FWP 1 a07-1018_30fwp.htm FILING UNDER SECURITIES ACT RULES 163/433 OF FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-134553

FX Basket-Linked Note

 

 

(“EM High Yield Digital Plus Basket”)

 

Preliminary Terms and Conditions

 

 

January 12, 2007

100% Principal-Protected

 

 

 

 

Contact: +1 (212) 526 5641

 

 

 

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for this offering. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus dated May 30, 2006, the prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2006 for its Medium Term Notes, Series I, and other documents Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and this offering. Buyers should rely upon the prospectus, prospectus supplement and any relevant free writing prospectus for complete details. You may get these documents and other documents Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has filed for free by searching the SEC online database (EDGAR®) at www.sec.gov, with “Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.” as a search term. Alternatively, Lehman Brothers Inc. or any other dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus, prospectus supplement and final pricing supplement (when completed) if you request it by calling your Lehman Brothers sales representative, such other dealer or 1-888-603-5847.

 

Summary Description

 

This note allows an investor to hold a long position in the Brazilian Real (BRL), Hungarian Forint (HUF), Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), Indian Rupee (INR), Mexican Peso (MXN) and Turkish Lira (TRY) and a short position in the U.S. Dollar (USD) via a single basket consisting of these long and short currencies (with the long currencies having a positive weighting in the basket and the short currencies having a negative weighting in the basket). If the Basket Value, which is linked to the performance of the long currencies vs. the USD, is greater than or equal to zero but less than [0.12] on the Valuation Date (that is, the Basket Value has increased by up to 12%), the investor will receive a single payment at maturity equal to the principal amount of the notes plus an additional return of [12%] multiplied by that principal amount. If the Basket Value is greater than or equal to [0.12] on the Valuation Date (that is, the Basket Value has increased by 12% or more), the investor will receive a single payment at maturity equal to the principal amount of the notes plus an additional return equal to the principal amount of the notes multiplied by [12%] plus [150%] (the Leverage) times the amount by which the Basket Value exceeds 0.12 (that is, the appreciation in the Basket Value above 12%). If the Basket Value on the Valuation Date is less than or equal to zero, then the investor will receive at maturity only the principal amount of the notes, with no additional return. The notes do not bear interest and are 100% principal protected if held to maturity.

 

Issuer

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (A1, A+, A+)

 

 

 

Issue Size

 

USD [TBD]

 

 

 

Issue Price

 

100%

 

 

 

Principal Protection

 

100%

 

 

 

Trade Date

 

[TBD]

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

Trade Date + [4] Business Days

 

 

 

Valuation Date

 

Maturity Date - [4] Valuation Business Days; provided that, upon the occurrence of a Disruption Event with respect to a Reference Currency, the Valuation Date for the affected Reference Currency may be postponed (as described in “Disruption Events” below).

 

 

 

Maturity Date

 

Issue Date + [12] Months

 

 

 

Reference Currencies

 

Brazilian Real (BRL), Hungarian Forint (HUF), Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), Indian Rupee (INR), Mexican Peso (MXN), and Turkish Lira (TRY)

 

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Reference Exchange Rates

 

The spot exchange rates for each of the Reference Currencies quoted against the U.S. dollar expressed as number of units of the Reference Currency per USD 1.

 

 

 

Leverage

 

[150%]

 

 

 

Redemption Amount

 

A single U.S. dollar payment on the Maturity Date equal to the principal amount of each note plus the Additional Amount, if any

 

 

 

Additional Amount

 

A single U.S. dollar amount equal to the principal amount of each note multiplied by:

 

 

 

 

 

0.0%

if the Basket Value is equal to or less than 0;

 

 

 

 

 

 

[12%]

if the Basket Value is greater than or equal to 0 but less than [0.12]; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

[12%] + (Leverage * [Basket Value - [0.12]]), expressed as a percentage

if the Basket Value is greater than or equal to [0.12].

