EX-25.1 9 a2148242zex-25_1.htm EXHIBIT 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)

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

A National Banking Association

94-1347393

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or

(I.R.S. Employer

organization if not a U.S. national

Identification No.)

bank)

 

 

 

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)

 

 

WMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION1

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

68-0576630

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

Identification No.)

 

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza

 

New York, New York

10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

 

7.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

8.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
(Title of the indenture securities)


1  See Table 1 — List of additional obligors

 

 

Table 1

 

 

 

 

Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter

 

State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization

 

IRS Employer Identification Number

 

Address, Including ZIP Code, Of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices

 

Phone Number

A.P. Schmidt Company

 

Delaware

 

36-2669470

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Atlantic Recording Corporation

 

Delaware

 

13-2597725

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Atlantic/143 L.L.C.

 

Delaware

 

13-3975703

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Atlantic/MR II INC.

 

Delaware

 

13-3845524

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Atlantic/MR Ventures Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3684268

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Berna Music, Inc.

 

California

 

95-2565721

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Big Beat Records Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3626173

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Big Tree Recording Corporation

 

Delaware

 

13-2945275

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Bute Sound LLC

 

Delaware

 

13-4032642

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Cafe Americana Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246931

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Chappell & Intersong Music Group (Australia) Limited

 

Delaware

 

13-3395886

 

1 Cassins Avenue, North Sydney, Australia

 

(61) 2 9779 4099

Chappell And Intersong Music Group (Germany) Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246911

 

Hallerstrasse 40, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany

 

(49) 40-30339-0

Chappell Music Company, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3325475

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Cota Music, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-3523591

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Cotillion Music, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2597937

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

CPP/Belwin, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

65-0051018

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

CRK Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3663052

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

E/A Music, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3203221

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Eleksylum Music, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3174021

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-4033729

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Elektra Group Ventures Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3808252

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Elektra/Chameleon Ventures Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3626113

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

FHK, INC.

 

Tennessee

 

62-1548343

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Fiddleback Music Publishing Company, Inc

 

Delaware

 

13-2705484

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Foster Frees Music, Inc.

 

California

 

95-3297348

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Foz Man Music LLC

 

Delaware

 

13-4028790

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

 

2

 

Inside Job, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-2699020

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Intersong U.S.A., INC.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246932

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Jadar Music Corp.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246915

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Lava Trademark Holding Company LLC

 

Delaware

 

13-4139472

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

LEM America, INC.

 

Delaware

 

94-2741964

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

London-Sire Records Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3954692

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

McGuffin Music Inc. [Big Beat]

 

Delaware

 

13-3663051

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Mixed Bag Music, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-3111989

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

[NC Hungary Holdings Inc.

 

Delaware

 

05-0536079

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000]

New Chappell Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246920

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104

 

(212) 707-2000

Nonesuch Records Inc.

 

Delaware

 

[To Come]

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505, United States

 

(818) 846-9090

NVC International Inc.

 

Delaware

 

51-0267089

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Octa Music, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-3523592

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Penalty Records L.L.C.

 

New York

 

13-3889367

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Pepamar Music Corp.

 

New York

 

13-2512410

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Revelation Music Publishing Corporation

 

New York

 

13-2705483

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Rhino Entertainment Company

 

Delaware

 

13-3647166

 

3400 West Olive Avenue, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 238-6100

Rick’s Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246929

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Rightsong Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246926

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Rodra Music, Inc.

 

California

 

95-2561531

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Sea Chime Music, Inc.

 

California

 

95-3335535

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

SR/MDM Venture Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3647169

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505, United States

 

(818) 846-9090

Summy-Birchard, Inc.

 

Wyoming

 

36-1026750

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(305) 620-1500

Super Hype Publishing, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-2664278

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

T-Boy Music L.L.C.

 

New York

 

13-3669372

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

T-Girl Music L.L.C.

 

New York

 

13-3669731

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

The Rhythm Method Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-4141258

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Tommy Boy Music, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-3070723

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Tommy Valando Publishing Group, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2705485

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Tri-Chappell Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246916

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

TW Music Holdings Inc.

 

Delaware

 

20-0769163

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Unichappell Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246914

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

W.B.M. Music Corp.

 

Delaware

 

13-3166007

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Walden Music, Inc.

 

New York

 

13-6125056

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

 

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Warner Alliance Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

95-4391760

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner Brethren Inc.

 

Delaware

 

95-4391762

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner Bros. Music International Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2839469

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.

 

New York

 

13-2670425

 

15800 N.W. 48th Avenue, P.O. Box 4340, Miami FL 33014

 

(305) 620-1500

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

 

Delaware

 

95-1976532

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 846-9090

Warner Custom Music Corp.

 

California

 

94-2990925

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Warner Domain Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3845523

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner Music Bluesky Holding Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3829389

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Warner Music Discovery Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3695120

 

3400 W. Olive Ave., Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 238-6200

Warner Music Distribution Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3713729

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Warner Music Group Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3565869

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Warner Music Latina Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3586626

 

555 Washington Avenue, Fourth Floor, Miami Beach FL 33139

 

(305) 702-2200

Warner Music SP Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3802269

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Warner Sojourner Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

62-1530861

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner Special Products Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2788802

 

3400 W. Olive Ave., Suite 800, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 238-6200

WarnerSongs Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2793164

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner Strategic Marketing Inc.

 

Delaware

 

01-0569802

 

3400 W. Olive Ave., Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 238-6200

Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation

 

New York

 

13-6170726

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

 

California

 

13-6132127

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner/Chappell Music (Services), Inc.

 

New Jersey

 

95-2685983

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3246913

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

Warprise Music Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3845521

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WB Gold Music Corp.

 

Delaware

 

13-3155100

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WB Music Corp.

 

California

 

13-6132128

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WBM/House of Gold Music, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3146335

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WBPI Holdings LLC

 

Delaware

 

[To Come]

 

15800 N.W. 48th Avenue, P.O. Box 4340, Miami FL 33014

 

(305) 620-1500

WBR Management Services Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3032834

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 846-9090

WBR/QRI Venture, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3647168

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 846-9090

WBR/Ruffnation Ventures, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-4079805

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 846-9090

WBR/Sire Ventures Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2953720

 

3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank CA 91505

 

(818) 846-9090

We Are Musica Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3713725

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WEA Europe Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2805638

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

WEA Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3862485

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

WEA International Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-2805420

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

 

4

 

WEA Latina Musica Inc.

 

Delaware

 

13-3713731

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WEA Management Services Inc.

 

Delaware

 

52-2280908

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

Wide Music, Inc.

 

California

 

95-3500269

 

10585 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90025

 

(310) 441-8600

WEA Rock LLC

 

Delaware

 

86-1120258

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

WEA Urban LLC

 

Delaware

 

86-1120251

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

WMG Management Services Inc.

 

Delaware

 

52-2314190

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

WMG Trademark Holding Company LLC

 

Delaware

 

20-0233769

 

75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10019

 

(212) 275-2000

 

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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 February 4, 2004.**

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.

 

See Exhibit 2

 

 

 

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.

 

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*      Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number 022-28721.

 

**   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number 022-28721.

 

*** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number 022-28721.

 

**** 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 August 24, 2004 of Digital River, Inc. file number 333-118519.

 

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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 Minneapolis and State of Minnesota on the 22nd day of November 2004.

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

/s/ Jeffery T. Rose

 

 

Jeffery T. Rose

 

Corporate Trust Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 6

 

 

 

 

November 22, 2004

 

 

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/ Jeffery T. Rose

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeffery T. Rose

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Trust Officer

 

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