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June 2, 2006
                                     Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens
    Equity Derivatives               •      The U.S. dollar has depreciated nearly 6% since Q2 began. This is substantial; during the past
                Strategy                    134 quarters (since Q1 1973), the dollar has depreciated more on only 11 other occasions. In
      Ryan Renicker, CFA                    addition, the degree of depreciation during those periods was only about 1% more than what has
        1.212.526.9425                      transpired thus far this quarter.
ryan.renicker@lehman.com

      Devapriya Mallick
      1.212.526.5429                 •      Naturally, a weakening dollar is expected to benefit U.S. exporters, particularly relative to U.S.
     dmallik@lehman.com                     importers or domestic companies generating a relatively small percentage of their revenues
                                            overseas.


                                     •      With earnings pre-announcement season approaching, we believe there is a relatively strong
                                            probability that companies having exposure to fluctuations in the dollar could pre-announce prior
                                            to their expected earnings report date, resulting in potentially high volatility for these names.


                                     •      Lehman’s U.S. Strategy team has identified the top 25 S&P 500 companies having the highest
                                            percentage of foreign revenue share as well as the top 25 S&P 500 firms having the highest
                                            proportion of foreign operating income share in 2005.


                                     •      We screen the stocks within these lists to identify those having relatively cheap short-dated options,
                                            and thus being attractive long-volatility candidates, particularly given the heightened possibility of
                                            an active currency-related earnings pre-announcement season.


                                     •      Options we identify as cheap include those on PFE, LLY, CL, CVX and NVDA.




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Equity Derivatives Strategy | Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens




                           Since Q2 Began, Dollar Depreciation Significant

                           The U.S. dollar has depreciated nearly 6% since Q2 began. This is substantial; during the past 134
                           quarters (since Q1 1973), the dollar has depreciated more on only 11 other occasions (full quarters).
                           In addition, the degree of depreciation during those periods was only about 1% more than what has
                           transpired thus far this quarter. Below we plot the quarter-over-quarter percentage changes in the U.S.
                           Trade-Weighted Major Currency Index Bloomberg ticker: USTW$ Index). Note the substantial
                                                                         (
                           depreciation in the dollar since this quarter began two months ago.


                           Figure 1: Quarterly Percentage Change s in the U.S. Trade -Weighted Major Currency Index (1973 – Present)

                                                           10%

                                                            8%

                                                            6%
                                % Change in Dollar Index




                                                            4%

                                                            2%

                                                            0%

                                                           -2%

                                                           -4%

                                                           -6%
                                                                                 Dollar depreciated substantially
                                                           -8%
                                                                                       since quarter began
                                                           -10%
                                                                  Mar-74


                                                                  Mar-77


                                                                  Mar-80


                                                                  Mar-83


                                                                  Mar-86


                                                                  Mar-89


                                                                  Mar-92


                                                                  Mar-95


                                                                  Mar-98


                                                                  Mar-01


                                                                  Mar-04
                                                                  Jun-73


                                                                  Jun-76


                                                                  Jun-79


                                                                  Jun-82


                                                                  Jun-85


                                                                  Jun-88


                                                                  Jun-91


                                                                  Jun-94


                                                                  Jun-97


                                                                  Jun-00


                                                                  Jun-03


                                                                  Jun-06
                                                                  Dec-74


                                                                  Dec-77


                                                                  Dec-80


                                                                  Dec-83


                                                                  Dec-86


                                                                  Dec-89


                                                                  Dec-92


                                                                  Dec-95


                                                                  Dec-98


                                                                  Dec-01


                                                                  Dec-04
                                                                  Sep-75


                                                                  Sep-78


                                                                  Sep-81


                                                                  Sep-84


                                                                  Sep-87


                                                                  Sep-90


                                                                  Sep-93


                                                                  Sep-96


                                                                  Sep-99


                                                                  Sep-02


                                                                  Sep-05
                           Source: Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg.




