-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, In7lwaqLoLRZ9+sxXiu7CCbibRQy0xSdui3taAAye2A+I8dk671cUFExPsH+t+jJ 6FRQtMe6Xy5OBUnM7wjikw== 0001104659-08-022061.txt : 20080402 0001104659-08-022061.hdr.sgml : 20080402 20080402152115 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-022061 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080328 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080402 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080402 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000806085 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 133216325 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09466 FILM NUMBER: 08733203 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LEHMAN BROTHERS STREET 2: 745 SEVENTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125267000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LEHMAN BROTHERS STREET 2: 745 SEVENTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19901017 8-K 1 a08-9820_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

March 28, 2008

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-9466

13-3216325

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

745 Seventh Avenue

 

New York, New York

10019

(Address of principal

(Zip Code)

executive offices)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(212) 526-7000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

                The following Exhibits are incorporated by reference into Registration Statement on Form S-3 No. 333-134553 as exhibits thereto and are filed as part of this Report.

 

4.01

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Notes Linked to a Basket of Ten Commodities and Two Commodity Indices)

 

 

 

4.02

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked to a Basket of Ten Commodities and Two Commodity Indices)

 

 

 

4.03

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Notes Linked to an Asian Currency Basket)

 

 

 

4.04

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Notes Linked to an Asian Currency Basket)

 

 

 

4.05

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (FX Basket-Linked Note)

 

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SIGNATURE

 

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James J. Killerlane III

 

 

 

James J. Killerlane III

 

 

 

 

Vice President

 

 

Date:  April 2, 2008

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

4.01

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Notes Linked to a Basket of Ten Commodities and Two Commodity Indices)

 

 

 

4.02

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked to a Basket of Ten Commodities and Two Commodity Indices)

 

 

 

4.03

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Notes Linked to an Asian Currency Basket)

 

 

 

4.04

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (Notes Linked to an Asian Currency Basket)

 

 

 

4.05

 

Form of senior debt security—medium-term note (FX Basket-Linked Note)

 

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EX-4.01 2 a08-9820_1ex4d01.htm EX-4.01

Exhibit 4.01

 

CUSIP NO. 5252M0EF0

ISIN NO. US5252M0EF01

 

 

REGISTERED

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $3,671,000

No. R-1

 

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES I

 

NOTES LINKED TO A BASKET OF TEN COMMODITIES AND TWO COMMODITY
INDICES

DUE MARCH 28, 2012

 

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 Maturity Date, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount.

 

The “Maturity Date” is March 28, 2012, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day.

 

The “Valuation Date” is March 21, 2012, or if such day is not a Valuation Business Day, the immediately preceding Valuation Business Day; provided that if a Disruption Event is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Valuation Date may be postponed.

 

The “Redemption Amount” for each $1,000 note will be a single U.S. dollar payment on the Maturity Date equal to:

 

(A)                              the sum of $1,000 plus the product of $1,000 times the Basket Return times the Upside Participation Rate, if the Final Basket Level is greater than the Initial Basket Level; or

 

(B)                                $1,000, if the Final Basket Level is equal to or less than the Initial Basket Level.

 

The “Component Commodities” and “Commodity Weightings” are as follows:

 

Component Commodities

 

Component Weighting

 

Light sweet crude oil (“Crude Oil”)

 

15

%

Henry Hub natural gas (“Natural Gas”)

 

10

%

Reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending (“RBOB Gasoline”)

 

5

%

No. 2 fuel heating oil (“Heating Oil”)

 

5

%

High Grade Primary Aluminium (“Aluminum”)

 

7

%

Copper — Grade A (“Copper”)

 

7

%

Primary Nickel (“Nickel”)

 

6

%

Special High Grade Zinc (“Zinc”)

 

5

%

Standard Lead (“Lead”)

 

5

%

Gold (“Gold”)

 

5

%

S&P GSCI Livestock Index Excess Return (“GSCI® Livestock”) calculated and published by the Index Sponsor, subject to adjustment in accordance with Index Adjustment below

 

10

%

 

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Component Commodities

 

Component Weighting

 

S&P GSCI Agriculture Index Excess Return (“GSCI® Agriculture”) calculated and published by the Index Sponsor, subject to adjustment in accordance with Index Adjustment below

 

20

%

 

The “Upside Participation Rate” is 121%.

 

The “Basket Return” is a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Final Basket Level minus the Initial Basket Level and the denominator of which is the Initial Basket Level, expressed as a percentage rounded to three decimal places.

 

The “Final Basket Level” is the product of 100 times the sum of 1 plus the sum of the Weighted Component Commodity Returns.

 

The “Initial Basket Level” is set to 100 on the Trade Date.

 

The “Trade Date” is March 20, 2008.

 

The “Issue Date” is March 28, 2008.

 

The “Weighted Component Commodity Returns” are, for each Component Commodity, the product of the Component Weighting times a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Final Commodity Price minus the Initial Commodity Price and the denominator of which is the Initial Commodity Price for such Component Commodity.

 

The “Initial Commodity Prices” for each Component Commodity are as follows:

 

Component Commodity

 

Initial Commodity Price

Crude Oil

 

US$101.84

Natural Gas

 

US$9.0650

RBOB Gasoline

 

US$2.6051

Heating Oil

 

US$2.9772

Aluminum

 

US$2,762.00

Copper

 

US$7,789.00

Nickel

 

US$28,285.00

Zinc

 

US$2,260.00

Lead

 

US$2,650.00

Gold

 

US$925.75

GSCI® Livestock

 

288.9341

GSCI® Agriculture

 

86.9735

 

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The “Final Commodity Price” is, for each Component Commodity, the Commodity Price on the Valuation Date.

 

The “Commodity Price” for each Component Commodity is as follows:

 

Component Commodity

 

Commodity Price

Crude Oil
Natural Gas
RBOB
Gasoline
Heating Oil

 

For each of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, RBOB Gasoline and Heating Oil, the official settlement price of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of the last trading day of the first nearby month contract, the second nearby month contract) for that Component Commodity, expressed (a) in the case of Crude Oil, as the U.S. dollar price per barrel, (b) in the case of Natural Gas, as the U.S. dollar price per million British thermal units (Btu), and (c) in the case of RBOB Gasoline and Heating Oil, as the U.S. dollar price per gallon, in each case as made public by the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

Aluminum
Copper
Nickel
Zinc
Lead

 

For each of Aluminum, Copper, Nickel, Zinc and Lead, the official settlement price of that Component Commodity for cash delivery, expressed as the U.S. dollar price per metric ton of the Component Commodity, as made public by the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

 

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Gold

 

The official afternoon fixing price of Gold, stated in U.S. dollars per troy ounce, as calculated and quoted by the London Bullion Market Association (the “LBMA”) (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

GSCI® Livestock
GSCI® Agriculture

 

For each of GSCI® Livestock and GSCI® Agriculture (each an “Index” and collectively the “Indices”), the closing level of that Index, as determined and published by the Index Sponsor (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event), rounded to four decimal places.

