EX-25.1 10 d823747dex251.htm EX-25.1 EX-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)

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

A National Banking Association   94-1347393

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

101 North Phillips Avenue

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

   57104
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Wells Fargo & Company

Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

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

 

 

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   5500   76-0506313

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

800 Gessner, Suite 500

Houston, Texas 77024

(713) 647-5700

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

5.000% Senior Notes due 2022

 

Each registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

ADDITIONAL REGISTRANT GUARANTORS

 

Exact Name of Registrant Guarantor(1)

   

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or

Organization

   

IRS Employer

Identification

Number

Advantagecars.com, Inc.

    Delaware    45-0581106

Amarillo Motors-F, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2804528

Baron Development Company, LLC

    Kansas    48-1211804

Baron Leasehold, LLC

    Kansas    48-1211804

Bob Howard Automotive-East, Inc.

    Oklahoma    73-1511394

Bob Howard Chevrolet, Inc.

    Oklahoma    73-1329605

Bob Howard Dodge, Inc.

    Oklahoma    73-1494123

Bob Howard Motors, Inc.

    Oklahoma    73-1370828

Bob Howard Nissan, Inc.

    Oklahoma    73-1524179

Bohn Holdings, Inc.

    Delaware    02-0687995

Bohn Holdings, LLC

    Delaware    02-0688180

Bohn-FII, LLC

    Delaware    30-0015852

Chaperral Dodge, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2807212

Courtesy Ford, LLC

    Delaware    76-0558145

Danvers-N, Inc.

    Delaware    46-0488420

Danvers-NII, Inc.

    Delaware    73-1650142

Danvers-S, Inc.

    Delaware    74-2938756

Danvers-SB, Inc.

    Delaware    20-2558430

Danvers-SU, LLC

    Delaware    74-2938757

Danvers-T, Inc.

    Delaware    74-2931798

Danvers-TII, Inc.

    Delaware    46-0481783

Danvers-TIII, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0632215

Danvers-TL, Inc.

    Delaware    74-2938758

FMM, Inc.

    California    95-2913972

G1R Florida, LLC

    Delaware    26-0609879

G1R Mass, LLC

    Delaware    76-0632149

GPI AL-N, Inc.

    Delaware    20-5006515

GPI AL-SB, LLC

    Delaware    20-5006515

GPI CA-DMII, Inc.

    Delaware    26-1232377

GPI CA-F, Inc.

    Nevada    46-4159902

GPI CA-NIII, Inc.

    Delaware    20-4777121

GPI CA-SH, Inc.

    Nevada    46-4147553

GPI CA-SV, Inc.

    Delaware    45-2282204

GPI CA-TII, Inc.

    Delaware    20-4777289

GPI CC, Inc.

    Delaware    45-3260089

GPI FL-A, LLC

   

Nevada

    46-5635686

GPI FL-H, LLC

    Delaware    82-0573686

GPI FL-VW, LLC

    Delaware    45-5263147

GPI FL-VWII, LLC

    Delaware    45-5303735

GPI GA Holdings, Inc.

    Delaware    46-1276149

GPI GA Liquidation, LLC

    Delaware    46-1276149

GPI GA-CGM, LLC

    Nevada    46-4065637

GPI GA-DM, LLC

    Delaware    26-0868772

GPI GA-F, LLC

    Delaware    58-1092802

GPI GA-FII, LLC

    Delaware    58-2436391

GPI GA-FIII, LLC

    Delaware    46-4060022

GPI GA-FM, LLC

    Nevada    46-4074549

GPI GA-FV, LLC

    Nevada    46-1276149

GPI GA-SU, LLC

    Nevada    46-4089193

Exact Name of Registrant Guarantor(1)

   

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or

Organization

   

IRS Employer

Identification

Number

GPI GA-T, LLC

    Delaware    76-0646121

GPI GA-TII, LLC

    Nevada    46-4103320

GPI KS Motors, Inc.

    Delaware    45-4566983

GPI KS-SB, Inc.

    Delaware    20-5840277

GPI KS-SH, Inc.

    Delaware    45-4150367

GPI KS-SK, Inc.

    Delaware    45-4150516

GPI LA-FII, LLC

    Delaware    02-0688180

GPI LA-SH, LLC

    Delaware    02-0688180

GPI MD-SB, Inc.

    Delaware    26-1954592

GPI MS-H, Inc.

    Delaware    20-5006463

GPI MS-N, Inc.

    Delaware    20-5006401

GPI MS-SK, Inc.

    Delaware    20-5006315

GPI NH-T, Inc.