 

 

 

 

Basket Value

 

The sum of the following quotients in respect of the USD and each Reference Currency:

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Currency Amount

 

 

 

 

 

Rate Settlement

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Currency Amount

 

The Initial Currency Amount for the USD and each Reference Currency is as set forth below:

 

 

 

 

 

Reference Currency

 

Initial Currency
Rate

 


Weighting

 

Initial Currency
Amount

 

 

BRL

 

TBD

 

30%

 

TBD

 

 

HUF

 

TBD

 

20%

 

TBD

 

 

IDR

 

TBD

 

20%

 

TBD

 

 

INR

 

TBD

 

10%

 

TBD

 

 

MXN

 

TBD

 

15%

 

TBD

 

 

TRY

 

TBD

 

5%

 

TBD

 

 

USD

 

TBD

 

-100%

 

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

Where Initial Currency Amount = Weighting * Initial Currency Rate

 

 

 

 

 

The Initial Currency Rate for each Reference Currency is the Reference Exchange Rate for that Reference Currency determined by the Calculation Agent on the Trade Date in accordance with the Settlement Rate Option. The Initial Currency Rate for the USD is 1.

 

 

 

Settlement Rate

 

For each Reference Currency, the Reference Exchange Rate on the Valuation Date, determined in accordance with the Settlement Rate Option (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event). The Settlement Rate for the USD shall be 1.

 

 

 

Settlement Rate Option

 

Reference Currency

 

Screen Reference

 

Valuation Business Day

and Valuation Business

 

BRL

 

BRFR

 

Brazilia, Rio de

Day:

 

 

 

 

 

Janiero or São Paulo

 

 

IDR

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Jakarta

 

 

INR

 

RBIB

 

Mumbai

 

 

MXN

 

USDMXNFIX=

 

Mexico City

 

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HUF

 

The HUF/EUR fixing rate on ECB37 divided by the USD/EUR fixing rate on ECB37

TARGET

 

 

TRY

 

The TRY/EUR fixing rate on ECB37 divided by the USD/EUR fixing rate on ECB37

TARGET

 

 

 

 

 

For further information concerning the Settlement Rate Option and Valuation Business Day, see “Description of the Notes—Currency-Indexed Notes” in, and Appendix A to, the prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2006 for the issuer’s Medium Term Notes, Series I.

 

 

 

Business Day

 

New York

 

 

 

Business Day Convention

 

Following

 

 

 

Disruption Events

 

If a Disruption Event relating to one or more Reference Currencies is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Basket Value using:

 

 

 

 

 

 

·

for each Reference Currency that did not  suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Settlement Rate on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

·

for each Reference Currency that did  suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Settlement Rate on the immediately succeeding scheduled Valuation Business Day for such Reference Currency on which no Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to such Reference Currency;

 

 

 

 

 

provided howeverthat if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to a Reference Currency on each of the three scheduled Valuation Business Days following the scheduled Valuation Date, then (a) such third scheduled Valuation Business Day shall be deemed the Valuation Date for the affected Reference Currency; and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Settlement Rate for the affected Reference Currency on such day in accordance with “Fallback Rate Observation Methodology” (as defined under “Description of the Notes—Currency-Indexed Notes” in the prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2006, for the issuer’s Medium Term Notes, Series I).

 

 

 

 

 

A “Disruption Event” means any of the following events with respect to a Reference Currency, 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 (x) the conversion of the Reference Currency into USD through customary legal channels; or (y) the delivery of USD from accounts inside the Reference Currency Jurisdiction for that Reference Currency to accounts outside that Reference Currency Jurisdiction;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

(C)

the Settlement Rate being unavailable for the Reference Currency, or the occurrence of an event (i) in the Reference Currency Jurisdiction for that Reference Currency that materially disrupts the market for the Reference Currency or (ii) that generally makes it impossible to obtain the Settlement Rate for the Reference Currency, on the Valuation Date.

 

 

 

 

 

For purposes of the above, “scheduled Valuation Business Day” means a day that is or, in the judgment of the Calculation Agent, should have been, a Valuation Business Day for the affected Reference Currency.

