STRATS(SM) Trust for Procter & Gamble Securities, Series 2006-1 - FORM 10-K/A - January 13, 2015

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_____________________

 

FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
_____________________

 

ý ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013
 
 
   
  OR  
   
¨

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) 

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM       TO     

 

 
 
   

Commission File Number of issuing entity: 001-32822

STRATS TRUST FOR PROCTER & GAMBLE SECURITIES,
SERIES 2006-1
(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number of depositor and sponsor: 001-31818

 


SYNTHETIC FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES, INC.
(Exact name of depositor and sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

New York
(State of incorporation or organization
of the issuing entity)		 26-6115306
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
One Wells Fargo Center
301 S. College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
(Address of principal executive offices)		 28288
(Zip Code)		 (212) 214-6277
(Telephone Number)
     
       

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

 

Title of Class Name of  Registered Exchange
STRATS Certificates, Series 2006-1 New York  Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
   

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: NONE

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

¨ Yes ý No  

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

 

¨ Yes ý No  

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

ý Yes ¨ No  

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

ý Yes ¨ No  

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

¨  

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ý Smaller Reporting Company ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

¨ Yes ý No  

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

Not applicable.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy information statement; and, (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

 

None.

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The Depositor, on behalf of STRATS Trust for Procter & Gamble Securities, Series 2006-1, is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 to revise the disclosure included pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB.

 

This Form 10-K/A does not otherwise amend the Form 10-K.

 

 
 
 

PART III

 

The information below has been provided in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

 

Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

 

The Trustee has been identified as a party participating in the servicing function during the reporting period with respect to the pool assets held by the issuing entity. The Trustee’s report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it during the Issuing Entity’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and an attestation report by a registered independent public accounting firm regarding the Trustee’s related report on assessment are attached as exhibits to this Form 10-K.

 

Except as disclosed below, neither the report on assessment nor the related attestation report has identified any material instances of noncompliance with the servicing criteria described in the report on assessment as being applicable to the Trustee. With respect to the exceptions identified below, the Trustee has confirmed that none of the identified instances of noncompliance related to or affected STRATS Trust for Procter & Gamble Securities, Series 2006-1.

 

Exceptions:

 

The Trustee’s report on assessment and the related attestation report have identified material noncompliance with two servicing criteria applicable to the Trustee:

 

·Servicing criterion 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) contemplates that reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports must be prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

Noncompliance: The Trustee indicates that during the reporting period, certain reports to investors were not prepared in accordance with the timeframes and other terms set forth in the related transaction agreements.

 

Remediation: The Trustee further indicates that when its management became aware of such instances (a) controls designed to prevent such occurrences in the future were implemented and (b) impacted investors received either (i) reports containing accurate information that were not previously distributed or (ii) revised reports notifying investors that previous information in reports were revised with corrected information. Reports were delivered to investors and filed on EDGAR on Form 10-D or Form 10-D/A, as required.

 

·Servicing criterion 1122(d)(3)(ii) contemplates that amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

Noncompliance: The Trustee indicates that during the reporting period, for an auto transaction in its platform, certain amounts due to the related investors were not remitted in accordance with the timeframes set forth in the related transaction agreements.

 

Remediation: The Trustee further indicates that when its management became aware of such instance (a) the transaction was properly set-up on the related company’s automated payment system and other controls designed to prevent such occurrences in the future were implemented, (b) notice of the failure was made available to investors in the transaction through the facilities of DTC on August 21, 2013 and on a Form 10-D filed on EDGAR on the same date, and investors were offered compensation for the one day remittance delay, and (c) the investor report was not revised as it accurately reflected the amounts due to investors and available for payment on the payment due date.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   Synthetic Fixed-Income Securities, Inc.
   (Depositor)

 

 Dated: January 13, 2015  By:  /s/ William Threadgill
     William Threadgill
     President
     (senior officer of depositor in charge of
     securitization)