    Delaware    20-3665557

GPI NH-TL, Inc.

    Delaware    20-3939903

GPI NY Holdings, Inc.

    Nevada    46-5147937

GPI NY-DM, LLC

    Nevada    26-0870713

GPI NY-FV, LLC

    Nevada    20-1152969

GPI NY-SB, LLC

    Nevada    20-1152998

GPI OK-HII, Inc.

    Nevada    46-3268295

GPI OK-SH, Inc.

    Delaware    46-0913134

GPI SAC-T, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0737962

GPI SC, Inc.

    Delaware    27-4460104

GPI SC Holdings, Inc.

    Delaware    27-1961791

GPI SC-A, LLC

    Delaware    27-1961791

GPI SC-SB, LLC

    Delaware    26-0868355

GPI SC-SBII, LLC

    Delaware    27-1961791

GPI SC-T, LLC

    Delaware    27-1961791

GPI SD-DC, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0738328

GPI TX-ARGMIII, Inc.

    Nevada    46-3606928

GPI TX-DMII, Inc.

    Nevada    46-5202539

GPI TX-EPGM, Inc.

    Delaware    45-1795973

GPI TX-F, Inc.

    Delaware    45-1795677

GPI TX-FII, Inc.

    Delaware    45-3555253

GPI TX-HGM, Inc.

    Delaware    45-2780219

GPI TX-HGMII, Inc.

    Nevada    46-3514961

GPI TX-NVI, Inc.

    Nevada    46-3617927

GPI TX-SBII, Inc.

    Delaware    27-5135196

GPI TX-SBIII, Inc.

    Nevada    46-3602146

GPI TX-SHII, Inc.

    Delaware    45-4557518

GPI TX-SK, Inc.

    Delaware    46-2015406

GPI TX-SKII, Inc.

    Nevada    46-4624358

GPI TX-SV, Inc.

    Delaware    26-4427703

GPI TX-SVII, Inc.

    Delaware    45-3036400

GPI TX-SVIII, Inc.

    Delaware    45-3838676

GPI, Ltd.

    Texas    76-0625642

Group 1 Associates Holdings, LLC

    Delaware    20-3046191

Group 1 Associates, Inc.

    Delaware    51-0390227

Group 1 FL Holdings, Inc.

    Delaware    82-0573686

Group 1 Funding, Inc.

    Delaware    20-2066890

Group 1 Holdings-DC, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203214

Group 1 Holdings-F, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203228

Group 1 Holdings-GM, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203229

Group 1 Holdings-H, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203230

Group 1 Holdings-N, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203232

Group 1 Holdings-S, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203234

Group 1 Holdings-T, L.L.C.

    Delaware    52-2203236

Exact Name of Registrant Guarantor(1)

   

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or

Organization

   

IRS Employer

Identification

Number

Group 1 LP Interests-DC, Inc.

    Delaware    51-0379880

Group 1 Realty, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0632149

Harvey Ford, LLC

    Delaware    52-2200134

Harvey GM, LLC

    Delaware    74-2931595

Harvey Operations-T, LLC

    Delaware    52-2203237

Howard-DCIII, LLC

    Delaware    20-1838899

Howard-GM II, Inc.

    Delaware    73-1613234

Howard-GM, Inc.

    Delaware    73-1577853

Howard-H, Inc.

    Delaware    73-1577855

Howard-HA, Inc.

    Delaware    73-1577856

Howard-SB, Inc.

    Delaware    46-0470107

Ira Automotive Group, LLC

    Delaware    74-2940277

Ivory Auto Properties of South Carolina, LLC

    South Carolina    20-8432044

Key Ford, LLC

    Delaware    59-1168670

Koons Ford, LLC

    Delaware    59-1914202

Kutz-N, Inc.

    Delaware    75-1905979

Lubbock Motors, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2822208

Lubbock Motors-F, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2804514

Lubbock Motors-GM, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0284194

Lubbock Motors-S, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2868766

Lubbock Motors-SH, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2859295

Lubbock Motors-T, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2804659

Maxwell Ford, Inc.

    Delaware    74-2884783

Maxwell-GMII, Inc.

    Delaware    74-1061940

Maxwell-N, Inc.

    Delaware    74-2360462

Maxwell-NII, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0513858

McCall-F, Inc.

    Delaware    27-4460429

McCall-H, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0237540

McCall-HA, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0173063

McCall-N, Inc.

    Delaware    46-0478546

McCall-SB, Inc.

    Delaware    20-1041115

McCall-T, Inc.

