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Title: CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/25/2006
Industry: BROKER     Sector: FINANC

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                          CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT
 
          CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of October 25, 2006 (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 $5,709,000
aggregate principal amount of Absolute Buffer Notes Due October 25, 2009, Linked
to the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50(SM) Index (SX5E) (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. In response to a request
made by the Trustee for a determination of the Maturity Payment Amount due on
the Stated Maturity Date of the Securities, the Calculation Agent shall
determine such Maturity Payment Amount and notify the Trustee of its
determination. The Calculation Agent shall also determine (a) the Successor
Index if publication of the Index is discontinued, (b) the Closing Index Level
if no Successor Index is available or if STOXX or the publisher of any Successor
Index, as the case may be, fails to calculate and publish a Closing Index Level
on any date, (c) adjustments to the Index, Successor Index or Closing Index
Level thereof if the method of calculating any of these items changes in a
material respect or if the Index or Successor Index is in any other way
 
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*    "EURO STOXX" and "EURO STOXX 50" are trademarks of STOXX Limited and "Dow
     Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index" is a service mark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
     and have been licensed for use by the Company. The Securities, linked to
     the performance of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index, are not sponsored,
     endorsed, sold or promoted by STOXX Limited or Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
     and STOXX Limited and Dow Jones & Company, Inc. make no representation
     regarding the advisability of investing in the Securities.
 
 
 
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modified so that it does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly
represent the level of the Index, or Successor Index, as the case may be, had
such changes or modifications not been made, (d) adjustments to the Threshold
Level, if required in order to reflect adjustments made in the Index or
Successor Index and (e) whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred. The
Calculation Agent shall notify the Trustee of all such adjustments or any such
Successor Index, 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.
 
          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 whom 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 willful 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
 
 
 
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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.
 
          (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 Calculation Agent so superseded shall cease to be Calculation Agent
hereunder.
 
          (c) Any successor Calculation Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor, to the Company and to the Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and agreeing to be bound by the
terms hereof, and thereupon such successor Calculation Agent, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority,
rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor
with like effect as if originally named as Calculation Agent hereunder, and such
predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall
thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor
Calculation Agent shall be entitled to receive, all moneys, securities and other
property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Calculation Agent
hereunder.
 
          (d) Any corporation into which the Calculation Agent hereunder may be
merged or converted or any corporation with which the Calculation Agent may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Calculation Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation to which the Calculation Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all
or substantially all of the assets and business of the Calculation Agent shall
be the successor Calculation Agent under this Agreement without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
 
          7. Certain Definitions. Terms not otherwise defined herein or in Annex
A hereto are used herein as defined in the Indenture or the Securities.
 
          8. Indemnification. The Company will indemnify the Calculation Agent
against any losses or liability which it may incur or sustain in connection with
its appointment or the exercise of its powers and duties hereunder except such
as may result from the gross
 
 
 
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negligence or willful misconduct of the Calculation Agent or any of its agents
or employees. The Calculation Agent shall incur no liability and shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company for, or in respect of, any action
taken or suffered to be taken in good faith by the Calculation Agent in reliance
upon written instructions from the Company.
 
          9. Notices. Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be
delivered in person, sent (unless otherwise specified in this Agreement) by
letter, telex or facsimile transmission or communicated by telephone (confirmed
in a writing dispatched within two Business Days), (a) in the case of the
Company, to it at 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 (facsimile: (646)
758-3204) (telephone: (212) 526-7000), Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to 1301
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 (facsimile: (212) 526-0357)
(telephone: (212) 526-7000), Attention: Corporate Secretary, (b) in the case of
the Calculation Agent, to it at 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, N        
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