SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10‑K

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended:

 

Commission File Number:

December 31, 2010

 

001-32119

 

STRUCTURED PRODUCTS CORP.,

on behalf of

 

CorTS Trust III For Provident Financing Trust I

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

13-3692801

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

390 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

(Address of principal executive offices)  (zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number including area code:

 

212-723-4070

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

CorTS Trust III For Provident Financing Trust I,
UnumProvident Corporate-Backed Trust Securities
(CorTS) Certificates

 

New York Stock Exchange


 

 

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

 

 

No

X

 

 

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

 

 

No

X

 

 


 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has (1) 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 have filed such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes

X [1]

 

No

 

 

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

                                                                                                                Yes  ý       No  ¨

 [Rule 405 of Regulation S-T is not applicable.]

 

                Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K 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.       ý

[Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not applicable.]

 

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 the definitions 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   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company  ¨    

 

                Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
                                                                                                                Yes 
¨     No  ý

 

                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 .

 

 

As of the date of this report, all of the common stock of the Registrant is held by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

The distribution reports to security holders filed on Form 8-K during the fiscal year in lieu of reports on Form 10-Q, which includes the reports filed on Form 8-K listed in Item 15(b) hereto.

 

Introductory Note

 

Structured Products Corp. (the “Depositor”) is the depositor under the Base Trust Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2000, as supplemented by the CorTS Supplement 2001-21, dated as of April 30, 2001, by and between the Depositor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), providing for the issuance of the CorTS Trust III For Provident Financing Trust I, UnumProvident Corporate-Backed Trust Securities (CorTS) Certificates (the “Certificates”) and is the depositor for the Certificates (the “Registrant”). The Certificates do not represent obligations of or interests in the Depositor or the Trustee.


[1] Pursuant to staff administrative positions established in the no-action letter Corporate Asset Backed Corporatio n (“CABCO”) (available August 9, 1995), the Depositor is not required to respond to various items of Form 10-K.  Such items are designated herein as “Not Applicable”.

 


 

 

The issuer(s) of the underlying securities, or guarantor thereof, or successor thereto, as applicable, is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For information on the issuer(s) of the underlying securities, or guarantor thereof, or successor thereto, as applicable, please see its periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Such reports and other information required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, by the issuer(s) of the underlying securities, or guarantor thereof, or successor thereto, as applicable, may be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission also maintains a site on the World Wide Web at “http://www.sec.gov” at which users can view and download copies of reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, or “EDGAR.” Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee has participated in the preparation of such reporting documents, or made any due diligence investigation with respect to the information provided therein. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee has verified the accuracy or completeness of such documents or reports. There can be no assurance that events affecting the issuer(s) of the underlying securities, or guarantor thereof, or successor thereto, as applicable, or the underlying securities have not occurred or have not yet been publicly disclosed that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above. The chart below lists each trust, the issuer(s) or guarantor, or successor thereto, of the related underlying security, and its respective Exchange Act file numbers, if applicable.

 

Underlying Securities Issuer(s) or Guarantor, or successor thereto

 

Exchange Act File Number

Unum Group

001-11294

 

 


 

PART I

 

Item 1.

Business

 

None

 

Item 2. 

Properties

 

None

 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

 

None

                         

Item 4.

Submission of Matters To A Vote of Security Holders

 

None

 

PART II

 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

The Certificates representing investors’ interest in the Trust are represented by one or more physical Certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company. 

 

The Certificates are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

 

None

                       

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Not Applicable

           

Item 7A.          Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

                         None

 

  Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

None

 

Item 9.

Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None

 

Item 9A.          Controls and Procedures.

 

         Not applicable.

 

Item 9B.          Other Information.

 

         None.

 


 

 

PART III

 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

None

 

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

Information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-X:  Not applicable

Information required by Item 403 of Regulation S-X:  None

 

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

None

 

Item 14.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

 

Not Applicable

 

PART IV

 

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

 

(a)       The following documents are also filed as part of this Report:

 

3. Exhibits:

 

 

31.1

Certification by Vice President and Finance Officer of the Registrant pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

99.1

Annual Compliance Report by Trustee.

 

 

(b)       The following reports on Form 8-K were filed during the period covered by this report and are hereby incorporated by reference:

 

 

1.

 

Trustee’s Distribution Statement for the March 15, 2010 Distribution Date filed on Form 8-K on March 26, 2010.

 

2.

 

Trustee’s Distribution Statement for the September 15, 2010 Distribution Date filed on Form 8-K on September 22, 2010.

 

 

(c)

See item 15(a)(3) above.

 

 


 

         

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.

 

 

 

Structured Products Corp., as Depositor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  March 23, 2011

   /s/ Stanley Louie   

 

Name:   Stanley Louie

 

Title:     Vice President, Finance Officer

 

(senior officer in charge of securitization
function
of the Depositor)

 

 


 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Page

31.1

Certification by Vice President and Finance Officer of the Registrant pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

99.1

Annual Compliance Report by Trustee pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241.

 

 

 

 


 


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