 

 

 

Calculation Agent

 

Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

 

 

Underwriter

 

Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

 

 

Identifier

 

ISIN:

[TBD]

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP:

[TBD]

 

 

 

 

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Settlement System

 

DTC

 

 

 

Denominations

 

USD 1,000 and whole multiples of USD 1,000

 

 

 

Issue Type

 

US MTN

 

United States Federal Income Tax Treatment

 

It is expected that the notes will be treated as short-term debt securities as described under “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences-Debt Securities-Short-Term Debt Securities” in the prospectus dated May 30, 2006.  The notes could also be subject to special rules relating to foreign currency that could affect the character of the amount received at maturity and the gain or loss realized upon the sale or disposition of the notes. No statutory, judicial or administrative authority directly addresses the treatment of such notes or instruments similar thereto for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and no ruling will be requested from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the notes. As a result, certain aspects of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in such notes are uncertain. Any differing treatment could affect the amount, timing, and character of income with respect to the notes.

 

It is not clear to what extent holders required to accrue discount will be required to accrue income with respect to the notes or the extent to which any gain realized by holders on the sale, exchange or maturity of the notes would be treated as capital gain or ordinary income. Gain realized by a holder who has held the notes during their entire term to maturity is likely to be treated as ordinary income. Any loss realized by such holder upon maturity would likely be treated as capital loss, except possibly to the extent of amounts, if any, previously included in income.

 

Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the proper treatment of amounts paid in respect of the notes, including the application of special foreign currency rules and rules governing short-term debt securities.

 

Historical Exchange Rates

The following charts show the spot exchange rates for each Reference Currency at the end of each week in the period from the week ending January 4, 2004 through the week ending January 7, 2007 using historical data obtained from Reuters; neither Lehman Brothers Inc. nor Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of this data.  The spot exchange rates are expressed as the amount of U.S. dollars per Reference Currency to show the appreciation or depreciation, as the case may be, of the Reference Currency against the U.S. dollar. The spot exchange rates used to calculate the Basket Value are expressed as the amount of Reference Currency per U.S. dollar, which are the inverse of the spot exchange rates presented in the following charts.  The historical data on each Reference Currency is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of the Reference Currencies, the Basket Value or what the value of the notes may be. Fluctuations in exchange rates make it difficult to predict whether the Additional Amount will be payable at maturity, or what that Additional Amount, if any, may be.  Historical exchange rate fluctuations may be greater or lesser than those experienced by the holders of the notes.

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Hypothetical Redemption Amount Payment Examples

The following payment examples for this note shows scenarios for the Redemption Amount payable at maturity of the notes, including scenarios under which an Additional Amount will or will not be payable, based on hypothetical values for the Initial Currency Rates for the Reference Currencies (which are determined on the Trade Date) and for the Settlement Rates (which are determined on the Valuation Date), and consequently of the Basket Value.  The Initial Currency Rate and Settlement Rate values for the Reference Currencies have been chosen arbitrarily for the purpose of these examples, are not associated with Lehman Brothers Research forecasts for any Reference Currency/USD exchange rates and should not be taken as indicative of the future performance of any Reference Currency/USD exchange rate.

 

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The following examples also assume that (a) if the Basket Value is greater than or equal to zero but less than 0.12, the Additional Amount payable will be 12% times the principal amount of the notes, (b) if the Basket Value is greater than or equal to 0.12, the Additional Amount will equal the principal amount of the notes times a percentage equal to 12% plus the Leverage times the amount by which the Basket Value exceeds 0.12, and (c) the Leverage is 150%.  The actual Additional Amount returns and Leverage for the notes will also be determined on the Trade Date.

Example 1: BRL, HUF, IDR, INR, MXN and TRY each appreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of 0.2022, which is greater than 0.12, and therefore an Additional Amount of 24.3%, and a Redemption Amount of 124.3%, times the principal amount of the notes.

