Exhibit 4.03


 


CUSIP
NO. 5252M0AX5


ISIN NO. US5252M0AX52


 


	
  REGISTERED

  	
  PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
  $7,582,000

  



No. R-1


 


LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.


 


MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES I


 


FX BASKET-LINKED NOTE
 DUE
DECEMBER 23, 2009


 


 


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 December 23, 2009, or if such day is not a
Business Day, on the next following Business Day.


 


The “Valuation Date” is December 17, 2009; provided that, upon the
occurrence of a Disruption Event with respect to a Reference Currency, the
Valuation Date for the affected Reference Currency may be postponed (as
described in “Disruption Events” below).


 


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 the
principal amount of the Notes multiplied by the product of the Leverage times
the Basket Return, provided that the minimum Additional Amount payable on the
notes shall be zero.


 


The “Leverage” is 185%.


 


The “Reference Currencies” are the Chinese Renminbi (CNY), Indonesian
Rupiah (IDR), Indian Rupee (INR), Singapore Dollar (SGD) and Malaysian Ringgit
(MYR).


 


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

  
	
  CNY

  	
   

  	
  20 %

  	
   

  	
  7.3790

  
	
  IDR

  	
   

  	
  20 %

  	
   

  	
  9374

  
	
  INR

  	
   

  	
  20 %

  	
   

  	
  39.37

  
	
  SGD

  	
   

  	
  20 %

  	
   

  	
  1.4532

  
	
  MYR

  	
   

  	
  20 %

  	
   

  	
  3.3317

  






 


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


 


The “Issue Date” is December 21,
2007.


 


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


 


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


 


(C)                                the Settlement Rate being unavailable for
the Reference Currency, or the occurrence of an event (i) in the Reference
Currency Jurisdiction for that Reference Currency that materially disrupts the
market for the Reference Currency or (11) that generally makes it
impossible to obtain the Settlement Rate for the Reference Currency, on the
Valuation Date.


 


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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

  	
   

  
	
  CNY

  	
   

  	
  SAEC

  	
   

  	
  Beijing

  	
   

  
	
  IDR

  	
   

  	
  ABSIRFIX01

  	
   

  	
  Singapore

  	
   

  
	
  INR

  	
   

  	
  RBIB

  	
   

  	
  Mumbai

  	
   

  
	
  SGD

  	
   

  	
  ABSIRFIX01

  	
   

  	
  Singapore

  	
   

  
	
  MYR

  	
   

  	
  ABSIRFIX01

  	
   

  	
  Singapore

  	
   

  






 


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.


 


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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:
  December 21, 2007

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  [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 DECEMBER 23, 2009


 


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
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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.