                           Company Exposure to Declining Dollar
                           Naturally, one would expect a weakening dollar should benefit U.S. exporters, particularly relative to
                           U.S. importers or firms generating a relatively small percentage of their revenues outside of the U.S.,
                           depending of course on the degree to which each firm employs internal currency hedging strategies to
                           mitigate this exposure.

                           Lehman’s U.S. Strategy team has identified 1) the top 25 S&P 500 companies having the highest
                           percentage of foreign revenue share and 2) the top 25 S&P 500 firms having the highest proportion of
                           foreign operating income share in 2005 (Figures 2 and 3 on the following page). Please see A
                           Weaker Dollar’s Impact on U.S. Equities, Chip Dickson (5/8/06) for further details.




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Figure 2: Top 25 S&P 500 Firms With Highest % of Foreign                                                                                                                 Figure 3: Top 25 S&P 500 Firms with Highest % of Foreign Pre-Tax
Revenue Share in 2005                                                                                                                                                    Income Share in 2005
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              % Foreign
                                                                                                                                       % Foreign
 Ticker                                                   Name                                           Sector                                                           Ticker                                                        Name                                        Sector                      Pretax
                                                                                                                                       Revenue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Income
FCX                        FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER-B                                     Materials                                       100%                            JBL                         JABIL CIRCUIT INC                                                Information Technology                     98%
MOLX                       MOLEX INC                                                     Information Technology                          90%                             MAT                         MATTEL INC                                                       Consumer Discretionary                     96%
NVDA                       NVIDIA CORP                                                   Information Technology                          86%                             ANDW                        ANDREW CORP                                                      Information Technology                     93%
SLR                        SOLECTRON CORP                                                Information Technology                          86%                             MOLX                        MOLEX INC                                                        Information Technology                     91%
INTC                       INTEL CORP                                                    Information Technology                          85%                             FLR                         FLUOR CORP                                                       Industrials                                91%
TXN                        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC                                         Information Technology                          84%                             AA                          ALCOA INC                                                        Materials                                  91%
QCOM                       QUALCOMM INC                                                  Information Technology                          82%                             PFE                         PFIZER INC                                                       Health Care                                89%
NSM                        NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP                                   Information Technology                          80%                             WFT                         WEATHERFORD INTL LTD                                             Energy                                     85%
MO                         ALTRIA GROUP INC                                              Consumer Staples                                80%                             NVDA                        NVIDIA CORP                                                      Information Technology                     85%
AMD                        ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES                                        Information Technology                          79%                             ADI                         ANALOG DEVICES                                                   Information Technology                     84%
AMAT                       APPLIED MATERIALS INC                                         Information Technology                          79%                             BMY                         BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO                                          Health Care                                82%
AES                        AES CORP                                                      Utilities                                       79%                             AVP                         AVON PRODUCTS INC                                                Consumer Staples                           82%
RIG                        TRANSOCEAN INC                                                Energy                                          78%                             WWY                         WRIGLEY WM JR CO                                                 Consumer Staples                           81%
TER                        TERADYNE INC                                                  Information Technology                          78%                             WAT                         WATERS CORP                                                      Health Care                                80%
NE                         NOBLE CORP                                                    Energy                                          77%                             PLL                         PALL CORP                                                        Industrials                                79%
SANM                       SANMINA-SCI CORP                                              Information Technology                          76%                             ETN                         EATON CORP                                                       Industrials                                79%
KLAC                       KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION                                        Information Technology                          76%                             CBE                         COOPER INDUSTRIES LTD-CL A                                       Industrials                                79%
XOM                        EXXON MOBIL CORP                                              Energy                                          76%                             LLY                         ELI LILLY & CO                                                   Health Care                                77%
ALTR                       ALTERA CORPORATION                                            Information Technology                          76%                             BAX                         BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC                                         Health Care                                76%
ADI                        ANALOG DEVICES                                                Information Technology                          75%                             MMC                         MARSH & MCLENNAN COS                                             Financials                                 75%
                                                                                                                                                                         CTXS                        CITRIX SYSTEMS INC                                               Information Technology                     74%
AVP                        AVON PRODUCTS INC                                             Consumer Staples                                75%
                                                                                                                                                                         CVX                         CHEVRON CORP                                                     Energy                                     73%
CL                         COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO                                          Consumer Staples                                74%
                                                                                                                                                                         CL                          COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO                                             Consumer Staples                           73%
MXIM                       MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS                                     Information Technology                          74%
HAL                        HALLIBURTON CO                                                Energy                                          73%                             IR                          INGERSOLL-RAND CO LTD-CL A                                       Industrials                                73%
                                                                                                                                                                         PX                          PRAXAIR INC                                                      Materials                                  73%
SLB                        SCHLUMBERGER LTD                                              Energy                                          73%


