     Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)        2145        14,000     6.
  7.     Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)        2150        3,000     7.
  8.     Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies        2130        0     8.
  9.     Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures        3656        0     9.
  10.     Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)            2143        18,000     10.
  11.     Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) (6)        2160        1,982,000     11.
  12.     Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)
           2170        41,537,000     12.
  Liabilities                    
  13.     Deposits:                
  a.    In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)        2200        28,955,000     13.a.
              (1) Noninterest-bearing (8)    6631      9,512,000                   13.a.(1)
              (2) Interest-bearing    6636      19,443,000                   13.a.(2)
      b.    Not applicable                                
  14.     Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:          
      a.    Federal funds purchased (9)             B993      0     14.a.
      b.    Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (10)                  B995      0     14.b.
  15.     Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)        3548        0     15.
  16.     Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness) (from Schedule RC-M)        3190        375,000     16.
  17.     and 18. Not applicable              
  19.     Subordinated notes and debentures (11)            3200        0     19.

 

1.

Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.

2.

Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.

3.

Institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-13 should report in item 2.a amounts net of any applicable allowance for credit losses, and item 2.a should equal Schedule RC-B, item 8, column A, less Schedule RI-B, Part II, item 7, column B.

4.

Item 2.c is to be completed only by institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-01, which includes provisions governing the accounting for investments in equity securities. See the instructions for further detail on ASU 2016-01.

5.

Includes all securities resale agreements, regardless of maturity.

6.

Institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-13 should report in items 3.b and 11 amounts net of any applicable allowance for credit losses.

7.

Institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-13 should report in item 4.c the allowance for credit losses on loans and leases.

8.

Includes noninterest-bearing demand, time, and savings deposits.

9.

Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”

10.

Includes all securities repurchase agreements, regardless of maturity.

11.

Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
00623
  
New York, NY 10005   
    

FFIEC 041

    

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RC-2

Schedule RC—Continued

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands    RCON      Amount      

Liabilities—continued

       
20.    Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)      2930        2,396,000     20.
21.    Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)      2948        31,726,000     21.
22.    Not applicable        

Equity Capital

       
   Bank Equity Capital        
23.    Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus      3838        0     23.
24.    Common stock      3230        2,127,000     24.
25.    Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)      3839        931,000     25.
26.    a. Retained earnings      3632        6,754,000     26.a.
   b. Accumulated other comprehensive income (1)      B530        (1,000   26.b.
   c. Other equity capital components (2)      A130        0     26.c.
27.    a. Total bank equity capital (sum of items 23 through 26.c)      3210        9,811,000     27.a.
   b. Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries      3000        0     27.b.
28.    Total equity capital (sum of items 27.a and 27.b)      G105        9,811,000     28.
29.    Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21 and 28)      3300        41,537,000     29.

 

     RCON      Number         

Memoranda

        

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

        
1.    Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most
comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of
any date during 2019
     6724        2a        M.1.  

 

  1a =     An integrated audit of the reporting institution’s financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) or Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) by an indepen- dent public accountant that submits a report on the institution
  1b =     An audit of the reporting institution’s financial statements only conducted in accordance with the auditing standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the institution
  2a =     An integrated audit of the reporting institution’s parent holding company’s consolidated financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting conducted in accordance with the standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the institution separately)
  2b =     An audit of the reporting institution’s parent holding company’s consolidated financial statements only conducted in accordance with the auditing standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the institution separately)
  3 =     This number is not to be used
  4 =     Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state-chartering authority)
  5 =     Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state-chartering authority)
  6 =     Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors
  7 =     Compilation of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors
  8 =     Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
  9 =     No external audit work
 

 

     RCON      Date         

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

        

2. Bank’s fiscal year-end date (report the date in MMDD format)

     8678        1231        M.2.  

 

1.

Includes, but is not limited to, net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and accumulated defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan adjustments.

2.

Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.

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