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securities and exchange commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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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) ☒

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

31-0841368

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

David W. Doucette

U.S. Bank National Association

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 603-6534

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

Meta Financial Group, Inc.

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2026

(Title of the Indenture Securities)

 

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

Items 3-15

Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the 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.*

2.

A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.

3.

A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, attached as Exhibit 3.

4.

A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.**

5.

A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4.  Not applicable.

6.

The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6.

7.

Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2016 published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

* Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number 333-128217 filed on November 15, 2005.

** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to registration statement on form S-3ASR,  Registration Number 333-199863 filed on November 5, 2014.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. 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 and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 5^th of August, 2016.

 

 

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Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE

I, Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. "U.S. Bank National Association," Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No. 24), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date of this certificate.

	IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today,
	December 4, 2015, I have hereunto
	subscribed my name and caused my seal
	of office to be affixed to these presents at
	the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in
	the City of Washington, District of
	Columbia.

 

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U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of 6/30/2016

($000’s)

 

 

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