Source: Lehman Br others, FactSet, A Weaker Dollar ’s Impact on U.S. Equities, Chip                                                                                      Source: Lehman Br others, FactSet, A Weaker Dollar ’s Impact on U.S. Equities, Chip
Dickson (5/8/06)                                                                                                                                                         Dickson (5/8/06)



                                                                          Although individual firms included in Figures 2 and 3 may employ currency hedging techniques to
                                                                          reduce potential FX exposure, we find both groups – on an aggregate basis – have tended to
                                                                          outperform (underperform) the S&P 500 Index during periods of dollar weakness (strength).

                                                                          Specifically, we plot the relative performance of each basket (Figure 2 basket, Figure 3 basket) versus
                                                                          the S&P 500 Index during the past year. For simplicity purposes, each basket is calculated on an
                                                                          equal-weighted basis. In addition, we scale the value of each basket to 100 as of one year ago.
                                                                          Furthermore, we scale the value of the U.S. Trade Weighted Major Currency Index to 100 as of one
                                                                          year ago (for comparative purposes).
                                                                          We label the relative performance of the basket of stocks having the top 25 S&P 500 firms with the
                                                                          highest percentage of foreign revenue share in 2005 versus the S&P 500 Index as “% Revenue
                                                                          Relative Performance”. We label the relative performance of the basket of stocks including the top 25
                                                                          S&P 500 firms with the highest percentage of foreign pre-tax income share in 2005 versus the S&P
                                                                          500 as “% Pretax Relative Performance”.

Figure 4: % Revenue Relative Performance vs. Currency Index                                                                                                              Figure 5: % Pretax Relative Performance vs. Currency Index
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                                                                                                                                                   97                                                             Appreciating Dollar                                                                                       97
                                                                                                Depreciating Dollar                                                                                96
                         100
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                                                 % Revenue Relative Performance                                                                                                                    94                         % Pretax Relative Performance
                          98                                                                                                                       95                                                                                                                                                                       95
                                                 US Trade-Weighted Major Currency                                                                                                                                             US Trade-Weighted Major Currency
                          96                                                                                                                       94                                              92                                                                                                                       94
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Source: Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg                                                                                                                                       Source: Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg




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                           Cheap Options for Stocks Exposed to Cheap Dollar

                           With earnings pre-announcement season approaching, we believe there is a relatively high probability
                           that companies having exposure to fluctuations in the dollar could pre-announce prior to their expected
                           earnings report date, which would likely result in relatively high realized volatility for such names.

                           We list the stocks within each basket identified as potentially having exposure to the declining dollar
                           that also have relatively inexpensive 1 month implied volatility versus both1) their 22-day realized
                           volatility and 2) S&P 500 1-month implied volatility (versus each spread’s trailing 12-month history).

                           In addition, we believe the names presented below also have relatively cheap 2 month implied
                           volatility versus both 1) their 44-day realized volatility and 2) S&P 500 2-month implied volatility
                           (again, versus each spread’s trailing 12-month history).


                           Figure 6: Stocks Having Relatively Cheap Options and Likely Exposure to Declining Dollar

                                                                                                              Expected
                              Ticker                        Name                       Sector                 Earnings
                                                                                                                Date
                           PFE             PFIZER INC                          Health Care                     07/20/06
                           LLY             ELI LILLY & CO                      Health Care                     07/21/06
                           CL              COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO                Consumer Staples                07/27/06
                           CVX             CHEVRON CORP                        Energy                          07/28/06
                           NVDA            NVIDIA CORP                         Information Technology          08/11/06
                           Source: Lehman Brothers, OptionMetrics, Bloomberg



                           We believe investors should consider expressing directional views or going long volatility in these
                           names by purchasing short-dated options (1 or 2 month expiry), ahead of a potentially volatile,
                           currency-related earnings pre-announcement season.

