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EXHIBIT 4.02  



	No. D-1	 	$309,278,375	 	 




 
 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.    
    
    6.375% SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE DUE 2052    
  


        Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the "Company"), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Property Trustee (the "Property Trustee") for LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS CAPITAL TRUST III (the "Trust"), at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE dollars on
March 15, 2052, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest on said
principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Debenture until the principal hereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue
principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum during the period in which such
principal is overdue, compounded quarterly, to the registered holder of this Debenture, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Interest on this Debenture, (computed as
set forth herein) shall be payable quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year (each an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing June 15, 2003, from the date of this Debenture or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless the
date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. 


        The
interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name
this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (each a
"Regular Record Date"). Interest may, at the option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to the person entitled thereto at such person's address as it appears in the registry books of the Company. 


        REFERENCE
IS MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS DEBENTURE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET
FORTH AT THIS PLACE. 


        This
Debenture 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 referred
to on the reverse hereof. 





 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. has caused this instrument to be signed by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial
Officer, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer by manual or facsimile signature, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by manual or facsimile signature. 



	 	 	LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/  OLIVER BUDDE      
 Name: Oliver Budde

Title: Vice President





	Attest:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/  CINDY GREGOIRE      
 Name: Cindy Gregoire

Title: Assistant Secretary	 	 	 	 




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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    
  


        This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 



	Dated March 17, 2003	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

as Trustee
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/  ENRICO D. REYES      
 Authorized Officer




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(Reverse of Debenture) 


 
 

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
  6.375% SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE DUE 2052    
  



        This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Debentures of the Company designated as the 6.375% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures Due 2052 of
the Company (herein called the "Debentures"). The Debentures are one of an indefinite number of series of debt securities of the Company (herein collectively called the "Securities"), issued or
issuable under and pursuant to an indenture, dated as of February 1, 1996, as amended and supplemented (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly
known as The Chase Manhattan Bank and prior thereto as Chemical Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a description of rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Debentures. 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 repayment 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, as defined in the Indenture, and may
otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. 


        Payment
of the principal of and interest on this Debenture is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full when due
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all Senior Debt, as defined in the Indenture, of the Company and this Debenture is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture
with respect thereto. Each registered holder of this Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and expressly directs the
Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee as his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each registered holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination
provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions. Each
registered holder thereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, agrees to treat the Debentures as indebtedness for all United States federal income tax purposes. 



        Subject
to Article Eleven of the Indenture, at any time on or after March 15, 2008 and prior to maturity, the Company shall have the right to redeem this Debenture at the option
of the Company, in whole or in part, at 100% of the principal amount of such Debentures, plus any accrued but unpaid interest, to the Redemption Date. 


        If
an Investment Company Event (as defined in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated March 17, 2003 among the Company, as Sponsor, the Trust, and the
trustees of the Trust named thereto (the "Declaration") shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of such Investment 





 


Company Event, redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
Subject to certain conditions described in the Indenture, in the event of the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event (as defined in the Declaration), in certain circumstances the Company may
redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of a Tax Event at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph shall be made upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to the
Trustee and Holders of the Debentures. If less than all the Debentures are to be redeemed by the Company, the Debentures to be redeemed will be selected by lot or by such other method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate. The Debentures are not subject to a sinking fund. 


        In
the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new Debenture or Debentures of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the registered
holder hereof upon the surrender hereof at a Place of Payment (as defined in the Indenture). 



        In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and
payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The omission by the Company to pay interest during an Extension Period (as defined below) as permitted
hereby shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 501 of the Indenture. An "Event of Default" means any of those events set forth in Section 501 of the Indenture, and the
event that, when the Property Trustee is the Holder of the Debentures, the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its
existence except in connection with the (i) distribution of Debentures to holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in liquidation of their interests in the Trust, (ii) the
redemption of all of the outstanding Preferred Securities and Common Securities, or (iii) certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamation, each as permitted by the Declaration. 


        If
the Debentures are held by the Trust, the Company, as borrower, hereby covenants to pay all debts and obligations (other than with respect to the Preferred Securities and Common
Securities of the Trust) and all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited to, all costs and expenses relating to the organization of the Trust, the fees and expenses of the trustees
of the Trust and all costs
and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust) and to pay any and all taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than United States withholding taxes) imposed
on the Trust by the United States, or any other taxing authority, so that the net amounts received and retained by the Trust and the Property Trustee after paying such debts, obligations, costs,
expenses, taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges, will be equal to the amounts the Trust and the Property Trustee would have received had no such debts, obligations, costs,
expenses, taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges been incurred by or imposed on the Trust. The foregoing obligations of the Company are for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable
by, any person to whom any such debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (each, a "Creditor") whether or not such Creditor has received notice thereof. Any such Creditor may enforce such
obligations of the Company directly against the Company, and the Company irrevocably waives any right or 


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remedy to require that any such Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other person before proceeding against the Company. The Company shall execute such additional agreements as may be
necessary or desirable to give full effect to the foregoing. 


