AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 19, 2001
REG. NO. 333-

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 To Registration Statement No. 333-94393 Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 To Registration Statement No. 333-70639 Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 To Registration Statement No. 333-56573 Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 To Registration Statement No. 33-64261 Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 To Registration Statement No. 33-49965 Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 To Registration Statement No. 33-57104 Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 To Registration Statement No. 33-47105 Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 To Registration Statement No. 33-45228 Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 To Registration Statement No. 33-15230



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

(Exact Name of Registrant, as Specified in Charter)

           DELAWARE                                           13-2624428
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                  (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
(212) 270-6000

(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)


ANTHONY J. HORAN
CORPORATE SECRETARY
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
(212) 270-6000

(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)


COPIES OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO:

NEILA B. RADIN, ESQ.
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
(212) 270-6000

APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to
time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: [ ]

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: [X]

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: [ ]

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: [ ]

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box: [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                       PROPOSED              PROPOSED
                                   AMOUNT              MAXIMUM               MAXIMUM
  TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF           TO BE          OFFERING PRICE PER        AGGREGATE              AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED   REGISTERED(1)(2)   UNIT OR SHARE(2)(3)   OFFERING PRICE(3)(4)     REGISTRATION FEE
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Debt securities, debt
  warrants, preferred
  stock, depositary
  shares(5), preferred
  stock warrants, common
  stock, common stock
  warrants and currency
  warrants(6)(7)                     --                   --             $20,000,000,000         $5,000,000(8)
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(1) If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, then such greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price of $20,000,000,000. In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of debt securities, debt warrants, preferred stock, depositary shares, preferred stock warrants, common stock, common stock warrants and currency warrants issued under this registration statement and not previously registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), exceed $20,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or composite currencies, including the euro.

(2) Not specified as to each class of securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(3) The proposed maximum offering price per unit or share will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with, and at the time of, the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered hereunder.

(4) Estimated solely for the purposes of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.

(5) Such indeterminate number of depositary shares to be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement. In the event the registrant elects to offer to the public fractional interests in shares of the preferred stock registered hereunder, depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing such fractional interests and such shares will be issued to the depositary under the deposit agreement.

(6) No separate consideration will be received for any securities registered hereunder that are issued in exchange for, or upon conversion of, other securities registered hereunder.

(7) This registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of debt securities and warrants that may be offered by affiliates of the registrant, including J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., in connection with offers and sales related to secondary market transactions in securities that have previously been registered by the registrant or its predecessors pursuant to the below- referenced registration statements. Accordingly, this amendment constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-94393, Post Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 333-70639, Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement No. 333-56573, Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 33-64261, Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement No. 33-49965, Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to Registration Statement No. 33-57104, Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement No. 33-47105, Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to Registration Statement No. 33-45228 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement No. 33-15230. This registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of debt securities that may be offered by affiliates of the registrant, including J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., in connection with offers and sales relating to secondary market transactions in securities previously registered by predecessors of the registrant, including pursuant to the registration statements filed by The Chase Manhattan Corporation designated by the following registration file numbers: Nos. 33-58144, 33-55295, 33-45266, 33-40485 and 33-20950; and pursuant to the registration statements filed by J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated designated by the following file numbers:
333-85283, 333-64193, 333-51961, 333-47753, 333-40447, 333-37315, 33-55851, 33-49775, 33-45651 and 33-41006.

(8) Pursuant to Rule 429 of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, this amendment contains a prospectus that also relates to the $5,503,535,414 of debt securities, debt warrants, preferred stock, depositary shares, preferred stock warrants, common stock, common stock warrants and currency warrants registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-94393) (relating to an aggregate $15,000,000,000 of debt securities, debt warrants, preferred stock, depositary shares, preferred stock warrants, common stock, common stock warrants and currency warrants) previously filed by the registrant and declared effective on February 11, 2000 and as to which a filing fee of $3,960,000 was paid. This amendment constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-94393) and such post-effective amendment shall hereafter become effective concurrently with the effectiveness of this registration statement and in accordance with
Section 8(c) of the Securities Act.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

The second prospectus filed with this registration statement is a form of market maker prospectus intended for use by direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the registrant, including J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., in connection with offers and sales related to secondary market transactions in debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares and warrants that have been previously registered by the registrant or its predecessors under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to the registration statements referred to in footnote 7 on the cover page of this registration statement and in certain debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares and warrants that are initially offered and sold by or on behalf of the registrant after the effective date of this registration statement. The market maker prospectus is in addition to, and not in substitution for, the prospectuses of the registrant relating to the above-referenced registration statements currently on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSITARY SHARES
COMMON STOCK
WARRANTS


WE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC TERMS OF THE ABOVE SECURITIES IN SUPPLEMENTS TO THIS PROSPECTUS.
YOU SHOULD READ THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST.


THESE SECURITIES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY.


THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SEC IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND WE ARE NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.


THIS PROSPECTUS IS DATED , 2001


SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information from this document and may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand the terms of our securities, you should carefully read:

- this prospectus, which explains the general terms of the securities we may offer;

- the attached prospectus supplement, which gives the specific terms of the particular securities we are offering and may change or update information in this prospectus; and

- the documents we have referred you to in "Where You Can Find More Information About J.P. Morgan Chase" on page 5 for information about our company and our financial statements.

Certain capitalized terms used in this summary are defined elsewhere in this prospectus.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ("J.P. Morgan Chase," which may be referred to as "we" or "us") is a financial holding company incorporated under Delaware law in 1968. As of June 30, 2001, we had approximately $713 billion in assets and approximately $42 billion in stockholders' equity.

THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER

This prospectus is part of a registration statement (No. 333---) (the "registration statement") that we filed with the SEC utilizing a "shelf" registration process. Under this shelf process, we may offer from time to time up to a total of $25,503,535,414 of any of the following securities, either separately or in units:

- debt;

- preferred stock;

- depositary shares;

- common stock; and

- warrants.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities being offered. The prospectus supplement may also add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

DEBT SECURITIES

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer our unsecured general obligations, which may be senior or subordinated. The senior debt securities will have the same rank as all of our other unsecured, unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be entitled to payment only after payment on our "Senior Indebtedness," which includes the senior debt securities. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, the subordinated debt securities will be entitled to payment only after the payment of claims relating to "Additional Senior Obligations." For the definitions of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations, see "Description of Debt Securities -- Subordinated Debt Securities -- Subordination" below.

The senior debt securities will be issued under an indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989, as amended, between us and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee. The subordinated debt securities will be issued under an indenture, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992, as amended, between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee. We have summarized certain general features of the debt securities from the indentures. We encourage you to read the indentures, which are exhibits to the registration statement, and our recent periodic and current reports filed with the SEC. Directions on how you can get copies of these reports are provided on page 5 of this prospectus.

We are a holding company that conducts substantially all of our operations through subsidiaries. As a result, claims of the holders of the debt securities will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, except to the extent that J.P. Morgan Chase may be recognized, and receives payment, as a creditor of those subsidiaries. Claims of our subsidiaries' creditors other than J.P. Morgan Chase include substantial amounts of long-term debt, deposit liabilities, federal funds purchased, securities sold

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under repurchase agreements, commercial paper and other short-term borrowings.

