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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No: 333-134553

FX Best-of-Basket Linked Note

“Best of 3 Currency Baskets”

 



Preliminary Terms and Conditions

September 5, 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 a long position in three currency Baskets, with each Basket representing a long position in the Reference Currencies in that Basket relative to the U.S. dollar (USD) (with each Reference Currency in the applicable Basket assigned the Weighting specified below).  Basket 1 is composed of a long position in the Mexican Peso (MXN), the Argentine Peso (ARS), and the Brazilian Real (BRL).  Basket 2 is composed of a long position in the Israeli Shekel (ILS), the Hungarian Forint (HUF), the Turkish Lira (TRY), and the Russian Ruble (RUB).  Basket 3 is composed of a long position in the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), the Indian Rupee (INR), the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR), and the Singapore Dollar (SGD). If one or more of the Basket Returns for the three Baskets is positive (that is, if the Reference Currencies in such Basket have in aggregate appreciated relative to the USD 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 the Leverage ([150]%) and the greatest  of the three Basket Returns (that is, the largest percentage by which any Basket Return exceeds zero).  If no Basket Return is greater than zero  (that is, if the Reference Currencies in each Basket have in aggregate depreciated relative to the USD on the Valuation Date), 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 principal protected only if held to maturity.

 

 

Issuer

 

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

Issue Size

 

USD [TBD]

Issue Price

 

100%

Principal Protection

 

100% at the Maturity Date

Trade Date

 

September 25, 2007

Issue Date

 

September 28, 2007

Valuation Date

 

September 22, 2009; 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

 

September 28, 2009

 



 

Baskets and
Reference
Currencies

 

Each Basket n is composed of the Reference Currencies identified below, with each Reference Currency in such Basket n having the respective Weighting specified in “Weightings and Initial Reference Currency Rates” below.

 

 

Basket 1:

Brazilian Real (BRL), Argentine Peso (ARS) and Mexican Peso (MXN)

 

 

Basket 2:

Turkish Lira (TRY), Hungarian Forint (HUF), Israeli Shekel (ILS) and Russian Ruble (RUB)

 

 

Basket 3:

Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), Singapore Dollar (SGD), Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) and Indian Rupee (INR)

Reference Exchange
Rates

 

For each Reference Currency, the spot exchange rate for that Reference Currency 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:
Leverage * the greatest of the Basket Returns of (a) Basket 1, (b) Basket 2, or (c) Basket 3
provided that the minimum Additional Amount payable on the notes shall be zero.

Basket Return

 

For each Basket n  the sum of the Weighted Currency Returns for the Reference Currencies in that Basket n.

Weighted Currency

 

For each Reference Currency in each Basket n:

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 in each Basket n is as set forth below:

 

 

Basket n

Reference Currency

Initial Reference Currency Rate

Weighting

 

 

 

Basket  1

BRL

[TBD]

33.34%

 

 

 

ARS

[TBD]

33.33%

 

 

 

MXN

[TBD]

33.33%

 

 

 

Basket  2

TRY

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

HUF

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

ILS

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

RUB

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

Basket  3

IDR

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

SGD

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

MYR

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

INR

[TBD]

25%

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 in accordance with the applicable Settlement Rate Option.

 



 

 

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 and Valuation
Business Day:

 

For each Reference Currency as set forth below:

 

 

Reference
Currency

Screen Reference

Valuation Business Day

 

 

BRL

BRFR

Brazilia, Rio de Janiero or
São Paulo; and New York

 

 

ARS**

ARS=BNAR

Buenos Aires and New York

 

 

MXN

MEX01

Mexico City and New York

 

 

TRY

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

TARGET and New York

 

 

HUF

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

TARGET and New York

 

 

ILS

FXIL

Tel Aviv and New York

 

 

RUB

EMTA

Moscow and New York

 

 

IDR

ABSIRFIX01

Singapore and New York

 

 

SGD

ABSIRFIX01

Singapore and New York

 

 

MYR

ABSIRFIX01

Singapore and New York

 

 

INR

RBIB

Mumbai and New York

 

 

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 Series I MTN prospectus supplement.

 

 

** The Settlement Rate Option for ARS is the Argentine Peso/U.S. dollar official fixing rate, expressed as the amount of Argentine Pesos per one U.S. dollar for settlement on the same day (or, if that day is not a business day in Buenos Aires and New York, for settlement on the first succeeding day that is a business day in both Buenos Aires and New York) which appears on the Reuters Screen ARS=BNAR page at the close of business in Buenos Aires on that Valuation Date.

Business Day

 

New York

Business Day
Convention

 

Following

Disruption Events

 

If a Disruption Event relating to one or more Reference Currencies in any Basket n is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Basket Return for that Basket n 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 Series I MTN prospectus supplement).

 

 

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) for any Reference Currency other than ARS, IDR, INR or MYR, the conversion of the Reference Currency into USD through customary legal channels; or (y) for any Reference Currency other than ARS, IDR, INR or MYR, 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: US52517P4H14

 

 

CUSIP: 52517P4H1

Settlement System

 

DTC

Denominations

 

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

Issue Type

 

US MTN

Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price to Public (1)(2)            

Fees (3)          

Proceeds to the Issuer            

 

 

Per note
Total

$1,000

$15.00

$985.00

 

 

(1)                  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is offering the notes to certain fiduciary accounts at variable prices of between $985 and $1,000 per note pursuant to one or more negotiated transactions, and Lehman Brothers Inc., with respect to any sales made to such accounts, will forego all or a portion of its fees.  Lehman Brothers Inc. will offer the notes to all other purchasers at a purchase price of $1,000 per note.  Lehman Brothers Inc. will receive commissions equal to $15.00 per $1,000 principal amount, or 1.50%, and may pay selling concessions or fees to other dealers not in excess of $15.00 per note.

