Lehman Creditors Holding $100 Billion in Claims Back Plan

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. creditors holding more than $100 billion in claims signed their support for the company’s latest payout plan, which allots more money to a group including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and less to bondholders including Paulson & Co.

Thirty institutions and some affiliates -- including the Goldman Sachs and Paulson groups that proposed rival plans to pay Lehman’s debts -- put that support in writing, Lehman said in a statement today. The Goldman Sachs group includes Silver Point Capital LP and Morgan Stanley. The Paulson group includes the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or Calpers.