EX-25.5 20 a2165526zex-25_5.htm EXHIBIT 25.5

Exhibit 25.5

 

 

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, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

13-4994650

(State of incorporation

 

(I.R.S. employer

if not a national bank)

 

identification No.)

 

 

 

1111 Polaris Parkway

 

 

Columbus, Ohio

 

43271

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Pauline E. Higgins

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

707 Travis Street, 4th Floor North

Houston, Texas 77002

Tel:  (713) 216-1436

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

 

Lehman Brothers Holding Capital Trust IX

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

20-6367828

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. employer

incorporation or organization)

 

identification No.)

 

 

 

745 Seventh Avenue

 

 

New York, New York

 

10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Preferred 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.

 

Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.

 

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

 

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 and Guarantors.

 

If the obligor or any guarantor 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 Articles of Association of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

 

2.                             A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business. (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

 

3.                             None, the authority of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents described in 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. 333-106575 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. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

 

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.

 

8.                             Not applicable.

 

9.                             Not applicable.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 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 19th day of May, 2006.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

 

 

By

/s/

       Tai B. Lee

 

 

 

 

       Tai B. Lee

 

 

 

       Vice President

 

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