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This is the good part of the prospectus:
Status of the Guarantees
The guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of Lehman Brothers Holdings and will rank:
•subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of Lehman Brothers Holdings,
•on a parity with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by Lehman Brothers Holdings and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by Lehman Brothers Holdings in respect of any preferred securities of any affiliate of Lehman Brothers Holdings, and
•senior to Lehman Brothers Holding's common stock.
The guarantee will not place a limitation on the amount of additional senior debt that may be incurred by Lehman Brothers Holdings.
The guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection (that is, the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly against Lehman Brothers Holdings to enforce its rights under the guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity). The guarantee will not be discharged except by payment of the guarantee payments in full to the extent not paid by the trust or upon distribution of the junior subordinated debt securities to the holders of the preferred securities in exchange for all such preferred securities.[color=red][/color]
The guarantee, when taken together with Lehman Brothers Holdings' obligations under the junior subordinated debt securities, the indenture and the declaration, including its obligations to pay costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of the trust, other than those relating to trust securities, will provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by Lehman Brothers Holdings of payments due on the preferred securities.[color=red][/color] See "Effect of Obligations Under the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee."
