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Title: CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/28/2005
Industry: Investment Services     Sector: Financial

CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT, Parties: lehman brothers holdings
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Exhibit 4.02

 

CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT

 

CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of June 27, 2005 (this “ Agreement ”), between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (the “ Company ”) and Lehman Brothers International (Europe), as Calculation Agent.

 

WHEREAS , the Company proposes to issue and sell its Principal Protected USD-Asian Basket FX-Linked Notes (the “ Notes ”) from time to time;

 

WHEREAS , the terms of the Notes are described in a pricing supplement (in connection with the performance by the Calculation Agent of its services hereunder with respect to the Notes, the pricing supplement relating to the Notes is referred to herein as the “ relevant Pricing Supplement ”) to the prospectus supplement dated May 18, 2005 and the prospectus dated May 18, 2005;

 

WHEREAS , the Notes 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 Notes;

 

Now Therefore , the Company and the Calculation Agent agree as follows:

 

1.             Appointment of Agent .  The Company hereby appoints Lehman Brothers International (Europe) as Calculation Agent and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) 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 Repayment Amount with respect to any series of the Notes, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Repayment Amount (as set forth below) on the Valuation Date (as defined below) in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Agreement and notify the Trustee of its determination.  In addition, the Calculation Agent shall also be responsible for determining each of the following items for the Notes, to the extent applicable:

 

(a)           whether a Market Disruption Event (as defined below) has occurred;

 

(b)           the applicable Valuation Date for any Basket Currency; and

 

(c)           any other calculation, determination or adjustment specified as being made by the Calculation Agent in this Agreement, the relevant Pricing Supplement or the Notes.

 



 

3.             Calculations .  Any calculation or determination by the Calculation Agent pursuant hereto shall be made at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and 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. The procedures the Calculation Agent will use to determine the information described herein with respect to the Notes is set forth as follows:

 

(a)   On the Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent shall calculate the Repayment Amount for the Notes. The Repayment Amount, for each $1 principal amount of the Notes, is the amount equal to the sum of (a) $1 plus (b) the Additional Amount.

 

(i)            The “ Additional Amount ”, for each $1 principal amount of the Notes, equals the greater of (i) zero and (ii) the difference between the Final Basket Value minus the Initial Basket Value.

 

(ii)           The “ Initial Basket Value ” equals $1.

 

(iii)          The “ Final Basket Value ” equals the sum of:

 

a.                a quotient, the numerator of which is 13.4450000 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Japanese Yen (“ JPY ”) plus

 

b.               a quotient, the numerator of which is 1.034562500 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Chinese Yuan (“ CNY ”) plus

 

c.                a quotient, the numerator of which is 0.20797500 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Singaporean Dollar (“ SGD ”) plus

 

d.               a quotient, the numerator of which is 3.91125000 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Taiwanese Dollar (“ TWD ”) plus

 

e.                a quotient, the numerator of which is 125.37500 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Korean Won (“ KRW ”) plus

 

f.                   a quotient, the numerator of which is 5.0837500 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Thai Baht (“ THB ”) plus

 

g.               a quotient, the numerator of which is 0.16297500 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Australian Dollar (“ AUD ”) plus

 

h.               a quotient, the numerator of which is 1202.250 and the denominator of which is the Final Currency Value for Indonesian Rupiah (“ IDR ”).

 

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(iv)          The “ Final Currency Value ” equals the value of each Basket Currency represented by the spot exchange rate between the applicable Basket Currency and the U.S. Dollar expressed as the amount of Basket Currency per U.S. Dollar for customary settlement in the interbank market for each Basket Currency on the Valuation Date, as reported by Reuters on the applicable page, or any substitute page, and at the approximate time set forth in the following table:

 

Basket
Currency

 

Reuters Page

 

Rate

 

Applicable
Currency

Business Day

JPY

 

JPNU

 

Average of the bid and ask spot rates reported under the heading “DLR” at 3:00 p.m., Tokyo time

 

Tokyo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CNY

 

SAEC

 

Daily spot rate reported under the heading “USDCNY”

 

Beijing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SGD

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Daily spot rate reported under the heading “SGD”

 

Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWD

 

TAIFX1

 

Reported under the heading “Spot” as of 11:00 a.m., Taipei time

 

Taipei

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KRW

 

KFTC01

 

Daily spot rate reported under the heading “MAR”

 

Seoul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THB

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Daily spot rate reported under the heading “THB”

 

Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUD

 

JPNU

 

Quotient, the numerator of which is the average of the bid and ask spot rates reported under the heading “DLR” at 3:00 p.m., Tokyo time and the denominator of which is the average of the bid and ask spot rates reported under the heading “AUD” at 3:00 p.m., Tokyo time

 

Tokyo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDR

 

ABSIRFIX01

 

Daily spot rate reported under the heading “IDR”

 

Singapore

 

The “ Valuation Date ” is, with respect to any Basket Currency, the latest Currency Business Day for that Basket Currency that is at least two Business Days prior to March 27, 2007, subject to postponement in the event of a Market Disruption Event.

 

A “ Currency Business Day ” is, with respect to any Basket Currency, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a l


 
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