    Delaware    74-1649754

McCall-TII, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0654109

McCall-TL, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0270456

Mike Smith Automotive-H, Inc.

    Delaware    76-0603178

Mike Smith Automotive-N, Inc.

    Texas    76-0566784

Mike Smith Autoplaza, Inc.

    Texas    76-0202396

Mike Smith Autoplex Dodge, Inc.

    Texas    76-0566783

Mike Smith Autoplex, Inc.

    Texas    76-0561393

Mike Smith Autoplex-German Imports, Inc.

    Texas    76-0566786

Mike Smith Imports, Inc.

    Texas    76-0586800

Millbro, Inc.

    California    95-4676240

Miller Automotive Group, Inc.

    California    95-4261521

Miller Family Company, Inc.

    California    95-4585358

Miller Infiniti, Inc.

    California    95-4229913

Miller Nissan, Inc.

    California    95-1912506

Miller-DM, Inc.

    Delaware    20-1055954

NJ-DM, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0411389

NJ-H, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0411305

NJ-HA, Inc.

    Delaware    20-4920026

NJ-HAII, Inc.

    Delaware    20-4920115

NJ-HII, Inc.

    Delaware    20-4919976

NJ-SB, Inc.

    Delaware    20-4920063

NJ-SV, Inc.

    Delaware    20-0411329

NY-SBII, Inc.

    Delaware    20-3390321

Rockwall Automotive-DCD, Ltd.

    Texas    76-0659030

Rockwall Automotive-F, Inc.

    Delaware    75-2804507

Tate CG, L.L.C.

    Maryland    52-1931345

 

(1) The address for each Registrant Guarantor is 800 Gessner, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77024 and the telephone number for each Registrant Guarantor is (713) 647-5700.

 

 

 

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

Treasury Department

Washington, D.C.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California 94120

 

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

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None with respect to the trustee.

No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.

Item 15. Foreign Trustee. Not applicable.

Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

 

Exhibit 1.    A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.*
Exhibit 2.    A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 4, 2004.**
Exhibit 3.    See Exhibit 2
Exhibit 4.    Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.***
Exhibit 5.    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6.    The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
Exhibit 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.
Exhibit 8.    Not applicable.
Exhibit 9.    Not applicable.

* Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated December 30, 2005 of Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC file number 333-130784-06.
** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number 022-28721.
*** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated May 26, 2005 of Penn National Gaming Inc. file number 333-125274.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Dallas and State of Texas on the 3rd of November, 2014.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

LOGO

Patrick T. Giordano
Vice President

EXHIBIT 6

November 3, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

LOGO

Patrick T. Giordano
Vice President

Exhibit 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

at the close of business June 30, 2014, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.

 

     Dollar Amounts
In Millions		  

ASSETS

   

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

   

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

    $ 20,183   

Interest-bearing balances

      210,191   

Securities:

   

Held-to-maturity securities

      30,108   

Available-for-sale securities

      212,699   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

   

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

      118   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

      20,279   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

   

Loans and leases held for sale

      25,789   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

      784,428   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

      11,341   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

      773,087   

Trading Assets

      35,111   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

      7,503   

Other real estate owned

      4,003   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

      760   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

      3   

Intangible assets

   

Goodwill

      21,627   

Other intangible assets

      20,078   

Other assets

      55,289   
  

 

 

  

Total assets

    $ 1,436,828   
  

 

 

  

LIABILITIES

   

Deposits:

   

In domestic offices

    $ 1,033,620   

Noninterest-bearing

      283,808   

Interest-bearing

      749,812   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

      102,345   

Noninterest-bearing

      746   

Interest-bearing

      101,599   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

   

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

      14,477   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

      15,687   

     Dollar Amounts
In Millions		  

Trading liabilities

      14,382   

Other borrowed money

   

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

      65,797   

Subordinated notes and debentures

      19,868   

Other liabilities

      29,113   
  

 

 

  

Total liabilities

    $ 1,295,289   

EQUITY CAPITAL

   

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

      0   

Common stock

      519   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

      103,060   

Retained earnings

      33,449   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

      4,364   

Other equity capital components

      0   
  

 

 

  

Total bank equity capital

      141,392   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

      147   
  

 

 

  

Total equity capital

      141,539   
  

 

 

  

Total liabilities, and equity capital

    $ 1,436,828   
  

 

 

  

I, John R. Shrewsberry, EVP & CFO 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.

 

John R. Shrewsberry
EVP & CFO

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.

 

John Stumpf    Directors
Timothy Sloan   
Avid Modjtabai