**UNITEDSTATES**

**SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON,D.C. 20549**

 

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**FORM 10-K**

 

**(Mark One)**

 

**x****     ****ANNUALREPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934**

 

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 200****9**

 

**or**

 

**o****        ****TRANSITIONREPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934**

 

**For the transition period from                to                **

 

**CommissionFile Number: 001-31652**

 

**filed onbehalf of:**

 

**CorporateBacked Trust Certificates, Boeing Note-Backed Series 2003-7 Trust**

(Exact Name ofRegistrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

**by:**

 

**LehmanABS Corporation**

(Exact Name ofDepositor as Specified in Its Charter)

 

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

 

| **1271  Avenue of the Americas, New York,   New York** | ** ** | **10020**  |
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|
| (Address of  principal executive offices)              |       | (Zip Code) |

 

Registrant’stelephone number, including area code: **(****646****)****285****-****9****000**

 

Securities registeredpursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

| **Title of  Each Class**                                                    | ** ** | **Name of  Each Exchange on Which  Registered** |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Corporate Backed  Trust Certificates, Boeing Note-Backed Series 2003-7 |       | New York Stock  Exchange  (“NYSE”)    |

 

Securitiesregistered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: **None**

 

Indicateby check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405of the Securities Act. Yes o No x

 

Indicateby check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports requiredto be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject tosuch filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted onits corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to besubmitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of thischapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o

 

Indicateby check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 ofRegulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and willnot be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy orinformation statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-Kor any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, anaccelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 
| Large Accelerated Filer o | Accelerated Filer o         |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                      |                        |
| Non-Accelerated Filer x   | Smaller reporting company o |

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2of the Act). Yes o No x

 

State theaggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held bynonaffiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity waslast sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of thelast business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscalquarter.

 

Theregistrant has no voting stock or class of common stock that is held bynonaffiliates.

 

 

 

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**DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

 

The distributionreports to security holders filed on Form 8-K during the fiscal year inlieu of reports on Form 10-Q which include the reports filed on Form 8-Klisted in Item 15(a) hereto are incorporated by reference into part IV ofthis Annual Report.

 

**Introductory Note**

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LehmanABS Corporation (the “Depositor”) is the Depositor in respect of the CorporateBacked Trust Certificates, Boeing Note-Backed Series 2003-7 Trust (the “Trust”),a common law trust formed pursuant to the Standard Terms for Trust Agreements,dated as of January 16, 2001,****between theDepositor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”),as supplemented by a Series Supplement (the “Series Supplement”)dated as of March 21, 2003****in respect ofthe Trust.  The Trust’s assets consistsolely of notes issued by The Boeing Company.  The Certificates do not representobligations of or interests in the Depositor or the Trustee.

 

TheRegistrant is a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of Lehman Brothers HoldingsInc. (“LBHI”), which filed a voluntary petition (the “Petition”) for reliefunder Chapter 11 of the United States Code in the United States BankruptcyCourt for the Southern District of New York on September 15, 2008 in ajointly administered proceeding named In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., et.al. under Case Number 08-13555. LBHI and its wholly-owned broker-dealer, LehmanBrothers Inc., have sold since September 15, 2008 significant businesses,including the sale on September 21, 2008 of the investment bankingbusiness to Barclays Capital Inc., which business included the employees whohistorically conducted the Registrant’s business.

 

The Boeing Company, the issuer of the underlyingsecurities, issubject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For information on the issuer of theunderlying securities, please seeits periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission (the “Commission”) under The Boeing Company’s Exchange Act filenumber, 001-00442.   TheCommission maintains a site on the World Wide Web at “http://www.sec.gov” atwhich users can view and download copies of reports, proxy and informationstatements and other information regarding issuers filed electronically throughthe Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, or “EDGAR.”   Periodic and current reports and otherinformation required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by the issuer ofthe underlying securities may be accessed on this site.  Neither the Depositor nor the Trusteehas participated in the preparation of such reporting documents, or made anydue diligence investigation with respect to the information providedtherein.  Neither the Depositor nor theTrustee has verified the accuracy or completeness of such documents orreports.  There can be no assurance thatevents affecting the issuer of theunderlying securities or the underlying securities have not occurred orhave not yet been publicly disclosed which would affect the accuracy orcompleteness of the publicly available documents described above.

 

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**PART I**

 

Item 1.  Business.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 1A.  RiskFactors.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 2. Properties*.*

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 3.  LegalProceedings.

 

None

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

None

 

**PART II**

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Item 5.  Marketfor Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and IssuerPurchases of Equity Securities.

 

The publicly offered Certificates representinginvestors’ interest in the Trust are represented by one or more physicalCertificates registered in the name of  “Cede &Co.”, the nominee of  The DepositoryTrust Company.  Those publicly offeredCertificates are listed on the NYSE.

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 7.* *Management’s Discussion andAnalysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 7A.**Quantitativeand Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountantson Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 9B.  OtherInformation.

 

None

 

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**PART III**

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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management andRelated Stockholder Matters.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and DirectorIndependence.

 

None

 

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not Applicable

 

**PART IV**

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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a)                                  The following documents have been filedas part of this report.

 

1.                                      Trustee’s Distribution Statementsdocumented on Form 8-K regarding the distributions from the Trust to thecertificateholders for the period from January 1, 2009 through and including December 31,2009 have been filedwith the Securities and Exchange Commission and are hereby incorporated byreference.  Filing dates are listedbelow:

 
| **Trust Description**                                                             | ** ** | **Distribution Date** | ** ** | **Filed on**           | ** ** |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------------|------------|------------------------|------------|
| Corporate Backed  Trust Certificates, Boeing Note-Backed Series 2003-7 Trust |       | 02/17/2009

08/17/2009     |       | 07/21/2009

09/01/2009 |       |

 

2.                                      None.

 

3.                                      Exhibits:

 

31.1 —Certification by Executive Vice President of the Registrant pursuant to 15U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

31.2 — AnnualCompliance Report by Trustee pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, asadopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

The Trust coveredby this Annual Report was formed prior to June 30, 2003 and there is norequirement in the trust agreement for the preparation of a report by an independentpublic accountant regarding the Trustee’s compliance with its obligations.

 

(b)                                 See Item 15(a) above.

 

(c)                                  Not Applicable.

 

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**SIGNATURES**

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Pursuant to therequirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf bythe undersigned thereunto duly authorized. In preparing this report the Registrant has relied on Distribution Statementsprovided to it by the Trustee.

 
|                       | Lehman ABS Corporation, as Depositor for the |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|                       | Trust (the “Registrant”)           |
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| Dated: March 31, 2010 | By:                                          | /s/ William J. Fox |
|                       | Name:                                        | William J. Fox |
|                       | Title:                                       | Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President |

 

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**EXHIBIT INDEX**

 
| **Reference  Number per  Item 601 of  Regulation SK** | ** ** | **Description of Exhibits**                                                                                                                                                       | ** ** | **Exhibit Number  in this Form 10-K** |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| (31.1)                                                     |       | Certification by Executive 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. |       | 31.1                                            |
| (31.2)                                                     |       | 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.                         |       | 31.2                                            |

 

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