-----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, BB2wx/gvuT6uVlBXt4nqV/8Ten5Qa6xBOxzAEHX3d2QU7AU2luIdveRSU8vozAhc DM55pu6DOsLqhN759kty9w== 0001193125-08-170326.txt : 20080807 0001193125-08-170326.hdr.sgml : 20080807 20080807173010 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-170326 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B2 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080807 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080807 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: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B2 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-134553 FILM NUMBER: 08999733 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 424B2 1 d424b2.htm PRICING SUPPPLEMENT SERIES 1 Pricing Suppplement Series 1

Calculation of the Registration Fee

 

Title of Each Class of Securities Offered

   Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
   Amount of
Registration Fee (1) (2)

Notes

   $ 25,000,000.00    $ 9,825.00

 

(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, filing fees of $530,942.10 have already been paid with respect to unsold securities that were previously registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-134553) filed by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the other Registrants thereto on May 30, 2006, and have been carried forward, of which $9,825.00 is offset against the registration fee due for this offering and of which $529,959.60 remains available for future registration fees. No additional registration fee has been paid with respect to this offering.


Registration Statement no. 333-134553

Dated August 5, 2008

Rule 424(b)(2)

PRICING SUPPLEMENT

to Prospectus Supplement dated August 5, 2008

to Prospectus Supplement dated May 30, 2006

and Prospectus dated May 30, 2006

250,000,000 YEELDS®

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES I

22.65% Yield Enhanced Equity Linked Debt Securities (“YEELDS”) Due September 11, 2009

Performance Linked to the Least Performing Common Stock in a Basket of Common Stocks

Because these YEELDS are part of a series of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s debt securities called Medium-Term Notes, Series I, this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement, dated August 5, 2008 (the “YEELDS prospectus supplement”) should also be read with the accompanying prospectus supplement, dated May 30, 2006 (the “MTN prospectus supplement”) and the accompanying prospectus dated May 30, 2006 (the “base prospectus”). Terms used here have the meanings given them in the YEELDS prospectus supplement, the MTN prospectus supplement or the base prospectus, unless the context requires otherwise.

 

    Basket:   The basket will be composed of the common stocks of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) and International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) (each, an “index stock issuer”).

    Index stocks:   The common stocks of the applicable index stock issuers.

    Least performing index stock:   The index stock having the lowest conversion value from among the index stocks.

    Principal amount:   $100.00 per YEELDS and, in the aggregate, $25,000,000.00.

    Stated maturity date:   September 11, 2009, subject to postponement if the valuation date is postponed. If the stated maturity date is not a business day, any payment required to be made on the stated maturity date will instead be made on the next business day, with the same effect as if paid on the scheduled stated maturity date.

    Valuation date:   September 3, 2009, subject to postponement as described under “Postponement of the valuation date because of a market disruption event” in the accompanying YEELDS prospectus supplement. In the event of any such postponement, the stated maturity date will be postponed by a number of days equal to the number of days that the valuation date is postponed.

    Determination period:   Five business days.

    Coupon rate:   22.65% per annum.

    Coupon payment dates:   Monthly, on the 11th calendar day of each month, starting on September 11, 2008 to, and including, the stated maturity date.

    Coupon record dates:   15 calendar days prior to each coupon payment date.

    Conversion value:   With respect to each index stock, the adjusted closing price of such index stock multiplied by its conversion ratio.

    Adjusted closing price:   With respect to each index stock, the sum of:

 

  (1) the official closing price of such index stock on its relevant exchange on the valuation date; and
  (2) the dividend adjustment amount of such index stock as of the valuation date.

multiplied by the multiplier of such index stock then in effect (as described in the YEELDS prospectus supplement in “Adjustments to multipliers and to securities included in the calculation of the conversion values”).

    Conversion ratio:   With respect to each index stock, the quotient of $100.00 and it’s initial value.

    Initial value:   With respect to each index stock, the average execution price per share for such index stock that an affiliate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has paid to hedge Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s obligations under the YEELDS.

