EX-4.01 2 a06-4801_1ex4d01.htm FORM OF SENIOR DEBT SECURITY (FX)

Exhibit 4.01

 

CUSIP NO. 52517PE49

 

REGISTERED

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $5,000,000

No. R-1

 

 

 

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES H

 

FX RANGE RESETTING NOTE
DUE FEBRUARY 7, 2007

 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY.  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM (A “CERTIFICATED NOTE”), THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

 



 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount equal to the Interest Amount and, on the Maturity Date, 100% of the principal amount of the Notes.

The “Maturity Date” is February 7, 2007, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day.

 

The “Interest Payment Dates” are May 5, 2006, August 7, 2006, November 7, 2006 and February 7, 2007.

 

The “Interest Amount” is a single U.S. Dollar payment calculated by the calculation agent on each corresponding Interest Payment Date equal to the principal amount of the Notes multiplied by (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event):

 

(A) 2.5%, if the Reference Exchange Rate has traded strictly within the applicable Reference Range (or on either of the applicable Range Boundaries) on every day from and including the applicable Start Date at 10:00 p.m. EST, to but excluding the applicable End Date at 10:00 p.m. EST, of the applicable Reference Range period, as observed on the continuous trading EBS (Electronic Broking Service) Spot Dealing System; or

 

(B) 0%, if the Reference Exchange Rate trades outside the applicable Reference Range on any day from and including the applicable Start Date at 10:00 p.m. EST, to but excluding the applicable End Date at 10:00 p.m. EST, as observed on the continuous trading EBS Spot Dealing System.

 

Each “Reference Range”, which corresponds to a particular Reference Range period, is as follows:

 

Range
Period

 

Start Date

 

End Date

 

Range Midpoint
(RMi)

 

Range Lower
Boundary

 

Range Upper
Boundary

1

 

January 31, 2006

 

April 28, 2006

 

1.2124

 

1.1624

 

1.2624

2

 

April 28, 2006

 

July 31, 2006

 

RM2

 

RM2-0.05

 

RM2+0.05

3

 

July 31, 2006

 

October 31, 2006

 

RM3

 

RM3-0.05

 

RM3+0.05

4

 

October 31, 2006

 

January 31, 2007

 

RM4

 

RM4-0.05

 

RM4+0.05

 

If any Start Date or End Date is not a Valuation Business Day, such Start Date or End Date shall be the next succeeding Valuation Business Day.

 

The “Range Midpoint” is the Reference Exchange Rate observed on the Valuation Date observed in accordance with the Settlement Rate Option (subject to the occurrence of a Price Source Unavailability Event).

 

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The “Valuation Date” for each Reference Range period, is the Start Date for such period.

 

A “Valuation Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close (including for dealings in foreign exchange in accordance with the practice of the foreign exchange market) in the city indicated in the Settlement Rate Option.

 

The “Reference Exchange Rate” is the spot exchange rate for the Reference Currency quoted against the U.S. Dollar expressed as the number of U.S. Dollars per unit of the Reference Currency.

 

The “Reference Currency” is the Euro (EUR).

 

The “Settlement Rate Option” is the U.S. Dollar/Euro official fixing rate, expressed as the amount of U.S. Dollars per one Euro, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York which appears on Reuters Screen 1FED to the right of the caption “EUR” at approximately 10.00 a.m., New York time, on the relevant Valuation Date.

 

Upon the occurrence of a Disruption Event with respect to the Reference Currency on any day during the term of the Notes, the calculation agent shall determine the Interest Amount payable on each Interest Payment Date following the date on which the Disruption Event occurred in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

A “Disruption Event” means any of the following events (other than a Price Source Unavailability Event), as determined in good faith by the calculation agent:

 

(A)                              the occurrence and/or existence of an event on any day that has the effect of preventing or making impossible the conversion of the Reference Currency into USD through customary legal channels;

 

(B)                                the occurrence of any event causing the Reference Exchange Rate to be split into dual or multiple currency exchange rates; or

 

(C)                                the occurrence and/or existence of any event (other than those set forth in (A) or (B) above or those constituting a Price Source Unavailability Event) with respect to the Reference Currency that prevents or makes impossible (x) the calculation agent’s ability to calculate the Interest Amount, (y) the Company’s fulfillment of its obligations under the Notes, or (z) the ability of the Company or any of its affiliates through which it hedges its position under the Notes to hedge such position or to unwind all or a material portion of such hedge.

 

Upon the occurrence of a Price Source Unavailability Event on any day in any Reference Range period or on the Valuation Date, as applicable, and in respect of any Price Source Unavailability Event other than with respect to the determination of any Range Midpoint, for so long as such Price Source Unavailability Event is continuing, the Reference Exchange Rate will be determined in accordance with the Fallback Rate Observation Methodology.

 

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A “Price Source Unavailability Event” means, as determined in good faith by the calculation agent, the Reference Exchange Rate being unavailable, or the occurrence of an event (other than an event constituting a Disruption Event) that generally makes it impossible to obtain the Reference Exchange Rate, (a) for purposes of determining any related Range Midpoint, on the relevant Valuation Date, in accordance with the Settlement Rate Option, or (b) on any day in any Reference Range period other than for purposes of determining any Range Midpoint, on the EBS (Electronic Broking Service) Spot Dealing System.