 

The “Relevant Exchange” for each Component Commodity is as follows:

 

Component Commodity

 

Relevant Exchange

Crude Oil

 

The NYMEX Division, or its successor, of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX”)

Natural Gas

 

NYMEX

RBOB Gasoline

 

NYMEX

Heating Oil

 

NYMEX

Aluminum

 

London Metal Exchange (“LME”)

Copper

 

LME

Nickel

 

LME

Zinc

 

LME

Lead

 

LME

Gold

 

The market in London on which members of the LBMA quote prices for the buying and selling of Gold.

 

A “Valuation Business Day” is a day, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, on which (a) the Relevant Exchange for each Component Commodity and (b) each organized exchange or market of trading for any Index Contract, is scheduled to be (or, but for the occurrence of a Disruption Event, would have been) open for trading during its regular

 

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trading session (notwithstanding the Relevant Exchange or organized exchange or market, as applicable, closing prior to its scheduled closing time).

 

The “Index Sponsor” is Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

 

If a Disruption Event identified in clauses (A), (B) or (C) below relating to one or more Component Commodities (other than the Indices) is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Final Basket Level using:

 

·                                          for each such Component Commodity that did not suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Final Commodity Price for that Component Commodity on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

·                                          for each such Component Commodity that did suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Final Commodity Price on the immediately succeeding trading day for such Component Commodity on which no Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to such Component Commodity;

 

provided however that if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to a Component Commodity on each of the three scheduled trading days following the scheduled Valuation Date, then (a) that third scheduled trading day shall be deemed the Valuation Date for the affected Component Commodity; and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity on such day in its sole and absolute discretion taking into account the latest available quotation for the Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant.

 

If a Disruption Event identified in clauses (D) or (E) below relating to one or more Component Commodities (other than Gold or the Indices) is in effect on the Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity on the scheduled Valuation Date in its sole and absolute discretion taking into account the latest available quotation for the Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant.

 

With respect to any Component Commodity that is an Index, if a Disruption Event relating to one or more futures contracts then included in the Index or any Successor Index (each such contract, an “Index Contract”) is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Final Commodity Price for such Index or Successor Index in good faith in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index or Successor Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Disruption Event, using:

 

·                                          for each Index Contract that did not suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the settlement price on the applicable organized exchange or market of trading for such Index Contract on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

·                                          for each Index Contract that did suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the settlement price on the organized exchange

 

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or market of trading for such Index Contract on the immediately succeeding trading day on which no Disruption Event occurs or is continuing  with respect to such Index Contract;

 

provided however that if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to such Index Contract on each of the three scheduled trading days following the scheduled Valuation Date, then (a) that third scheduled trading day shall be deemed the Valuation Date for such Index Contract and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the price for such Index Contract on such day in its sole and absolute discretion taking into account the latest available quotation for the price for such Index Contract and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant.

 

A “Disruption Event” is (a) for a Component Commodity other than an Index, any of the following events with respect to that Component Commodity or (b) with respect to an Index, any of the following events with respect to an Index Contract, in each case as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent:

 

(A)                              the suspension of or material limitation on trading in the Component Commodity or Index Contract, or futures contracts or options related to the Component Commodity or Index Contract, on the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for the Index Contract;

 

(B)                                either (i) the failure of trading to commence, or permanent discontinuance of trading, in the Component Commodity or Index Contract, or futures contracts or options related to the Component Commodity or Index Contract, on the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract, or (ii) the disappearance of, or of trading in, the Component Commodity or Index Contract;

 

(C)                                the failure of the Relevant Exchange for the Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract to publish the official daily settlement price of the Component Commodity or Index Contract for that day (or the information necessary for determining the settlement price); and

 

solely with respect to Component Commodities other than Gold or any Index (or any Index Contract then comprising an Index or any Successor Index),

 

(D)                               the occurrence since the Trade Date of a material change in the content, composition, or constitution of the Component Commodity; or

 

(E)                                 the occurrence since the Trade Date of a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the settlement price of the Component Commodity.

 

For the purpose of determining whether a Disruption Event for a Component Commodity or an Index Contract has occurred:

 

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(1)                                  a limitation on the hours in a trading day and/or number of days of trading will not constitute a Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the Relevant Exchange for the Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract;

 

(2)                                  a suspension in trading in a Component Commodity on the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or in an Index Contract on the organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract (without taking into account any extended or after-hours trading session), by reason of a price change reflecting the maximum permitted price change from the previous trading day’s settlement price will constitute a Disruption Event; and

 

(3)                                  a suspension of or material limitation on trading on a Relevant Exchange for a Component Commodity or an organized exchange or market of trading for an Index Contract will not include any time when the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or an organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.

 

For purposes of calculating the Final Basket Level in the event of a Disruption Event relating to one or more Component Commodities or Index Contracts in accordance with the above, “trading day” means a day, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, on which trading is generally conducted on the Relevant Exchange applicable to the affected Component Commodity or on the organized exchange or market of trading for the affected Index Contract.

 

If an Index Unavailability Event is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date (and no Disruption Event is then in effect), the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for the affected Index on the Valuation Date in good faith in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Index Unavailability Event, using the closing price for each Index Contract most recently constituting the Index on the organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract.

 

An “Index Unavailability Event” means that an Index is not calculated and published by the Index Sponsor or any Successor Index is not calculated and published by the sponsors thereof.

 

If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of an Index and the Index Sponsor or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued Index (such index, a “Successor Index”), then the Final Commodity Price for such Index will be determined by reference to the level of such Successor Index at the close of trading on the organized exchange or market of trading for any futures contract (or any combination thereof) included in the Successor Index last to close on the Valuation Date; provided, however, that the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may make such adjustments as it deems necessary to the level of the Successor Index so that the level of the Successor Index reflects the same level as that of the discontinued Index before it was discontinued.  Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index,

 

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the Calculation agent will cause written notice thereof to be promptly furnished to the trustee, to the Issuer and to the holders of the notes.