 

Index Stock  

Ticker  

Symbol  

  Initial  
Value  
  Conversion
Ratio
Wyeth   WYE     $41.6118     2.403164

International Game

Technology

  IGT     $22.0646     4.532147

    Cash settlement amount:   On the stated maturity date, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will pay you, per YEELDS, the lesser of the following amounts plus accrued and unpaid interest:

(1) the conversion value of the least performing index stock, and

(2) the equity cap price.

    Equity cap price:   $115.00, which is 115.00% of the initial value.

    Stock settlement amount:   For each YEELDS, a number of shares of the least performing index stock having a value, as determined by the calculation agent by reference to the closing price of such index stock on the valuation date, equal to the cash settlement amount. Should the calculations above result in residual fractional shares, such residual fractional shares shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to the value of the fractional shares based upon the closing price of the least performing index stock on the valuation date.

    Multiplier:   With respect to each index stock, the multiplier will initially be 1.0, subject to adjustment as described in the YEELDS prospectus supplement in “Adjustments to multipliers and to securities included in the calculation of the settlement value.”

    Maturity payment options:   On the stated maturity date, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will pay either in cash the cash settlement amount or, if Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has so elected, in shares of the least performing index stock the stock settlement amount, plus, in either case, any accrued and unpaid coupon payments. If Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. elects to settle in shares, the trustee must receive written notice from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. no later than the valuation date.

    Dividend adjustment amount:   The dividend adjustment amount, for any index stock, as of any scheduled trading day shall be calculated as the difference between the actual aggregate dividend of such index stock and the expected aggregate dividend of such index stock, in each case as of such scheduled trading day, which difference may be positive, zero or negative.



    Actual aggregate dividend:   With respect to any scheduled trading day, the actual aggregate dividend shall be calculated as follows:

  if ex-dividend dates occur within the period from, but excluding, August 5, 2008 to, and including, such scheduled trading day, the actual aggregate dividend shall be the sum of regular cash dividends declared and paid per share of such index stock on all such ex-dividend dates;

  if no ex-dividend dates occur within the period from, but excluding, August 5, 2008 to, and including, such scheduled trading day, the actual aggregate dividend shall be zero.

    Expected aggregate dividend:   With respect to any scheduled trading day, the expected aggregate dividend for each index stock shall be calculated as the sum of expected dividend amounts for such index stock corresponding to all expected ex-dividend dates for such index stock within the period from, but excluding, August 5, 2008 to, and including, such scheduled trading day.

    Expected dividend schedule:   The expected dividend schedule for each of the index stocks is as follows:

Wyeth

    Expected Ex-Dividend    

Date

 

Expected Dividend  

Amount (per share)  

August 11, 2008

  $0.28

November 11, 2008

  $0.28

February 11, 2009

  $0.28

May 11, 2009

  $0.28

August 11, 2009

  $0.28

International Game Technology

Expected Ex-Dividend Date    

  Expected Dividend Amount

(per share)

September 9, 2008

  $0.14

December 9, 2008

  $0.14

March 9, 2009

  $0.14

June 9, 2009

  $0.14

    Postponement of the valuation date because of a market disruption event:   If a market disruption event occurs on the scheduled valuation date, as set forth in this document, the valuation date will be postponed until the next scheduled trading day on which no market disruption event occurs; provided, however, that if a market disruption event occurs on each of the eight scheduled trading days following the originally scheduled valuation date, then (a) that eighth scheduled trading day shall be deemed to be the valuation date and (b) the calculation agent shall determine the closing prices of any index stocks for which a market disruption event is continuing on that eighth scheduled trading day, based upon its good faith estimate of its closing price on that day.

    Denominations:   $100.00 and integral multiples thereof.

    Listing:   The YEELDS will not be listed on any exchange.

