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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

(Mark One) 
   
  X    Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
   
  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 
   
       OR 
 
____ Transition report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
   
  For the transition period from ___________ to ___________ 

Commission File Number: 001 – 11130

A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:  
     
  Lucent Savings Plan

  600 Mountain Avenue
   Murray Hill, NJ 07974
 
     
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:  
     
  ALCATEL-LUCENT
54, rue La Boétie
75008 Paris, France
 
     
    The total # of pages contained in this Form
11-K filing is 23
 

Exhibit Index can be
found on page 21

 


Table of Contents

Lucent Savings Plan Financial Statements as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for the year ended December 31, 2007   
Signatures    20 
Exhibit Index    21 

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F I N A N C I A L    S T A T E M E N T S    A N D    S U P P L E M E N T A L    S C H E D U L E

Lucent Savings Plan
December 31, 2007 and 2006 and Year Ended December 31, 2007
With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm







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Lucent Savings Plan

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2007 and 2006 and Year Ended December 31, 2007

Contents

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm  5 
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits December 31, 2007 and 2006   
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits Year Ended December 31, 2007  8 
Notes to Financial Statements  9 
 
Supplemental Schedule   
   
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2007 19 
        
   
   
   


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants and Administrator of the
   Lucent Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of Lucent Savings Plan as of December 31, 2007, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2007, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
MetroPark, NJ
June 16, 2008

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants and Administrator of the
Lucent Savings Plan

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Lucent Savings Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our audit. We conducted our audit of this statement in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As further described in Note 2, the Plan adopted FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1 at December 31, 2006.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Florham Park, New Jersey
April 18, 2007

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Lucent Savings Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

      December 31 
      2007     2006 
      (In Thousands) 
Assets             
Investment in Master Trust, at fair value    $ 7,209,189   $  6,588,851 
Participant loans receivable      38,068     29,024 
Total investments      7,247,257     6,617,875 
 
Company contributions receivable      613     541 
Employee contributions receivable      10,129     10,305 
Total assets      7,257,999     6,628,721 
 
Net assets available for benefits, at fair value      7,257,999     6,628,721 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-             
   responsive investment contracts      (4,773 )   16,606 
Net assets available for benefits    $ 7,253,226   $  6,645,327 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2007
(In Thousands)

Additions to net assets attributed to         
Contributions         
     Employee contributions    $ 151,863  
     Company contributions      27,745  
Plan’s share of Master Trust investment gain      217,896  
Interest from participant loans      1,960  
Total additions      399,464  
 
Deductions from net assets attributed to         
Distributions to participants      724,365  
Administrative expenses      114  
Other, net      10  
Total deductions      724,489  
 
Net decrease before transfers      (325,025 ) 
 
Transfer from Alcatel USA, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan      932,850  
Transfer from Lucent Technologies Inc. Long Term Savings and Security Plan       74  
Net increase      607,899  
 
Net assets available for benefits         
Beginning of year      6,645,327  
End of year    $ 7,253,226  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007

1. Plan Description

The following description of the Lucent Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document and the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan established as of October 1, 1996 by Lucent Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) to provide a convenient way for eligible management employees, as described in the Plan, to save on a regular and long-term basis. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The Plan is an individual account plan that permits participants and beneficiaries to exercise control over the assets in their respective accounts. As such, the Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 404(c) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder. An eligible employee, as described in the Plan, enters the Plan by authorizing a payroll contribution and directing a contribution among the different investment funds of the Plan.

Effective December 31, 2007, the Alcatel USA, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan was merged into the Plan. As a result of this merger, assets of $932,850,000 were transferred in from the Alcatel USA, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.

Master Trust

The Plan's assets are held by Mellon Trust of New England, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), in the Lucent Technologies Inc. Defined Contribution Plan Master Trust (the “Master Trust”).

