EX-25.1 13 d633005dex251.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)

Donald T. Hurrelbrink

U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55107

(651) 466-6308

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

 

 

William Lyon Homes, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

California   33-0253855

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4695 MacArthur Court, 8th Floor

Newport Beach, California

  92660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

William Lyon Homes

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   33-0864902

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4695 MacArthur Court, 8th Floor

Newport Beach, California

  92660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

AND

The Other Registrants Named in the Table of Additional Registrants Below

8.500% Senior Notes Due 2020

(Title of the Indenture Securities)

 

 

 


TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

Additional Registrants (as Guarantors of 8.500% Senior Notes due 2020)

 

Exact Name as specified in its charter *

  

State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization

  

Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Number

  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

California Equity Funding, Inc.

   California    1531    33-0830016

PH-LP Ventures

   California    1531    33-0799119

Duxford Financial, Inc.

   California    1531    33-0640824

Sycamore CC, Inc.

   California    1531    33-0981307

Presley CMR, Inc.

   California    1531    33-0603862

William Lyon Southwest, Inc.

   Arizona    1531    86-0978474

PH-Rielly Ventures

   California    1531    33-0827710

HSP Inc.

   California    1531    33-0636045

PH Ventures-San Jose

   California    1531    33-0785089

Presley Homes

   California    1531    33-0905035

WLH Enterprises

   California    1531    33-0013333

Lyon East Garrison Company I, LLC

   California    1531    41-2065692

Lyon Waterfront LLC

   Delaware    1531    04-3671928

Circle G at the Church Farm North Joint Venture, LLC

   Arizona    1531    20-3431322

Mountain Falls, LLC

   Nevada    1531    20-1119631

Mountain Falls Golf Course, LLC

   Nevada    1531    20-1223291

 

* Each additional registrant is a wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of William Lyon Homes. The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices is c/o William Lyon Homes, 4695 MacArthur Court, 8th Floor, Newport Beach, California, telephone (949) 833-3600. The name, address, and telephone number of the agent for service for each additional registrant is William H. Lyon, Chief Executive Officer, William Lyon Homes, 4695 MacArthur Court, 8th Floor, Newport Beach, California, telephone (949) 833-3600.

 

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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 September 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 23rd of December, 2013.

 

By:  

/s/ Joshua A. Hahn

 

Joshua A. Hahn

  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: December 23, 2013

 

By:  

/s/ Joshua A. Hahn

 

Joshua A. Hahn

  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of 9/30/2013

($000’s)

 

     9/30/2013  

Assets

  

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

   $ 11,611,724   

Securities

     75,731,096   

Federal Funds

     109,251   

Loans & Lease Financing Receivables

     229,278,111   

Fixed Assets

     4,752,165   

Intangible Assets

     13,284,803   

Other Assets

     21,823,306   
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 356,590,456   

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   $ 269,648,386   

Fed Funds

     2,649,382   

Treasury Demand Notes

     0   

Trading Liabilities

     377,760   

Other Borrowed Money

     27,410,355   

Acceptances

     0   

Subordinated Notes and Debentures

     4,836,320   

Other Liabilities

     11,663,931   
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ 316,586,134   

Equity

  

Common and Preferred Stock

     18,200   

Surplus

     14,231,285   

Undivided Profits

     24,168,331   

Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

   $ 1,586,506   
  

 

 

 

Total Equity Capital

   $ 40,004,322   

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   $ 356,590,456   

 

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