    CUSIP:   52523J305

    ISIN:   US52523J3059


 

Investing in the YEELDS involves risks. Risk Factors begin on page SS-7 of the

YEELDS prospectus supplement.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this pricing supplement, any accompanying YEELDS prospectus supplement or any accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

         Per YEELDS       Total

Public offering price (1)

   $100.00           $25,000,000.00    

Underwriting discount (2)

   $0.00       $0.00    

Proceeds to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

   $100.00       $25,000,000.00    
  (1) The price to the public includes the cost of hedging our obligations under the YEELDS through one or more of our affiliates, which includes our affiliates’ expected cost of providing such hedge as well as the profit our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in providing such hedge.
  (2) Lehman Brothers Inc. and/or an affiliate may earn income as a result of payments pursuant to the hedges.

 

 

The YEELDS are expected to be ready for delivery in book-entry form only through The Depository Trust Company on or about August 12, 2008.

 

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS

August 5, 2008

“YEELDS” is a registered trademark of Lehman Brothers Inc.


ADDITIONAL TERMS SPECIFIC TO THE YEELDS

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for this offering. Before you invest, you should read this pricing supplement together with the base prospectus, as supplemented by the MTN prospectus supplement and the YEELDS prospectus supplement relating to our Series I medium-term notes of which the YEELDS are a part. Buyers should rely upon the base prospectus, the MTN prospectus supplement, the YEELDS prospectus supplement, this pricing supplement, any other relevant terms supplement and any relevant free writing prospectus for complete details. To the extent that there are any inconsistencies among the documents listed below, this pricing supplement shall supersede the YEELDS prospectus supplement, which shall, likewise, supersede the base prospectus and the MTN prospectus supplement. You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in “Risk Factors” in the accompanying YEELDS prospectus supplement as the YEELDS involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities. We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisors before you invest in the YEELDS. You may get these documents and other documents Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has filed for free by searching the SEC online database (EDGAR®) at www.sec.gov, with “Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.” as a search term or through the links below, or by calling Lehman Brothers Inc. toll-free at 1-888-603-5847.

You may access these documents on the SEC website at www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website):

 

 

YEELDS prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2008:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806085/000119312508166900/d424b2.htm

 

 

MTN prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2006:

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

 

 

Base prospectus dated May 30, 2006:

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

 

PS-3


EXAMPLES OF AMOUNTS PAYABLE AT MATURITY

Here are three examples of the amount that may be payable on the stated maturity date, assuming the YEELDS are settled in cash at maturity. In each of these examples, it is assumed that actual aggregate dividends of each index stock equal the expected aggregate dividends for such index stock as of the valuation date. The following results are based solely on the hypothetical examples cited. The numbers appearing in the tables below have been rounded for ease of analysis. We make no representation or warranty as to which of the index stocks will be the least performing index stock for the purposes of calculating your actual payment at maturity.

Example 1.

Example 1 reflects the initial values and conversion ratios with respect to each index stock and the following further hypothetical assumptions:

 

    Index Stock    

      Initial Value           Conversion    
Ratio
      Hypothetical    
Adjusted
Closing Price
      Hypothetical    
Return on

Index Stock
      Hypothetical    
Conversion
Value
WYE   $41.6118   2.403164   $37.4506   -10.00%   $90.00
IGT   $22.0646   4.532147   $17.6517   -20.00%   $80.00

The conversion value of the least performing common stock, IGT, is $80.00, which is less than the equity cap price of $115.00. As a result, on the stated maturity date, you would receive $80.00 per YEELDS, plus any accrued but unpaid coupon payments.

Example 2.

Example 2 reflects the initial values and conversion ratios with respect to each index stock and the following further hypothetical assumptions:

 

    Index Stock    

      Initial Value           Conversion    
Ratio
      Hypothetical    
Adjusted

Closing Price
      Hypothetical    
Return on

Index Stock
      Hypothetical    
Conversion
Value
WYE   $41.6118   2.403164   $49.9342   20.00%   $120.00
IGT   $22.0646   4.532147   $23.1678   5.00%   $105.00

The conversion value of the least performing common stock, IGT, is $105.00, which is less than the equity cap price of $115.00. As a result, on the stated maturity date, you would receive $105.00 per YEELDS, plus any accrued but unpaid coupon payments.