Contributions

Employee contributions of 1% to 25% of salary may be authorized. An employee may designate contributions as pre-tax contributions, after-tax contributions or a combination of pre-tax and after-tax contributions. The Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limited the maximum amount of an employee’s contribution on a pre-tax basis to $15,500 in 2007. Employees who are age 50 or older on or before December 31 may be eligible to make pre-tax contributions beyond the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) pre-tax limit. The catch-up contribution limit set by the IRS was $5,000 in 2007.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Plan Description (continued)

The Company matching contribution includes a fixed and a variable matching contribution. The participant contributions eligible for the Company matching contribution are the lesser of the amount actually contributed or the first 6% of the participant’s eligible compensation, as described in the Plan. The fixed matching contribution is 50% of eligible employee contributions and the variable matching contribution ranges from an additional 0% to 100% of eligible participant contributions. The fixed matching contribution is capped at $2,500 per year. The variable matching contribution is determined annually by the Board of Directors of Alcatel-Lucent. The Company did not pay a variable matching contribution in 2007.

Employees are eligible for the fixed Company matching contribution immediately, without regard to time of service. Employees hired before October 1, 2007 are always 100% vested in all contributions to the Plan, including future Company matching contributions. Effective October 1, 2007, new employees vest in Company matching contributions in 20% increments over five years. Employees who are rehired on or after October 1, 2007, and who previously terminated employment prior to January 1, 2001, are 100% vested in their Company Matching Contribution Account upon rehire both as to existing Company matching contributions and Company matching contributions made following rehire. Company contributions and related earnings in which a terminated participant is not vested, are forfeited. These forfeitures can be used to reduce future Company contributions. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, forfeited amounts totaled approximately $67,000 and $235,000, respectively.

Participant Loans

Participants may have one general and one home loan outstanding at a time. Loans are available to participants in an amount up to 50% of their vested account balance, from $1,000 to $50,000, subject to certain limitations as defined in the Plan. Upon default, as described in the Plan, participants are considered to have received a distribution and are subject to income taxes on the distributed amount. Also, participants may be subject to an additional 10% penalty tax on their taxable withdrawal if it occurs prior to age 59-1/2. The loans are collateralized by the participant’s account balance and generally bear interest at the prime rate at the time the loan was originated. Interest rates on outstanding loans ranged from 4.0% to 10.5% at December 31, 2007 and 2006. Principal and interest are paid through payroll deductions, coupon remittances and electronic fund transfers.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Plan Description (continued)

Distributions

When a participant retires with a service pension from the Lucent Retirement Income Plan or terminates employment because of disability, the entire vested amount in the participant’s account can be distributed in a single payment or in partial withdrawals as directed by the participant. All terminated participants may elect unlimited partial withdrawals of their vested account balance, subject to a minimum withdrawal of $300.

Inactive participants with vested account balances of $1,000 or less will have their account balances automatically distributed to them if they do not make affirmative distribution elections. If the participant does not request a distribution and the account balance exceeds $1,000, the participant’s account shall remain in the Plan and shall be distributed only at (1) the participant’s request, (2) when the participant attains age 70-1/2 through the payment of Minimum Required Distributions, as described in the Plan, or (3) upon the participant’s death, whichever is earliest. When a participant dies, the entire amount in the participant’s account is allocated to the participant’s beneficiaries.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Investment Contracts

As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the “FSP”), investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

under the terms of the Plan. As required by the FSP, the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits adjusts the fair value of the investment contracts from fair value to contract value.

Valuation of Investments

The Lucent Technologies Inc. Long Term Savings and Security Plan and the Plan each have an interest in the assets of the Master Trust. The net asset value of the Plan’s proportionate share of the Master Trust is calculated by the Trustee. The Trustee determines fair value of the underlying assets in the investment manager portfolios, taking into account values supplied by a reputable pricing or quotation service or quotations furnished by one or more reputable sources, such as securities brokers, dealers or investment bankers, mutual fund administrators, or other relevant information. Investments in registered investment companies are stated at fair value as determined by quoted market prices. Investments in the Alcatel-Lucent American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) and other securities listed on a national stock exchange are stated at fair value determined on the basis of the New York Stock Exchange closing price on December 31. Securities traded in over-the-counter markets and government obligations are stated at fair value based on the last bid prices or closing prices on December 31, as listed in published sources where available and, if not available, from other sources considered reliable. All other investments are stated at their fair value at close of business on December 31 as determined by the Trustee. Participant loans receivable are valued at cost which approximates fair value.

Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis.