                           Please call for details.




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Colgate Palmolive (CL - USD60.77) 1-Overweight / Neutral         J


Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Various risk factors which could affect our rating and price target include raw material cost inflation
(among others: plastics, paper/ packaging, chemicals, and tallow), geo-political & economic instability (developing markets are estimated to contribute 40%+ of
Colgate's sales), foreign currency translation (roughly 75% of Colgate's sales are in non-US $ currencies), acquisition integration, competitive pricing environment,
marketing/advertising effectiveness, consumer acceptance of new products, ongoing retailer consolidation / retail shelf space rationalization (Colgate derives
roughly 45% of sales from mature retail markets) and fixed asset utilization levels.


Chevron Corporation (CVX - USD59.98) 1-Overweight / Neutral           D/J/L


Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Our earnings estimates are based on Lehman Brothers' current commodity price assumption on oil &
gas, refining and marketing margins as well as chemical produc margins. Thus, results could be subject to changes due to fluctuations in the macro commodity
                                                              t
market environment.


Lilly, Eli (LLY - USD51.99) 2-Equal weight / Positive   E/J/L


Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Lilly is currently in litigation with Ivax over the exclusivity of Zyprexa. Losing the case would open up
the possibility of generics for their top product. Lilly also faces risk from the Deparment of Justice investigation of marketing practices of some products. Risks
associated with the pharmaceutical industry include pipeline product delays due to discouraging clinical trial results and FDA conflicts. The pharmaceutical industry is
also at risk towards FDA/regulatory conflicts, patent disputes, loss of patent exclusivity, and competitive pressure from other drugs. Lastly, a Medicare drug benefit
could be enacted in a form which would give the Federal Government some purchasing power over the industry, leading to potential downward pressure on margins.


NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA - USD24.18) 1-Overweight / Positive          C/J


Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: (a) dependence on short product cycles (b) dependence on PC industry (c) dependence on external
foundries (d) dependence on the cycli cal semiconductor industry


Pfizer Inc (PFE - USD23.90) 1-Overweight / Positive     G/J/K/M


Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Competitive threats to Lipitor through AZN's Crestor and MRK/SGP's Vytorin (SGP/MRK), and Zoloft
(LLY's Cymbalta). Exclusivity for Diflucan, Zithromax, Zoloft, Accupril, and others will be lost in the next few years. Risks associated with the pharmaceutical industry
include pipeline product delays due to discouraging clinical trial results and FDA conflicts. The pharmaceutical industry is also at risk towards FDA/regulatory
conflicts, patent disputes, loss of patent exclusivity, and competitive pressure from other drugs. Lastly, a Medicare drug benefit could be enacted in a form which
would give the Federal G   overnment some purchasing power over the industry, leading to potential downward pressure on margins.