 

If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of an Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on, the Valuation Date, and the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that no Successor Index is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for such Index on the Valuation Date.  The Final Commodity Price for such Index will be computed by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to such discontinuation, using the settlement prices at the close of trading on the Valuation Date on the organized exchange or market of trading for any futures contract (or any combination thereof) then included in the Index (or, if trading in any such futures contract has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the settlement price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation).

 

If at any time the method of calculating an Index or a Successor Index, or the level thereof, is, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, changed or modified in a material respect, the Calculation Agent may (but is not obligated to) make such adjustments to the Index or Successor Index or their respective methods of calculation as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of a commodity index comparable to the Index or such Successor Index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the Calculation Agent will calculate the Final Commodity Price for such Index or Successor Index with reference to the Index or such Successor Index as adjusted.  Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or a Successor Index is modified or rebased so that the level of the Index or Successor Index is a fraction or multiple of what it would have been if it had not been modified or rebased, then the Calculation Agent will adjust the level of the Index or Successor Index in order to arrive at a level of the Index or Successor Index as if it has not been modified or rebased.

 

The “Calculation Agent” means Lehman Brothers Commodity Services Inc, the determinations and calculations of which will be binding absent manifest error.

 

Except as provided below, any Redemption 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 any Redemption 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.

 

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.

 

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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: March 28, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SEAL]

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew M.W. Yeung

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

Name:

Cindy Buckholz

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

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 I

NOTES LINKED TO A BASKET OF TEN COMMODITIES AND TWO COMMODITY INDICES
DUE MARCH 28, 2012

 

Section 1.  General.  This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series I, Notes Linked to a Basket of Ten Commodities and Two Commodity Indices (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 Redemption 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 Redemption 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 Redemption 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 any Redemption 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 $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, 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 for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment and will equal, for each note, the Redemption Amount, calculated as the date of early repayment were the Maturity Date. If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the claim of the beneficial owner of a note for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment will be capped at the Redemption Amount, calculated as though the date of the commencement of the proceeding were the Maturity Date.

 

Section 9.  No Recourse Against Certain Persons.  No recourse for the payment of the Redemption 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.  Defined Terms.  All terms used but not defined in this Note are used herein as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 11.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 


EX-4.02 3 a08-9820_1ex4d02.htm EX-4.02

 

Exhibit 4.02

 

CUSIP NO. 5252M0EE3

ISIN NO. US5252M0EE36

 

REGISTERED

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $1,821,000

No. R-1

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES I

 

BUFFERED RETURN ENHANCED NOTES LINKED TO A BASKET OF TEN
COMMODITIES AND TWO COMMODITY INDICES

DUE MARCH 28, 2012

 

 

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 Maturity Date, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount.

 

The “Maturity Date” is March 28, 2012, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day.

 

The “Valuation Date” is March 21, 2012, or if such day is not a Valuation Business Day, the immediately preceding Valuation Business Day; provided that if a Disruption Event is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Valuation Date may be postponed.

 

The “Redemption Amount” for each $1,000 note will be a single U.S. dollar payment on the Maturity Date equal to:

 

(A)            the sum of $1,000 plus the product of $1,000 times the Basket Return times the Upside Participation Rate, if the Final Basket Level is greater than the Initial Basket Level;

 

(B)              $1,000, if the Final Basket Level is equal to or less than the Initial Basket Level but greater than or equal to the Buffer Level; or

 

(C)              the sum of $1,000 plus the product of $1,000 times the sum of the Basket Return plus the Protection Percentage, if the Final Basket Level is less than the Buffer Level.

 

The “Component Commodities” and “Commodity Weightings” are as follows:

 

Component Commodities

 

Component Weighting

 

Light sweet crude oil (“Crude Oil”)

 

15

%

Henry Hub natural gas (“Natural Gas”)

 

10

%

Reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending (“RBOB Gasoline”)

 

5

%

No. 2 fuel heating oil (“Heating Oil”)

 

5

%

High Grade Primary Aluminium (“Aluminum”)

 

7

%

Copper — Grade A (“Copper”)

 

7

%

Primary Nickel (“Nickel”)

 

6

%

Special High Grade Zinc (“Zinc”)

 

5

%

Standard Lead (“Lead”)

 

5

%

Gold (“Gold”)

 

5

%

 

 

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Component Commodities

 

Component Weighting

 

S&P GSCI Livestock Index Excess Return (“GSCI® Livestock”) calculated and published by the Index Sponsor, subject to adjustment in accordance with Index Adjustment below

 

10

%

S&P GSCI Agriculture Index Excess Return (“GSCI® Agriculture”) calculated and published by the Index Sponsor, subject to adjustment in accordance with Index Adjustment below

 

20

%

 

The “Upside Participation Rate” is 167%.

 

The “Protection Percentage” is 20.0%.

 

The “Buffer Level” is the product of 80.0% times the Initial Basket Level.

 

The “Basket Return” is a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Final Basket Level minus the Initial Basket Level and the denominator of which is the Initial Basket Level, expressed as a percentage rounded to three decimal places.

 

The “Final Basket Level” is the product of 100 times the sum of 1 plus the sum of the Weighted Component Commodity Returns.

 

The “Initial Basket Level” is set to 100 on the Trade Date.

 

The “Trade Date” is March 20, 2008.

 

The “Issue Date” is March 28, 2008.

 

The “Weighted Component Commodity Returns” are, for each Component Commodity, the product of the Component Weighting times a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Final Commodity Price minus the Initial Commodity Price and the denominator of which is the Initial Commodity Price for such Component Commodity.

 

The “Initial Commodity Prices” for each Component Commodity are as follows:

 

Component Commodity

 

Initial Commodity Price

Crude Oil

 

US$101.84

Natural Gas

 

US$9.0650

RBOB Gasoline

 

US$2.6051

Heating Oil

 

US$2.9772

Aluminum

 

US$2,762.00

Copper

 

US$7,789.00

Nickel

 

US$28,285.00

 

 

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Component Commodity

 

Initial Commodity Price

Zinc

 

US$2,260.00

Lead

 

US$2,650.00

Gold

 

US$925.75

GSCI® Livestock

 

288.9341

GSCI® Agriculture

 

86.9735

 

The “Final Commodity Price” is, for each Component Commodity, the Commodity Price on the Valuation Date.

