LEHMAN ABS CORP
8-K, 1997-09-24
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                      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

                    Date of Report (Date of earliest Event
                        Reported)  September 23, 1997

     LEHMAN  ABS CORPORATION, (as  depositor under the  Trust Agreement,
     dated  as  of  September  1,  1997,  which  forms   Mortgage  Index
     Amortizing Trust 1997-1, Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1)

                            LEHMAN ABS CORPORATION
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                 333-14293           13-3447441 
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(State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)        File Number)        Identification No.)

Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street
New York, New York                                  10285  
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(Address of Principal                             (Zip Code)
 Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 526-7000
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Item 5.  Other Events.
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Filing of Computational Materials.*
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     In connection with  the offering of the Mortgage  Index Amortizing Trust
1997-1,  Lehman   Brothers   Inc.,  as   underwriter   of  the   Notes   (the
"Underwriter"),   has   prepared   certain   materials  (the   "Computational
Materials") for distribution to its potential investors. 

     For  purposes  of  this Form  8-K,  Computational  Materials shall  mean
computer  generated tables  and/or  charts displaying,  with  respect to  the
Notes,  any  of  the  following:  yield;  average  life,  duration;  expected
maturity;   interest   rate   sensitivity;  loss   sensitivity;   cash   flow
characteristics; background information regarding the credit card securities;
the  proposed structure; decrement tables; or similar information (tabular or
otherwise) of a  statistical, mathematical, tabular or  computational nature.
The Computational Materials are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.







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*     Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus dated December 31, 1996, and the
Propectus Supplement dated September 17, 1997 of Lehman ABS Corporation,
relating to its Mortgage Index Amortizing Trust 1997-1, Fixed Rate Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-1.




Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
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          Information and Exhibits.
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(a)  Not applicable.

(b)  Not applicable.

(c)  Exhibits:

     99.1 Computational Materials.




                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant to  the requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934,  the
registrant  duly  caused  this report  to  be  signed on  its  behalf  by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              LEHMAN ABS CORPORATION



                              By:  /s/  Martin P. Harding
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                                   Martin P. Harding
                                   Managing Director



Dated:  September 23, 1997


                                Exhibit Index
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Exhibit                                           Page
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99.1 The Computational Materials.                   6




                                 Exhibit 99.1
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                                  MIAT97-1;A 
 
LEHMAN BROTHERS                         Today's Date:  09/10/97 
Fixed Income Analytics  



REFERENCE POOL SUMMARY 
______________________
FHLM 8.00%                  Historical           PSAs           CPRs 
Fixed Rate  
  WAC:  8.50%                 1 Month:           445            12.0 
  WAM:  341                   3 Month:           348             8.7 
 WALA:  14                    6 Month:           356             7.8 
                                 Life:           n/a             n/a



BOND SUMMARY                        Settlement Date:       09/25/97 
_____________

      Coupon: TBA                    PAC Range: 250-400              
    Orig Bal: 250,000,000                Delay:      0  
      Factor: 1.00000000            Next Paymt: 10/25/97 
 Factor Date: 09/25/97 
 

 
 
PRICES    125%PSA   155%PSA   200%PSA   250%PSA  400%PSA    500%PSA   750%PSA
______    _______   _______   _______   _______   ______    _______   _______

 99-12    7.120     7.156     7.171     7.189     7.189     7.241     7.347   
 99-16    7.096     7.125     7.136     7.151     7.151     7.192     7.277 
 99-20    7.072     7.093     7.102     7.113     7.113     7.144     7.208 
 99-24    7.048     7.062     7.068     7.075     7.075     7.096     7.138 
 99-28    7.024     7.031     7.034     7.038     7.038     7.048     7.069 
100-00    7.000     7.000     7.000     7.000     7.000     7.000     7.000 
100-04    6.976     6.969     6.966     6.962     6.962     6.952     6.931
100-08    6.952     6.938     6.932     6.925     6.925     6.904     6.862
100-12    6.928     6.907     6.898     6.887     6.887     6.856     6.793
100-16    6.904     6.876     6.864     6.850     6.850     6.809     6.725
100-20    6.881     6.845     6.831     6.813     6.813     6.761     6.656
 
Average Life 
          6.75      5.00      4.50      4.00      4.00      3.00      2.00
Duration  5.22      4.02      3.68      3.32      3.32      2.61      1.81
First Payment
         9/25/99   9/25/99   9/25/99   9/25/99   9/25/99  9/25/99    9/25/99 
Last Payment
        08/25/04  08/25/04  08/25/04  08/25/04  08/25/04 04/25/02    9/25/99 
Spread/Treasury
        74/6.7 yr 77/5.0yr  81/4.5yr  85/4.0yr  85/4.0yr 93/3.0yr  104/2.0yr

 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               1-Mo     3-Mo    6-Mo    1-Yr    2-Yr    3-Yr    5-Yr         
<S>         <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
Treasury:      
                NA       NA     5.340   5.565   5.959   6.072   6.227   
Libor:      5.6562   5.7188    5.8438    NA       NA      NA      NA  

(table continued)  

<CAPTION>
                 7-Yr        10-Yr      30-Yr 
<S>              <C>         <C>        <C>
Treasury:        6.280       6.332      6.622 
Libor:              NA          NA         NA 
 
</TABLE>  
 


Ted Spread = 0.25   
Mtg. Repo =                Mtg Rate = 7.6640%



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