Exhibit 25(a)

 

 

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

if not a national bank)

  

(I.R.S. employer

identification No.)

1111 Polaris Parkway    
Columbus, Ohio   43271
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Thomas F. Godfrey

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 25th Floor

New York, NY 10081

Tel: (212) 552-2192

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

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   13-2740599

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

   (I.R.S. employer identification No.)
4 World Financial Center, North Tower    
New York, New York   10080
(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.

 

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.

 

  2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business.

 

  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.

 

  5. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

 

  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 8th day of February, 2005.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By

   /S/    ALBERT MARI, JR.        
    Albert Mari, Jr.
    Vice President

 

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