Example 3.

Example 3 reflects the initial values and conversion ratios with respect to each index stock and the following further hypothetical assumptions:

 

    Index Stock    

      Initial Value           Conversion    
Ratio
      Hypothetical    
Adjusted
Closing Price
      Hypothetical    
Return on

Index Stock
      Hypothetical    
Conversion
Value
WYE   $41.6118   2.403164   $49.9342   20.00%   $120.00
IGT   $22.0646   4.532147   $28.6840   30.00%   $130.00

The conversion value of the least performing common stock, WYE, is $120.00, which is greater than the equity cap price of $115.00. As a result, on the stated maturity date, you would receive the equity cap price of $115.00 per YEELDS, plus any accrued but unpaid coupon payments.

The hypothetical adjusted closing prices, returns and conversion values assumed above are for illustrative purposes only. To the extent that the actual values differ from the values assumed above or that the index stock issuers change the amount of the cash dividends they pay on their respective index stocks during the term of the YEELDS, the results indicated above would be different.

 

PS-4


INDEX STOCK ISSUERS AND INDEX STOCKS

Public Information

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has obtained the following information regarding the index stock issuers from the reports the index stock issuers filed with the SEC. All information contained herein on the index stocks and on the index stock issuers is derived from publicly available sources and is provided for informational purposes only. We do not make any representation that these publicly available documents are accurate or complete.

The index stock issuers are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Companies with securities registered under that Act are required to file periodically certain financial and other information specified by the SEC. Information provided to or filed with the SEC can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC or through the SEC’s website described under “Where You Can Find More Information” on page 58 of the accompanying base prospectus. In addition, information regarding an issuer of an index stock may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

Initial Values and Conversion Ratios

The index stocks are the common stocks of Wyeth and International Game Technology. The table below sets forth the two issuers of the index stocks, as well as the ticker symbol for each index stock and the U.S. exchange on which each index stock is listed.

The table below also specifies the initial values and conversion ratios for each index stock.

 

Issuer

   Ticker Symbol    Exchange    Initial Value    Conversion Ratio

Wyeth

   WYE    NYSE    $41.6118    2.403164

International Game Technology

   IGT    NYSE    $22.0646    4.532147

 

PS-5


Wyeth

Wyeth has stated in its filings with the SEC that it is a company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, distribution and sale of a line of products in three primary businesses: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Fort Dodge Animal Health. The Wyeth Pharmaceuticals products include neuroscience therapies, vaccines, musculoskeletal therapies, nutrition products, gastroenterology drugs, anti-infectives, oncology therapies, hemophilia treatments, immunological products and women’s health care products. The Wyeth Consumer Healthcare products include analgesics, cough/cold/allergy remedies, nutritional supplements, and hemorrhoidal, asthma and personal care items sold over-the-counter. The Fort Dodge Animal Health products include vaccines, pharmaceuticals, parasite control and growth implants.

 

Historical Information of the Common Stock of Wyeth

The common stock of Wyeth is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WYE”.

The following table presents the high and low closing prices for the common stock of Wyeth, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange during each fiscal quarter in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (through the date of this pricing supplement), and the closing price at the end of each quarter in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (through the date of this pricing supplement).

The historical prices of the common stock of Wyeth are not necessarily indicative of future performance. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. cannot assure you that the price of the common stock of Wyeth will remain at, or increase above, the initial value; accordingly, there can be no assurance that the payment you receive at maturity will equal or exceed the principal amount. The historical prices below have been adjusted to reflect any stock splits or reverse stock splits.

All information in the table that follows was obtained from Bloomberg L.P., without independent verification.