 

 

Hypothetical Initial

 

 

 

Hypothetical

 

Hypothetical Settlement

 

Hypothetical Initial Currency

 

 

Currency Rate

 

 

 

Initial Currency

 

Rate

 

Amount Divided by

Reference Currency

 

(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Amount

 

(on Valuation Date)

 

Hypothetical Settlement Rate

BRL

 

2.1430

 

30%

 

0.6429

 

1.7573

 

0.3659

HUF

 

193.660

 

20%

 

38.7320

 

160.738

 

0.2410

IDR

 

8990.00

 

20%

 

1798.00

 

7641.50

 

0.2353

INR

 

44.16

 

10%

 

4.42

 

37.54

 

0.1177

MXN

 

10.8850

 

15%

 

1.6328

 

8.9257

 

0.1829

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5%

 

0.0709

 

1.1915

 

0.0595

USD

 

1.0000

 

-100%

 

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basket Value =

 

0.2022

 

 

 

 

Leverage =

 

150%

 

 

 

 

Additional Amount = 12% + (150% * [0.2022-0.12]) =

 

24.3%

 

 

 

 

Redemption Amount =

 

124.3%

 

Example 2: BRL, HUF, IDR, INR, MXN and TRY each appreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of 0.0557, which is greater than zero but less than 0.12, and therefore an Additional Amount of 12.0%, and a Redemption Amount of 112%, times the principal amount of the notes.

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Initial Currency Rate

 

 

 

Initial Currency

 

Settlement Rate

 

Initial Currency Amount

Reference Currency

 

(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Amount

 

(on Valuation Date)

 

Divided by Settlement Rate

BRL

 

2.143

 

30%

 

0.6429

 

1.9930

 

0.3226

HUF

 

193.66

 

20%

 

38.7320

 

183.977

 

0.2105

IDR

 

8990

 

20%

 

1798.00

 

8720.30

 

0.2062

INR

 

44.16

 

10%

 

4.42

 

42.39

 

0.1042

MXN

 

10.885

 

15%

 

1.6328

 

10.3408

 

0.1579

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5%

 

0.0709

 

1.3050

 

0.0544

USD

 

1

 

-100%

 

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basket Value =

 

0.0557

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Amount =

 

12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Amount =

 

112.0%

 

Example 3: BRL, HUF, IDR, INR, MXN and TRY each depreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of -0.0834 and, because the Basket Value is less than 0, an Additional Amount of zero and a Redemption Amount of 100% (the return of principal invested, with no additional return).

 

 

Hypothetical Initial

 

 

 

Hypothetical

 

Hypothetical Settlement

 

Hypothetical Initial Currency

 

 

Currency Rate

 

 

 

Initial Currency

 

Rate

 

Amount Divided by

Reference Currency

 

(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Amount

 

(on Valuation Date)

 

Hypothetical Settlement Rate

BRL

 

2.1430

 

30%

 

0.6429

 

2.2502

 

0.2857

HUF

 

193.660

 

20%

 

38.7320

 

213.026

 

0.1818

IDR

 

8990.00

 

20%

 

1798.00

 

10248.60

 

0.1754

INR

 

44.16

 

10%

 

4.4160

 

49.02

 

0.0901

MXN

 

10.8850

 

15%

 

1.6328

 

11.9735

 

0.1364

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5%

 

0.0709

 

1.5036

 

0.0472

USD

 

1.0000

 

-100%

 

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basket Value =

 

-0.0834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Amount =

 

100.0%

 

Example 4:  BRL, HUF, and IDR, appreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rates while INR, MXN and TRY depreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of 0.1075, which is greater than zero but less than 0.12, and therefore an Additional Amount of 12.0%, and a Redemption Amount of 112%, times the principal amount of the notes.