GENERAL INDENTURE PROVISIONS THAT APPLY TO THE
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES AND THE SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

- Each indenture allows us to issue different types of debt securities, including indexed securities.

- Neither of the indentures limits the amount of debt that we may issue or provides you with any protection should there be a highly leveraged transaction, recapitalization or restructuring involving J.P. Morgan Chase.

- The indentures allow us to merge or consolidate with another company, or to sell all or substantially all of our assets to another company. If one of these events occurs, the other company will be required to assume our responsibilities relating to the debt securities, and we will be released from all liabilities and obligations.

- The indentures provide that holders of a majority of the total principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series may vote to change certain of our obligations or certain of your rights concerning the debt securities of that series. However, to change the amount or timing of principal, interest or other payments under the debt securities of a series, every holder in the series must consent.

- If an event of default (as described below) occurs with respect to any series of debt securities, the trustee or holders of 25% of the outstanding principal amount of that series may declare the principal amount of the series immediately payable. However, holders of a majority of the principal amount may rescind this action.

GENERAL INDENTURE PROVISIONS THAT APPLY
ONLY TO SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

We have agreed in the indenture applicable to the senior debt securities, which we refer to as the "senior indenture," that we and our subsidiaries will not sell the voting stock of The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase Bank"), and that Chase Bank will not issue its voting stock, unless the sale or issuance is for fair market value and we and our subsidiaries would own at least 80% of the voting stock of Chase Bank following the sale or issuance. This covenant would not prevent us from completing a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of our assets. In addition, this covenant would not prevent the merger or consolidation of Chase Bank into another domestic bank if J.P. Morgan Chase and its subsidiaries would own at least 80% of the voting stock of the successor entity after the merger or consolidation. We currently expect that our wholly-owned subsidiary, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York ("Morgan Bank") will merge with Chase Bank on November 10, 2001 and that, following completion of the merger, Chase Bank will change its name to "JPMorgan Chase Bank." All references herein to Chase Bank shall also refer to JPMorgan Chase Bank after the merger on November 10, 2001.

If we satisfy certain conditions in the senior indenture, we may discharge that indenture at any time by depositing with the trustee sufficient funds or government obligations to pay the senior debt securities when due.

Events of Default. The senior indenture provides that the following are events of default:

- We fail to pay interest for 30 days after the due date.
- We fail to pay principal or premium when due.
- We fail to make a sinking fund payment within 5 days after due date.
- We breach any other covenant and that breach continues for 60 days after notice.
- We default in paying principal when due on J.P. Morgan Chase debt, including senior debt securities of other series, having an aggregate principal amount of more than $25,000,000, and the default is not rescinded within the later of final maturity or any applicable grace period.
- More than $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of J.P. Morgan Chase debt, including senior debt securities of other series, is accelerated and the acceleration is not rescinded within 30 days after notice.
- Specified bankruptcy or insolvency events occur.
- Any other event of default specified in the prospectus supplement occurs.

GENERAL INDENTURE PROVISIONS THAT APPLY
ONLY TO SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

The subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to all "Senior Indebtedness," which includes all indebtedness for money borrowed by us, except

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indebtedness that is stated not to be superior to, or to have the same rank as, the subordinated debt securities.

Upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, creditors holding "Additional Senior Obligations" would also be entitled to full payment before we could distribute any amounts to holders of the subordinated debt securities. Additional Senior Obligations include indebtedness for claims under derivative products, including interest and foreign exchange and commodity contracts, but exclude claims under Senior Indebtedness or claims under subordinated obligations.

At June 30, 2001, approximately $48 billion of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations were outstanding.

Events of Default. The indenture for the subordinated debt securities, which we refer to as the "subordinated indenture," provides that the following are events of default:

- Specified bankruptcy or insolvency events occur.

- Any other event of default specified in the prospectus supplement occurs.

PREFERRED STOCK AND DEPOSITARY SHARES

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer our preferred stock, par value $1 per share, in one or more series. We will determine the dividend, voting, conversion and other rights of the series being offered, and the terms and conditions relating to the offering and sale of the series, at the time of the offer and sale. We may also issue fractional shares of preferred stock that will be represented by depositary shares and depositary receipts.

COMMON STOCK

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer our common stock, par value $1 per share. Subject to the rights of holders of our preferred stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when declared by our board of directors (which may also refer to a board committee). Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share. The holders of common stock have no preemptive rights or cumulative voting rights.

WARRANTS

We may use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock or common stock, which we refer to as "securities warrants." We may also offer warrants for the cash value in U.S. dollars of the right to purchase or sell foreign or composite currencies, which we refer to as "currency warrants." We may issue warrants independently or together with other securities.

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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS

Our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and our consolidated ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements are as follows:

                                                 SIX MONTHS         YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                               ENDED JUNE 30,   --------------------------------
                                                    2001        2000   1999   1998   1997   1996
                                               --------------   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----
Earnings to Fixed Charges:
  Excluding Interest on Deposits.............       1.31        1.52   1.93   1.46   1.53   1.50
  Including Interest on Deposits.............       1.19        1.31   1.54   1.29   1.33   1.29
Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and
  Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements:
  Excluding Interest on Deposits.............       1.30        1.51   1.90   1.45   1.51   1.47
  Including Interest on Deposits.............       1.19        1.31   1.53   1.28   1.32   1.28

For purposes of computing the above ratios, earnings represent net income from continuing operations plus total taxes based on income and fixed charges. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, include interest expense (other than on deposits), one-third (the proportion deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents, net of income from subleases, and capitalized interest. Fixed charges, including interest on deposits, include all interest expense, one-third (the proportion deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents, net of income from subleases, and capitalized interest.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT J.P. MORGAN CHASE

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC's public reference rooms in Washington, D.C., New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov.

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" into this prospectus the information in documents we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will update and supersede this information.

We incorporate by reference (i) the documents listed below, (ii) all reports that we file with the SEC after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement and (iii) any future filings we make with the SEC after the date of this prospectus under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until our offering is completed:

(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000;

(b) Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2001 and June 30, 2001;

(c) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2001, January 24, 2001, January 31, 2001, April 5, 2001, April 27, 2001, June 6, 2001, July 20, 2001 and October 19, 2001; and

(d) The descriptions of our common stock and preferred stock contained in our registration statements filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address:

Office of the Secretary
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-270-4040

YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION. WE ARE NOT MAKING AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER IS NOT PERMITTED. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS, THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN THE DATE ON THE FRONT OF THE APPLICABLE DOCUMENT.

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J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

J.P. Morgan Chase is a financial holding company incorporated under Delaware law in 1968. As of June 30, 2001, we had approximately $713 billion in assets and approximately $42 billion in stockholders' equity.