 

The “Fallback Rate Observation Methodology” means that, in respect of a Price Source Unavailability Event occurring on any day in any Reference Range period (other than for purposes of determining any Range Midpoint on the relevant Valuation Date), the Reference Exchange Rate will be determined on a daily basis in accordance with the Settlement Rate Option on that day.  If the Reference Exchange Rate is not available in accordance with the Settlement Rate Option on such day, or on the Valuation Date for the purposes of determining any Range Midpoint, the Reference Exchange Rate will be calculated on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the applicable spot quotations received by the calculation agent at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Valuation Business Day next succeeding that day for the purchase or sale for deposits in the Reference Currency by the Reference Banks.  If fewer than three Reference Banks provide spot quotations, then the Reference Exchange Rate will be calculated on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the applicable spot quotations received by the calculation agent at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the relevant date from two Reference Banks (selected in the sole discretion of the calculation agent), for the purchase or sale for deposits in the Reference Currency.  If these spot quotations are available from only one Reference Bank, then the calculation agent, in its sole discretion, will determine which quotation is available and reasonable to be used.  If no spot quotation is available, then the Reference Exchange Rate will be determined by the calculation agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

The “Reference Banks” means the New York offices of three leading banks engaged in the interbank market selected in the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent.

 

A “Business Day”, notwithstanding any provision in the Indenture, is any day that is not is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

 

Except as provided below, an Interest Amount may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the person entitled thereto at such person’s address as it appears on the registry books of the Company.

 

Payment of the Interest Amount will be made in immediately available funds in accordance with the normal procedures of the Trustee (or any duly appointed Paying Agent).

 

The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in making payments in immediately available funds, but any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon payments hereunder, including, without limitation, any withholding tax, will be borne by the Holder hereof.

 

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References herein to “U.S. dollars” or “U.S.$” or “$” or “USD” are to the coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.  SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

 

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has caused this instrument to be signed by its Chairman of the Board, its President, its Vice Chairman, its Chief Financial Officer, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, by manual or facsimile signature under its corporate seal, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by manual or facsimile signature.

 

Dated:  February 7, 2006

 

 

 

[SEAL]

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

CITIBANK, N.A.

 

  as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H

FX RANGE RESETTING NOTE
DUE FEBRUARY 7, 2007

 

Section 1.  General.  This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series H, FX Range Resetting Note (herein called the “Notes”).  The Notes are one of an indefinite number of series of debt securities of the Company (collectively, the “Securities”) issued or issuable under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of September 1, 1987, as amended and supplemented (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Securities.  The separate series of Securities may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions or repurchase rights (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any), may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided.

 

Section 2.  Principal Amount for Indenture Purposes.  For the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite amount of Notes of this series outstanding under the Indenture have made a demand, given a notice or waiver or taken any other action, the principal amount of this Note will be deemed to be the principal amount of this Note then outstanding.

 

Section 3.  Modification and Waivers.  The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of each series of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of all such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, among other things, (i) change the fixed maturity of any Security, or reduce the Interest Amount or the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon or reduce any premium or other amount payable on redemption, or make the Interest Amount or the principal amount thereof, premium or other amount payable, if any, or interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that herein above provided, without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) change the place of payment on any Security, or impair the right to institute suit for payment on any Security, or reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Security so affected.  It is also provided in the Indenture that, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of any series of Securities, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series

 



 

Outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of interest, if any, on the Interest Amount or the principal amount, or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to Securities of such series.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Note and any Notes of this series which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes of this series.

 

Section 4.  Obligations Unconditional.  No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Interest Amount or the principal amount on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Section 5.  Defeasance.  The Indenture contains provisions for the discharge of the Indenture and defeasance at any time of the indebtedness on this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Note.

 

Section 6.  Authorized Form and Denominations.  The Notes of this series are issuable in registered form, without coupons.  Each Note will be issued initially as either a Global Security or a Certificated Note, at the option of the Company, in denominations of $10,000 or whole multiples of $5,000, either at the office or agency to be designated and maintained by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or at any of such other offices or agencies as may be designated and maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charges imposed in connection therewith.  Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, except that Global Securities will not be exchangeable for Certificated Notes of this series.

 

Section 7.  Registration of Transfer.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations as therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, at the Corporate Trust Office or agency in a Place of Payment for this Note, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar requiring such written instrument of transfer duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

If at any time the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository or if at any time the Depository shall no longer be eligible under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor Depository.  If a successor Depository for the Notes of this series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will issue, and the Trustee will

 



 

authenticate and deliver, Notes of this series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Note.

 

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or of the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

Section 8.  Events of Default.  If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the amount that may be declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the Notes will be determined by the calculation agent and will equal, for each Note, the principal amount plus the Interest Amount, if any, payable in respect of the Reference Range period during which the event of default occurred, which Interest Amount shall equal the portion of the Interest Amount deemed to have accrued for such Reference Range period from and including the Start Date for such Reference Range period to but excluding the date of early repayment calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of 12 months of 30 days each, and, in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed.  If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of the Company, the claim of the beneficial owner of a Note will be capped at the principal amount plus the Interest Amount, if any, payable in respect of the Reference Range period during which the date of the commencement of the proceeding occurred, which Interest Amount shall equal the portion of the Interest Amount deemed to have accrued for such Reference Range period from and including the Start Date for such Reference Range period to but excluding the date of early repayment calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of 12 months of 30 days each, and, in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed.  For purposes of determining whether any Interest Amount is payable in respect of any Reference Range period during which an event of default occurred or a bankruptcy proceeding was commenced, the End Date for such Reference Range period shall be deemed to be the date on which such event of default occurred or such proceeding commenced, respectively.

 

Section 9.  No Recourse Against Certain Persons.  No recourse for the payment of the Interest Amount or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any Indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

 



 

Section 10.  Tax TreatmentThe Company agrees, and by acceptance of Notes of this series, each Holder of such Notes will be deemed to have agreed to treat the Notes of this series as “variable rate debt instruments” for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

Section 11.  Defined Terms.  All terms used but not defined in this Note are used herein as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 12.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.