 

              

Period

    

High

  

Low

  

End

2005         

First Quarter

   $     44.99    $     38.69    $     42.18

Second Quarter

     45.60      41.69      44.50

Third Quarter

     46.51      44.00      46.27

Fourth Quarter

     47.48      41.20      46.07
2006         

First Quarter

   $     50.05    $     45.64    $     48.52

Second Quarter

     49.96      42.37      44.41

Third Quarter

     50.89      42.93      50.84

Fourth Quarter

     53.19      47.59      50.92
2007         

First Quarter

   $     51.96    $     48.28    $     50.03

Second Quarter

     58.42      50.61      57.34

Third Quarter

     57.80      44.53      44.55

Fourth Quarter

     49.10      44.17      44.19
2008         

First Quarter

   $     47.84    $     39.00    $     41.76

Second Quarter

     47.96      41.56      47.96

Third Quarter (through August 5, 2008)

     49.48      39.74      42.94

 

PS-6


International Game Technology

International Game Technology has stated in its filings with the SEC that it is a global company specializing in the design, manufacture, and marketing of computerized gaming equipment, network systems, licensing and services. It is a supplier of gaming products around the world, maintaining a wide array of entertainment inspired gaming product lines and targeting gaming markets worldwide.

 

Historical Information of the Common Stock of International Game Technology

The common stock of International Game Technology is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “IGT”.

The following table presents the high and low closing prices for the common stock of International Game Technology, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange during each fiscal quarter in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (through the date of this pricing supplement), and the closing price at the end of each quarter in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (through the date of this pricing supplement).

The historical prices of the common stock of International Game Technology are not necessarily indicative of future performance. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. cannot assure you that the price of the common stock of International Game Technology will remain at, or increase above, the initial value; accordingly, there can be no assurance that the payment you receive at maturity will equal or exceed the principal amount. The historical prices below have been adjusted to reflect any stock splits or reverse stock splits.

All information in the table that follows was obtained from Bloomberg L.P., without independent verification.


 

              

Period

    

High

  

Low

  

End

2005         

First Quarter

   $     33.87    $     26.23    $     26.66

Second Quarter

     30.21      24.22      28.15

Third Quarter

     29.43      26.49      27.00

Fourth Quarter

     31.18      25.93      30.78
2006         

First Quarter

   $     36.84    $     30.53    $     35.22

Second Quarter

     39.25      34.92      37.94

Third Quarter

     41.66      35.80      41.50

Fourth Quarter

     46.76      40.99      46.20
2007         

First Quarter

   $     48.26    $     38.52    $     40.38

Second Quarter

     41.59      37.88      39.70

Third Quarter

     43.10      34.21      43.10

Fourth Quarter

     45.05      40.95      43.93
2008         

First Quarter

   $     49.06    $     38.09    $     40.21

Second Quarter

     41.53      24.91      24.98

Third Quarter (through August 5, 2008)

     25.72      20.88      22.41

 

PS-7


HYPOTHETICAL RETURNS

 

The table below illustrates, for a range of hypothetical conversion values for the least performing index stock on the valuation date, in each case assuming that (a) the investment is held from the date on which the YEELDS are first issued until the stated maturity date and is settled in cash on the stated maturity date, and (b) it is assumed that actual aggregate dividends of the least performing index stock equals the expected aggregate dividends as of the valuation date:

 

 

the percentage change from the issue price to the hypothetical conversion value of the least performing index stock;

 

 

the total coupon payments paid or payable on or before the stated maturity date per YEELDS;

 

 

the hypothetical total amount payable per YEELDS on the stated maturity date; and

 

 

the hypothetical total annualized yield on the YEELDS on the stated maturity date.


