EX-25 8 exh25.htm FORM T-1 Anheuser-Busch Companies Exhibit 25 to Form S-3

Exhibit 25


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) ________



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

New York 13-4994650
(State of incorporation
if not a national bank)
(I.R.S. employer
identification No.)

270 Park Avenue
New York, New York
10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware 43-1162835
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer
identification No.)

One Busch Place
St. Louis, Missouri
63118
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


DEBT SECURITIES

(Title of the indenture securities)

GENERAL

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.

New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.



 

(b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

Item 2.      Affiliations with the Obligor.

 

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

None.



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Item 16.     List of Exhibits

        List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

        1.      A copy of the Restated Organization Certificate of the Trustee and the Certificate of Amendment dated November 9, 2001 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-73746 which is incorporated by reference).

        2.      A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.

        3.      None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.

        4.      A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-73746, which is incorporated by reference).

        5.      Not applicable.

        6.      The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation, was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.

        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 (see Exhibit 7 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-73746 which is incorporated by reference).

        8.      Not applicable.

        9.      Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 City of New York and State of New York, on the 17th day of July, 2002.

 


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK


  By   /s/ ROBERT S. PESCHLER
    Robert S. Peschler
Assistant Vice President


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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1


Bank Call Notice

RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF

JPMorgan Chase Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,

at the close of business March 31, 2002, in
accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this
District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

ASSETS Dollar Amounts
in Millions
 
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:    
     Noninterest-bearing balances and    
     currency and coin $   22,028  
     Interest-bearing balances 9,189  
Securities:    
Held to maturity securities 428  
Available for sale securities 56,159  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under    
     agreements to resell    
     Federal funds sold in domestic offices 1,901  
     Securities purchased under agreemnets to resell 69,260  
Loans and lease financing receivables:    
     Loans and leases held for sale 13,042  
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income $ 165,950  
     Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses        3,284  
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income and    
     allowance 162,666  
Trading Assets 152,633  
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) 5,737  
Other real estate owned 43  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and    
     associated companies 366  
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances    
     outstanding 306  
Intangible assets    
     Goodwill 1,908  
     Other Intangible assets 7,218  
Other assets 38,458  
TOTAL ASSETS $ 541,342  


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LIABILITIES    
Deposits    
     In domestic offices $ 151,985  
     Noninterest-bearing $   66,567  
     Interest-bearing      85,418  
     In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement    
     subsidiaries and IBF's 119,955  
     Noninterest bearing $      6,741  
     Interest-bearing    113,214  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agree-
ments to repurchase:
 
     Federal funds purchased in domestic offices 12,983  
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 82,618  
Trading liabilities 94,099  
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness  
     and obligations under capitalized leases) 10,234  
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding 311  
Subordinated notes and debentures 9,679  
Other liabilities 25,609  
TOTAL LIABILITIES 507,473  
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaires 109  
     
EQUITY CAPITAL  
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus 0  
Common stock 1,785  
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) 16,304  
Retained earnings 16,548  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (877)  
Other equity capital components 0  
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL 33,760  
     
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL $ 541,342  



I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

 

JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI    


We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition 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.

 

 

WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR.   )    
ELLEN V. FUTTER    )    
LAWRENCE A. BOSSIDY   )    


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