UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 10-K

                       FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
                    PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



     (Mark One)

       /X/  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
            EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

                                      or

       / /  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
            EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      For the transition period from ________ to ________

                       Commission File Number: 001-31658

                            Lehman ABS Corporation,

                                 on behalf of:

  Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, CIT Capital Trust I Securities-Backed
                              Series 2003-9 Trust
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                    13-3447441
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(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

     745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York              10019
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    (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 526-7000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Class                               Name of Registered Exchange
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Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,         New York  Stock Exchange ("NYSE")
     CIT Capital Trust I Securities-Backed
     Series 2003-9

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) Has filed all reports
required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant

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was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to file
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes /X/  No /  /

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K.  /X/

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes /  /  No /X/

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity
held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common
equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common
equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently
completed second fiscal quarter:

     The registrant has no voting stock or class of common stock that is held
by non-affiliates.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The distribution reports to security holders, filed on Form 8-K during the
fiscal year in lieu of reports on Form 10-Q, which include the reports filed
on Form 8-K listed in Item 15(b) hereto.

                               Introductory Note

Lehman ABS Corporation (the "Depositor") is the Depositor in respect of the
Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, CIT Capital Trust I Securities-Backed
Series 2003-9 Trust (the "Trust"), a common law trust formed pursuant to the
Standard Terms for Trust Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001, between the
Depositor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented by a Series Supplement (the "Series Supplement"),
dated as of April 1, 2003, in respect of the Trust. The Trust's assets consist
solely of capital securities issued by CIT Capital Trust I (the "Underlying
Securities Issuer"). The Certificates do not represent obligations of, or
interests in, the Depositor or the Trustee.

CIT Group Inc., as successor to CIT Holdings Inc., the guarantor of the junior
subordinated debentures, the sole assets held by the Underlying Securities
Issuer, is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). For information on CIT
Group Inc., please see its periodic and current reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under CIT Group Inc.'s
Exchange Act file number, 001-31369. Periodic and current reports and other
information required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by CIT Group
Inc. may be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained
by the Securities and Exchange Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission also maintains a site on the World Wide
Web at "http://www.sec.gov" at which users can view and download copies of
reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed
electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system, or "EDGAR." Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee has participated in
the preparation of such reporting documents, or made any due diligence
investigation with respect to the information provided therein. Neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee has verified the accuracy or completeness of such
documents or reports. There can be no assurance that events affecting the
Underlying Securities Issuer, the guarantor of the junior subordinated
debentures or the underlying securities have not occurred or have not yet been
publicly disclosed which would affect the accuracy or completeness of the
publicly available documents described above.



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                                    PART I

Item 1.   Business.
          Not Applicable

Item 2.   Properties.
          Not Applicable

Item 3.   Legal Proceedings.
          None

Item 4.   Submission of Matters To A Vote of Security Holders.
          None

                                    PART II

Item 5.   Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
          Matters.
          The publicly offered Certificates representing investors' interest
in the Trust are represented by one or more physical Certificates registered
in the name of "Cede & Co.", the nominee of The Depository Trust Company.
Those publicly offered Certificates are listed on the NYSE.

Item 6.   Selected Financial Data.
          Not Applicable

Item 7.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
          Results of Operations.
          Not Applicable

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
          Not Applicable

Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
          Not Applicable

Item 9.   Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
          Financial Disclosure.
          None

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.
          Not Applicable

                                   PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
          Not Applicable

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.
          Not Applicable

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
          Not Applicable

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
          None

Item 14.  Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
          Not Applicable



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                                    PART IV

Item 15.  Exhibits, Financial Statements, Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K.
          (a)  The following documents have been filed as part of this report.

               1.   Trustee's Distribution Statements documented on Form 8-K
                    regarding the distributions from the Trust to the
                    certificateholders for the period from January 1, 2003
                    through and including December 31, 2003 have been filed
                    with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are hereby
                    incorporated by reference. Filing dates are listed in Item
                    15(b) below.

               2.   None.

               3.   Exhibits:

                    99.1 - Certification by Senior Vice President of the
                         Registrant pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as
                         adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
                         Act of 2002.

                    99.2 - Annual Compliance Report by Trustee pursuant to 15
                         U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section
                         302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

          (b)  The following reports on Form 8-K were filed during the period
               covered by this report:

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                             Trust Description                                Distribution Date      Filed on
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Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, CIT Capital Trust I Securities-Backed          8/15/2003          9/10/2003
Series 2003-9 Trust
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          (c)  See Item 15(a) above.

          (d)  Not Applicable



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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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                 Lehman ABS Corporation, as Depositor for the
                                 Trust (the "Registrant")



Dated:   March 26, 2004          By:   /s/ PAUL MITROKOSTAS
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                                     Name:  Paul Mitrokostas
                                     Title:  Senior Vice President



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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

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    Reference                   Description of Exhibits                  Exhibit Number
   Number per                                                          in this Form 10-K
   Item 601 of
  Regulation SK
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     (99.1)      Certification by Senior Vice President of the                99.1
                 Registrant pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as
                 adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
                 Act of 2002.
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     (99.2)      Annual Compliance Report by Trustee pursuant to 15           99.2
                 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section
                 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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