 

The “Commodity Price” for each Component Commodity is as follows:

 

Component Commodity

 

Commodity Price

Crude Oil
Natural Gas
RBOB Gasoline
Heating Oil

 

For each of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, RBOB Gasoline and Heating Oil, the official settlement price of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of the last trading day of the first nearby month contract, the second nearby month contract) for that Component Commodity, expressed (a) in the case of Crude Oil, as the U.S. dollar price per barrel, (b) in the case of Natural Gas, as the U.S. dollar price per million British thermal units (Btu), and (c) in the case of RBOB Gasoline and Heating Oil, as the U.S. dollar price per gallon, in each case as made public by the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

Aluminum
Copper
Nickel Zinc
Lead

 

For each of Aluminum, Copper, Nickel, Zinc and Lead, the official settlement price of that Component Commodity for cash delivery, expressed as the

 

 

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U.S. dollar price per metric ton of the Component Commodity, as made public by the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

Gold

 

The official afternoon fixing price of Gold, stated in U.S. dollars per troy ounce, as calculated and quoted by the London Bullion Market Association (the “LBMA”) (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

GSCI® Livestock
GSCI® Agriculture

 

For each of GSCI® Livestock and GSCI® Agriculture (each an “Index” and collectively the “Indices”), the closing level of that Index, as determined and published by the Index Sponsor (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event), rounded to four decimal places.

 

The “Relevant Exchange” for each Component Commodity is as follows:

 

Component Commodity

 

Relevant Exchange

Crude Oil

 

The NYMEX Division, or its successor, of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX”)

Natural Gas

 

NYMEX

RBOB Gasoline

 

NYMEX

Heating Oil

 

NYMEX

Aluminum

 

London Metal Exchange (“LME”)

Copper

 

LME

Nickel

 

LME

Zinc

 

LME

Lead

 

LME

 

 

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Gold

 

The market in London on which members of the LBMA quote prices for the buying and selling of Gold.

 

A “Valuation Business Day” is a day, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, on which (a) the Relevant Exchange for each Component Commodity and (b) each organized exchange or market of trading for any Index Contract, is scheduled to be (or, but for the occurrence of a Disruption Event, would have been) open for trading during its regular trading session (notwithstanding the Relevant Exchange or organized exchange or market, as applicable, closing prior to its scheduled closing time).

 

The “Index Sponsor” is Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

 

If a Disruption Event identified in clauses (A), (B) or (C) below relating to one or more Component Commodities (other than the Indices) is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Final Basket Level using:

 

·                                          for each such Component Commodity that did not suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Final Commodity Price for that Component Commodity on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

·                                          for each such Component Commodity that did suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Final Commodity Price on the immediately succeeding trading day for such Component Commodity on which no Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to such Component Commodity;

 

provided however that if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to a Component Commodity on each of the three scheduled trading days following the scheduled Valuation Date, then (a) that third scheduled trading day shall be deemed the Valuation Date for the affected Component Commodity; and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity on such day in its sole and absolute discretion taking into account the latest available quotation for the Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant.

 

If a Disruption Event identified in clauses (D) or (E) below relating to one or more Component Commodities (other than Gold or the Indices) is in effect on the Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity on the scheduled Valuation Date in its sole and absolute discretion taking into account the latest available quotation for the Commodity Price for the affected Component Commodity and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant.

 

With respect to any Component Commodity that is an Index, if a Disruption Event relating to one or more futures contracts then included in the Index or any Successor Index (each such contract, an “Index Contract”) is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Final Commodity Price for such Index or Successor Index in good faith in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index or Successor Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Disruption Event, using:

 

 

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·                                          for each Index Contract that did not suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the settlement price on the applicable organized exchange or market of trading for such Index Contract on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

·                                          for each Index Contract that did suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the settlement price on the organized exchange or market of trading for such Index Contract on the immediately succeeding trading day on which no Disruption Event occurs or is continuing  with respect to such Index Contract;

 

provided however that if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to such Index Contract on each of the three scheduled trading days following the scheduled Valuation Date, then (a) that third scheduled trading day shall be deemed the Valuation Date for such Index Contract and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the price for such Index Contract on such day in its sole and absolute discretion taking into account the latest available quotation for the price for such Index Contract and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant.

 

A “Disruption Event” is (a) for a Component Commodity other than an Index, any of the following events with respect to that Component Commodity or (b) with respect to an Index, any of the following events with respect to an Index Contract, in each case as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent:

 

(A)                              the suspension of or material limitation on trading in the Component Commodity or Index Contract, or futures contracts or options related to the Component Commodity or Index Contract, on the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for the Index Contract;

 

(B)                                either (i) the failure of trading to commence, or permanent discontinuance of trading, in the Component Commodity or Index Contract, or futures contracts or options related to the Component Commodity or Index Contract, on the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract, or (ii) the disappearance of, or of trading in, the Component Commodity or Index Contract;

 

(C)                                the failure of the Relevant Exchange for the Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract to publish the official daily settlement price of the Component Commodity or Index Contract for that day (or the information necessary for determining the settlement price); and

 

solely with respect to Component Commodities other than Gold or any Index (or any Index Contract then comprising an Index or any Successor Index),

 

(D)                               the occurrence since the Trade Date of a material change in the content, composition, or constitution of the Component Commodity; or

 

 

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(E)                                 the occurrence since the Trade Date of a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the settlement price of the Component Commodity.

 

For the purpose of determining whether a Disruption Event for a Component Commodity or an Index Contract has occurred:

 

(1)                                  a limitation on the hours in a trading day and/or number of days of trading will not constitute a Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the Relevant Exchange for the Component Commodity or organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract;

 

(2)                                  a suspension in trading in a Component Commodity on the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or in an Index Contract on the organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract (without taking into account any extended or after-hours trading session), by reason of a price change reflecting the maximum permitted price change from the previous trading day’s settlement price will constitute a Disruption Event; and

 

(3)                                  a suspension of or material limitation on trading on a Relevant Exchange for a Component Commodity or an organized exchange or market of trading for an Index Contract will not include any time when the Relevant Exchange for that Component Commodity or an organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.