 

  Hypothetical conversion  

value of the least

performing index stock on
the valuation date

    Percentage difference  
between the issue price

and the hypothetical
conversion value of the

least performing index
stock on the valuation
date
    Total coupon payments  
paid or payable on or
before the stated
maturity date
per YEELDS
  Hypothetical total
amount payable per
  YEELDS on the stated  
maturity date (1)
  Hypothetical total
  annualized yield on the  
YEELDS

on the stated
maturity date
per YEELDS (2)
$60.00   -40%   $24.4746   $60.00   -16.36%
$80.00   -20%   $24.4746   $80.00   4.65%
$90.00   -10%   $24.4746   $90.00   14.94%
$100.00   0%   $24.4746   $100.00   25.12%
$110.00   10%   $24.4746   $110.00   35.19%
$115.00   15%   $24.4746   $115.00   40.19%
$120.00   20%   $24.4746   $115.00   40.19%
$140.00   40%   $24.4746   $115.00   40.19%
$160.00   60%   $24.4746   $115.00   40.19%
$180.00   80%   $24.4746   $115.00   40.19%
$200.00   100%   $24.4746   $115.00   40.19%

 

 

 

(1) Excludes accrued but unpaid coupon payments payable on the stated maturity date.
(2) The hypothetical total annualized yield on the stated maturity date represents the coupon rate per year used in determining the present values, discounted to the original issue date (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months compounded annually), of all payments made or to be made on the YEELDS, including the amount payable on the stated maturity date and all coupon payments through the stated maturity date, the sum of these present values being equal to the original issue price.

 

The above figures are for purposes of illustration only. The actual amount received by investors and the resulting total annualized yield will depend entirely on the actual conversion value of the least performing index stock determined by the calculation agent. In particular, the actual conversion value of the least performing index stock could be lower or higher than those reflected in the table.

You should compare the features of the YEELDS to other available investments before deciding to

purchase the YEELDS. Due to the uncertainty concerning the conversion value of the least performing index stock on the valuation date, the return on investment with respect to the YEELDS may be higher or lower than the return available on other securities issued by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. or by others. You should reach an investment decision only after carefully considering the suitability of the YEELDS in light of your particular circumstances.


 

PS-8


SUPPLEMENTAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

 

United States Holders.  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. intends to treat, and by purchasing a YEELDS, for all tax purposes, you agree to treat, a YEELDS as a financial contract, rather than as a debt instrument.

There is no direct authority addressing the treatment of the coupon payments under current law, and such treatment is unclear. Such coupon payments will not constitute interest income for United States federal income tax purposes, but may in whole or in part constitute other periodic income payments to you when received or accrued, in accordance with your regular method of tax accounting. To the extent Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is required to file information returns with respect to the coupon payments, it intends to report such payments as ordinary income to you. You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the treatment of the coupon payments, including the possibility that any such payment may be treated in whole or in part for United States federal income tax purposes as interest, a payment analogous to an option premium, a purchase price adjustment or rebate rather than being includible in income as other periodic income on a current basis. The treatment of the coupon payments could affect your tax basis in the YEELDS or your amount realized upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of the YEELDS or upon settlement or maturity of the YEELDS.

Upon the receipt of cash on the stated maturity date of the YEELDS in connection with a cash settlement at maturity of a YEELDS, you will recognize gain or loss. The amount of that gain or loss will be the extent to which the amount of the cash received (other than amounts representing accrued but unpaid coupon payments) differs from your tax basis in the YEELDS. Your tax basis in the YEELDS generally will equal the amount you paid to acquire the YEELDS. It is uncertain whether any such gain or loss would be treated as ordinary income or loss or capital gain or loss. Absent a future clarification in current law (by an administrative determination, judicial ruling or otherwise), where required, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. intends to report any such gain or loss to the Internal Revenue Service in a manner consistent with the treatment of that gain or loss as capital gain or loss. If that gain or loss is treated as capital gain or loss, then any such gain or loss will generally be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the YEELDS for more than one year as of the stated maturity date. If you are an individual, long-term capital gains will be subject to reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject

to certain limitations. Coupon payments, if any, received by you, but not includible in your income, should reduce your tax basis in the YEELDS.