We are a global financial services firm with operations in over 60 countries. Our principal bank subsidiaries are Chase Bank and Morgan Bank, each of which is a New York banking corporation headquartered in New York City; and Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association ("Chase USA"), headquartered in Delaware. Our principal non-bank subsidiary is our investment bank subsidiary, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. ("J.P. Morgan Securities"). We currently expect Chase Bank to merge with Morgan Bank on November 10, 2001 and that, following completion of the merger, Chase Bank will change its name to "JPMorgan Chase Bank". All references herein to Chase Bank shall also refer to JPMorgan Chase Bank after the merger on November 10, 2001.

Our activities are internally organized, for management reporting purposes, into five major businesses: Investment Bank, Investment Management & Private Banking, Treasury & Securities Services, JPMorgan Partners and Retail & Middle Market Financial Services. We have presented a brief description of those businesses below.

INVESTMENT BANK

The Investment Bank includes our securities underwriting and financial advisory, trading, mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate lending and syndication businesses.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT & PRIVATE BANKING

Investment Management & Private Banking includes our asset management businesses, including our mutual funds; our institutional money management and cash management businesses; and our private bank, which provides wealth management solutions for a global client base of high net worth individuals and families.

TREASURY & SECURITIES SERVICES

Treasury & Securities Services is a recognized leader in information and transaction processing services, moving trillions of dollars daily in securities and cash for its wholesale clients. Treasury & Securities Services includes our custody, cash management, and trust and other fiduciary services businesses.

JPMORGAN PARTNERS

JPMorgan Partners is one of the world's largest and most diversified private equity investment firms with total funds under management of approximately $20 billion.

RETAIL & MIDDLE MARKET FINANCIAL SERVICES

Retail & Middle Market Financial Services serves more than 30 million consumers, small businesses and middle-market customers nationwide. Retail & Middle Market Financial Services offers a wide range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, mortgage services and consumer finance services, through a diverse array of distribution channels, including the internet and branch and ATM networks.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include the repayment of debt, investments in or extensions of credit to our subsidiaries, redemption of preferred stock, or the financing of possible acquisitions or business expansion. We may invest the net proceeds temporarily or apply them to repay short-term debt until we are ready to use them for their stated purpose.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

GENERAL

We have described below some general terms that may apply to the debt securities we may offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. We will describe the particular terms of any debt securities we offer to you in the prospectus supplement relating to those debt securities.

The debt securities will be either senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. We will

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issue the senior debt securities under the senior indenture referred to above between us and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee. We will issue the subordinated debt securities under the subordinated indenture between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee.

The following summary is not complete. You should refer to the indentures, copies of which are exhibits to the registration statement. Section references below are to the sections of the applicable indenture.

Neither of the indentures limits the amount of debt securities that we may issue. Each of the indentures provides that we may issue debt securities up to the principal amount we authorize from time to time. The senior debt securities will be unsecured and will have the same rank as all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinated and junior to all Senior Indebtedness as defined below under "-- Subordinated Debt Securities -- Subordination". In addition, under certain circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, the subordinated debt securities will be junior to all Additional Senior Obligations, as defined and to the extent set forth below under "-- Subordinated Debt Securities -- Subordination".

We are a holding company that conducts substantially all of our operations through subsidiaries. As a result, claims of the holders of the debt securities will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, except to the extent that J.P. Morgan Chase is recognized, and receives payment, as a creditor of those subsidiaries. Claims of our subsidiaries' creditors other than J.P. Morgan Chase include substantial amounts of long-term debt, deposit liabilities, federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, commercial paper and other short-term borrowings.

We may issue the debt securities in one or more separate series of senior debt securities and/or subordinated debt securities. We will specify in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of debt securities being offered the particular amounts, prices and terms of those debt securities. These terms may include:

- the title and type of the debt securities;

- any limit on the aggregate principal amount or aggregate initial offering price of the debt securities;

- the purchase price of the debt securities;

- the dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable and the amount payable upon acceleration;

- the interest rates of the debt securities, including the interest rates, if any, applicable to overdue payments, or the method for determining those rates, and the interest payment dates for the debt securities;

- the places where payments may be made on the debt securities;

- any mandatory or optional redemption provisions applicable to the debt securities;

- any sinking fund or similar provisions applicable to the debt securities;

- the authorized denominations of the debt securities, if other than $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000;

- if denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies, including the euro or other composite currencies, in which payments on the debt securities will be payable (which currencies may be different for principal, premium and interest payments);

- any conversion or exchange provisions applicable to the debt securities;

- any events of default applicable to the debt securities not described in this prospectus; and

- any other specific terms of the debt securities.

We may issue some of the debt securities as original issue discount debt securities. Original issue discount debt securities will bear no interest or will bear interest at a below-market rate and will be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. The prospectus supplement will contain any special tax, accounting or other information relating to original issue discount debt securities. If we offer other kinds of debt securities, including debt securities linked to an index or

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payable in currencies other than U.S. dollars, the prospectus supplement relating to those debt securities will also contain any special tax, accounting or other information relating to those debt securities.

We will issue the debt securities only in registered form without coupons. The indentures permit us to issue debt securities of a series in certificated form or in permanent global form. You will not be required to pay a service charge for any transfer or exchange of debt securities, but we may require payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.

We will pay principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities at the corporate trust office of Chase Bank in New York City. You may also make transfers or exchanges of debt securities at that location. We also have the right to pay interest on any debt securities by check mailed to the registered holders of the debt securities at their registered addresses. In connection with any payment on a debt security, we may require the holder to certify information to J.P. Morgan Chase. In the absence of that certification, we may rely on any legal presumption to enable us to determine our responsibilities, if any, to deduct or withhold taxes, assessments or governmental charges from the payment.

Neither of the indentures limits our ability to enter into a highly leveraged transaction or provides you with any special protection in the event of such a transaction. In addition, neither of the indentures provides special protection in the event of a sudden and dramatic decline in our credit quality resulting from a takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring of J.P. Morgan Chase.

We may issue debt securities upon the exercise of securities warrants or upon exchange or conversion of exchangeable or convertible debt securities. The prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of any of those securities warrants or exchangeable or convertible securities. It will also describe the specific terms of the debt securities issuable upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of those securities. See "Description of Securities Warrants" below.

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

The senior debt securities will be direct, unsecured general obligations of J.P. Morgan Chase, will constitute Senior Indebtedness of J.P. Morgan Chase, and will have the same rank as our other Senior Indebtedness. For a definition of "Senior Indebtedness," see "-- Subordinated Debt Securities -- Subordination" below.

Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Chase Bank. The senior indenture contains a covenant by us that, so long as any of the senior debt securities are outstanding, neither we nor any Intermediate Subsidiary (as defined below) will dispose of any shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or any securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, except to J.P. Morgan Chase or an Intermediate Subsidiary. In addition, the covenant provides that neither we nor any Intermediate Subsidiary will permit Chase Bank to issue any shares of its voting stock, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock, nor will we permit any Intermediate Subsidiary to cease to be an Intermediate Subsidiary.