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  • 1. June 2, 2006 Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens Equity Derivatives • The U.S. dollar has depreciated nearly 6% since Q2 began. This is substantial; during the past Strategy 134 quarters (since Q1 1973), the dollar has depreciated more on only 11 other occasions. In Ryan Renicker, CFA addition, the degree of depreciation during those periods was only about 1% more than what has 1.212.526.9425 transpired thus far this quarter. ryan.renicker@lehman.com Devapriya Mallick 1.212.526.5429 • Naturally, a weakening dollar is expected to benefit U.S. exporters, particularly relative to U.S. dmallik@lehman.com importers or domestic companies generating a relatively small percentage of their revenues overseas. • With earnings pre-announcement season approaching, we believe there is a relatively strong probability that companies having exposure to fluctuations in the dollar could pre-announce prior to their expected earnings report date, resulting in potentially high volatility for these names. • Lehman’s U.S. Strategy team has identified the top 25 S&P 500 companies having the highest percentage of foreign revenue share as well as the top 25 S&P 500 firms having the highest proportion of foreign operating income share in 2005. • We screen the stocks within these lists to identify those having relatively cheap short-dated options, and thus being attractive long-volatility candidates, particularly given the heightened possibility of an active currency-related earnings pre-announcement season. • Options we identify as cheap include those on PFE, LLY, CL, CVX and NVDA. Lehman Brothers does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. As a result, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect the objectivity of this report. Customers of Lehman Brothers in the United States can receive independent, third- party research on the compan y or companies covered in this report, at no cost to them, where such research is available. Customers can access this independent research at www.lehmanlive.com or can call 1-800-2LEHMAN to request a copy of this research. Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in making their investment decision. PLEASE SEE ANALYST(S) CERTIFICATION AND IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES BEGINNING ON PAGE 5.
  • 2. Equity Derivatives Strategy | Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens Since Q2 Began, Dollar Depreciation Significant The U.S. dollar has depreciated nearly 6% since Q2 began. This is substantial; during the past 134 quarters (since Q1 1973), the dollar has depreciated more on only 11 other occasions (full quarters). In addition, the degree of depreciation during those periods was only about 1% more than what has transpired thus far this quarter. Below we plot the quarter-over-quarter percentage changes in the U.S. Trade-Weighted Major Currency Index Bloomberg ticker: USTW$ Index). Note the substantial ( depreciation in the dollar since this quarter began two months ago. Figure 1: Quarterly Percentage Change s in the U.S. Trade -Weighted Major Currency Index (1973 – Present) 10% 8% 6% % Change in Dollar Index 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% -6% Dollar depreciated substantially -8% since quarter began -10% Mar-74 Mar-77 Mar-80 Mar-83 Mar-86 Mar-89 Mar-92 Mar-95 Mar-98 Mar-01 Mar-04 Jun-73 Jun-76 Jun-79 Jun-82 Jun-85 Jun-88 Jun-91 Jun-94 Jun-97 Jun-00 Jun-03 Jun-06 Dec-74 Dec-77 Dec-80 Dec-83 Dec-86 Dec-89 Dec-92 Dec-95 Dec-98 Dec-01 Dec-04 Sep-75 Sep-78 Sep-81 Sep-84 Sep-87 Sep-90 Sep-93 Sep-96 Sep-99 Sep-02 Sep-05 Source: Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg. Company Exposure to Declining Dollar Naturally, one would expect a weakening dollar should benefit U.S. exporters, particularly relative to U.S. importers or firms generating a relatively small percentage of their revenues outside of the U.S., depending of course on the degree to which each firm employs internal currency hedging strategies to mitigate this exposure. Lehman’s U.S. Strategy team has identified 1) the top 25 S&P 500 companies having the highest percentage of foreign revenue share and 2) the top 25 S&P 500 firms having the highest proportion of foreign operating income share in 2005 (Figures 2 and 3 on the following page). Please see A Weaker Dollar’s Impact on U.S. Equities, Chip Dickson (5/8/06) for further details. June 2, 2006 2
