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EXAMINER’S
REPORT
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
VOLUME
1
Introduction,
Sections
I
&
II:
Executive
Summary
&
Procedural
Background
Introduction...................................................................................................................................2
I.
Executive
Summary
of
The
Examiner’s
Conclusions......................................................15
A.
Why
Did
Lehman
Fail?
Are
There
Colorable
Causes
of
Action
That
Arise
From
Its
Financial
Condition
and
Failure?..................................................................15
B.
Are
There
Administrative
Claims
or
Colorable
Claims
For
Preferences
or
Voidable
Transfers?........................................................................................................24
C.
Do
Colorable
Claims
Arise
From
Transfers
of
LBHI
Affiliate
Assets
to
Barclays,
or
From
the
Lehman
ALI
Transaction?.......................................................26
II.
Procedural
Background
and
Nature
of
the
Examination................................................28
A.
The
Examiner’s
Authority .............................................................................................28
B.
Document
Collection
and
Review................................................................................30
C.
Systems
Access................................................................................................................33
D.
Witness
Interview
Process.............................................................................................35
E.
Cooperation
and
Coordination
With
the
Government
and
Parties ........................37
Section
III.A.1:
Risk
III.
Examiner’s
Conclusions.......................................................................................................43
A.
Why
Did
Lehman
Fail?
Are
There
Colorable
Causes
of
Action
That
Arise
From
Its
Financial
Condition
and
Failure?..................................................................43
1.
Business
and
Risk
Management.............................................................................43
a)
Executive
Summary............................................................................................43
(1)
The
Examiner
Does
Not
Find
Colorable
Claims
That
Lehman’s
Senior
Officers
Breached
Their
Fiduciary
Duty
of
Care
by
Failing
to
Observe
Lehman’s
Risk
Management
Policies
and
Procedures......................................................................................................47