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Calculation Agency Agreement |
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CIT Group Inc.; Citibank, NA; Lehman Brothers Inc.; Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.; Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. |
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2003 |
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$48 |
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#253675 |
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CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT
CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 21, 2003
(the "Agreement"), between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (the "Company")
and Lehman Brothers Inc., as Calculation Agent.
WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to
$17,250,000 aggregate principal amount of YEELDS(TM) 10% Yield Enhanced Equity
Linked Debt Securities Due March 21, 2004 (the "Securities")*;
WHEREAS, the Securities will be issued under an Indenture,
dated as of September 1, 1987, between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented and amended by supplemental indentures
dated as of November 25, 1987, November 27, 1990, September 13, 1991, October 4,
1993, October 1, 1995, and June 26, 1997, and incorporating Standard Multiple
Series Indenture Provisions dated July 30, 1987, as amended November 16, 1987
(collectively, the "Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, the Company requests the Calculation Agent to perform
certain services described herein in connection with the Securities;
NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Calculation Agent agree as
follows:
1. Appointment of Agent. The Company hereby appoints Lehman
Brothers Inc. as Calculation Agent and Lehman Brothers Inc. hereby
accepts such appointment as the Company's agent for the purpose of
performing the services hereinafter described upon the terms and
subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned.
2. Calculations and Information Provided. The Calculation
Agent shall determine (a) the Maturity Payment Amount, (b) the
Settlement Value, (c) the Closing Price of each Settlement Value
Security on the Valuation Date, (d) the Multipliers for each of the
Settlement Value Securities, (e) whether adjustments to the Multipliers
should be made and (f) whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Calculation Agent shall notify the Trustee of all such
determinations and any such adjustment or if a Market Disruption Event
has occurred. Annex A hereto sets forth the procedures the Calculation
Agent will use to determine the information described in this Section
2.
3. Calculations. Any calculation or determination by the
Calculation Agent pursuant hereto shall (in the absence of manifest
error) be final and binding. Any calculation made by the Calculation
Agent hereunder shall, at the Trustee's request, be made available at
the Corporate Trust Office.
* "YEELDS" is a trademark of Lehman Brothers Inc.
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4. Fees and Expenses. The Calculation Agent shall be entitled
to reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it as agreed to
between the Calculation Agent and the Company.
5. Terms and Conditions. The Calculation Agent accepts its
obligations herein set out upon the terms and conditions hereof,
including the following, to all of which the Company agrees:
(a) in acting under this Agreement, the Calculation Agent is
acting solely as an independent expert of the Company and does not
assume any obligation toward, or any relationship of agency or trust
for or with, any of the holders of the Securities;
(b) unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any order,
certificate, notice, request, direction or other communication from the
Company or the Trustee made or given under any provision of this
Agreement shall be sufficient if signed by any person who the
Calculation Agent reasonably believes to be a duly authorized officer
or attorney-in-fact of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be;
(c) the Calculation Agent shall be obliged to perform only
such duties as are set out specifically herein and any duties
necessarily incidental thereto;
(d) the Calculation Agent, whether acting for itself or in any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the
same rights as it would have had if it were not acting hereunder as
Calculation Agent; and
(e) the Calculation Agent shall incur no liability hereunder
except for loss sustained by reason of its gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.
6. Resignation; Removal; Successor. (a) The Calculation Agent
may at any time resign by giving written notice to the Company of such
intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired
resignation shall become effective, subject to the appointment of a
successor Calculation Agent and acceptance of such appointment by such
successor Calculation Agent, as hereinafter provided. The Calculation
Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an
instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and
specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective.
Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by
the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Calculation Agent
and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Calculation
Agent. In the event a successor Calculation Agent has not been
appointed and has not accepted its duties within 90 days of the
Calculation Agent's notice of resignation, the Calculation Agent may
apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the designation of a
successor Calculation Agent.
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(b) In case at any time the Calculation Agent shall resign, or
shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or make an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors or consent to the appointment of a receiver or
custodian of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall
admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature,
or if a receiver or custodian of it or all or any substantial part of
its property shall be appointed, or if any public officer shall have
taken charge or control of the Calculation Agent or of its property or
affairs, for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, a successor Calculation Agent shall be appointed by the
Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor
Calculation Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor
Calculation Agent and acceptance by the latter of such appointment, the
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