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EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - LEHMAN ABS CORP BCKD TR CRTS TOYS R US DB BCK SE 01-31 | d462337dex992.htm |
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - LEHMAN ABS CORP BCKD TR CRTS TOYS R US DB BCK SE 01-31 | d462337dex991.htm |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September 18, 2017
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
Commission File Number of issuing entity: 001-31857
Central Index Key Number of issuing entity: 0001267753
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES, TOYS R US
DEBENTURE-BACKED SERIES 2001-31 TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Commission File Number of depositor: 001-11661
Central Index Key Number of depositor: 0000829281
Lehman ABS Corporation
(Exact name of depositor as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation of the issuing entity)
13-3447441
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York, 10172
(Address of Principal Executive Offices of issuing entity)
(646) 285-9000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
The Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Toys R Us Debenture-Backed Series 2001-31 Trust, which we refer to herein as the Trust, was formed pursuant to the Standard Terms for Trust Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001, between Lehman ABS Corporation, as depositor, and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by the Series Supplement in respect of the Trust dated as of July 31, 2001.
The Depositor is a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LBHI). On September 15, 2008 and periodically thereafter, LBHI and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Debtors) commenced voluntary cases under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) (jointly administered proceedings, In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. et al., Case Number 08-13555). LBHI and Lehman Brothers Inc., have sold since September 15, 2008 significant businesses, including the sale on September 21, 2008 of the investment banking business to Barclays Capital Inc., which business included the employees who historically conducted the Registrants business.
On December 6, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the Confirmation Order) confirming the Modified Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors (the Plan). The Plan and the Confirmation Order were attached as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 2.2, respectively, to LBHIs Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2011. LBHIs Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2011 contains a summary of the Plan.
On March 6, 2012 (the Effective Date), the Plan became effective and a notice of the Effective Date of the Plan (the Notice of Effective Date) was filed with the Bankruptcy Court.
Item 8.01. OTHER EVENTS
This current report on Form 8-K relates to the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Series 2001-31, issued by the Trust (the Certificates). The Trusts assets consist solely of $13,090,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Debentures due September 1, 2021 issued by Toys R Us Inc. (the Underlying Securities Issuer).
On September 18, 2017, the Underlying Securities Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond, VA. For information on the bankruptcy filing, refer to the Press Release issued by the Underlying Securities Issuer, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) suspended trading the Certificates prior to the opening of trading on September 21, 2017 and intends to delist the Certificates (refer to the NYSEs press release dated September 21, 2017, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, for additional information).
No other reportable transactions or matters have occurred during the current reporting period.
Toys R Us, Inc., the issuer of the underlying securities, is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). For information on Toys R Us, Inc. please see its periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under Toys R Us, Inc.s Exchange Act file number, 001-11609. The Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web at http://www.sec.gov at which users can view and download copies of reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, or EDGAR. Periodic and current reports and other information required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by Toys R Us, Inc. may be accessed on this site. Neither Lehman ABS Corporation nor the Trustee has participated in the preparation of such reporting documents, or made any due diligence investigation with respect to the information provided therein. Neither Lehman ABS Corporation nor the Trustee has verified the accuracy or completeness of such documents or reports. There can be no assurance that events affecting the issuer of the underlying securities or the underlying securities themselves have not occurred or have not yet been publicly disclosed which would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above.
Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
99.1 | Toys R Us, Inc. Press Release dated September 18, 2017. |
99.2 | New York Stock Exchange Press Release dated September 21, 2017 regarding the suspension of trading and delisting of the Certificates. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 2, 2017
Lehman ABS Corporation, as Depositor for the Trust (the Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ Clifford S. Feibus | |
Name: | Clifford S. Feibus | |
Title: | Senior Vice President, and Controller |
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