 

For purposes of calculating the Final Basket Level in the event of a Disruption Event relating to one or more Component Commodities or Index Contracts in accordance with the above, “trading day” means a day, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, on which trading is generally conducted on the Relevant Exchange applicable to the affected Component Commodity or on the organized exchange or market of trading for the affected Index Contract.

 

If an Index Unavailability Event is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date (and no Disruption Event is then in effect), the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for the affected Index on the Valuation Date in good faith in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Index Unavailability Event, using the closing price for each Index Contract most recently constituting the Index on the organized exchange or market of trading for that Index Contract.

 

An “Index Unavailability Event” means that an Index is not calculated and published by the Index Sponsor or any Successor Index is not calculated and published by the sponsors thereof.

 

 

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If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of an Index and the Index Sponsor or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued Index (such index, a “Successor Index”), then the Final Commodity Price for such Index will be determined by reference to the level of such Successor Index at the close of trading on the organized exchange or market of trading for any futures contract (or any combination thereof) included in the Successor Index last to close on the Valuation Date; provided, however, that the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may make such adjustments as it deems necessary to the level of the Successor Index so that the level of the Successor Index reflects the same level as that of the discontinued Index before it was discontinued.  Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the Calculation agent will cause written notice thereof to be promptly furnished to the trustee, to the Issuer and to the holders of the notes.

 

If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of an Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on, the Valuation Date, and the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that no Successor Index is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Commodity Price for such Index on the Valuation Date.  The Final Commodity Price for such Index will be computed by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to such discontinuation, using the settlement prices at the close of trading on the Valuation Date on the organized exchange or market of trading for any futures contract (or any combination thereof) then included in the Index (or, if trading in any such futures contract has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the settlement price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation).

 

If at any time the method of calculating an Index or a Successor Index, or the level thereof, is, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, changed or modified in a material respect, the Calculation Agent may (but is not obligated to) make such adjustments to the Index or Successor Index or their respective methods of calculation as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of a commodity index comparable to the Index or such Successor Index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the Calculation Agent will calculate the Final Commodity Price for such Index or Successor Index with reference to the Index or such Successor Index as adjusted.  Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or a Successor Index is modified or rebased so that the level of the Index or Successor Index is a fraction or multiple of what it would have been if it had not been modified or rebased, then the Calculation Agent will adjust the level of the Index or Successor Index in order to arrive at a level of the Index or Successor Index as if it has not been modified or rebased.

 

The “Calculation Agent” means Lehman Brothers Commodity Services Inc, the determinations and calculations of which will be binding absent manifest error.

 

Except as provided below, any Redemption 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 any Redemption Amount will be made in immediately available funds in accordance with the normal procedures of the Trustee (or any duly appointed Paying Agent).

 

 

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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.

 

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: March 28, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SEAL]

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew M.W. Yeung

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

Name:

Cindy Buckholz

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

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 I

BUFFERED RETURN ENHANCED NOTES LINKED TO A BASKET OF TEN COMMODITIES AND TWO
COMMODITY INDICES

DUE MARCH 28, 2012

 

 

Section 1.  General.  This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series I, Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked to a Basket of Ten Commodities and Two Commodity Indices (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 Redemption 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 Redemption 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 Redemption 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 any Redemption 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 $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, 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 for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment and will equal, for each note, the Redemption Amount, calculated as the date of early repayment were the Maturity Date. If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the claim of the beneficial owner of a note for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment will be capped at the Redemption Amount, calculated as though the date of the commencement of the proceeding were the Maturity Date.

 

Section 9.  No Recourse Against Certain Persons.  No recourse for the payment of the Redemption 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.  Defined Terms.  All terms used but not defined in this Note are used herein as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 11.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

 


EX-4.03 4 a08-9820_1ex4d03.htm EX-4.03

 

Exhibit 4.03

 

CUSIP NO. 52523J446

ISIN NO. US52523J4461

 

REGISTERED

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $1,320,500

No. R-1

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES I

 

NOTES LINKED TO AN ASIAN CURRENCY BASKET
DUE MARCH 31, 2010

 

 

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 Maturity Date, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount.

 

The “Maturity Date” is March 31, 2010, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day.

 

The “Valuation Date” is March 26, 2010; provided that, upon the occurrence of a Disruption Event with respect to a Basket Currency, the Valuation Date for the affected Basket Currency may be postponed (as described in “Disruption Events” below).

 

The “Redemption Amount” is:

 

(A) If the Basket Return is greater than zero, an amount per Note equal to $10 plus the product of $10 times the Participation Rate times the Basket Return.

 

(B) If the Basket Return is equal to or less than zero, an amount per Note equal to $10 plus the product of $10 times the Basket Return; provided that if the Basket Return is equal to or less than zero, the principal amount of Notes will decrease 1% for every 1% that the Basket Return is below zero.

 

The “Participation Rate” is 440%.

 

The “Basket Currencies” are the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR), Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), Indian Rupee (INR) and Philippine Peso (PHP).

 

The “Basket Return” is a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Basket Ending Level minus the Basket Starting Level and the denominator of which is the Basket Starting Level.

 

The “Basket Starting Level” is set equal to 100 on the Trade Date.

 

The “Basket Ending Level” is the Basket closing level on the Valuation Date, equal to the product of 100 times the sum of 1 plus the sum of the Weighted Currency Returns.

 

The “Weighted Currency Return” for each Basket Currency is the product of the Currency Return for such Basket Currency times the Basket Currency Weighting for such Basket Currency.

 

The “Currency Return” for each Basket Currency is a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Initial Spot Rate for such Basket Currency minus the Final Spot Rate for such Basket Currency and the denominator of which is the Final Spot Rate for such Basket Currency.

 

The “Final Spot Rate” for each Basket Currency is the Reference Exchange Rate for that Basket Currency on the Valuation Date, determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the Spot Rate Source (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

 

 

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The “Weighting” and “Initial Spot Rate” for each Basket Currency are as follows:

 

Basket Currency

 

Weighting

 

Initial Spot Rate

MYR

 

25

%

3.1997

IDR

 

25

%

9212

INR

 

25

%

40.15

PHP

 

25

%

41.801

 

The “Reference Exchange Rates” are, for each Basket Currency, the spot exchange rates for that Basket Currency quoted against the U.S. dollar, expressed as the number of units of the Basket Currency per one USD.

 

The “Issue Date” is March 31, 2008.