In the event that the stock settlement amount is received on the stated maturity date, although the matter is not free from doubt, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. intends to take the position that you generally will not recognize gain or loss upon the receipt of shares of the least performing index stock. However, you will be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to any cash received in lieu of fractional shares of the least performing index stock. The amount of that gain or loss will be equal to the difference, if any, between the amount of cash received and the portion of your tax basis in the YEELDS that is allocable to those fractional shares of the least performing index stock. Any such gain or loss will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. You will have a tax basis in the shares of the least performing index stock equal to your tax basis in your YEELDS (less the portion of such tax basis that is allocable to any fractional shares of the least performing index stock), and your holding period for shares of the least performing index stock will begin on the day immediately following the day you acquire such shares of the least performing index stock.

Upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of a YEELDS prior to the stated maturity date, you will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and your tax basis in the YEELDS. Any such gain or loss will be treated as capital gain or loss. If you have held the YEELDS for more than one year as of the date of such sale, exchange or other disposition, any such capital gain or loss will generally be long-term capital gain or loss. If you are an individual, long-term capital gains will be subject to reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Alternative Characterizations.  There can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service will agree with the foregoing treatment of the YEELDS, and it is possible that the Internal Revenue Service could assert another treatment and a court could agree with such assertion.

Recent Tax Law Developments.  On December 7, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service released a Notice indicating that the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are considering and seeking comments as to whether holders of instruments similar to the YEELDS should be required to accrue income on a current basis over the term of the YEELDS,


 

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regardless of whether any payments are made prior to maturity. In addition, the Notice provides that the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are considering related issues, including, among other things, whether gain or loss from such instruments should be treated as ordinary or capital, whether foreign holders of such instruments should be subject to withholding tax, whether the tax treatment of such instruments should vary depending upon the nature of the underlying asset, and whether such instruments should be subject to the special “constructive ownership rules” contained in Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. It is not possible to predict what changes, if any, will be adopted, or when they will take effect. Any such changes could affect the amount, timing and character of income, gain or loss in respect of the YEELDS, possibly with retroactive effect. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the impact of the Notice on their investment in the YEELDS. Subject to future developments with respect to the foregoing, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. intends to continue to treat the YEELDS for U.S. federal income tax purposes in accordance with the treatment described in the accompanying YEELDS prospectus supplement under the headings “Summary Information – Q&A,” “Risk Factors” and “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

See “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the accompanying YEELDS prospectus supplement.


 

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SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has agreed to sell to Lehman Brothers Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. has agreed to purchase, all of the YEELDS at the price indicated on the cover of this pricing supplement.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has agreed to indemnify Lehman Brothers Inc. against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments that Lehman Brothers Inc. may be required to make relating to these liabilities as described in the MTN prospectus supplement and the base prospectus.

Lehman Brothers Inc. will offer the YEELDS initially at a public offering price equal to the issue price set forth on the cover of this pricing supplement. After the initial public offering, the public offering price may from time to time be varied by Lehman Brothers Inc.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. expects to deliver the YEELDS against payment on or about August 12, 2008, which is the fifth business day following the date of this pricing supplement.

Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, if any purchaser wishes to trade the YEELDS on the date of this pricing supplement, it will be required, by virtue of the fact that the YEELDS initially will settle on the fifth business day following the date of this pricing supplement, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. or an affiliate has entered into swap agreements or related hedge transactions with one of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s other affiliates or unaffiliated counterparties in connection with the sale of the YEELDS and Lehman Brothers Inc. and/or an affiliate may earn additional income as a result of payments pursuant to the swap, or related hedge transactions.


 

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250,000 YEELDS®

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES I

22.65% Yield Enhanced Equity Linked Debt Securities

Due September 11, 2009

Performance Linked to the

Least Performing Common Stock

in a Basket of Common Stocks

 

 

PRICING SUPPLEMENT

AUGUST 5, 2008

(INCLUDING PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

DATED AUGUST 5, 2008

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

DATED MAY 30, 2006 AND

PROSPECTUS

DATED MAY 30, 2006)

 

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS

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