        The
Company hereby covenants that, so long as any Preferred Securities and Common Securities of the Trust remain outstanding, if (i) there shall have occurred any Event of Default
under the Indenture with respect to the Debentures, (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under its Guarantee (as defined in the Declaration) with
respect to the Trust or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election of an Extension Period as provided herein and shall not have rescinded such notice, or such Extension Period or
any extension thereof shall be continuing, then the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (x) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock or (y) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company that rank on a parity with or junior in interest to this Debenture or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any
Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks on a parity with or junior in interest to this Debenture (other than (a) dividends or distributions in common stock of the Company,
(b) payments under the Guarantee made by the Company in respect of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities of the Trust, (c) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation of a shareholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and (d) purchases
of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans). 


        The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than 662/3% in aggregate principal amount of each
series of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected (each series voting as a class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, 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
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon or reduce any premium payable on redemption, or make the principal thereof, or premium, if any, or
interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that hereinabove provided, or amend the Indenture to modify its provisions relating to the subordination of each Security in a
manner adverse to the holder thereof, 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 or the principal of, or 


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premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Debenture shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and
owners of this Debenture and any Debentures which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Debenture or such other
Debentures. 


        No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligations of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay the principal of this Debenture at the place, at the time and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 


        The
amount of interest payable for any period will be computed (i) for any full 180-day semi-annual interest payment period, on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months, (ii) for any period shorter than a full 180-day semi-annual interest payment period for which interest
payments are computed, on the basis of a 30-day month and (iii) for periods of less than a month, the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that
any date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture), then payment of the amount payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the original Interest Payment Date, subject to certain rights of deferral described below. 



        The
Company shall have the right at any time, on one or more occasions, so long as an Event of Default has not occurred and is not continuing under the Indenture, to extend any interest
payment period on this Debenture for a period (an "Extension Period") not to exceed twenty consecutive quarterly interest payment periods; provided that the date on which such Extension Period ends
must be on an Interest Payment Date and must be no later than March 15, 2052 or any date on which any Debentures are fixed for redemption, and, as a consequence, the quarterly interest payment
on the Debentures would be deferred (but would continue to accrue with interest thereon compounded quarterly at the rate of interest on the Debentures, except to the extent payment of such interest is
prohibited by law) during any such Extension Period. On the Interest Payment Date at the end of each Extension Period, the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (compounded quarterly,
at the rate of interest on the Debentures, except to the extent payment of such interest is prohibited by law) to the date of payment, to the persons in whose name the Debentures are registered on the
Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date at the end of such Extension
Period. The Company shall give written notice to the Regular Trustees (as defined in the Declaration), the Property Trustee and the Trustee of its election of such Extension Period one Business Day
before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which distributions on the Preferred Securities of the Trust are payable or (ii) the date the Trust is required to give notice of
the record date or the date such distributions are payable to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Preferred Securities issued
by the Trust, but in any event at least one Business Day before such record date. During any Extension Period, the Company may continue to extend the interest payment period by extending the Extension
Period, on one or more occasions 


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by giving notice as aforesaid; provided that such Extension Period, as extended, must end on an Interest Payment Date and in no event shall the aggregate Extension Period, as extended, exceed twenty
consecutive quarterly interest payment periods or extend beyond March 15, 2052 or any date on which any of the Debentures are fixed for redemption. No interest shall be due and payable on the
Debentures during an Extension Period except at the end thereof. 


        Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 401(a)(B) of the Indenture, the Company may satisfy and discharge the entire indebtedness on all the Debentures as provided therein only
when the Debentures are by their terms due and payable within one year. 


        The
Debentures are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any multiple of $25. At the option of the holders thereof, either at the office or agency to be
designated and maintained by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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, Debentures may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures
of like tenor and of other authorized denominations. 


        The
Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or of the Trustee may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Debenture (whether or not this
Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment hereof, or on account hereof, and for all other 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. All such payments made to or upon the order of such registered
holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectually satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this Debenture. 


        No
recourse for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Debenture, 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 Debenture, 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. 


        As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Debenture is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this
Debenture for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of this Debenture is payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly 


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executed by, the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of this series of like tenor and of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 



        The Indenture and the Debentures shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.


        All
items used in this Debenture which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 


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        The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of the within Debenture, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 



TEN
COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by their entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common 


UNIF
GIFT MIN ACT—                         Custodian
                         under Uniform Gifts to

                                         
       (Cut)                                (Minor)
 


Minors
Act                        

                        (State) 



Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 




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ASSIGNMENT    
  


        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto 



	

  



	    

	    

	    

	    

	    
 (Please insert social security or other identifying number of Assignee)
	

    
	    

	    

	    

	    
 (Name and address of Assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten.)
	

the within Debenture, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
	

    
	    

	    
 to transfer the said Debenture on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.





	Date:	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

Signature:	

 
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Debenture in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.





	Signature(s) Guaranteed:	 	 
	 	
	 
	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED MEDALLION SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.











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LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. 6.375% SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE DUE 2052

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION


LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. 6.375% SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE DUE 2052


ASSIGNMENT