  • 3. Equity Derivatives Strategy | Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens Figure 2: Top 25 S&P 500 Firms With Highest % of Foreign Figure 3: Top 25 S&P 500 Firms with Highest % of Foreign Pre-Tax Revenue Share in 2005 Income Share in 2005 % Foreign % Foreign Ticker Name Sector Ticker Name Sector Pretax Revenue Income FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER-B Materials 100% JBL JABIL CIRCUIT INC Information Technology 98% MOLX MOLEX INC Information Technology 90% MAT MATTEL INC Consumer Discretionary 96% NVDA NVIDIA CORP Information Technology 86% ANDW ANDREW CORP Information Technology 93% SLR SOLECTRON CORP Information Technology 86% MOLX MOLEX INC Information Technology 91% INTC INTEL CORP Information Technology 85% FLR FLUOR CORP Industrials 91% TXN TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC Information Technology 84% AA ALCOA INC Materials 91% QCOM QUALCOMM INC Information Technology 82% PFE PFIZER INC Health Care 89% NSM NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP Information Technology 80% WFT WEATHERFORD INTL LTD Energy 85% MO ALTRIA GROUP INC Consumer Staples 80% NVDA NVIDIA CORP Information Technology 85% AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES Information Technology 79% ADI ANALOG DEVICES Information Technology 84% AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS INC Information Technology 79% BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO Health Care 82% AES AES CORP Utilities 79% AVP AVON PRODUCTS INC Consumer Staples 82% RIG TRANSOCEAN INC Energy 78% WWY WRIGLEY WM JR CO Consumer Staples 81% TER TERADYNE INC Information Technology 78% WAT WATERS CORP Health Care 80% NE NOBLE CORP Energy 77% PLL PALL CORP Industrials 79% SANM SANMINA-SCI CORP Information Technology 76% ETN EATON CORP Industrials 79% KLAC KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION Information Technology 76% CBE COOPER INDUSTRIES LTD-CL A Industrials 79% XOM EXXON MOBIL CORP Energy 76% LLY ELI LILLY & CO Health Care 77% ALTR ALTERA CORPORATION Information Technology 76% BAX BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC Health Care 76% ADI ANALOG DEVICES Information Technology 75% MMC MARSH & MCLENNAN COS Financials 75% CTXS CITRIX SYSTEMS INC Information Technology 74% AVP AVON PRODUCTS INC Consumer Staples 75% CVX CHEVRON CORP Energy 73% CL COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO Consumer Staples 74% CL COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO Consumer Staples 73% MXIM MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS Information Technology 74% HAL HALLIBURTON CO Energy 73% IR INGERSOLL-RAND CO LTD-CL A Industrials 73% PX PRAXAIR INC Materials 73% SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD Energy 73% Source: Lehman Br others, FactSet, A Weaker Dollar ’s Impact on U.S. Equities, Chip Source: Lehman Br others, FactSet, A Weaker Dollar ’s Impact on U.S. Equities, Chip Dickson (5/8/06) Dickson (5/8/06) Although individual firms included in Figures 2 and 3 may employ currency hedging techniques to reduce potential FX exposure, we find both groups – on an aggregate basis – have tended to outperform (underperform) the S&P 500 Index during periods of dollar weakness (strength). Specifically, we plot the relative performance of each basket (Figure 2 basket, Figure 3 basket) versus the S&P 500 Index during the past year. For simplicity purposes, each basket is calculated on an equal-weighted basis. In addition, we scale the value of each basket to 100 as of one year ago. Furthermore, we scale the value of the U.S. Trade Weighted Major Currency Index to 100 as of one year ago (for comparative purposes). We label the relative performance of the basket of stocks having the top 25 S&P 500 firms with the highest percentage of foreign revenue share in 2005 versus the S&P 500 Index as “% Revenue Relative Performance”. We label the relative performance of the basket of stocks including the top 25 S&P 500 firms with the highest percentage of foreign pre-tax income share in 2005 versus the S&P 500 as “% Pretax Relative Performance”. Figure 4: % Revenue Relative Performance vs. Currency Index Figure 5: % Pretax Relative Performance vs. Currency Index 114 104 106 104 112 103 103 104 102 102 110 102 RelativePerformance 101 101 Relative Performance 108 CurrencyIndex Currency Index 100 100 106 100 99 99 104 98 98 98 102 97 Appreciating Dollar 97 Depreciating Dollar 96 100 96 96 % Revenue Relative Performance 94 % Pretax Relative Performance 98 95 95 US Trade-Weighted Major Currency US Trade-Weighted Major Currency 96 94 92 94 Nov-05 May-06 Mar-06 Jun-05 Jan-06 Jul-05 May-06 Aug-05 Sep-05 Dec-05 Feb-06 Oct-05 Apr-06 Aug-05 Sep-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jun-05 Jan-06 Jul-05 Feb-06 Mar-06 Oct-05 Apr-06 Source: Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg Source: Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg June 2, 2006 3