 

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

 

·                                          for each Basket Currency that did not suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Final Spot Rate on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

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

 

provided, however, that if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to a Basket 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 Basket Currency; and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Spot Rate for the affected Basket Currency on such day in accordance with Fallback Rate Observation Methodology.

 

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 Basket Currency.

 

A “Disruption Event” means any of the following events with respect to a Basket 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 the delivery of USD from accounts inside the Basket Currency Jurisdiction for that Basket Currency to accounts outside that Basket Currency Jurisdiction;

 

 

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

 

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

 

A “Valuation Business Day” means, with respect to each Basket Currency, 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 or jurisdiction indicated in the table below:

 

Basket Currency

 

Screen Reference

 

Valuation Business Day

MYR

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Singapore

IDR

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Singapore

INR

 

RBIB

 

Mumbai

PHP

 

PDSPESO (as successor to PHPESO)

 

Manila

 

The Spot Rate Source for the MYR is the Malaysian Ringgit/U.S. Dollar spot rate at 11:00 a.m., Singapore time, expressed as the amount of Malaysian Ringgit per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in two Business Days, reported by the Association of Banks in Singapore, which appears on the Reuters Page ABSIRFIX01 to the right of the caption “Spot” under the column “MYR” at approximately 11:30 a.m., Singapore time, on the relevant Valuation Date.  The “Spot Rate Source” for the IDR is the Indonesian Rupiah/U.S. Dollar spot rate at 11:00 a.m., Singapore time, expressed as the amount of Indonesian Rupiah per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in two Business Days, reported by the Association of Banks in Singapore which appears on the Reuters Page ABSIRFIX01 to the right of the caption “Spot” under the column “IDR” at approximately 11:30 a.m., Singapore time, on the relevant Valuation Date.  The Spot Rate Source for the INR is the Indian Rupee/U.S. dollar reference rate, expressed as the amount of Indian Rupee per one U.S. dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Reserve Bank of India which appears on the Reuters Screen RBIB Page at approximately 2:30 p.m., Mumbai time, or as soon thereafter as practicable on the on the Valuation Date or such other relevant date.  The Spot Rate Source for the PHP is the Philippine Peso/U.S. Dollar morning weighted average rate, expressed as the amount of Philippine Pesos per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in one Business Day reported by the Philippine Dealing system which appears on the Reuters Screen PHPESO Page to the right of the caption “AM WT AVE” at approximately 12:30 p.m., Manila time, on the relevant Valuation Date.

 

The screen or time of observation indicated in relation to any Final Spot Rate above shall be deemed to refer to such screen or time of observation as modified or amended from time to time, or to any substitute screen thereto.

 

 

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The “Fallback Rate Observation Methodology” means that the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate, as specified in the applicable pricing supplement, in respect of a basket currency will equal the noon buying rate in New York for cable transfers in foreign currencies as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes (the “Noon Buying Rate”) on the relevant Valuation Date or such other date specified in the applicable pricing supplement. If the Noon Buying Rate is not announced on that date, the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate for such Basket Currency 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 the Valuation Date or such other date specified in the applicable pricing supplement, for the purchase or sale for deposits in the basket currency by the New York offices of three leading banks engaged in the interbank market (selected in the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent) (the “Reference Banks”). If fewer than three Reference Banks provide spot quotations, then the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate, as applicable, 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 Basket Currency. If these spot quotations are available from only one Reference Bank, then the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, will determine whether that quotation is reasonable to be used. If no spot quotation is available, then the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate, as applicable, for such Basket Currency will be determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

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.

 

The “Calculation Agent” means Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

Except as provided below, the Redemption 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 Redemption 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.

 

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.

 

 

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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: March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SEAL]

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Yeung

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

Name:

Cindy Buckholz

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

 

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 I

NOTES LINKED TO AN ASIAN CURRENCY BASKET
DUE MARCH 31, 2010

 

 

Section 1.  General.  This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series I, Notes Linked to an Asian Currency Basket (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 Additional 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, 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 for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment and will equal, for each note, the Redemption Amount, calculated as the date of early repayment were the Maturity Date. If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the claim of the beneficial owner of a note for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment will be capped at the Redemption Amount, calculated as though the date of the commencement of the proceeding were the Maturity Date.

 

Section 9.  No Recourse Against Certain Persons.  No recourse for the payment of the Additional 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.  Defined Terms.  All terms used but not defined in this Note are used herein as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 11.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

 


EX-4.04 5 a08-9820_1ex4d04.htm EX-4.04

Exhibit 4.04

 

CUSIP NO. 52523J438

ISIN NO. US52523J4388

 

REGISTERED

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $12,024,370

No. R-1

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES I

 

NOTES LINKED TO AN ASIAN CURRENCY BASKET
DUE MARCH 31, 2010

 

 

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 Maturity Date, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount.

 

The “Maturity Date” is March 31, 2010, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day.

 

The “Valuation Date” is March 26, 2010; provided that, upon the occurrence of a Disruption Event with respect to a Basket Currency, the Valuation Date for the affected Basket Currency may be postponed (as described in “Disruption Events” below).

 

The “Redemption Amount” is the amount equal to the sum of the principal amount of the Notes, plus $10, plus the Additional Amount, if any.

 

The “Additional Amount” is an amount per Note equal to the greater of (a) zero and (b) $10 multiplied by the product of the Basket Return times the Participation Rate.

 

The “Participation Rate” is 195%.

 

The “Basket Currencies” are the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), Indian Rupee (INR), Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) and Philippine Peso (PHP).

 

The “Basket Return” is a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Basket Ending Level minus the Basket Starting Level and the denominator of which is the Basket Starting Level.

 

The “Basket Starting Level” is set equal to 100 on the Trade Date.

 

The “Basket Ending Level” is the Basket closing level on the Valuation Date, equal to the product of 100 times the sum of 1 plus the sum of the Weighted Currency Returns.

 

The “Weighted Currency Return” for each Basket Currency is the product of the Currency Return for such Basket Currency times the Basket Currency Weighting for such Basket Currency.

 

The “Currency Return” for each Basket Currency is a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Initial Spot Rate for such Basket Currency minus the Final Spot Rate for such Basket Currency and the denominator of which is the Final Spot Rate for such Basket Currency.

 

The “Final Spot Rate” for each Basket Currency is the Reference Exchange Rate for that Basket Currency on the Valuation Date, determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the Spot Rate Source (subject to the occurrence of a Disruption Event).

