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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No: 333-134553

FX Basket-Linked Note

“Currency Appreciation Basket with Downside
Digital Payment”

 

Preliminary Terms and Conditions

June 14, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Contact: + 1 212 526 2237

 

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. You may also access the prospectus and Series I MTN prospectus supplement on the SEC web site as follows:

Series I MTN prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2006:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806085/000104746906007785/a2170815z424b2.htm

Prospectus dated May 30, 2006:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806085/000104746906007771/a2165526zs-3asr.htm

 

Alternatively, Lehman Brothers Inc. will arrange to send you the prospectus, Series I MTN prospectus supplement and final pricing supplement (when completed) if you request it by calling your Lehman Brothers sales representative or 1-888-603-5847.


 

Summary Description

This note allows an investor to hold via a single basket a long position in the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD), Indian Rupee (INR), Turkish Lira (TRY), and Chinese Renminbi (CNY), in each case relative to the U.S. Dollar (USD).  If the Basket Return, which is linked to the performance of the long currencies vs. the USD, is greater than zero on the Valuation Date, 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 the product of [180–200]% (the Leverage) and the appreciation in the Basket Return (that is, the amount by which the Basket Return exceeds zero).  If the Basket Return on the Valuation Date is less than or equal to zero, then the investor will receive at maturity a single payment equal to the principal amount of the notes plus an additional return equal to the principal amount of the notes multiplied by 4.0%.  Accordingly, if the Basket Return on the Valuation Date is greater than zero but the product of the Basket Return and the Leverage is less than 4.0%, a noteholder will receive a payment at maturity that is less than the payment that noteholder would have received had the Basket Return been less than or equal to zero.  The notes do not bear interest and are 100% principal protected if held to maturity.

 

 

 

Issuer:

 

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

Issue Price:

 

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, the Valuation Date may be postponed (as described under “Disruption Events” below)

Maturity Date

 

Issue Date + 18 months

 

 

 

 




 

Reference Currencies

 

Hong Kong Dollar (HKD), Indian Rupee (INR), Turkish Lira (TRY), and Chinese Renminbi (CNY).

Leverage

 

[180-200%]

Redemption Amount

 

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

Additional Amount

 

A single USD payment on the Maturity Date equal to the principal amount of each note multiplied by:

 

 

4.00%

If Basket Return is less than or equal to 0.0

 

 

Leverage * Basket Return

If Basket Return is greater than 0.0

Basket Return

 

The sum of the Weighted Currency Returns.

Weighted Currency

 

For each Reference Currency:

Returns

 

Weighting *   {  

     Initial Reference Currency Rate - Settlement Rate     

Settlement Rate

  }   

Weightings and Initial Reference Currency Rates

 

The Weighting and Initial Reference Currency Rate for each Reference Currency is as set forth below:

 

 

Reference
Currency

Weighting

Initial Reference
Currency Rate

 

 

Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)

25%

[TBD]

 

 

Indian Rupee (INR)

25%

[TBD]

 

 

Turkish Lira (TRY)

25%

[TBD]

 

 

Chinese Renminbi (CNY)

25%

[TBD]

 

 

The Initial Reference Currency Rate for each Reference Currency is the Reference Exchange Rate for that Reference Currency determined by the Calculation Agent on the Trade Date.

Reference Exchange
Rate

 

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

Settlement Rate

 

For each Reference Currency, the Reference Exchange Rate on the Valuation Date, determined in accordance with the applicable Settlement Rate Option (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

Settlement Rate Option

 

For each Reference Currency as set forth below:

and Valuation
Business Day:

 

Reference
Currency

Screen Reference

Valuation
Business Day

 

 

HKD

1FEE (1)

New York

 

 

INR

RBIB

Mumbai

 

 

TRY

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

TARGET

 

 

CNY

SAEC

Beijing

 

 

(1)   The Hong Kong Dollar/U.S. Dollar official fixing rate, expressed as the amount of Hong Kong Dollars per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Federal

 




 

 

        Reserve Bank of New York which appears on Reuters Screen 1FEE to the right of the caption “HKD” at approximately 12.00 p.m. New York time.

 

 

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 Return 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 however that 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 delivery of USD from accounts inside the Reference Currency Jurisdiction for that Reference Currency to accounts outside that Reference Currency Jurisdiction; or (y) for HKD andTRY only, the conversion of the Reference Currency into USD through customary legal channels;

(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]

 

 




 

Settlement System

 

DTC

Denominations

 

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

Issue Type

 

USMTN

 

 

 

 

Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. intends to treat the notes as contingent payment debt instruments, as described under “Supplemental United States Federal Income Tax Consequences—Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” in the prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2006.

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 June 6, 2004 through the week ending June 10, 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.

 




 

 




 

Hypothetical Historical Basket Return

The following chart shows the hypothetical Basket Return at the end of each week in the period from the week ending June 6, 2004 through the week ending June 10, 2007, based on the hypothetical composite performance of the Reference Currencies using 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 Basket Return was indexed to a level of 0.0 based upon the Reference Exchange Rates determined on June 10, 2007, based upon Initial Reference Currency Rates determined on that day.  The composite value of the Reference Currencies on any prior day was obtained by using the calculation of the Basket Return described above. Spot exchange rates used in this determination are expressed as the number of units of Reference Currency per U.S. dollar.  For purposes of the notes and the determination of the Additional Amount, the Basket Return will be indexed to 0.0 on the Trade Date.

