EX-25.1 5 dex251.htm FORM T-1 Form T-1

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

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)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

  95-3571558

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

   (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

700 South Flower Street Suite 500

Los Angeles, California

   90017
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

DEAN FOODS COMPANY

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   75-2559681

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400

Dallas, Texas

  75204
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Registrant as

Specified in its Charter

   

State or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
or
Organization

    I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number		   

Address, including zip code
of
Registrant’s principal
executive offices

Alta-Dena Certified Dairy, LLC

    Delaware    36-4261347    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Berkeley Farms, LLC

    California    94-3308965    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Country Fresh, LLC

    Michigan    38-1256303    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75240

Dean Dairy Holdings, LLC

    Delaware    75-2969188    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean East, LLC

    Delaware    74-2938751    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean East II, LLC

    Delaware    75-2969192    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Foods of Southern California, LLC

    Delaware    26-4552550    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Foods North Central, LLC

    Delaware    36-4277858   

2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Foods of Wisconsin, LLC

    Delaware    26-4552504    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Holding Company

    Wisconsin    39-0318390    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

    Delaware    05-0533498    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Intellectual Property Services II, Inc.

    Delaware    05-0533512    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Management Corporation

    Delaware    75-2587782    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Services, LLC

    Delaware    20-5622168    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean Transportation, Inc.

    Ohio    34-1848896    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

 

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Exact Name of Registrant as

Specified in its Charter

   

State or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
or
Organization

    I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number		   

Address, including zip code
of
Registrant’s principal
executive offices

Dean West, LLC

    Delaware    74-2938753    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Dean West II, LLC

    Delaware    75-2969190    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

DIPS Limited Partner II

    Delaware    36-4327167    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Fresh Dairy Delivery, LLC

    Delaware    27-1372314    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Friendship Dairies, LLC

    Delaware    71-1028257    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Gandy’s Dairies, LLC

    Delaware    75-0900623    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Garelick Farms, LLC

    Delaware    52-2133221    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Horizon Organic Dairy, LLC

    Delaware    20-5289672    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Horizon Organic International, Inc.

    Delaware    84-1544905    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Kohler Mix Specialties of Minnesota, LLC

    Delaware    84-1582879   

2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Kohler Mix Specialties, LLC

    Delaware    84-1583749    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Land-O-Sun Dairies, LLC

    Delaware    74-2938694    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Marathon Dairy Investment Corp.

    Minnesota    41-2003984    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Mayfield Dairy Farms, LLC

    Delaware    62-0583008    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Midwest Ice Cream Company, LLC

    Delaware    36-4400130    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

 

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Exact Name of Registrant as

Specified in its Charter

   

State or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
or
Organization

    I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number		   

Address, including zip code
of
Registrant’s principal
executive offices

Model Dairy, LLC

    Delaware    75-2677981    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Morningstar Foods, LLC

    Delaware    20-0613096    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Reiter Dairy, LLC

    Delaware    04-3673675    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Sampson Ventures, LLC

    Delaware    77-0667714    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Shenandoah’s Pride, LLC

    Delaware    74-2952858    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Southern Foods Group, LLC

    Delaware    75-2571364    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Suiza Dairy Group, LLC

    Delaware    04-3742039    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Tuscan/Lehigh Dairies, Inc.

    Delaware    33-1046774    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

Verifine Dairy Products of Sheboygan, LLC

    Wisconsin    39-0677200    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

WhiteWave Foods Company

    Delaware    75-2218815   

12002 Airport Way

Broomfield, CO 80021

WhiteWave Services, Inc.

    Delaware    20-3026265    2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400
Dallas, TX 75204

 

 

 

9.750% Senior Notes due 2018 and Guarantees of 9.750% Senior Notes due 2018 (Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 

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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

Comptroller of the Currency

United States Department of the

Treasury

    Washington, DC 20219

Federal Reserve Bank

    San Francisco, CA 94105

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Washington, DC 20429

 

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

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

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

None.

 

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 articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

  2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

  3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

  4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

 

  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. 333-152875).

 

  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.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a 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 Houston, and State of Texas, on the 13th day of June, 2011.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

By:   /S/     MATT THORNE        
Name:   Matt Thorne
Title:   Senior Associate

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

At the close of business March 31, 2011, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 

      Dollar Amounts
in Thousands		  

ASSETS

   

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

   

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

      1,466   

Interest-bearing balances

      152   

Securities:

   

Held-to-maturity securities

      0   

Available-for-sale securities

      786,518   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

   

Federal funds sold

      73,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

      0   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

   

Loans and leases held for sale

      0   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

      0   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

      0   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

      0   

Trading assets

      0   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

      8,911   

Other real estate owned

      0   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

      1   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

      0   

Intangible assets:

   

Goodwill

      856,313   

Other intangible assets

      209,097   

Other assets

      149,803   
        

Total assets

    $ 2,085,261   
        

 

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      Dollar Amounts
in Thousands		  

LIABILITIES

   

Deposits:

   

In domestic offices

      500   

Noninterest-bearing

      500   

Interest-bearing

      0   

Not applicable

   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

   

Federal funds purchased

      0   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

      0   

Trading liabilities

      0   

Other borrowed money:

   

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

      268,691   

Not applicable

   

Not applicable

   

Subordinated notes and debentures

      0   

Other liabilities

      229,106   

Total liabilities

      498,297   

Not applicable

   

EQUITY CAPITAL

   

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

      0   

Common stock

      1,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

      1,121,520   

Not available

   

Retained earnings

      463,627   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

      817   

Other equity capital components

      0   

Not available

   

Total bank equity capital

      1,586,964   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

      0   

Total equity capital

      1,586,964   
        

Total liabilities and equity capital

      2,085,261   
        

I, Karen Bayz, CFO and Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare 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 to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karen Bayz             )                 CFO and Managing Director

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and 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 issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

Timothy Vara, President                 )

   

Frank P. Sulzberger, MD                )

      Directors  (Trustees)         

William D. Lindelof, MD               )

   

 

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