Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges--Volume 1
PART 269—FORMS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
§ 269.0-1   Availability of forms.
(a) This part identifies and describes the forms prescribed for use under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
(b) Any person may obtain a copy of any form prescribed for use in this part by written request to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Any person may inspect the forms at this address and at the Commission's regional offices. (See § 200.11 of this chapter for the addresses of SEC regional offices.)
§ 269.1   Form T-1, for statement of eligibility and qualification for corporate trustees.
This form shall be filed pursuant to Rule 5a-1(a) (§ 260.5a-1(a) of this chapter) for statements of eligibility and qualification of corporations designated to act as trustees under thrust indentures to be qualified pursuant to section 305 or 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
§ 269.2   Form T-2, for statement of eligibility and qualification for individual trustees.
This form shall be filed pursuant to Rule 5a-1(b) (§ 260.5a-1(b) of this chapter) for statements of eligibility and qualification of individuals designated to act as trustees under trust indentures to be qualified pursuant to section 305 or 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Under sections 307, 308, 309, 310 and 319 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (17 CFR part 260), the Commission is authorized to solicit the information required to be supplied by this form for statements of eligibility and qualification of individuals designated to act as trustees. Disclosure of the information specified in this form is mandatory before processing statements of eligibility and qualification. The information will be used for the primary purpose of determining relationships of trustees and whether there are any conflicting interests. This statement will be made a matter of public record. Therefore, any information given will be available for inspection by any member of the public. Because of the public nature of the information, the Commission can utilize it for a variety of purposes, including referral to other governmental authorities or securities self-regulatory organizations for investigatory purposes or in connection with litigation involving the Federal securities laws or other civil, criminal or regulatory statutes or provisions. Failure to disclose the information requested by this form may result in enforcement action by the Commission to compel compliance with the Federal securities laws.
§ 269.3   Form T-3, for application for qualification of trust indentures.
This form shall be filed pursuant to Rule 7a-1 (§ 260.7a-1 of this chapter) for applications for qualification of indentures pursuant to section 307(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, but only when securities to be issued thereunder are not required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq. ).
§ 269.4   Form T-4, for application for exemption pursuant to section 304(c) of the Act.
This form shall be filed pursuant to Rule 4c-1 (§ 260.4c-1 of this chapter) for applications for exemption filed pursuant to section 304(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
§ 269.5   Form F-X, for appointment of agent for service of process by issuers registering securities on Form F-8, F-9, F-10 or F-80 (§§ 239.38, 239.39, 239.40 or 239.41 of this chapter) , or registering securities or filing periodic reports on Form 40-F (§ 249.240f of this chapter) , or by any issuer or other non-U.S. person filing tender offer documents on Schedule 13E-4F, 14D-1F or 14D-9F (§§ 240.13e-102, 240.14d-102 or 240.14d-103 of this chapter), or by any non-U.S. person acting as trustee with respect to securities registered on Form F-7 (§ 239.37 of this chapter) , F-8, F-9, F-10 or F-80.
Form F-X shall be filed with the Commission:
(a) By any issuer registering securities on Form F-8, F-9, F-10 or F-80 under the Securities Act of 1933;
(b) By any issuer registering securities on Form 40-F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
(c) By any issuer filing a periodic report on Form 40-F, if it has not previously filed a Form F-X in connection with the class of securities in relation to which the obligation to file a report on Form 40-F arises;
(d) By any issuer or other non-U.S. person filing tender offer documents on Schedule 13E-4F, 14D-1F or 14D-9F; and
(e) By non-U.S. person acting as trustee with respect to securities registered on Form F-7, F-8, F-9, F-10 or F-80.
§ 269.6   [Reserved]
§ 269.7   Form ID, application for EDGAR access.
Form ID must be filed by electronic filers, or by their account administrators, to request EDGAR access and to authorize account administrators to manage the electronic filer's EDGAR account.
§ 269.8   Form SE, form for submission of paper format exhibits by electronic filers.
This form shall be used by an electronic filer for the submission of any paper format document relating to an otherwise electronic filing, as provided in Rule 311 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.311 of this chapter).
§ 269.9   Form T-6 for application under section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act for determination of the eligibility of a foreign person to act as institutional trustee.
This form shall be used for the filing of an application pursuant to rule 10a-1 [§ 260.10a-1 of this chapter] to obtain authorization for a corporation or other person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government to act as sole trustee under an indenture qualified or to be qualified under the Act.
§ 269.10   Form TH—Notification of reliance on temporary hardship exemption.
Form TH shall be filed by any electronic filer who submits to the Commission, pursuant to a temporary hardship exemption, a document in paper format that otherwise would be required to be submitted electronically, as prescribed by Rule 201(a) of Regulation S-T (§ 232.201(a) of this chapter).