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COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13-3216325</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">745 Seventh Avenue</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Thomas A. Russo,&nbsp;Esq.<br>
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.<br>
745 Seventh Avenue<br>
New York, New York 10019</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Jeffrey A. Welikson,&nbsp;Esq.<br>
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.<br>
1301 Avenue of the Americas<br>
New York, New York 10019</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="border:solid white 1.0pt;font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;padding:0in;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  registered(2)</font></b></p>
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  offering price per<br>
  share(3)</font></b></p>
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  aggregate offering<br>
  price(3)</font></b></p>
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  registration fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Common
  Stock, $.10 par value</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;The securities to be
registered include options and rights to acquire common stock.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of
1933, this registration statement also covers any additional securities that
may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of
1933, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been computed
on the basis of the average of the high and low prices per share of Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December&nbsp;1, 2005.</font></p>

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PLAN INFORMATION</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended November&nbsp;30, 2004, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;14, 2005, as amended on Form&nbsp;10-K/A, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;16, 2005;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended February&nbsp;28, 2005 filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;11, 2005; for the quarterly period ended May&nbsp;31, 2005 filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;15, 2003 and for the quarterly period ended August&nbsp;31, 2005, filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;11, 2005;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the SEC on each of December&nbsp;6, December&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;23, 2004, and January&nbsp;18, February&nbsp;3,&#160; February&nbsp;9,&#160; March&nbsp;3 (two filings), March&nbsp;15, April&nbsp;4, May&nbsp;11, May&nbsp;19, June&nbsp;10, June&nbsp;14, June&nbsp;21, June&nbsp;28, July&nbsp;7, July&nbsp;20, July&nbsp;29, August&nbsp;18, September&nbsp;1, September&nbsp;14, September&nbsp;16, September&nbsp;23, September&nbsp;29, October&nbsp;4, October&nbsp;13, November&nbsp;15, November&nbsp;21 and November&nbsp;29, 2005; and</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, as contained in the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A Registration Statement, filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;29, 1994.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 4. 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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Karen B. Corrigan, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant, has rendered an opinion to the effect that, under applicable state law, the shares of Common Stock to which this Registration Statement relates will be, when issued, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.&#160; Ms.&nbsp;Corrigan beneficially owns, or has the right to acquire under the Registrant&#146;s employee benefit plans, an aggregate of less than 1% of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant is a Delaware
corporation. Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or
are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending, or completed
legal action, suit, or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the
request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit, or proceeding, provided that such officer or director acted in good faith
and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation&#146;s best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable
cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct was illegal, provided that, in an action
by or in the right of a corporation, a corporation may indemnify only for
expenses and no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the
officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation in the performance of such person&#146;s duty. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the Registrant must indemnify such person against the
expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s certificate
of incorporation provides that the liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors to
the Registrant or to the Registrant&#146;s stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty will be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible
under Delaware law except for (a)&nbsp;breaches of duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (b)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;the
payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions or (d)&nbsp;for
any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The effect of these
provisions is to eliminate the rights of the Registrant and its stockholders to
recover monetary damages against a director for breach of fiduciary duty of
care as a director (including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly
negligent behavior) except in certain limited situations. These provisions do
not limit or eliminate the rights of the Registrant or any stockholder to seek
non-monetary relief such as an injunction or rescission in the event of a
breach of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty of care. In addition, these provisions do
not alter the liability of directors under federal securities law.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s by-laws
provide that the Registrant will indemnify each present and former director or
officer of the Registrant to the full extent and in the manner permitted by
Delaware law.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant has purchased
liability insurance for its officers and directors as permitted by Section&nbsp;145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibit&nbsp;Index beginning on page&nbsp;6 is hereby incorporated by reference.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">provided, however,</font></i> that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By: </font></p></td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.5%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ KAREN B. CORRIGAN</font></p></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.66%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p></td>
  <td width="33%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Karen B. Corrigan</font></p></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.66%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p></td>
  <td width="33%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President and Assistant Secretary</font></p></td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas A. Russo, Jeffrey A.
Welikson and Karen B. Corrigan, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, in connection with this registration statement, to sign any and all
amendments or supplements to the registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and does hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p></td>
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  <td width="34%" colspan="12" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board of Directors</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="6%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.8%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.0%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ RICHARD S. FULD, JR.</font></p></td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.82%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p></td>
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  <td width="22%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.0%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard S. Fuld,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="34%" colspan="12" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal executive officer)</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="26%" colspan="10" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.76%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ CHRISTOPHER M. O&#146;MEARA</font></p></td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.88%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer, Controller</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="30%" colspan="11" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.64%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher M. O&#146;Meara</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Executive Vice President</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p></td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal financial and accounting</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">officer)</font></p></td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ MICHAEL
  L. AINSLIE</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ JOHN F.
  AKERS</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John F. Akers</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="21%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ ROGER S.
  BERLIND</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" colspan="10" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roger
  S. Berlind</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" colspan="14" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ SIR
  CHRISTOPHER GENT</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" colspan="12" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sir
  Christopher Gent</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" colspan="14" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ ROLAND
  A. HERNANDEZ</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" colspan="11" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roland
  A. Hernandez</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" colspan="14" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.42%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ HENRY
  KAUFMAN</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Henry Kaufman</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" colspan="14" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ JOHN D.
  MACOMBER</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;6, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>John D.