 

 

(2)                  The price to public includes the cost of hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates, which includes our affiliates’ expected cost of providing such hedge as well as the profit our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in providing such hedge.

 

 

(3)                  Lehman Brothers Inc. and/or an affiliate may earn additional income as a result of payments pursuant to the hedges.

 

 



Risk Factors

An investment in the notes entails certain risks not associated with an investment in conventional floating rate or fixed rate medium-term notes.  See “Risk Factors” generally, and “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Currency-Indexed Notes” specifically, in the Series I MTN prospectus supplement.

United States Federal Income Tax Treatment

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 Series I MTN prospectus supplement.

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 September 5, 2004 through the week ending September 2, 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 Returns 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 Returns 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 charts show the hypothetical Basket Return for each of the Baskets at the end of each week in the period from the week ending September 5, 2004 through the week ending September 2, 2007 and the date hereof, based on the hypothetical composite performance of the Reference Currencies in that Basket 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 for each Basket was indexed to a level of 0.0 on the date hereof based upon the Reference Exchange Rates determined on that day.  The composite value of the Reference Currencies in each Basket 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.

Basket 1

 

 



 

 

Basket 2

 

Basket 3

 

 



 

 

Hypothetical Redemption Amount Payment Examples

 

The following payment examples for this note show scenarios for the Redemption Amount and the Additional Amount payable at maturity per $1,000 principal amount of notes based on hypothetical values for the Leverage (150%) and scenarios for the Basket Returns of each Basket. Also included below are further examples illustrating how the hypothetical Basket Returns for Basket 1 in the below scenarios are calculated, using hypothetical values for the Initial Reference Currency Rates for the Reference Currencies in Basket 1 (which are determined on the Trade Date), and their Settlement Rates (which are 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, and related Basket Returns, 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. Numbers in the examples have been rounded for ease of analysis.

 

 

Scenario

 

Basket
Return
for
Basket 1

 

Basket
Return
for
Basket 2

 

Basket
Return
for
Basket 3

 

Greatest
of the
Basket
Returns

 

Additional
Amount =
Principal
Amount *
Leverage *
Greatest of the
Basket Returns

 

Redemption
Amount =
Principal
Amount + 
Additional
Amount

 

1

 

 

5

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

10

%

 

 

10

%

 

$150

 

$1,150

 

2

 

 

–2

%

 

 

8

%

 

 

5

%

 

 

8

%

 

$180

 

$1,180

 

3

 

 

7

%

 

 

–4

%

 

 

5

%

 

 

7

%

 

$105

 

$1,105

 

4

 

 

4

%

 

 

5

%

 

 

–5

%

 

 

5

%

 

$75

 

$1,075

 

5

 

 

–4

%

 

 

–3

%

 

 

–5

%

 

 

0

%

 

$0

 

$1,000

 

 

 

As described above, the Basket Return for each Basket n is equal to the sum of the Weighted Currency Returns for the Reference Currencies in that Basket n.  The examples below illustrate how the Basket Return for Basket 1 was calculated in each of the scenarios.

Example 1: BRL, ARS and MXN each appreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of 0.0500, or 5.00%.

Basket Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate 
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted Currency
Return

 

BRL

 

1.9420

 

1.9000

 

 

33.34

%

 

0.0074

 

ARS

 

3.1650

 

3.1219

 

 

33.33

%

 

0.0046

 

MXN

 

11.0360

 

9.9040

 

 

33.33

%

 

0.0381

 

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

0.0500

 

 

Example 2: BRL, ARS and MXN each depreciate relative to their Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of –0.0200, or –2.00%.

Basket Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate 
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted Currency
Return

 

BRL

 

1.9420

 

1.9530

 

 

33.34

%

 

–0.0019

 

ARS

 

3.1650

 

3.2781

 

 

33.33

%

 

–0.0115

 

MXN

 

11.0360

 

11.2600

 

 

33.33

%

 

–0.0066

 

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

–0.0200

 

 



 

 

Example 3: BRL and ARS appreciate and MXN depreciates relative to its Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of 0.0700, or 7.00%.

Basket Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate 
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted Currency
Return

 

BRL

 

1.9420

 

1.7450

 

 

33.34

%

 

0.0376

 

ARS

 

3.1650

 

2.7702

 

 

33.33

%

 

0.0475

 

MXN

 

11.0360

 

11.5600

 

 

33.33

%

 

–0.0151

 

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

0.0700

 

 

Example 4: BRL depreciates and ARS and MXN appreciate relative to its Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of 0.0400, or 4.00%.

Basket Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate 
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted Currency
Return

 

BRL

 

1.9420

 

2.1256

 

 

33.34

%

 

–0.0288

 

ARS

 

3.1650

 

3.0782

 

 

33.33

%

 

0.0094

 

MXN

 

11.0360

 

9.3670

 

 

33.33

%

 

0.0594

 

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

0.0400

 

 

Example 5: BRL and ARS depreciate and MXN appreciates relative to its Initial Reference Currency Rate, resulting in a Basket Return of –0.0400, or –4.00%.

Basket Currency

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate 
(on Trade Date)

 

Settlement Rate 
(on Valuation Date)

 

Weighting

 

Weighted Currency
Return

 

BRL

 

1.9420

 

2.2165

 

 

33.34

%

 

–0.0413

 

ARS

 

3.1650

 

3.3767

 

 

33.33

%

 

–0.0209

 

MXN

 

11.0360

 

10.3470

 

 

33.33

%

 

0.0222

 

Basket Return = Sum of Weighted Currency Returns =

 

–0.0400