The above covenant is subject to our rights in connection with a consolidation or merger of J.P. Morgan Chase with or into another person or a sale of our assets. The covenant also will not apply if both:

(1) the disposition in question is made for fair market value, as determined by the board of directors of J.P. Morgan Chase or the Intermediate Subsidiary; and

(2) after giving effect to the disposition, we and any one or more of our Intermediate Subsidiaries will collectively own at least 80% of the issued and outstanding voting stock of Chase Bank or any successor to Chase Bank, free and clear of any security interest.

The above covenant also does not restrict Chase Bank from being consolidated with or merged into another domestic banking corporation, if after the merger or consolidation, (A) J.P. Morgan Chase, or its successor, and any one or more Intermediate Subsidiaries own at least 80% of the voting stock of the resulting bank and (B) no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have happened and be continuing.

The senior indenture defines an "Intermediate Subsidiary" as a subsidiary (1) that is organized under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction and

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(2) of which all the shares of capital stock, and all securities convertible into, and options, warrants and rights to purchase shares of capital stock, are owned directly by J.P. Morgan Chase, free and clear of any security interest. As used above, "voting stock" means a class of stock having general voting power under ordinary circumstances irrespective of the happening of a contingency. The above covenant would not prevent Chase Bank from engaging in a sale of assets to the extent otherwise permitted by the senior indenture. (Section 1006)

Events of Default. The senior indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of senior debt securities as any one of the following events:

(1) default in the payment of interest on any senior debt security of that series and continuance of that default for 30 days;

(2) default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on, any senior debt security of that series at maturity;

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment and continuance of that default for five days;

(4) failure by us for 60 days after notice to perform any of the other covenants or warranties in the senior indenture applicable to that series;

(5) (A) failure by us to pay indebtedness for money borrowed by us, including senior debt securities of other series, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000, at the later of final maturity or the expiration of any applicable grace period or (B) acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness for money borrowed by us, including senior debt securities of other series, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000, if that failure to pay or acceleration results from a default under the instrument giving rise to or securing the indebtedness for money borrowed by us and is not rescinded or annulled within 30 days after due notice, unless the default is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(6) specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase or Chase Bank; and

(7) any other event of default specified with respect to senior debt securities of that series. (Section 501)

If any event of default with respect to senior debt securities of any series occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the senior debt securities of that series are original issue discount senior debt securities, a specified portion of the principal amount) of all senior debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. No such declaration is required upon specified events of bankruptcy. Subject to the conditions set forth in the indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except uncured payment defaults and other specified defaults. (Sections 502 and 513)

We will describe in the prospectus supplement any particular provisions relating to the acceleration of the maturity of a portion of the principal amount of original issue discount senior debt securities upon an event of default.

The senior indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default known to it with respect to any outstanding series of senior debt securities, to give the holders of that series notice of the default if uncured or not waived. The trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. However, the trustee may not withhold the notice in the case of a payment default. The trustee may not give the above notice until 60 days after the occurrence of a default in the performance of a covenant in the senior indenture, other than a covenant to make payment. The term "default" for the purpose of this provision means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default with respect to senior debt securities of that series. (Section 602)

Other than the duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or

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powers under the senior indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of senior debt securities, unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. The senior indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding senior debt securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee for that series, or exercising any trust or other power conferred on the trustee. However, the trustee may decline to act if the direction is contrary to law or the senior indenture. (Section 512)

The senior indenture includes a covenant requiring us to file annually with the trustee a certificate of no default, or specifying any default that exists.
(Section 1007)

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The senior indenture contains a provision that, if made applicable to any series of senior debt securities, permits us to elect:

- defeasance, which would discharge us from all of our obligations (subject to limited exceptions) with respect to any senior debt securities of that series then outstanding, and/or

- covenant defeasance, which would release us from our obligations under specified covenants and the consequences of the occurrence of an event of default resulting from a breach of those covenants or a cross-default.

To make either of the above elections, we must deposit in trust with the trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide sufficient money, without reinvestment, to repay in full those senior debt securities. As used in the senior indenture, "U.S. government obligations" are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States or of an agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case that are, or are guaranteed as, full faith and credit obligations of the United States and that are not redeemable by the issuer; and

(2) certain depositary receipts with respect to an obligation referred to in clause (1).

As a condition to defeasance or covenant defeasance, we must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the holders of the senior debt securities will not recognize income, gain, or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. That opinion, in the case of defeasance, but not covenant defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a ruling received by us from the Internal Revenue Service or published as a revenue ruling or upon a change in applicable federal income tax law.

If we exercise our covenant defeasance option with respect to a particular series of senior debt securities, then even if there were a default under the related covenant, payment of those senior debt securities could not be accelerated. We may exercise our defeasance option with respect to a particular series of senior debt securities even if we previously had exercised our covenant defeasance option. If we exercise our defeasance option, payment of those senior debt securities may not be accelerated because of any event of default. If we exercise our covenant defeasance option and an acceleration were to occur, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on those senior debt securities.

Modification of the Senior Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the senior indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each series of outstanding senior debt securities affected by the modification. However, without the consent of each affected holder, no such modification may:

- change the stated maturity of any senior debt security;

- reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, on, any senior debt security;

- reduce the rate of payment of interest on any senior debt security, or change other specified provisions relating to the yield of any senior debt security;

- change the currency or currencies in which any senior debt security is payable;

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- reduce the percentage of holders of outstanding senior debt securities of any series required to consent to any modification, amendment or any waiver under the senior indenture; or

- change the provisions in the senior indenture that relate to its modification or amendment. (Section 902)

We and the trustee may amend the senior indenture without the consent of the holders of senior debt securities in the event we merge with another person, to replace the trustee, to effect modifications that do not affect any outstanding series of senior debt securities, and for other specified purposes.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. We may, without the consent of the holders of any senior debt securities, consolidate or merge with any other person or transfer or lease all or substantially all of our assets to another person or permit another corporation to merge into J.P. Morgan Chase, provided that:

(1) the successor is a person organized under U.S. laws;

(2) the successor, if not us, assumes our obligations on the senior debt securities and under the senior indenture;

(3) after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(4) other specified conditions are met. (Section 801)

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

The subordinated debt securities will be direct, unsecured general obligations of J.P. Morgan Chase. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness and, in certain circumstances described below relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, to all Additional Senior Obligations. The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of debt, including Senior Indebtedness or Additional Senior Obligations, we may incur. As of June 30, 2001, Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations totaled approximately $48 billion.

Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, the maturity of the subordinated debt securities will be subject to acceleration only upon our bankruptcy or reorganization. See "-- Defaults and Waivers" below.

The holders of subordinated debt securities of a series that is specified to be convertible into our common stock will be entitled as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement to convert those convertible subordinated debt securities into common stock, at the conversion price set forth in the prospectus supplement.

The holders of subordinated debt securities of any series may be obligated at maturity, or at any earlier time specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, to exchange that series of subordinated debt securities for capital securities. "Capital securities" may consist of our common stock, perpetual preferred stock or other capital securities of J.P. Morgan Chase acceptable to our primary federal banking regulator, which currently is the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve Board"). We will describe the terms of any such exchange and of the capital securities that will be issued upon that exchange in the applicable prospectus supplement. Whenever subordinated debt securities are exchangeable for capital securities, we will be obligated to deliver capital securities with a market value equal to the principal amount of those subordinated debt securities. In addition, we will unconditionally undertake, at our expense, to sell the capital securities in a secondary offering on behalf of any holders who elect to receive cash for the capital securities.