  Macomber</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" colspan="14" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.42%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.38%;">
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.14%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.22%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.64%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p></td>
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  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.22%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated May&nbsp;27, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Transition Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the eleven months ended November&nbsp;30, 1994).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.22%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant dated April&nbsp;9, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended February&nbsp;28, 2001).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.22%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By-Laws of the Registrant, amended as of July&nbsp;14, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;20, 2005).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.22%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion (and consent) of Karen B. Corrigan, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as to the validity of the shares of Common Stock to which this Registration Statement relates.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.22%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Karen B. Corrigan, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p></td>
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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC", "cik": "0000806085", "assigned-sic": "6211", "irs-number": "133216325", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1130"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-130161", "film-number": "051247692"}, "business-address": {"street1": "LEHMAN BROTHERS", "street2": "745 SEVENTH AVENUE", "city": "NEW YORK", "state": "NY", "zip": "10019", "phone": "2125267000"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "LEHMAN BROTHERS", "street2": "745 SEVENTH AVENUE", "city": "NEW YORK", "state": "NY", "zip": "10019"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON HOLDINGS INC", "date-changed": "19901017"}}
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-3216325
(State or
  other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
  Employer
incorporation
  or organization)
Identification
  Number)
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
(Address of principal executive offices)
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas A. Russo, Esq.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copy to:
Jeffrey A. Welikson, Esq.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered(1)
Amount to be
registered(2)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
share(3)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price(3)
Amount of
registration fee
Common
  Stock, $.10 par value
10,000,000
$
126.25
$
1,262,500,000
$
135,088
(1) The securities to be
registered include options and rights to acquire common stock.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of
1933, this registration statement also covers any additional securities that
may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been computed
on the basis of the average of the high and low prices per share of Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 1, 2005.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part I of Form S-8.
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2005, as amended on Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on February 16, 2005;
(2) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February 28, 2005 filed with the SEC on April 11, 2005; for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2005 filed with the SEC on July 15, 2003 and for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on October 11, 2005;
(3) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on each of December 6, December 15 and December 23, 2004, and January 18, February 3,  February 9,  March 3 (two filings), March 15, April 4, May 11, May 19, June 10, June 14, June 21, June 28, July 7, July 20, July 29, August 18, September 1, September 14, September 16, September 23, September 29, October 4, October 13, November 15, November 21 and November 29, 2005; and
(4) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, as contained in the Registrant's Form 8-A Registration Statement, filed with the SEC on April 29, 1994.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Karen B. Corrigan, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant, has rendered an opinion to the effect that, under applicable state law, the shares of Common Stock to which this Registration Statement relates will be, when issued, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Ms. Corrigan beneficially owns, or has the right to acquire under the Registrant's employee benefit plans, an aggregate of less than 1% of the Registrant's Common Stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Registrant is a Delaware
corporation. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or
are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending, or completed
legal action, suit, or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the
request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit, or proceeding, provided that such officer or director acted in good faith
and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation's best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable
cause to believe such person's conduct was illegal, provided that, in an action
by or in the right of a corporation, a corporation may indemnify only for
expenses and no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the
officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation in the performance of such person's duty. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the Registrant must indemnify such person against the
expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.
The Registrant's certificate
of incorporation provides that the liability of the Registrant's directors to
the Registrant or to the Registrant's stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty will be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible
under Delaware law except for (a) breaches of duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) the
payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions or (d) for
any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
The effect of these
provisions is to eliminate the rights of the Registrant and its stockholders to
recover monetary damages against a director for breach of fiduciary duty of
care as a director (including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly
negligent behavior) except in certain limited situations. These provisions do
not limit or eliminate the rights of the Registrant or any stockholder to seek
non-monetary relief such as an injunction or rescission in the event of a
breach of a director's fiduciary duty of care. In addition, these provisions do
not alter the liability of directors under federal securities law.
The Registrant's by-laws
provide that the Registrant will indemnify each present and former director or
officer of the Registrant to the full extent and in the manner permitted by
Delaware law.
The Registrant has purchased
liability insurance for its officers and directors as permitted by Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The Exhibit Index beginning on page 6 is hereby incorporated by reference.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURE PAGE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 6, 2005.
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/ KAREN B. CORRIGAN
Name:
Karen B. Corrigan
Title:
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas A. Russo, Jeffrey A.
Welikson and Karen B. Corrigan, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, in connection with this registration statement, to sign any and all
amendments or supplements to the registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and does hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ RICHARD S. FULD, JR.
and
December 6, 2005
Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ CHRISTOPHER M. O'MEARA
Chief Financial Officer, Controller
Christopher M. O'Meara
and Executive Vice President
December 6, 2005
(principal financial and accounting
officer)
/s/ MICHAEL
  L. AINSLIE
Director
December 6, 2005
Michael
  L. Ainslie
/s/ JOHN F.
  AKERS
Director
December 6, 2005
John F. Akers
/s/ ROGER S.
  BERLIND
Director
December 6, 2005
Roger
  S. Berlind
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/s/ THOMAS
  H. CRUIKSHANK
Director
December 6, 2005
Thomas
  H. Cruikshank
/s/ MARSHA
  JOHNSON EVANS
Director
December 6, 2005
Marsha
  Johnson Evans
/s/ SIR
  CHRISTOPHER GENT
Director
December 6, 2005
Sir
  Christopher Gent
/s/ ROLAND
  A. HERNANDEZ
Director
December 6, 2005
Roland
  A. Hernandez
/s/ HENRY
  KAUFMAN
Director
December 6, 2005
Henry Kaufman
/s/ JOHN D.
  MACOMBER
Director
December 6, 2005
John D.
  Macomber
/s/ DINA
  MERRILL
Director
December 6, 2005
Dina Merrill
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated May 27, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Transition Report on Form 10-K for the eleven months ended November 30, 1994).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant dated April 9, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2001).
4.3
By-Laws of the Registrant, amended as of July 14, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 20, 2005).
5.1
Opinion (and consent) of Karen B. Corrigan, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as to the validity of the shares of Common Stock to which this Registration Statement relates.
23.1
Consent of Karen B. Corrigan, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP, Independent Auditors.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement).
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