-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, F7oie03c+CztTDig175OaUtYrDA/ip84phYE4S8d7NYSsajpeawJah3L+fECM9fl cAHRonW+6gVpxcyssbrh7g== 0000019617-08-000289.txt : 20080507 0000019617-08-000289.hdr.sgml : 20080507 20080507141502 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000019617-08-000289 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080507 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20080507 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080507 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J P MORGAN CHASE & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000019617 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 132624428 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05805 FILM NUMBER: 08809368 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVE STREET 2: 39TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122706000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHASE MANHATTAN CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHEMICAL BANKING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHEMICAL NEW YORK CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880508 8-K 1 form8k508.htm FOMR 8K MAY 7, 2008

UNITED STATES

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): May 7, 2008

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-5805
(Commission File Number

13-2624428
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

270 Park Avenue, New York, NY
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

10017
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 270-6000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

JPMorgan Chase & Co. ("JPMorgan Chase" or the "Firm") announced today that the plaintiffs in the purported class action lawsuit against The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ("Bear Stearns"), its board of directors, and JPMorgan Chase, In re Bear Stearns Litigation, have informed the Court that they are withdrawing their motion seeking to enjoin the Firm from voting the shares of Bear Stearns common stock it had acquired on April 8, 2008 pursuant to the share exchange agreement dated March 24, 2008. Plaintiffs have also informed the Court that they intend to pursue their claims, which include a claim for an unspecified amount of compensatory damages, in the ordinary course.

SIGNATURE

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

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
(Registrant)

By: /s/Anthony J. Horan___

Name: Anthony J. Horan
Title: Corporate Secretary

Dated: May 7, 2008

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