NEW YORK, September 15, 2008 — The Bank of New York Mellon's policy is not to comment on individual client relationships, but the Corporation is clarifying inaccurate information circulating in the marketplace regarding our association with Lehman Brothers.

Often, there is a common misunderstanding of the role that we play when serving as a trustee. Today, it has been incorrectly reported that The Bank of New York Mellon is one of Lehman's largest unsecured creditors. That's not correct. In this situation, our role has been to serve as a trustee for certain Lehman Brothers bond offerings. We have no outstanding loans to Lehman.

In our role as trustee, we facilitate the payment of interest and principal between the issuer of debt and investors as well as other services.

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