LEHMAN ABS CORP
8-K, 1998-06-10
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
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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): June 9, 1998

                             LEHMAN ABS CORPORATION

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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                    333-39649               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                                10022
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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 Derived Information.*
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         In connection with the offering of the Lehman Home Equity Loan Asset-
Backed Certificates, Series 1998-2 (the "Certificates") Lehman Brothers Inc., 
as underwriter of the Certificates  (the "Underwriter"), has prepared  certain
materials  (the "Derived  Information")  for  distribution  to  its  potential
investors.  Although the Registrant  provided  the  Underwriter  with  certain
information  regarding the  characteristics  of  the  assets  in  the  related
portfolio,  it  did   not  participate  in  the  preparation  of  the  Derived
Information.  Concurrently  with the  filing  hereof,  pursuant to Rule 202 of
Regulation S-T, the  Registrant is filing  certain computational  materials by
paper filing on Form SE in reliance on a continuing hardship exemption.

         For purposes of this Form 8-K, Derived Information shall mean computer
generated  tables and/or  charts displaying, with  respect to the Certificates,
any of the following:  yield; average life, duration; expected  maturity;  loss
sensitivity; cash flow  characteristics;  background  information regarding the
assets;  the  proposed  structure;  decrement  tables;  or  similar information
(tabular or otherwise) of a statistical, mathematical, tabular or computational
nature,  as  well  as  certain  matters  relating  to  the  collateral for such
transaction.

Item 7.      Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial

                  Information and Exhibits.
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(a)      Not applicable.

(b)      Not applicable.

(c)      Exhibits:

         99.1              Derived Information


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*     Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
      meanings  assigned to them in the Prospectus Supplement of Lehman  ABS
      Corporation, relating to its Lehman Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-2.






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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                                      Name: Martin P. Harding
                                      Title: Managing Director

Dated:  June 9, 1998



Exhibit Index
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Exhibit                                                     Page
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99.1     Derived Information                                   5


         Exhibit 99.1

         In accordance with Rule 202 of Regulation S-T, the Derived Information
is being filed on paper  pursuant to Form SE pursuant to a  continuing hardship
exemption.



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