Subordination. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness and, under certain circumstances described below, to all Additional Senior Obligations.

The subordinated indenture defines "Senior Indebtedness" to mean the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all indebtedness for money borrowed by us, whether outstanding on the date the subordinated indenture became effective or created, assumed or incurred after that date, including all indebtedness for money borrowed by another person that we guarantee. However, Senior Indebtedness does not include indebtedness that is stated not to be superior to or to have the same rank as the subordinated debt

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securities. In particular, Senior Indebtedness does not include (A) Antecedent Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below), (B) subordinated debt securities issued under the subordinated indenture on or after December 15, 1992, (C) Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below), (D) Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below), (E) Other Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below) and (F) other debt of J.P. Morgan Chase that is expressly stated to have the same rank as or not to rank superior to the subordinated debt securities (we refer to that other debt as "Other Subordinated Indebtedness").

The subordinated indenture defines "Additional Senior Obligations" to mean all indebtedness of J.P. Morgan Chase for claims in respect of derivative products, such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements, except Senior Indebtedness and except obligations that are expressly stated to have the same rank as or not to rank senior to the subordinated debt securities. For purposes of this definition, claim shall have the meaning assigned in Section 101(4) of the United States Bankruptcy Code and in effect on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture.

"Antecedent Subordinated Indebtedness" means all outstanding subordinated debt securities issued by Chemical Banking Corporation prior to December 15, 1992.

"Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness" means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness that we assumed as a result of our merger with The Chase Manhattan Corporation.

"Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness" means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness issued by heritage J.P. Morgan prior to March 1, 1993 that we assumed as a result of our merger with heritage J.P. Morgan.

"Other Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness" means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness issued by heritage J.P. Morgan on or after March 1, 1993 that we assumed as a result of our merger with heritage J.P. Morgan.

Under the subordinated indenture, we may not make any payment on the subordinated debt securities or exchange any subordinated debt securities for capital securities in the event:

- we have failed to make full payment of all amounts of principal, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due on all Senior Indebtedness; or

- there shall exist any event of default on any Senior Indebtedness or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become such an event of default.

In addition, upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization:

- we must pay to the holders of Senior Indebtedness the full amounts of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Senior Indebtedness before any payment or distribution is made on the subordinated debt securities, and

- if, after we have made those payments on the Senior Indebtedness, there are amounts available for payment on the subordinated debt securities and creditors in respect of Additional Senior Obligations have not received their full payments,

then we will first use amounts available for payment on the subordinated debt securities, other than Antecedent Subordinated Indebtedness, to pay in full all Additional Senior Obligations before we may make any payment on the subordinated debt securities.

No series of our subordinated debt securities described above is subordinated to any other series of subordinated debt securities or to any other subordinated indebtedness of J.P. Morgan Chase referred to above (other than our junior subordinated indebtedness). However, Antecedent Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated only to Senior Indebtedness, while the subordinated debt securities and Other Subordinated Indebtedness (other than junior subordinated indebtedness) are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness and, in specified circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, to Additional Senior Obligations. Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated only to "Senior Indebtedness" as defined in the indenture governing the Antecedent Heritage JPM Indebtedness (the meaning of which term is substantially identical to Senior Indebtedness as

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defined above). The Other Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness (other than junior subordinated indebtedness) is subordinated to Senior Indebtedness and, in specified circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, to Derivative Obligations (the meaning of which term is substantially identical to Additional Senior Obligations). Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to all of our obligations to our creditors, including Senior Indebtedness, Additional Senior Obligations and Derivative Obligations, except any obligation that is expressly stated to have the same rank as, or not to rank senior to, the Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness.

As a result of the above-described differences in the subordination provisions applicable to the various series of subordinated indebtedness issued by J.P. Morgan Chase and our predecessors, in the event of our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of the subordinated debt securities, Other Subordinated Indebtedness and Other Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness (other than junior subordinated indebtedness) may receive less, proportionately, than the holders of Antecedent Subordinated Indebtedness and Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness, but more, proportionately, than the holders of Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness.

Holders of the subordinated debt securities may not accelerate the maturity of the subordinated debt securities, except in the event of our bankruptcy or reorganization. Holders may not accelerate the subordinated debt securities if we fail to pay interest or fail to perform any other agreement in the subordinated debt securities or the subordinated indenture. See "--Defaults and Waivers" below.

Limitation on Disposition of Voting Stock of Chase Bank. Except as noted below, the subordinated indenture does not contain a covenant prohibiting us from selling or otherwise disposing of any shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of voting stock of Chase Bank. The subordinated indenture also does not prohibit Chase Bank from issuing any shares of its voting stock or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock. However, the subordinated indenture does contain a covenant, which is for the exclusive benefit of holders of the Antecedent Subordinated Indebtedness and which is subject to the provisions described below under "-- Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets," that we will not sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of, voting stock of Chase Bank, nor will we permit Chase Bank to issue any shares of its voting stock or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock. However, that covenant does not prohibit:

- issuances or sales of directors' qualifying shares;

- issuances or sales of shares to us;

- sales or other dispositions or issuances for fair market value, as determined by our board of directors, so long as we would continue to own directly or indirectly not less than 80% of the issued and outstanding shares of the voting stock of Chase Bank;

- sales or other dispositions or issuances made in compliance with an order or direction of a court or regulatory authority of competent jurisdiction; and

- sales of voting stock by Chase Bank to its shareholders if those sales do not reduce the percentage of shares of voting stock owned by us. (Section 5.07)

Defaults and Waivers. The subordinated indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of subordinated debt securities as follows:

- any one of certain events of bankruptcy or reorganization affecting J.P.
Morgan Chase;

- any other event specified with respect to subordinated debt securities of that series. (Section 7.01)

If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to any outstanding series of subordinated debt securities, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of that outstanding series may declare the principal (or, in the case of original issue discount subordinated debt securities, a specified amount of principal) of all subordinated debt securities of that series to be

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due and payable immediately in cash. Subject to specified conditions, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the subordinated debt securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive certain past defaults. (Section 7.01) The right of the holders of the subordinated debt securities of a series to demand payment in cash upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default will continue to exist so long as the subordinated debt securities of that series have not been exchanged or converted. In the event of the bankruptcy or reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase, any right to enforce that payment in cash would be subject to the broad equity powers of a federal bankruptcy court and to its determination of the nature and status of the payment claims of the holders of the subordinated debt securities. Prior to any declaration of acceleration, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of subordinated debt securities may waive any past default or event of default, except a payment default. (Section 7.07)

Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a series of subordinated debt securities, there will be no right of acceleration of the payment of principal of the subordinated debt securities of that series upon a default in the payment of principal or interest or a default in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the subordinated debt securities or the subordinated indenture. In the event of a default in the payment of interest or principal, including a default in the delivery of any capital securities in exchange for subordinated debt securities, or in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the subordinated debt securities or the subordinated indenture, the trustee may, subject to specified limitations and conditions, seek to enforce that payment or delivery or the performance of that covenant or agreement.

The subordinated indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to subordinated debt securities of any series, to give the holders of that series notice of all uncured defaults known to it. However, except in certain cases involving our bankruptcy or reorganization, a payment default or a default in the obligation to deliver capital securities in exchange for subordinated debt securities, the trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. The term "default" for purposes of this provision includes the events of default specified above without grace periods or notice. (Section 7.08) We are required to furnish to the trustee annually an officers' certificate as to the absence of defaults under the subordinated indenture. (Section 5.06)

Other than the duties of the trustee to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the subordinated indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the subordinated debt securities, unless those holders have offered the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. Subject to that provision for security or indemnity, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the subordinated debt securities of any series then outstanding have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to, or exercising any trust or power conferred on, the trustee with respect to the subordinated debt securities of that series. (Sections 7.07 and 8.02)

Modification of the Subordinated Indenture. The subordinated indenture contains provisions permitting us and the trustee to modify the subordinated indenture or the rights of the holders of the subordinated debt securities with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each outstanding series of the subordinated debt securities affected by the modification. However, no such modification may, without the consent of each holder of subordinated debt securities affected by the modification:

- change the stated maturity date of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any subordinated debt security;

- reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, any subordinated debt security;

- reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount subordinated debt security payable upon acceleration of the maturity of that subordinated debt security;

- reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any subordinated debt security;

- change the place or places where, or the currency in which, any subordinated debt security or any premium or interest is payable;

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- change the definition of market value;

- impair the right of any holders of subordinated debt securities of any series to receive on any exchange date for subordinated debt securities of that series capital securities with a market value equal to that required by the terms of the subordinated debt securities;

- impair the conversion rights, if any, of any holders;

- impair the right of a holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any subordinated debt security, including any right of redemption at the option of the holder of that subordinated debt security, or impair any rights to the delivery of capital securities in exchange for any subordinated debt security or to require us to sell capital securities in a secondary offering or to require the delivery of common stock, debt securities or other property upon conversion of subordinated debt securities;

- reduce the above-stated percentage of subordinated debt securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is necessary to modify or amend the subordinated indenture, or reduce the percentage of subordinated debt securities of any series the holders of which are required to waive any past default or event of default; or

- modify the above requirements. (Section 11.02)

The subordinated indenture permits us and the trustee to amend the subordinated indenture without the consent of the holders of subordinated debt securities in the event of the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase, the replacement of the trustee, to effect modifications that do not affect any outstanding series of subordinated debt securities and for other specified purposes. (Section 11.01)

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. We may not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of our assets to any other corporation, unless:

- we are the continuing corporation or the successor corporation expressly assumes the payment of the principal of (including issuance and delivery of capital securities), and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on, the subordinated debt securities and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the subordinated indenture binding upon us; and

- immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, we or the successor corporation shall not be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. (Article Twelve)

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEES

J.P. Morgan Chase and some of our subsidiaries may maintain deposits or conduct other banking transactions with the trustees under the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture in the ordinary course of business. U.S. Bank Trust National Association is also trustee under a subordinated indenture, dated as of May 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of September 1, 1993 that we assumed in our merger with The Chase Manhattan Corporation, and under the following indentures that we assumed in our merger with heritage J.P. Morgan: a senior indenture, dated as of August 15, 1982, a subordinated indenture, dated as of December 1, 1986, a subordinated indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993 and a junior subordinated indenture, dated as of November 10, 1996, in each case, as amended. Bankers Trust Company is also trustee under a senior indenture, dated as of July 1, 1986, as amended, that we assumed in our merger with The Chase Manhattan Corporation.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK

GENERAL

Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized, without further stockholder action, to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $1 par value per share, in one or more series, and to determine the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each series. We may amend our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of preferred stock in a manner permitted by our certificate of incorporation and the Delaware General Corporation Law.

We will describe the particular terms of any series of preferred stock being offered in the prospectus

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supplement relating to that series of preferred stock. Those terms may include:

- the number of shares being offered;
- the title and liquidation preference per share;
- the purchase price;
- the dividend rate or method for determining that rate;
- the dates on which dividends will be paid;
- whether dividends will be cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the dates from which dividends will begin to accumulate;
- any applicable redemption or sinking fund provisions;
- any applicable conversion provisions;
- whether we have elected to offer depositary shares with respect to that series of preferred stock; and
- any additional dividend, liquidation, redemption, sinking fund and other rights and restrictions applicable to that series of preferred stock.

If the terms of any series of preferred stock being offered differ from the terms set forth below, we will also disclose those different terms in the prospectus supplement relating to that series of preferred stock. The following summary is not complete. You should also refer to our certificate of incorporation and to the certificate of designations relating to the series of the preferred stock being offered for the complete terms of that series of preferred stock. Our certificate of incorporation and a form of certificate of designations are filed as exhibits to the registration statement. We will file the certificate of designations with the SEC promptly after the offering of the preferred stock.

The preferred stock will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, in the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our business, each series of preferred stock being offered will have the same rank as to dividends and distributions as our currently outstanding preferred stock and each other series of preferred stock we may offer in the future by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. The preferred stock will have no preemptive rights.

DIVIDEND RIGHTS

If you purchase preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement, you will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our board of directors, cash dividends at the rates and on the dates set forth in the prospectus supplement. Dividend rates may be fixed or variable or both. Different series of preferred stock may be entitled to dividends at different dividend rates or based upon different methods of determination. We will pay each dividend to the holders of record as they appear on our stock books (or, if applicable, the records of the depositary referred to below under "-- Depositary Shares") on record dates determined by our board of directors. Dividends on any series of preferred stock may be cumulative or noncumulative, as specified in the prospectus supplement. If our board of directors fails to declare a dividend on any series of preferred stock for which dividends are noncumulative, then your right to receive that dividend will be lost, and we will have no obligation to pay the dividend for that dividend period, whether or not we declare dividends for any future dividend period.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each series of preferred stock that we offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will provide that we may not declare or pay or set apart for payment dividends on any series of preferred stock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the series of preferred stock we are offering unless we have previously declared and paid or set apart for payment, or we contemporaneously declare and pay or set apart for payment, full dividends (including cumulative dividends still owing, if any) on the series of preferred stock we are offering for all dividend periods terminating on or prior to the dividend payment date for all equally or junior ranking series. If we fail to pay dividends in full as stated above, we may only declare dividends on equally ranking series pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on the series of preferred stock we are offering and the equally ranking series bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the series being offered and the other series bear to each other. We will not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on any series of preferred stock we are offering.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the preferred stock we offer by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will also provide that, unless we have paid or declared and set aside for

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payment full dividends, including cumulative dividends owing, if any, on that preferred stock for all past dividend periods, we will not:

- declare or make any dividend payment or distribution on any junior ranking stock, other than a dividend paid in junior ranking stock, or

- redeem, purchase, otherwise acquire or set apart money for a sinking fund for the redemption of any junior or equally ranking stock, except by conversion into or exchange for junior ranking stock.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will compute the amount of dividends payable by annualizing the applicable dividend rate and dividing by the number of dividend periods in a year, except that the amount of dividends payable for the initial dividend period or any period shorter than a full dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than a full month, the actual number of days elapsed in the period.

RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION

In the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our affairs, either voluntarily or involuntarily, you will be entitled to receive liquidating distributions in the amount set forth in the prospectus supplement applicable to the series of preferred stock you hold, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, before we make any distribution of assets to the holders of our common stock. If we fail to pay in full all amounts payable with respect to preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement, and any stock having the same rank as that series of preferred stock, the holders of the preferred stock and of that other stock will share in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After the holders of each series of preferred stock and any stock having the same rank as their preferred stock are paid in full, they will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets. For any series of preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement, neither the sale of all or substantially all of our property or business nor a merger or consolidation by us with any other corporation will be considered a dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of our business or affairs.

REDEMPTION

The applicable prospectus supplement will indicate whether the series of preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement is subject to redemption, in whole or in part, whether at our option or mandatorily and whether or not pursuant to a sinking fund. The redemption provisions that may apply to a series of preferred stock offered, including the redemption dates, the redemption prices for that series and whether those redemption prices will be paid in cash, stock or a combination of cash and stock, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement. If the redemption price is to be paid only from the proceeds of the sale of our capital stock, the terms of the series of preferred stock may also provide that, if our capital stock is not sold or if the amount of cash received is insufficient to pay in full the redemption price then due, the series of preferred stock will automatically be converted into shares of the applicable capital stock pursuant to conversion provisions specified in the prospectus supplement.

If we are redeeming fewer than all the outstanding shares of preferred stock of any series, whether by mandatory or optional redemption, our board of directors will determine the method for selecting the shares to be redeemed, which may be by lot or pro rata or by any other method the board of directors determines to be equitable. From and after the redemption date, dividends will cease to accrue on the shares of preferred stock called for redemption and all rights of the holders of those shares, except the right to receive the redemption price, will cease.

In the event that we fail to pay full dividends, including accrued but unpaid dividends, if any, on any series of preferred stock offered, we may not redeem that series in part and we may not purchase or acquire any shares of that series of preferred stock, except by an offer made on the same terms to all holders of that series of preferred stock.

CONVERSION RIGHTS

The prospectus supplement will state the terms, if any, on which shares of the series of preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement are convertible into shares of our common stock or other securities. As described under "-- Redemption" above,

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under certain circumstances, preferred stock may be mandatorily convertible into our common stock or another series of our preferred stock.

VOTING RIGHTS

Except as indicated below or in the applicable prospectus supplement, or except as expressly required by applicable law, the holders of the preferred stock offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will not be entitled to vote. Except as indicated in the prospectus supplement, in the event we offer full shares of any series of preferred stock, each share will be entitled to one vote on matters on which holders of that series of preferred stock are entitled to vote. However, as more fully described below under "-- Depositary Shares," if we use this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to offer depositary shares representing a fraction of a share of a series of preferred stock, each depositary share, in effect, will be entitled to that fraction of a vote, rather than a full vote. Because each full share of any series of preferred stock offered will be entitled to one vote, the voting power of that series will depend on the number of shares in that series, and not on the aggregate liquidation preference or initial offering price of the shares of that series of preferred stock.

If, at the time of any annual meeting of our stockholders, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends payable on any series of preferred stock being offered is in default, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be increased by two and the holders of all the outstanding series of preferred stock, voting together as a single class, will be entitled to elect those additional two directors at that annual meeting. Each director elected by the holders of shares of the outstanding preferred stock will continue to serve as a director for the full term for which he or she was elected, even if prior to the end of that term we have paid in full the amount of dividends that had been in arrears. For purposes of this paragraph, "default" means that accrued and unpaid dividends on the applicable series are equal to or greater than the equivalent of six quarterly dividends.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of each series of preferred stock being offered will state that the approval of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of preferred stock will be required to:

- create any class or series of stock having a preference over any outstanding series of preferred stock; or

- change the provisions of our certificate of incorporation in a manner that would adversely affect the voting powers or other rights of the holders of a series of preferred stock.

The terms of the preferred stock offered will also state that if the amendment will not adversely affect all series of outstanding preferred stock, then the amendment will only need to be approved by holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the series of preferred stock adversely affected.

Under regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, if the holders of any series of our preferred stock become entitled to vote for the election of directors because dividends on that series are in arrears, that series may then be deemed a "class of voting securities." In such a case, a holder of 25% or more of the series, or a holder of 5% or more if that holder would also be considered to exercise a "controlling influence" over J.P. Morgan Chase, may then be subject to regulation as a bank holding company in accordance with the Bank Holding Company Act. In addition, (1) any other bank holding company may be required to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 5% or more of that series, and (2) any person other than a bank holding company may be required to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 10% or more of that series.

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OUTSTANDING PREFERRED STOCK

As of the date of this prospectus, we have issued and outstanding the series of preferred stock described in the following table:

                                      STATED VALUE
                                          AND                                                     RATE IN EFFECT
                                       REDEMPTION                     OUTSTANDING     EARLIEST          AT
                                       PRICE PER       NUMBER OF      AT JUNE 30,    REDEMPTION    DECEMBER 31,
                                        SHARE(A)        SHARES           2001           DATE           2000
                                      ------------   -------------   -------------   ----------   --------------
                                                     (IN MILLIONS)   (IN MILLIONS)
Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred
  Stock Series A ("Series A
  preferred stock").................    $100.00          2.42            $242         12/31/00           5.00%(b)
6 5/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock
  ("6 5/8% preferred stock")(c).....     500.00           .40             200          3/31/06           6.63(c)
Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred
  Stock, Series L ("Series L
  preferred stock").................     100.00           2.0             200          6/30/99           5.04(d)
Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred
  Stock, Series N ("Series N
  preferred stock").................      25.00           9.1             228          6/30/99           5.10(d)
Fixed/Adjustable Rate Noncumulative
  Preferred Stock ("Fixed/Adjustable
  preferred stock").................      50.00           4.0             200          6/30/03(e)        4.96(e)


(a) Redemption price is price indicated on table, plus accrued but unpaid dividends, if any.
(b) Floating rates are based on specified U.S. Treasury rates. The minimum and maximum annual rates are 5.00% and 11.50%, respectively.
(c) Shares of this series are represented by depositary shares, each representing a one-tenth interest in a share of preferred stock of the series.
(d) Floating rates are based on specified U.S. Treasury rates. The minimum and maximum annual rates for each series are 4.50% and 10.50%, respectively.
(e) Dividends on this series for dividend periods commencing on or after July 1, 2003 will be at a floating rate based on specified U.S. Treasury rates (but subject to a minimum rate of 5.46% and a maximum rate of 11.46%). The amount of dividends payable may be adjusted, and the stock may be redeemed earlier than June 30, 2003, in the event of specified amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to the dividends-received deduction.