 




 

Hypothetical Redemption Amount Payment Examples

The following hypothetical payment examples for this note show scenarios for the Redemption Amount and Additional Amount payable at maturity of the notes, based on hypothetical values for the Leverage (190%) and the Initial Reference Currency Rates (each of which will be determined on the Trade Date) and for the Settlement Rates and resulting Basket Return (which will be determined on the Valuation Date).  The following results are based solely on the hypothetical examples cited; the Initial Reference 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 rateNumbers in the examples have been rounded for ease of analysis.

Example 1: HKD, INR, TRY, and CNY each appreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of 0.0784, or 7.84%, which is greater than zero, and therefore an Additional Amount of 14.896% (equal to the Basket Return times the Leverage of 190%), and a Redemption Amount of 114.896%, times the principal amount of the notes.

Because the Basket Return is 0.0784, which is greater than zero, the Redemption Amount payable at maturity is equal to $1,148.96 per $1,000 note (reflecting an Additional Amount of 14.896% per note), calculated as follows:

Redemption Amount = $1,000 + ($1,000 * 190% * 0.0784) = $1,148.96

The table below illustrates how the Basket Return in the above example was calculated:

Basket
Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted
Currency
Return

HKD

 

7.8150

 

7.4243

 

25%

 

0.0132

INR

 

41.0450

 

37.7614

 

25%

 

0.0217

TRY

 

1.3390

 

1.2185

 

25%

 

0.0247

CNY

 

7.6432

 

7.11

 

25%

 

0.0188

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

0.0784

 




 

Example 2: HKD, INR, TRY, and CNY each depreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of —0.0901, or —9.01%, and because the Basket Return is less than zero, an Additional Amount of 4.00%, and a Redemption Amount of 104.00%, times the principal amount of the notes.

Because the Basket Return is —0.0901, which is less than zero, the Redemption Amount payable at maturity is $1,040.00 per $1,000 note (reflecting an Additional Amount of 4.00% per note), calculated as follows:

Redemption Amount = $1,000 + ($1,000 * 4.0%) = $1,040.00

The table below illustrates how the Basket Return in the above example was calculated:

Basket
Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted
Currency
Return

HKD

 

7.8150

 

8.2058

 

25%

 

–0.0119

INR

 

41.0450

 

45.1495

 

25%

 

–0.0227

TRY

 

1.3390

 

1.5265

 

25%

 

–0.0307

CNY

 

7.6432

 

8.48

 

25%

 

–0.0248

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

–0.0901

 

Example 3: HKD and INR appreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rates while TRY and CNY depreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of 0.00148, or 1.48%, which is greater than zero, and therefore an Additional Amount of 2.812% (equal to the Basket Return times the Leverage of 190%), and a Redemption Amount of 102.812%, times the principal amount of the notes.

Because the Basket Return is 0.0148, which is greater than zero, the Redemption Amount payable at maturity is equal to $1,028.12 per $1,000 note (reflecting an Additional Amount of 2.812% per note), calculated as follows:

Redemption Amount = $1,000 + ($1,000 * 190% * 0.0148) = $1,028.12

The table below illustrates how the Basket Return in the above example was calculated:

Basket
Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted
Currency
Return

HKD

 

7.8150

 

6.9554

 

25%

 

0.0309

INR

 

41.0450

 

38.1719

 

25%

 

0.0188

TRY

 

1.3390

 

1.4327

 

25%

 

–0.0164

CNY

 

7.6432

 

8.25

 

25%

 

–0.0185

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

0.0148

 

Example 4: TRY and CNY appreciate relative to their Initial Currency Rates while HKD and INR depreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of —0.0115, or —1.15%, and because the Basket Return is less than zero, an Additional Amount of 4.00%, and a Redemption Amount of 104.00%, times the principal amount of the notes.

Because the Basket Return is —0.0115, which is less than zero, the Redemption Amount payable at maturity is $1,040.00 per $1,000 note (reflecting an Additional Amount of 4.00% per note), calculated as follows:

Redemption Amount = $1,000 + ($1,000 * 4.0%) = $1,040.00

 




 

The table below illustrates how the Basket Return in the above example was calculated:

Basket
Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted
Currency
Return

7.8150

 

8.9873

 

25%

 

–0.0326

 

7.8150

41.0450

 

46.7913

 

25%

 

–0.0307

 

41.0450

1.3390

 

1.2988

 

25%

 

0.0077

 

1.3390

7.6432

 

6.50

 

25%

 

0.0441

 

7.6432

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

–0.0115

 

Example 5: HKD and TRY appreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rates while INR and CNY depreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of 0.0439, or 4.39%, which is greater than zero, and therefore an Additional Amount of 8.341% (equal to the Basket Return times the Leverage of 190%), and a Redemption Amount of 108.34%, times the principal amount of the notes.

Because the Basket Return is 0.0439, which is greater than zero, the Redemption Amount payable at maturity is equal to $1,083.41 per $1,000 note (reflecting an Additional Amount of 8.341% per note), calculated as follows:

Redemption Amount = $1,000 + ($1,000 * 190% * 0.0439) = $1,083.41

The table below illustrates how the Basket Return in the above example was calculated:

Basket
Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted
Currency
Return

HKD

 

7.8150

 

7.1117

 

25%

 

0.0247

INR

 

41.0450

 

43.0973

 

25%

 

–0.0119

TRY

 

1.3390

 

1.1515

 

25%

 

0.0407

CNY

 

7.6432

 

7.9489

 

25%

 

–0.0096

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

0.0439