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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): April 5, 2007
 
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,
New York, NY
 
10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(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):
 
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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 Lesser Index Annual Review Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index and the Nikkei 225 Index due April 15, 2010
8.2
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index due April 2, 2008
8.3
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the S&P 500® Index due April 2, 2008
8.4
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index and the S&P 500® Index due April 2, 2008
8.5
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the Dow Jones — AIG Commodity IndexSM due April 30, 2010
 
 
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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: April 9, 2007
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX 
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
8.1
 
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Annual Review Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index and the Nikkei 225 Index due April 15, 2010
8.2
 
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index due April 2, 2008
8.3
 
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the S&P 500® Index due April 2, 2008
8.4
 
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index and the S&P 500® Index due April 2, 2008
8.5
 
Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the Dow Jones — AIG Commodity IndexSM due April 30, 2010

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Unassociated Document
Exhibit 8.1

DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

  April 9, 2007

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 April 5, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Annual Review Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index and the Nikkei 225 Index due April 15, 2010 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 27-I dated March 23, 2006 relating to Lesser Index Review Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index and the Nikkei 225 Index (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 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.

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell

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Exhibit 8.2


DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

 
April 9, 2007

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 April 5, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index due April 2, 2008 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 17-III dated January 11, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® 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.

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell

Unassociated Document
Exhibit 8.3


DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

 
April 9, 2007
 
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 April 5, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Nikkei 225 Index and the S&P 500® Index due April 2, 2008 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 16-III dated February 9, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to Nikkei 225 Index and the 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.

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell

Unassociated Document
Exhibit 8.4


DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

 
April 9, 2007

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 April 5, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index and the S&P 500® Index due April 2, 2008 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 59-II dated April 3, 2007 relating to Lesser Index Principal Protected Notes Linked to Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index and the 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.

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell

Unassociated Document
Exhibit 8.5

DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

 
April 9, 2007
 
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 April 5, 2007 relating to Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the Dow Jones AIG Commodity IndexSM due April 30, 2010 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 60-I dated December 20, 2006 relating to Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the Dow Jones AIG Commodity IndexSM (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.

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell