EX-25.1 11 a2217027zex-25_1.htm 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

 

o 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)

 

Grace A. Gorka

U.S. Bank National Association

190 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60603

(312) 332-6772

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

 

AAR Corp.

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

 

Delaware

 

36-2334820

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

One AAR Place
1100 N. Wood Dale Road
Wood Dale, Illinois

 

60191

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

7 ¼% Senior Notes due 2022

(Title of the Indenture Securities)

 

 

 

 

And Guarantees

GUARANTORS

 

Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in its Charter

 

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

 

I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

AAR Aircraft & Engine Sales & Leasing, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

36-3180893

AAR International Financial Services, L.L.C.

 

Illinois

 

36-4281013

AAR/SSB II, LLC

 

Illinois

 

36-4438985

AARIFS (304) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AARIFS (315) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AARIFS (662) LLC

 

Delaware

 

20-8824094

AARIFS (23734) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AARIFS (23779) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AARIFS (23780) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AARIFS (24750) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AARIFS (25092) LLC

 

Delaware

 

20-5949561

AARIFS (25093) LLC

 

Delaware

 

20-5950051

AARIFS A320 LLC

 

Delaware

 

20-3697195

AARIFS (342) LLC

 

Delaware

 

26-0229969

AARIFS (290) LLC

 

Delaware

 

00-0000000

AAR Aircraft Services, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

90-0168563

Aviation Maintenance Staffing, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

20-2466888

AAR Airlift Group, Inc.

 

Florida

 

59-3540727

AAR Landing Gear LLC

 

Florida

 

45-4127091

AAR International, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

36-2551481

AAR Australia, L.L.C.

 

Illinois

 

00-0000000

AAR Japan, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

38-3655764

Airinmar Holdings Limited(4)

 

England and Wales

 

00-0000000

Airinmar Group Limited(4)

 

England and Wales

 

00-0000000

Airinmar Limited(4)

 

England and Wales

 

00-0000000

Telair International GmbH(5)

 

Germany

 

00-0000000

Telair International AB(6)

 

Sweden

 

00-0000000

Nordisk Aviation Products AS(7)

 

Norway

 

00-0000000

AAR Manufacturing, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

38-2413129

Brown International Corporation

 

Alabama

 

63-0938781

EP Aviation, LLC

 

Delaware

 

54-2059107

AAR Parts Trading, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

36-3180895

AAR Power Services, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

36-4020610

AAR Allen Services, Inc.

 

Illinois

 

36-4020612

 

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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 Chicago, State of Illinois on the 18th of October, 2013.

 

 

By:

/s/ Grace A. Gorka

 

 

Grace A. Gorka

 

 

Vice President

 

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Exhibit 2

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

/s/ Thomas J. Curry

Comptroller of the Currency

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

/s/ Thomas J. Curry

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: October 18, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Grace A. Gorka

 

 

Grace A. Gorka

 

 

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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