  • 4. Equity Derivatives Strategy | Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens Cheap Options for Stocks Exposed to Cheap Dollar With earnings pre-announcement season approaching, we believe there is a relatively high probability that companies having exposure to fluctuations in the dollar could pre-announce prior to their expected earnings report date, which would likely result in relatively high realized volatility for such names. We list the stocks within each basket identified as potentially having exposure to the declining dollar that also have relatively inexpensive 1 month implied volatility versus both1) their 22-day realized volatility and 2) S&P 500 1-month implied volatility (versus each spread’s trailing 12-month history). In addition, we believe the names presented below also have relatively cheap 2 month implied volatility versus both 1) their 44-day realized volatility and 2) S&P 500 2-month implied volatility (again, versus each spread’s trailing 12-month history). Figure 6: Stocks Having Relatively Cheap Options and Likely Exposure to Declining Dollar Expected Ticker Name Sector Earnings Date PFE PFIZER INC Health Care 07/20/06 LLY ELI LILLY & CO Health Care 07/21/06 CL COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO Consumer Staples 07/27/06 CVX CHEVRON CORP Energy 07/28/06 NVDA NVIDIA CORP Information Technology 08/11/06 Source: Lehman Brothers, OptionMetrics, Bloomberg We believe investors should consider expressing directional views or going long volatility in these names by purchasing short-dated options (1 or 2 month expiry), ahead of a potentially volatile, currency-related earnings pre-announcement season. Please call for details. June 2, 2006 4
  • 5. Equity Derivatives Strategy | Strengthen Returns as Dollar Weakens Analyst Certification: The respective research analysts responsible for the fundamental ratings hereby certify (1) that the views expressed in this research email accurately reflect our personal views about any or all of the subject securities or issuers referred to in this email and (2) no part of our compensation was, is or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this email. I, Ryan Renicker, hereby certify (1) that the views expressed in this research email accurately reflect my personal views about any or all of the subject securities or issuers referred to in this email and (2) no part of my compensation was, is or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this email. 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Chevron Corporation (CVX - USD59.98) 1-Overweight / Neutral D/J/L Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Our earnings estimates are based on Lehman Brothers' current commodity price assumption on oil & gas, refining and marketing margins as well as chemical produc margins. Thus, results could be subject to changes due to fluctuations in the macro commodity t market environment. Lilly, Eli (LLY - USD51.99) 2-Equal weight / Positive E/J/L Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Lilly is currently in litigation with Ivax over the exclusivity of Zyprexa. Losing the case would open up the possibility of generics for their top product. Lilly also faces risk from the Deparment of Justice investigation of marketing practices of some products. Risks associated with the pharmaceutical industry include pipeline product delays due to discouraging clinical trial results and FDA conflicts. The pharmaceutical industry is also at risk towards FDA/regulatory conflicts, patent disputes, loss of patent exclusivity, and competitive pressure from other drugs. Lastly, a Medicare drug benefit could be enacted in a form which would give the Federal Government some purchasing power over the industry, leading to potential downward pressure on margins. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA - USD24.18) 1-Overweight / Positive C/J Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: (a) dependence on short product cycles (b) dependence on PC industry (c) dependence on external foundries (d) dependence on the cycli cal semiconductor industry Pfizer Inc (PFE - USD23.90) 1-Overweight / Positive G/J/K/M Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Competitive threats to Lipitor through AZN's Crestor and MRK/SGP's Vytorin (SGP/MRK), and Zoloft (LLY's Cymbalta). Exclusivity for Diflucan, Zithromax, Zoloft, Accupril, and others will be lost in the next few years. Risks associated with the pharmaceutical industry include pipeline product delays due to discouraging clinical trial results and FDA conflicts. The pharmaceutical industry is also at risk towards FDA/regulatory conflicts, patent disputes, loss of patent exclusivity, and competitive pressure from other drugs. Lastly, a Medicare drug benefit could be enacted in a form which would give the Federal G overnment some purchasing power over the industry, leading to potential downward pressure on margins. June 2, 2006 5
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