$250 mil buys you at Lehman... Here's what $250 mil will buy you at Lehman's. Seems like there is a lot more than $250 mil here.
Under the terms of a 47-page Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 16, 2008 -- a full-text copy of which is available at http://bankrupt.com/BarclaysAPA.pdf at no charge -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., non-debtor Lehman Brothers Inc., and LB 745 LLC agree to sell to Barclays Capital Inc.:
these Included Assets:
(a) $1,300,000,000 of Retained Cash held by Lehman Brothers Inc. and its Subsidiaries;
(b) all customer, security, utility, and similar deposits;
(c) Transferred Real Property Leases;
(d) approximately $70,000,000,000 (at book value) of government securities, commercial paper, corporate debt, corporate equity, exchange traded derivatives and collateralized short-term agreements;
(e) 50% of each position in the residential real estate mortgage securities;
(f) furniture and equipment;
(g) Purchased Intellectual Property, including the LEHMAN and LEHMAN BROTHERS names and marks, all patents, trademarks, copyrights and software rights;
(h) Purchased Contracts;
(i) all relevant Business Documents and relevant personnel files;
(j) all Permits to the extent assignable;
(k) all supplies;
(l) rights under relevant non-disclosure, confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicitation and similar agreements;
(m) [intentionally omitted]
(n) rights to "Lehman" indices and analytics that support the indices;
(o) general trading tools supporting the Business;
(p) interests in Townsend Analytics;
(q) interests in Eagle Energy Management LLC;
(r) all past and present goodwill and other intangibles associated with or symbolized by the Business;
(s) Mercantile Exchange license agreements with respect to 335 South LaSalle Street and 400 South LaSalle Street in Chicago; and
(t) any insurance proceeds from the occurrence of a post- closing event;
but not these Excluded Assets:
(1) interests in affiliates other than Townsend Analytics and Eagle Energy Management LLC;
(2) all cash other than the Retained Cash;
(3) intercompany receivables;
(4) Excluded Contracts;
(5) intellectual property rights that don't constitute Purchased Intellectual Property;
(6) confidential personnel and medical records and books and records that Lehman Brothers Inc. is required to retain by law, corporate minute books, stock ledgers and stock certificates of Subsidiaries;
(7) refunds, rebates and tax refunds;
(8) non-SIPC insurance policies;
(9) pre-closing dates claims and causes of action;
(10) commercial real estate investments, private equity investments and hedge fund investments;
(11) 50% of each position in residential real estate mortgage securities;
(13) artwork (through Barclays will have the right to possess the artwork for one year and will have the option to purchase it at its appraised value);
(14) assets related to the Investment Management Business and related derivatives contracts;
(15) Specific Excluded Assets that will be used to satisfy Specific Excluded Liabilities;
(16) real property leases other than the Transferred Real Property Leases; and