JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | ||||
(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
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(IRS
Employer
Identification No.)
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270
Park
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New
York,
NY
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10017
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(Address
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Executive Offices)
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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 theregistrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a -12) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d -2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e -4(c))
8.1 | Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to 14.40% Reverse Exchangeable Notes due March 28, 2008 Linked to the Common Stock of NYSE Group, Inc. | |
8.2 | Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to 8.60% (equivalent to 17.20% per annum) Reverse Exchangeable Notes due September 28, 2007 Linked to the Common Stock of JetBlue Airways Corporation | |
8.3 | Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes Linked to an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200 and the Russell 2000® Index due March 29, 2012 |
8.4
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the S&P 500® Index,
the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index due
March 31, 2009
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8.5
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM due March
31, 2009
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8.6
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM due March
31, 2009
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8.7
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Performance of a Weighted Basket of Four Currencies
Relative
to the U.S. Dollar due September 30, 2008
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8.8
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the U.S. Dollar Index® due March 31,
2009
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8.9
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM due September
28, 2012
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8.10
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to a Basket Consisting of the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow
Jones
EURO STOXX 50® Index due September 30, 2010
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8.11
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the S&P 500® Index Due September 30,
2014
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8.12
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Equity Notes
Linked to the S&P 500® Index due October 29,
2010
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JPMORGAN
CHASE &
CO. (Registrant) |
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By: | /s/ Anthony J. Horan | |
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Name: | Anthony J. Horan | |
Title: | Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX | ||
Exhibit Number | Description |
8.1 | Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to 14.40% Reverse Exchangeable Notes due March 28, 2008 Linked to the Common Stock of NYSE Group, Inc. | ||
8.2 | Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to 8.60% (equivalent to 17.20% per annum) Reverse Exchangeable Notes due September 28, 2007 Linked to the Common Stock of JetBlue Airways Corporation | ||
8.3 | Tax Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes Linked to an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200 and the Russell 2000® Index due March 29, 2012 |
8.4
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the S&P 500® Index,
the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index due
March 31, 2009
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8.5
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM due March
31, 2009
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8.6
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Return Enhanced
Notes Linked to the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM due March
31, 2009
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8.7
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Performance of a Weighted Basket of Four Currencies
Relative
to the U.S. Dollar due September 30, 2008
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8.8
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the U.S. Dollar Index® due March 31,
2009
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8.9
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM due September
28, 2012
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8.10
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to a Basket Consisting of the Nikkei 225 Index and the Dow
Jones
EURO STOXX 50® Index due September 30, 2010
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8.11
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Principal Protected Notes
Linked to the S&P 500® Index Due September 30,
2014
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8.12
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Tax
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell relating to Buffered Equity Notes
Linked to the S&P 500® Index due October 29,
2010
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Exhibit 8.1
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
March 28, 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 March 26, 2007 relating to 14.40% Reverse Exchangeable Notes due March 28, 2008 Linked to the Common Stock of NYSE Group, Inc. (the Pricing Supplement) to product supplement no. 34-V dated February 7, 2007 relating to Reverse Exchangeable Notes Linked to the Common Stock of a Reference Stock Issuer (the Product Supplement) to a prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (the Prospectus Supplement) for the Companys 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 Companys 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 |
Exhibit 8.2
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
March 28, 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 March 26, 2007 relating to 8.60% (equivalent to 17.20% per annum) Reverse Exchangeable Notes due September 28, 2007 Linked to the Common Stock of JetBlue Airways Corporation (the Pricing Supplement) to product supplement no. 34-V dated February 7, 2007 relating to Reverse Exchangeable Notes Linked to the Common Stock of a Reference Stock Issuer (the Product Supplement) to a prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (the Prospectus Supplement) for the Companys 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 Companys 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 |
Exhibit 8.3
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
March 28, 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 March 26, 2007 relating to Principal Protected Notes Linked to an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200 and the Russell 2000® Index due March 29, 2012 (the Pricing Supplement) to product supplement no. 32-VI dated March 12, 2007 relating to Principal Protected Notes Linked to a Weighted Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index, the FTSETM 100 Index, the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, the Korea Stock Price Index 200, the MSCI EAFE® Index, the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund, the MSCI Taiwan Index, the MSCI SingaporeIndex, the Nikkei 225 Index, the Russell 2000® Index and the S&P 500® Index (the Product Supplement) to a prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (the Prospectus Supplement) for the Companys 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 Companys 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.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.4
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.5
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.6
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.7
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.8
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.9
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.10
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.11
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Exhibit
8.12
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DAVIS
POLK & WARDWELL
450
LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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March
29,
2007
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell |