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)

 

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

 

 

A National Banking Association		13-5266470
		(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York		10013
(Address of principal executive office)		(Zip code)

 

 

iQIYI, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands		Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

9/F, iQIYI Innovation Building

No. 2 Haidian North First Street, Haidian District

Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China

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

 

 

 

Debt Securities

 

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.

 

 

(b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2.	Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

Item 16.

List of Exhibits.

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

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits hereto.

Exhibit 1 - Copy of Articles of Association of the Trustee, as now in effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-79983)

Exhibit 2 - Copy of certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-29577).

Exhibit 3 - Copy of authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 3 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-55519)

Exhibit 4 - Copy of existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 33-34988)

Exhibit 5 - Not applicable.

Exhibit 6 – The consent of the Trustee required by 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 therefor.

Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of Citibank, N.A. (as of December 31, 2018 - attached)

Exhibit 8 - Not applicable.

Exhibit 9 - Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Citibank, N.A., 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 New York and State of New York, on the 15^th day of December, 2020.