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EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - LEHMAN ABS CORP PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL NOTE BACKED SE 2003 20d511091dex312.htm
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10-K - 10-K - LEHMAN ABS CORP PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL NOTE BACKED SE 2003 20d511091d10k.htm

Exhibit 31.3

 

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Aston Bell

Certified Public Accountant

 

     Independent Accountant’s Report

545 8th Avenue, Suite 402

New York, NY 10018

Tel. (212) 957-7385

 

17 Academy Street, Suite 1008

Newark, NJ 07102

Tel. (973) 824-5773

    

Lehman ABS Corporation, as Depositor

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

 

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee

Corporate Trust Department

100 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005

 

Re:   Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Prudential Financial Note-Backed Series 2003-20 Trust (the “Trust”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have examined assertions of Lehman ABS Corporation (the “Depositor”) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, (the “Trustee” and, together with the Depositor, the “Management”) that the Depositor and the Trustee have complied, in all material respects, with the provisions of the Standard Terms for Trust Agreements dated as of January 16, 2001, as supplemented by a series supplement dated as of December 22, 2003 in respect of the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Prudential Financial Note-Backed Series 2003-20 Trust (the “Trust”), as supplemented by a supplement to the series supplement dated as of January 15, 2004 (together, the “Trust Agreement”), during the period covered by the annual report on Form 10-K filed by the Depositor on behalf of the Trust for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “Annual Report”). Management is responsible for compliance with the Trust Agreement. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on Management’s assertions based on our examination.

 

Our examination was made in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Depositor’s and the Trustee’s compliance with the Trust Agreement and performing such other procedures as considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

The Depositor is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on September 15, 2008. On December 6, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Modified Third Amended Chapter 11 Plan of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors (the “Plan”). And, on March 6, 2012, the Plan became effective and a notice of the Effective Date of the Plan was filed with the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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     In addition, on July 27, 2012 the outstanding Call Warrants were exercised on the certificates under the terms of the Trust Agreement, and on August 3, 2012, a final distribution was made to the holders of the certificates issued by the Trust in connection with the exercise on July 27, 2012.
     In our opinion, the Depositor and the Trustee have complied, in all material respects, with the Trust Agreement during the period covered by the Annual Report and Management’s assertions with respect to such compliance are fairly stated, in all material respects, for the year ended December 31, 2012.
    

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     New York, New York
     March 25, 2013

 

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