 

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Reference Currency

 

 

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Rate
(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Hypothetical
Initial Currency
Amount

 

Hypothetical
Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Amount
Divided by
Hypothetical
Settlement Rate

 

BRL

 

2.1430

 

30

%

0.6429

 

1.8430

 

0.3488

 

HUF

 

193.660

 

20

%

38.7320

 

164.611

 

0.2353

 

IDR

 

8990.00

 

20

%

1798.00

 

7641.50

 

0.2353

 

INR

 

44.16

 

10

%

4.4160

 

45.48

 

0.0971

 

MXN

 

10.8850

 

15

%

1.6328

 

11.4293

 

0.1429

 

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5

%

0.0709

 

1.4752

 

0.0481

 

USD

 

1.0000

 

-100

%

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

Basket Value =

 

0.1075

 

Additional Amount =

 

12.0

%

Redemption Amount =

 

112.0

%

 

Example 5:   HUF, INR and MXN, appreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates while BRL, IDR and TRY depreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of 0.0073, which is greater than zero but less than 0.12, and therefore an Additional Amount of 12.0%, and a Redemption Amount of 112%, times the principal amount of the notes.

 

Reference Currency

 

 

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Rate
(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Hypothetical
Initial Currency
Amount

 

Hypothetical
Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Amount
Divided by
Hypothetical
Settlement Rate

 

BRL

 

2.1430

 

30

%

0.6429

 

2.2930

 

0.2804

 

HUF

 

193.660

 

20

%

38.7320

 

170.421

 

0.2273

 

IDR

 

8990.00

 

20

%

1798.00

 

9889.00

 

0.1818

 

INR

 

44.16

 

10

%

4.4160

 

39.74

 

0.1111

 

MXN

 

10.8850

 

15

%

1.6328

 

10.2319

 

0.1596

 

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5

%

0.0709

 

1.5036

 

0.0472

 

USD

 

1.0000

 

-100

%

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

Basket Value =

 

0.0073

 

Additional Amount =

 

12.0

%

Redemption Amount =

 

112.0

%

 

Example 6: BRL, HUF, IDR  and INR, appreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates while MXN and TRY depreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of 0.1289, which is greater than 0.12, and therefore an Additional Amount of 13.3%, and a Redemption Amount of 113.3%, times the principal amount of the notes

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Reference Currency

 

 

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Rate
(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Hypothetical
Initial Currency
Amount

 

Hypothetical
Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Amount
Divided by
Hypothetical
Settlement Rate

 

BRL

 

2.1430

 

30

%

0.6429

 

1.9287

 

0.3333

 

HUF

 

193.660

 

20

%

38.7320

 

168.484

 

0.2299

 

IDR

 

8990.00

 

20

%

1798.00

 

7192.00

 

0.2500

 

INR

 

44.16

 

10

%

4.4160

 

37.54

 

0.1177

 

MXN

 

10.8850

 

15

%

1.6328

 

10.9939

 

0.1485

 

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5

%

0.0709

 

1.4327

 

0.0495

 

USD

 

1.0000

 

-100

%

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

Basket Value =

 

0.1289

 

Leverage =

 

150

%

Additional Amount = 12% + (150% * [0.1289-0.12]) =

 

13.3

%

Redemption Amount =

 

113.3

%

 

Example 7: HUF, INR  and TRY, appreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates while BRL, IDR and MXN depreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates, resulting in a Basket Value of -0.0353, and, because the Basket Value is less than 0, an Additional Amount of zero and a Redemption Amount of 100% (the return of principal invested, with no additional return).

 

Reference Currency

 

 

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Rate
(on Trade Date)

 

Weighting

 

Hypothetical
Initial Currency
Amount

 

Hypothetical
Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Hypothetical Initial
Currency Amount
Divided by
Hypothetical
Settlement Rate

 

BRL

 

2.1430

 

30

%

0.6429

 

2.4645

 

0.2609

 

HUF

 

193.660

 

20

%

38.7320

 

170.421

 

0.2273

 

IDR

 

8990.00

 

20

%

1798.00

 

9889.00

 

0.1818

 

INR

 

44.16

 

10

%

4.4160

 

40.63

 

0.1087

 

MXN

 

10.8850

 

15

%

1.6328

 

12.1912

 

0.1339

 

TRY

 

1.4185

 

5

%

0.0709

 

1.3618

 

0.0521

 

USD

 

1.0000

 

-100

%

-1.0000

 

1.0000

 

-1.0000

 

 

Basket Value =

 

-0.0353

 

Redemption Amount =

 

100.0

%

 

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