EX-25.1 8 tm2412180d1_ex25-1.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)

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)

 

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7 East, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

 

Ecopetrol S.A.

(Exact name of obligors as specified in their charters)

 

 

 

Republic of Colombia Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)

 

Ecopetrol S.A. 

Carrera 13 No. 36 – 24 

Bogota, Republic of Colombia 

(57-601) 234-4000 

(Address of registrants’ principal executive offices)

 

Debt securities 

(Title of the indenture securities) 

 

 

 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
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York   One State Street, New York, N.Y.
10004, and One Commerce Plaza,
Albany, N.Y. 12257
     
Federal Reserve Bank of New York   33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
10045
     
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   550 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20429
     
The Clearing House Association L.L.C.   New York, New York 10005

 

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

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor and any Guarantor.

If the obligor or any guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. 

None.

 

3-15. Pursuant to General Instruction B of the Form T-1, no responses are included for Items 3-15 of this Form T-1 because, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, neither the obligor nor any guarantor is in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee and the Trustee is not a foreign trustee as provided under Item 15 .

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T 1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, 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 Borough of Woodland Park, and State of New Jersey, on April 19, 2024.

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
   
  By:   /s/ Denise Kellerk
    Name: Denise Kellerk
    Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 Exhibit 7

 

 

Consolidated Report of Condition of

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

 

of 240 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, 

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2023, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

    Dollar amounts in thousands  
ASSETS      
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:        
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin     4,078,000  
Interest-bearing balances     119,816,000  
Securities:        
Held-to-maturity securities     49,578,000  
Available-for-sale debt securities     76,492,000  
Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading     0  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:        
Federal funds sold in domestic offices     0  
Securities purchased under agreements to resell     13,524,000  
Loans and lease financing receivables:        
Loans and leases held for sale     0  
Loans and leases held for investment     32,622,000  
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses     285,000  
Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance     32,337,000  
Trading assets     5,476,000  
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)     2,754,000  
Other real estate owned     2,000  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies     1,560,000  
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures     0  
Intangible assets     6,934,000  
Other assets     19,978,000  
Total assets     332,529,000  
         
LIABILITIES        
Deposits:        
In domestic offices     188,830,000  
Noninterest-bearing     58,891,000  
Interest-bearing     129,939,000  
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs     98,296,000  
Noninterest-bearing     3,925,000  
Interest-bearing     94,371,000  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:        
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices     0  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase     3,820,000  
Trading liabilities     3,653,000  
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)
    1,700,000  
Not applicable        
Not applicable        
Subordinated notes and debentures     0  
Other liabilities     8,604,000  
Total liabilities     304,903,000  
         
EQUITY CAPITAL        
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus     0  
Common stock     1,135,000  
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)     12,224,000  
Retained earnings     17,672,000  
Accumulated other comprehensive income     -3,405,000  
Other equity capital components     0  
Total bank equity capital     27,626,000  
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries     0  
Total equity capital     27,626,000  
Total liabilities and equity capital     332,529,000  

 

 

I, Dermot McDonogh, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Dermot McDonogh
Chief Financial Officer

 

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We 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 and is true and correct.

 

Robin A. Vince
Jeffrey A. Goldstein
Joseph J. Echevarria

 

Directors