 

The “Weighting” and “Initial Spot Rate” for each Basket Currency are as follows:

 

Basket
Currency

 

Weighting

 

Initial Spot
Rate

IDR

 

25

%

9212

 

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INR

 

25

%

40.15

MYR

 

25

%

3.1997

PHP

 

25

%

41.801

 

The “Reference Exchange Rates” are, for each Basket Currency, the spot exchange rates for that Basket Currency quoted against the U.S. dollar, expressed as the number of units of the Basket Currency per one USD.

 

The “Issue Date” is March 31, 2008.

 

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

 

·                                          for each Basket Currency that did not suffer a Disruption Event on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Final Spot Rate on the scheduled Valuation Date, and

 

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

 

provided, however, that if a Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to a Basket 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 Basket Currency; and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Final Spot Rate for the affected Basket Currency on such day in accordance with Fallback Rate Observation Methodology.

 

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 Basket Currency.

 

A “Disruption Event” means any of the following events with respect to a Basket 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 the delivery of USD from accounts inside the Basket Currency Jurisdiction for that Basket Currency to accounts outside that Basket Currency Jurisdiction;

 

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

 

(C)                                the Final Spot Rate being unavailable for the Basket Currency, or the occurrence of an event (i) in the Basket Currency Jurisdiction for that Basket Currency that materially disrupts the market for the Basket

 

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Currency or (ii) that generally makes it impossible to obtain the Final Spot Rate for the Basket Currency, on the Valuation Date.

 

A “Valuation Business Day” means, with respect to each Basket Currency, 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 or jurisdiction indicated in the table below:

 

Basket Currency

 

Screen Reference

 

Valuation Business Day

IDR

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Singapore

INR

 

RBIB

 

Mumbai

MYR

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Singapore

PHP

 

PDSPESO (as successor to PHPESO)

 

Manila

 

The “Spot Rate Source” for the IDR is the Indonesian Rupiah/U.S. Dollar spot rate at 11:00 a.m., Singapore time, expressed as the amount of Indonesian Rupiah per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in two Business Days, reported by the Association of Banks in Singapore which appears on the Reuters Page ABSIRFIX01 to the right of the caption “Spot” under the column “IDR” at approximately 11:30 a.m., Singapore time, on the relevant Valuation Date.  The Spot Rate Source for the INR is the Indian Rupee/U.S. dollar reference rate, expressed as the amount of Indian Rupee per one U.S. dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Reserve Bank of India which appears on the Reuters Screen RBIB Page at approximately 2:30 p.m., Mumbai time, or as soon thereafter as practicable on the on the Valuation Date or such other relevant date.  The Spot Rate Source for the MYR is the Malaysian Ringgit/U.S. Dollar spot rate at 11:00 a.m., Singapore time, expressed as the amount of Malaysian Ringgit per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in two Business Days, reported by the Association of Banks in Singapore, which appears on the Reuters Page ABSIRFIX01 to the right of the caption “Spot” under the column “MYR” at approximately 11:30 a.m., Singapore time, on the relevant Valuation Date.  The Spot Rate Source for the PHP is the Philippine Peso/U.S. Dollar morning weighted average rate, expressed as the amount of Philippine Pesos per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in one Business Day reported by the Philippine Dealing system which appears on the Reuters Screen PHPESO Page to the right of the caption “AM WT AVE” at approximately 12:30 p.m., Manila time, on the relevant Valuation Date.

 

The screen or time of observation indicated in relation to any Final Spot Rate above shall be deemed to refer to such screen or time of observation as modified or amended from time to time, or to any substitute screen thereto.

 

The “Fallback Rate Observation Methodology” means that the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate, as specified in the applicable pricing supplement, in respect of a basket currency will equal the noon buying rate in New York for cable transfers in foreign currencies as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes (the “Noon Buying Rate”) on the relevant Valuation Date or such other date specified in the applicable pricing supplement. If the Noon Buying Rate is not announced on that date, the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate for such Basket Currency will be calculated on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the applicable spot quotations received by the

 

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Calculation Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Valuation Business Day next succeeding the Valuation Date or such other date specified in the applicable pricing supplement, for the purchase or sale for deposits in the basket currency by the New York offices of three leading banks engaged in the interbank market (selected in the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent) (the “Reference Banks”). If fewer than three Reference Banks provide spot quotations, then the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate, as applicable, 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 Basket Currency. If these spot quotations are available from only one Reference Bank, then the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, will determine whether that quotation is reasonable to be used. If no spot quotation is available, then the Reference Exchange Rate, Final Spot Rate or other rate, as applicable, for such Basket Currency will be determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

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.

 

The “Calculation Agent” means Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

Except as provided below, the Redemption 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 Redemption 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.

 

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: March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SEAL]

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Yeung

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

Name:

Cindy Buckholz

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

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 I

NOTES LINKED TO AN ASIAN CURRENCY BASKET
DUE MARCH 31, 2010

 

Section 1.  General.  This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series I, Notes Linked to an Asian Currency Basket (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 Additional 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, 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 for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment and will equal, for each note, the Redemption Amount, calculated as the date of early repayment were the Maturity Date. If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the claim of the beneficial owner of a note for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment will be capped at the Redemption Amount, calculated as though the date of the commencement of the proceeding were the Maturity Date.

 

Section 9.  No Recourse Against Certain Persons.  No recourse for the payment of the Additional 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.  Defined Terms.  All terms used but not defined in this Note are used herein as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 11.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 


EX-4.05 6 a08-9820_1ex4d05.htm EX-4.05

Exhibit 4.05

 

CUSIP NO. 5252M0EM5

ISIN NO. US5252M0EM51

 

REGISTERED

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $699,000

No. R-1

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES I

 

FX BASKET-LINKED NOTE
DUE MARCH 31, 2011

 

 

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 Maturity Date, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount.

 

The “Maturity Date” is March 31, 2011, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day.

 

The “Redemption Amount” is the amount equal to the sum of the principal amount of the Notes plus the Additional Amount, if any.

 

The “Additional Amount” is a single U.S. dollar amount equal to the principal amount of the notes multiplied by the product of the Upside Leverage times the Basket Return, if the Basket Return is greater than zero, and the Downside Return Rate times the product of -1 times the Basket Return, if the Basket Return is less than or equal to zero; provided that the minimum Additional Amount payable on the notes shall be zero.