Plan’s Share of Master Trust Investment Gain

The Plan’s reported investment gain from the Master Trust presented in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits represents its interest in the Master Trust’s investment gain, which consists of the Master Trust’s interest, dividends and net appreciation or depreciation in fair value of investments. The Master Trust records dividend income on investments held as of the ex-dividend dates and records interest income on the accrual basis. The Master Trust’s net appreciation in fair value of investments consists of the net realized gains (losses) and the change in the unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Transfers to/from Other Plans

The Plan presents in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits the net amount of transfers to/from other plans.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Risks and Uncertainties

Investments held by the Master Trust are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term would materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

Derivatives

From time to time investment fund managers may use derivative financial instruments including forward exchange contracts and future contracts. Derivative instruments are used primarily to mitigate exposure to foreign exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations as well as to manage the investment mix in the portfolio.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements ("SFAS No. 157"). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on the Plan's financial statements.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Tax Status

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated March 22, 2005, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

4. Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts

The Master Trust holds investments in synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (“synthetic GICs”) as part of the Stable Value Fund. The investments in synthetic GICs are presented at fair value on the table of the investments held in the Master Trust (Note 7) and in the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits. The fair value of synthetic GICs equals the total of the fair value of the underlying assets plus the total wrap rebid value, which is calculated by discounting the annual rebid fee, due to rebid, over the duration of the contract assets. The wrapper rebid value was not material at December 31, 2007 and 2006. The assets underlying the synthetic GICs were primarily comprised of US government securities and corporate debt instruments.

In determining the net assets available for benefits, an adjustment is made to record the synthetic GICs at their contract values, which are equal to principal balance plus accrued interest.

The Stable Value Fund is credited with earnings on the underlying investments and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. The synthetic GICs issuers are contractually obligated to repay the principal and a specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan.

The synthetic GICs are included in the financial statements at contract value as reported to the Plan by Fidelity Management Trust Company, the wrap investment manager. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. There are currently no reserves against contract values for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise.

Certain events limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuer. Such events include the following: (i) amendments to the plan documents (including complete or

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

4. Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts (continued)

partial plan termination or merger with another plan); (ii) changes to plan’s prohibition on competing investment options or deletion of equity wash provisions; (iii) bankruptcy of the Plan sponsor or other Plan sponsor events (e.g. divestitures or spin-offs of a subsidiary) which cause a significant withdrawal from the Plan or (iv) the failure of the trust to qualify for exemption from federal income taxes or any required prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA. The Plan Administrator believes that the probability of occurrence of any such event, which would limit the Plan's ability to transact at contract value with participants, is remote.

The synthetic GICs do not permit the wrap issuers to terminate the agreement prior to the scheduled maturity date.

The average yield of the synthetic GICs based on actual earnings was approximately 5.10% at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average yield of the GICs based on interest rate credited to participants was approximately 4.73% and 4.58% at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

5. Termination Priorities

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company reserves the right under the Plan to amend or terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, the Plan provides that the net assets are to be distributed to participating employees in amounts equal to their respective interests in such assets.

6. Plan Expenses

Plan participants pay investment manager and trustee fees and may share certain other administrative costs of the Plan with the Company. Investment manager and trustee fees are generally reflected in the calculation of each fund’s net asset value per unit.

7. Master Trust Investments

The Lucent Technologies Inc. Long Term Savings and Security Plan and the Plan each had an interest in the assets of the Master Trust in 2007 and 2006, respectively. Investment income and the Plan’s interest in the net assets of the Master Trust are allocated based upon the respective participant balances within each fund for each plan. The Plan’s total interest in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 was approximately 91% and 89%, respectively.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

7. Master Trust Investments (continued)

The following table presents the fair value of investments held in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2007 and 2006:

      2007     2006 
      (In Thousands) 
Investments (at fair value)             
     Cash    $  145,926   $  50,461 
     Government Securities      161,439     125,476 
     Corporate bonds      116,357     102,421 
     Corporate stock      1,693,468     1,906,503 
     Common collective trusts      2,183,869     2,244,283 
     Commingled funds      1,087,774     1,081,456 
     Mutual funds      918,262     81,805 
     Other      207      
     Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts      1,631,780     1,825,250 
Total assets      7,939,082     7,417,655 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for             
     fully benefit-responsive investment contracts      (5,771 )   20,086 
    $  7,933,311   $  7,437,741 

The following table presents the investment income for the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2007:

      (In Thousands)  
Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments         
     Corporate stock    $ (128,384 ) 
     Common collective trusts      114,729  
     Commingle funds      82,728  
     Mutual funds      5,691  
     Others      1,653  
      76,417  
 
Investment income         
     Interest      97,952  
     Dividends      38,298  
    $ 212,667  

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

7. Master Trust Investments (continued)

The following table presents investment funds offered to participants that represent 5% or more of the Master Trust investments as of December 31, 2007 and 2006:

      2007      2006 
      (In Thousands) 
 
Alcatel-Lucent ADS    $  *    $  388,771 
Lucent Asset Allocation Fund 2020      400,943      397,267 
Lucent Equity Index Fund      1,598,928      1,696,044 
Lucent Money Market Fund      523,302      517,970 
U.S. Large Cap Value Equity Fund      631,643      696,003 
Lucent Stable Value Fund      1,655,334      1,845,337 
Lucent International Equity Fund      578,184      474,579 
 
* Less than 5% threshold             

8. Related Party Transactions

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by affiliates of the Trustee or the former Trustee and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

The Master Trust invests in American Depositary Shares of Alcatel-Lucent, the Company's parent. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, such holdings totaled approximately $165 million and $389 million, respectively. The Company is the plan sponsor and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

9. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to 5500

Synthetic GICs are reported at fair value for Form 5500 purposes. For financial statement purposes, such items are recorded at gross fair value and adjusted to net contract value. Such differing treatments result in a reconciling item between the total net assets available for benefits recorded on the Form 5500 and the total net assets available for benefits included in the accompanying financial statements. The difference between the financial statements and Form 5500 as of December 31, 2007 was $4,773,000.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

10. Subsequent Events

Effective January 1, 2008, following the merger of the Alcatel USA, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan into the Plan, the Plan was renamed the Alcatel-Lucent Savings Plan. Effective January 1, 2008, employees whose account balances were transferred to the Plan from the Alcatel USA, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan on December 31, 2007, eligible employees who are first hired on or after January 1, 2008, and certain transferred or rehired employees are entitled to an “enhanced matching contribution” under the Plan. The enhanced matching contribution is a Company matching contribution equal to 100% of the first 8% of the employee’s pre-tax, catch-up and after-tax contributions, with no monetary cap. So-called Legacy Participants--persons who were participants in the Plan immediately prior to the merger into it of the Alcatel USA, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, eligible employees of Alcatel-Lucent Managed Solutions LLC, and certain transferred or rehired employees—are not entitled to the enhanced matching contribution but instead are eligible to receive the fixed matching contribution described above, i.e., 50% of eligible employee contributions (not to exceed 6% of compensation) capped at $2,500 per year. Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan’s variable matching contribution provision was eliminated.

Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan was amended to permit the Company to designate one or more investment options as the Plan’s “qualified default investment alternative” within the meaning of Section 624 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and regulations issued thereunder. Thereafter, the Company designated a series of institutional funds offered by Fidelity Management Trust Company under the names Asset Allocation Fund-Income, Asset Allocation Fund-2010, Asset Allocation Fund-2020, Asset Allocation Fund-2030 and Asset Allocation Fund-2040 as the default investment options under the Plan. Notice regarding the Company’s designation of those funds as the Plan’s default investment option is being provided to Plan participants in June 2008.

Also effective January 1, 2008, no further contributions may be made into the Company Stock Fund and no fund exchanges into the Company Stock Fund are permitted. Any money invested in the Company Stock Fund may remain invested for up to three years. Effective December 31, 2010, the Company Stock Fund is to be eliminated, and any remaining balance in the fund is to be transferred to the Plan’s qualified default investment alternative.

Finally, effective January 1, 2008, a mandatory distribution is required if the Participant's vested account balance does not exceed $5,000, determined as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date; the previous threshold was $1,000.

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Lucent Savings Plan

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2007

Name of Issuer and               
Title of Issue    Description    Cost      Fair Value 
 
Participant loans receivable*    Interest rates range           
       from 4.0%-10.5%  $         $38,068,000 

* Party-in-interest

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Signatures

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

Lucent Savings Plan

Date: June 16, 2008  By:  /s/ Cassandra H. Lammers 
 
    Cassandra H. Lammers 
    Plan Administrator 





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Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number
 
 
   
23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   

 

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