EX-25.1 12 dex251.htm EXHIBIT 25.1 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

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286

(Address of principal

executive offices)

  (Zip code)

Etablissements Delhaize Frères et Cie “Le Lion” (Groupe Delhaize)

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)**

Delhaize Brothers and Co. “The Lion” (Delhaize Group)

(Translation of obligor’s name into English)

** The obligor’s charter (articles of association) specifies the obligor’s name in French, Dutch and English.

 

Belgium  

Square Marie Curie 40

1070 Brussels

Belgium

  98-0226019

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Address, including zip code,

of obligor’s principal

executive offices)

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

See Table of Additional Obligors Below

[]% Senior Notes due 20[]

(Title of the indenture securities)


TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS

 

Name

  

State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.

Delhaize America, Inc. (1)

   North Carolina    56-0660192

Food Lion, LLC (1)

   North Carolina    56-2173154

Hannaford Bros. Co. (2)

   Maine    01-0085930

Kash n’ Karry Food Stores, Inc. (3)

   Delaware    95-4161591

FL Food Lion, Inc. (1)

   Florida    56-2051565

Risk Management Services, Inc. (1)

   North Carolina    55-0660192

Hannbro Company (4)

   Maine    01-0531895

Martin’s Foods of South Burlington, Inc. (4)

   Vermont    03-0222879

Shop ‘n Save-Mass., Inc. (4)

   Massachusetts    04-3022931

Hannaford Procurement Corp. (4)

   Maine    01-0512080

Boney Wilson & Sons, Inc. (4)

   North Carolina    56-0709778

J.H. Harvey Co., LLC (1)

   Georgia    05-0582869

Hannaford Licensing Corp. (4)

   Maine    01-0512079

Victory Distributors, Inc. (4)

   Massachusetts    04-2440100

 

(1) The address of the principal executive offices of these obligors is P.O. Box 1330, 2110 Executive Drive, Salisbury, North Carolina 28145-1330.
(2) The address of the principal executive offices of this obligor is 145 Pleasant Hill Road, Scarborough, Maine 04074.
(3) The address of the principal executive offices of this obligor is 3801 Sugar Palm Drive, Tampa Florida 33619.
(4) The address of the principal executive offices of these obligors is 145 Pleasant Hill Road, Scarborough, Maine 04074.

 

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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.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York

   One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417

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 New York Clearing House Association L.L.C.

   100 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10004

 

  (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. Not Applicable.

 

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits 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 The Bank of New York (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 as Exhibit 25.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K of Nevada Power Company filed on July 28, 2008 (File No. 000-52378).)

 

4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-155238.)

 

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. 333-152856.)

 

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, a banking 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 London, England, on the 27th day of January, 2009.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Mark Jeanes

Name:   Mark Jeanes
Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

filed with Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board

of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the quarter ended

September 30, 2008

 

     Dollar amounts in
thousands

Cash and balances due from depository institutions

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

   44,129,000

Interest-bearing balances

   48,207,000

Securities

  

Held-to-maturity securities

   7,661,000

Available-for-sale securities

   39,616,000

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   877,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

   4,598,000

Loans and lease financing receivables

  

Loans and leases held for sale

   0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   46,218,000

Allowance for loan and lease losses

   324,000

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

   45,894,000

Trading assets

   6,900,000

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   1,087,000

Other real estate owned

   7,000

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

   858,000

Intangible assets

  

Goodwill

   5,026,000

Other intangible assets

   1,619,000

Other assets

   12,220,000

Total assets

   218,699,000

Deposits

  

In domestic offices

   103,521,000

Noninterest-bearing

   80,077,000

Interest-bearing

   23,444,000

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

   67,951,000

Noninterest-bearing

   2,259,000

Interest-bearing

   65,692,000

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

   4,367,000

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

   76,000

Trading liabilities

   5,676,000

 

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     Dollar amounts in
thousands
 

Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

   12,514,000  

Subordinated notes and debentures

   3,490,000  

Other liabilities

   8,209,000  

Total liabilities

   205,804,000  

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

   473,000  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

   0  

Common stock

   1,135,000  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

   7,483,000  

Not available

  

Retained earnings

   6,564,000  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   (2,760,000 )

Other equity capital components

   0  

Total equity capital

   12,422,000  

Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital

   218,699,000  

 

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