-----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, IA7MiUBO1Xjup9npbBzxvJ3wuUOJX21t4ltjbP+z5y5OoioOaFYXMl4oUH+CZ67n YX3E6jAxDRMW7t+0/42mpA== 0000950103-06-002446.txt : 20061025 0000950103-06-002446.hdr.sgml : 20061025 20061025171926 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-06-002446 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061023 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20061025 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061025 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: 061163603 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 dp03818_8k.htm

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 23, 2006

    JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.    
    (Exact Name of Registrant    
    as Specified in Charter)    
 
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
001-05805       13-2624428
(Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
270 Park Avenue,       10017
New York, NY        
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)
 
 
    Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 270-6000    

 


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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

      (d) Exhibits

     The following Exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (333-130051) of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (the “Registrant”) as exhibits thereto and are filed as part of this Current Report.

  8.1 Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to 16.00% Reverse Exchangeable Notes due October 26, 2007 Linked to the Common Stock of Arch Coal, Inc.
     

 

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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: October 25, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number
Description


  8.1 Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to 16.00% Reverse Exchangeable Notes due October 26, 2007 Linked to the Common Stock of Arch Coal, Inc.

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EX-8.1 2 ex_0801.htm

 

Exhibit 8.1
 
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
  October 25, 2006

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special tax counsel to JPMorgan Chase & Co., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of a pricing supplement dated October 23, 2006 relating to 16.00% Reverse Exchangeable Notes due October 26, 2007 Linked to the Common Stock of Arch Coal, Inc. (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 34-II dated June 27, 2006 relating to Reverse Exchangeable Notes Linked to the Common Stock of a Reference Stock Issuer (the “Product Supplement”) to a prospectus supplement dated December 1, 2005 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) for the Company’s Global Medium-Term Notes, Series E, Global Warrants, Series E and Global Units, Series E, relating to a prospectus dated December 1, 2005 (the “Prospectus”) contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration Statement No. 333-130051) (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Section 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

     In our opinion, the discussions under the heading “United States Federal Taxation” in the Prospectus Supplement, under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Product Supplement and under the heading “Selected Purchase Considerations – Tax Treatment as a Unit Comprising a Put Option and a Deposit” in the Pricing Supplement, subject to the conditions and limitations described therein, set forth the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable generally to holders of the securities offered pursuant to the Pricing Supplement as a result of the ownership and disposition of such securities.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to us under the heading “United States Federal Taxation” in the Prospectus Supplement, under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Product Supplement and under the heading “Selected Purchase Considerations – Tax Treatment as a Unit Comprising a Put Option and a Deposit” in the Pricing Supplement. By such consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the Act.

Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell


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