EX-25.(F) 10 a09-12115_1ex25df.htm EX-25.(F)

Exhibit 25.(f)

 

 

 

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)

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

 

41-1973763

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

 

300 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor

 

 

Wilmington, Delaware

 

19801

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Mildred F. Smith

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

300 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor

Wilmington, DE  19801

Telephone (302) 552-3103

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

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

 

Delaware

 

13-31800631

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I. R. S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

55 Ameriprise Financial Center

 

 

Minneapolis, MN

 

55474

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 


 

Guarantee of Preferred Securities of Ameriprise Capital Trust I

Guarantee of Preferred Securities of Ameriprise Capital Trust II

Guarantee of Preferred Securities of Ameriprise Capital Trust III

Guarantee of Preferred Securities of Ameriprise Capital Trust IV

 

 

 



 

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

 

USE ONE OF FOLLOWING RESPONSES ONLY

 

Items 3-15

 

Items 3-15 are not applicable because, to the best of 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 now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-128217.

 

 

 

 

2.

A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-128217.

 

 

 

 

3.

A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-128217.

 

 

 

 

4.

A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-128217.

 

 

 

 

5.

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

6.

The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1, Document 6 of Registration No. 333-128217.

 

 

 

 

7.

Report of Condition of the Trustee as of December 31, 2008, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST 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 Wilmington, State of Delaware on the 27th day of April, 2009.

 

 

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mildred F. Smith

 

Name:

Mildred F. Smith

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

 

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of December 31, 2008

 

($000’s)

 

 

 

12/31/2008

 

Assets

 

 

 

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

 

$

506,824

 

Fixed Assets

 

66

 

Intangible Assets

 

69,906

 

Other Assets

 

25,042

 

Total Assets

 

$

601,838

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Liabilities

 

$

18,818

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

18,818

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

Common and Preferred Stock

 

$

1,000

 

Surplus

 

505,932

 

Undivided Profits

 

76,088

 

Total Equity Capital

 

$

583,020

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

 

$

601,838

 

 

To the best of the undersigned’s determination, as of this date the above financial information is true and correct.

 

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

 

By:

/s/ Mildred F. Smith

 

 

Name:

Mildred F. Smith

 

 

Title

Vice President

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 27, 2009

 

 

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