UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
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FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18,
2008
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JPMORGAN
CHASE & CO.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant
as
Specified in Charter)
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DELAWARE
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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001-05805
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13-2624428
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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270
Park Avenue,
New
York, NY
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10017
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (212)
270-6000
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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):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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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.
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8.1
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return
Enhanced Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30
Index, the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200,
the MSCI Singapore Index and the MSCI Taiwan Index due May 1,
2009
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8.2
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Four Currencies
Relative to the U.S. Dollar due October 21, 2010
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8.3
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to a Weighted Basket Consisting of the S&P BRIC 40 Index and
Three Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar due April 25,
2013
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8.4
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Dual
Directional Knock-Out Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due April 14,
2009
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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.
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JPMORGAN
CHASE & CO.
(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/
Anthony
J. Horan
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Name:
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Anthony
J. Horan
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Title:
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Corporate
Secretary
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Dated:
April 22, 2008
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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8.1
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return
Enhanced Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30
Index, the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200,
the MSCI Singapore Index and the MSCI Taiwan Index due May 1,
2009
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8.2
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Four Currencies
Relative to the U.S. Dollar due October 21, 2010
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8.3
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to a Weighted Basket Consisting of the S&P BRIC 40 Index and
Three Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar due April 25,
2013
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8.4
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Dual
Directional Knock-Out Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due April 14,
2009
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Exhibit
8.1
DAVIS POLK
& WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10017
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April
22, 2008
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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 pricing
supplement no. 1185 dated April 18, 2008 relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200, the MSCI Singapore
Index and the MSCI Taiwan Index due May 1, 2009 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to
product supplement no. 54-IV dated May 4, 2007 relating to Return Enhanced Notes
Linked to a Weighted Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the
CECEEUR Index, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index,
the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index, the FTSE™ 100 Index, the FTSE/Xinhua China
25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index, the
MSCI Singapore Index,
the MSCI Taiwan Index, the Nikkei 225 Index, the Russell 2000® Index,
the Russian Depositary Receipts Index, the S&P 500® Index,
the S&P BRIC 40 Index, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index® Excess
Return, the iShares® MSCI
Brazil Index Fund and the iShares® MSCI
Emerging Markets Index Fund (the “Product Supplement”) to a prospectus
supplement dated October 12, 2006 (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 – Capital
Gains Tax Treatment” 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 – Capital
Gains Tax Treatment” in the Pricing Supplement. By such consent we do
not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the Act.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Exhibit
8.2
DAVIS POLK
& WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10017
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April
22, 2008
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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 pricing
supplement no. 1186 dated April 18, 2008 relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Four Currencies
Relative to the U.S. Dollar due October 21, 2010 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to
product supplement no. 49-III dated December 17, 2007 relating to Principal
Protected Notes Linked to the Performance of a Weighted Basket of Currencies of
Currency Relative to a Reference Currency (the “Product Supplement”) to a
prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (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 – Taxed as
Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” 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 – Taxed as
Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” in the Pricing Supplement. By
such consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the
Act.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Exhibit
8.3
DAVIS POLK
& WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10017
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April
22, 2008
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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 pricing
supplement no. 1187 dated April 18, 2008 relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to a Weighted Basket Consisting of the S&P BRIC 40 Index and Three
Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar due April 25, 2013 (the “Pricing
Supplement”) to product supplement no. 85-II dated March 31, 2008 relating to
Principal Protected Notes Linked
to a Weighted Basket Consisting of up to Thirteen Commodities and/or the Performance of One
or More Currencies Relative to a Reference Currency and/or One or More of the
Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index, the Nikkei 225 Index, the
S&P 500® Index and the S&P BRIC 40 Index, or
Linked to Any One of the Foregoing (the “Product Supplement”) to a
prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (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 – Taxed as
Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” 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 – Taxed as
Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” in the Pricing Supplement. By
such consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the
Act.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Exhibit
8.4
DAVIS POLK
& WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10017
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April
22, 2008
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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 pricing
supplement no. 1188 dated April 18, 2008 relating to Principal Protected
Dual Directional Knock-Out Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due April 14, 2009 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product
supplement no. 97-II dated November 20, 2007 relating to Principal Protected Dual Directional
Knock-Out Notes Linked to S&P 500® Index (the “Product Supplement”) to a
prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (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 – Taxed as
Short-Term Debt Instruments” 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 – Taxed as
Short-Term Debt Instruments” in the Pricing Supplement. By such
consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the
Act.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Davis Polk & Wardwell
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