 

The “Upsize Leverage” is 100%.

 

The “Downside Return Rate” is 55%.

 

The “Reference Currencies” are the Brazilian Real (BRL), Russian Ruble (RUB), Indian Rupee (INR), Chinese Renminbi (CNY) and South Korean Won (KRW).

 

The “Basket Return” equals the sum of the Weighted Currency Returns for each Reference Currency.

 

The “Weighted Currency Return” is, for each Reference Currency, the product of the Weighting for such Reference Currency times a quotient, the numerator of which is the difference of the Initial Reference Currency Rate for such Reference Currency minus the Settlement Rate for such Reference Currency and the denominator of which is the Initial Reference Currency Rate for such Reference Currency.

 

The “Weighting” and “Initial Reference Currency Rate” for each Reference Currency are as follows:

 

Reference Currency

 

Weighting

 

Initial Reference
Currency Rate

BRL

 

20

%

1.7288

RUB

 

20

%

23.6088

INR

 

20

%

40.14

CNY

 

20

%

7.0252

KRW

 

20

%

985.30

 

The “Settlement Rate” for each Reference Currency is 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).

 

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The “Reference Exchange Rates” are, each Reference Currency, the spot exchange rates for that Reference Currency quoted against the U.S. dollar, expressed as the number units of the Reference Currency per one USD.

 

The “Valuation Date” is March 28, 2011; 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).

 

The “Issue Date” is March 31, 2008.

 

If the Calculation Agent determines that a Disruption Event relating to one or more of the Reference Currencies is in effect on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine 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.

 

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.

 

A “Disruption Event” means any of the following events 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 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

 

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Currency or (ii) that generally makes it impossible to obtain the Settlement Rate for the Reference Currency, on the Valuation Date.

 

A “Valuation Business Day” means, with respect to each Reference Currency, 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 or jurisdiction indicated in the table below:

 

Reference Currency

 

Screen Reference

 

Valuation Business Day

BRL

 

BRFR

 

Brazilia, Rio de Janiero or São Paulo

RUB

 

EMTA

 

Moscow

INR

 

RBIB

 

Mumbai

CNY

 

SAEC

 

Beijing

KRW

 

KFTC18

 

Seoul

 

The “Settlement Rate Option” for the BRL is the Brazilian Real/U.S. dollar offered rate for U.S. dollars, expressed as the amount of Brazilian Reals per one U.S. dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Banco Central do Brasil on SISBACEN Data System under transaction code PTAX-800 (“Consulta de Cambio” or Exchange Rate Inquiry), Option 5 ( “Cotacoes para Contabilidade” or Rates for Accounting Purposes), which appears on Reuters Screen BRFR Page under the caption “Dolar PTAX” at approximately 6:30 pm Sao Paolo time on the Valuation Date or such other relevant date.  The Settlement Rate Option for the RUB is the Russian Ruble/U.S. Dollar Specified Rate, expressed as the amount of Russian Rubles per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in one Business Day, calculated by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) and as published on CME’s website, which appears on the Reuters Screen EMTA Page, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Moscow time, on the Valuation Date or such other relevant date.  The Settlement Rate Option for the INR is the Indian Rupee/U.S. dollar reference rate, expressed as the amount of Indian Rupee per one U.S. dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Reserve Bank of India which appears on the Reuters Screen RBIB Page at approximately 2:30 p.m., Mumbai time, or as soon thereafter as practicable on the on the Valuation Date or such other relevant date.  The Settlement Rate Option for the CNY is the Chinese Renminbi/U.S. dollar official fixing rate, expressed as the amount of Chinese Renminbi per one U.S. dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by The State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, which appears on the Reuters Screen SAEC Page opposite the symbol “USDCNY=“ at approximately 5:00 p.m., Beijing time, on the Valuation Date or other such relevant date.  The Settlement Rate Option for the KRW is the South Korean Won/U.S. Dollar market average Seoul rate, expressed as the amount of South Korean Won per one U.S. Dollar, for settlement in two Business Days reported by the Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearing Corporation which appears on the Reuters Screen KFTC18 Page to the right of the caption “USD Today” that is available at approximately 5:30 p.m., Seoul time, on the Valuation Date or as soon thereafter as practicable, but in no event later than 9:00 a.m., Seoul time, on the first Business Day following the relevant Valuation Date.

 

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The screen or time of observation indicated in relation to any Settlement Rate Option above shall be deemed to refer to such screen or time of observation as modified or amended from time to time, or to any substitute screen thereto.

 

The “Fallback Rate Observation Methodology” means that the reference exchange rate, Settlement Rate or other rate, as specified in the applicable pricing supplement, in respect of a reference currency will equal the noon buying rate in New York for cable transfers in foreign currencies as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes (the “Noon Buying Rate”) on the relevant Valuation Date or such other date specified in the applicable pricing supplement. If the Noon Buying Rate is not announced on that date, the Reference Exchange Rate, Settlement Rate or other rate for such Reference Currency 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 the Valuation Date or such other date specified in the applicable pricing supplement, for the purchase or sale for deposits in the reference currency by the New York offices of three leading banks engaged in the interbank market (selected in the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent) (the “Reference Banks”). If fewer than three Reference Banks provide spot quotations, then the Reference Exchange Rate, Settlement Rate or other rate, as applicable, 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 whether that quotation is reasonable to be used. If no spot quotation is available, then the Reference Exchange Rate, Settlement Rate or other rate, as applicable, for such Reference Currency will be determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

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.

 

The “Calculation Agent” means Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

Except as provided below, the Redemption 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 Redemption 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.

 

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.

 

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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:  March 31, 2008

 

[SEAL]

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Yeung

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

Name:

Cindy Buckholz

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

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 I

FX BASKET-LINKED NOTE
DUE MARCH 31, 2011

 

Section 1.  General.  This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series I, FX Basket-Linked 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 Additional 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 $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, 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 for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment and will equal, for each note, the Redemption Amount, calculated as the date of early repayment were the Maturity Date. If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the claim of the beneficial owner of a note for the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the date of early repayment will be capped at the Redemption Amount, calculated as though the date of the commencement of the proceeding were the Maturity Date.

 

Section 9.  No Recourse Against Certain Persons.  No recourse for the payment of the Additional 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.  Defined Terms.  All terms used but not defined in this Note are used herein as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 11.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 


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