Ranking. All the outstanding series of preferred stock have the same rank. All the outstanding series of preferred stock have preference over our common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of our liquidation or dissolution.

Dividends. Dividends payable on each series of outstanding preferred stock are payable quarterly, when and as declared by the board of directors, in the amounts determined as set forth in the above table, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

Dividends on each series of outstanding preferred stock, other than our Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock, are cumulative. If we fail to declare a dividend on our Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock for any dividend period, holders of that series will have no right to receive a dividend for that dividend period, whether or not we declare dividends on that series for any future dividend period.

We may not declare or pay any dividends on any series of preferred stock, unless we have previously declared and paid or we contemporaneously declare and pay full dividends (and cumulative dividends still owing, if any) on all other series of preferred stock that have the same rank as, or rank senior to, that series of preferred stock. If we do not pay full dividends on the equally-ranking series as described above, we may only declare dividends pro rata, so that the amount of dividends declared per share on that series of preferred stock and on each other equally-ranking series of preferred stock will bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on that series of preferred stock and those other

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series bear to each other. In addition, generally, unless we have paid full dividends, including cumulative dividends still owing, if any, on all outstanding shares of any series of preferred stock, we may not declare or pay dividends on our common stock and generally we may not redeem or purchase any common stock (except by payment of shares of common stock or other junior securities). We will not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment or payments that may be in arrears.

Rights Upon Liquidation; Redemption. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of each outstanding series of preferred stock would be entitled to receive liquidating distributions in the amount set forth opposite the applicable series in the table above, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, before we make any distribution of our assets to the holders of our common stock.

Each of our outstanding series of preferred stock is redeemable at our option on or after the applicable date set forth opposite that series in the table above at a redemption price per share equal to the redemption price set forth opposite that series in the table above, plus accrued but unpaid dividends, if any.

Voting Rights. Holders of shares of our outstanding preferred stock have no voting rights, except as described below or as required by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

All of our currently outstanding series of preferred stock provide that if, at the time of any annual meeting of our stockholders, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends payable on any series of outstanding cumulative preferred stock is in default, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be increased by two and the holders of all the outstanding preferred stock, voting together as a single class, will be entitled to elect those additional two directors at that annual meeting. In accordance with the requirements of our Series L preferred stock, Series N preferred stock and Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock, each director elected by the holders of shares of the outstanding preferred stock will continue to serve as director for the full term for which he or she was elected, even if prior to the end of that term we have paid in full the amount of dividends that had been in arrears. For purposes of this paragraph, "default" means that accrued and unpaid dividends on the applicable series are equal to or greater than the equivalent of six quarterly dividends.

Under regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, if the holders of any series of our preferred stock become entitled to vote for the election of directors because dividends on that series are in arrears, that series may then be deemed a "class of voting securities." In such a case, a holder of 25% or more of the series, or a holder of 5% or more if the holder would also be considered to exercise a "controlling influence" over J.P. Morgan Chase, may then be subject to regulation as a bank holding company in accordance with the Bank Holding Company Act. In addition, (1) any other bank holding company may be required to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 5% or more of that series, and (2) any person other than a bank holding company may be required to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 10% or more of that series.

Our Series N preferred stock and Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of all outstanding series of preferred stock, voting together as a single class without regard to series, will be required to:

- create any class or series of stock having a preference over any outstanding series of preferred stock; or

- change the provisions of our certificate of incorporation in a manner that would adversely affect the voting powers or other rights of the holders of a series of preferred stock.

Those series also state that if the amendment will not adversely affect all series of outstanding preferred stock, then the amendment will only need to be approved by holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the series of preferred stock adversely affected.

Our Series L preferred stock provides as follows:

- the consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the particular series, voting as a separate class, is required for any amendment of our certificate of incorporation that would adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of that series; and

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- the consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of that series and of each series of preferred stock having the same rank, voting together as a single class without regard to series, is required to create, authorize or issue, or reclassify any stock into any additional class or series of, stock ranking prior to that series as to dividends or upon liquidation, or any other security or obligation convertible into or exerciseable for any such prior-ranking stock.

Our Series A preferred stock and 6 5/8% preferred stock provide that a vote of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the applicable series, and all outstanding shares of our preferred stock having the same rank as that series, voting together as a single class without regard to series, will be necessary in order to:

- authorize or issue any capital stock that will be senior to that series of preferred stock as to dividends or upon liquidation; or

- amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of our certificate of incorporation, including the certificate of designations relating to that series, in such a way as to adversely affect (or materially adversely affect, in the case of our 6 5/8% preferred stock) the preferences, rights, powers or privileges of the preferred stock of that series.

Miscellaneous. No series of our outstanding preferred stock is convertible into shares of our common stock or other securities of J.P. Morgan Chase. No series of our outstanding preferred stock is subject to preemptive rights.

Transfer Agent and Registrar. Mellon Investor Services, LLC is the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent for our outstanding preferred stock and depositary shares. The registrar will send notices to the holders of the preferred stock or depositary shares of any meetings at which those holders will have the right to elect directors or to vote on any other matter.

Depositary Shares for 6 5/8% Preferred Stock. Our 6 5/8% preferred stock is represented by depositary shares, each representing a one-tenth interest in a share of that preferred stock. The material terms of the deposit agreement between us and Morgan Bank, as depositary, with respect to those depositary shares are substantially the same as those described under "--Depositary Shares" below.

DEPOSITARY SHARES

General. We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than full shares of preferred stock. If we do, we will issue to the public receipts for depositary shares, and each of these depositary shares will represent a fraction of a share of a particular series of preferred stock. We will specify that fraction in the prospectus supplement.

The shares of any series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will be deposited under a deposit agreement between us and a depositary selected by us. The depositary will be a bank or trust company and will have its principal office in the United States and a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fractional interest in the share of preferred stock underlying that depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying that depositary share. Those rights include dividend, voting, redemption, conversion and liquidation rights.

The depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued under the deposit agreement. We will issue depositary receipts to those persons who purchase the fractional interests in the preferred stock underlying the depositary shares, in accordance with the terms of the offering. The following summary of the deposit agreement, the depositary shares and the depositary receipts is not complete. You should refer to the forms of the deposit agreement and depositary receipts that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

Dividends and Other Distributions. The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the preferred stock to the record holders of related depositary shares in proportion to the number of depositary shares owned by those holders.

If we make a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary shares that are entitled to receive the distribution, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to

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make the distribution. If this occurs, the depositary may, with our approval, sell the property and distribute the net proceeds from the sale to the applicable holders.

Redemption of Depositary Shares. Upon redemption, in whole or in part, of shares of any series preferred stock that are held by the depositary, the depositary will redeem, as of the same redemption date, the number of depositary shares representing the shares of preferred stock so redeemed. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the applicable fraction of the redemption price per share payable with respect to that series of the preferred stock.

Depositary shares called for redemption will no longer be outstanding after the applicable redemption date, and all rights of the holders of those depositary shares will cease, except the right to receive any money, securities, or other property upon surrender to the depositary of the depositary receipts evidencing those depositary shares.

Voting the Preferred Stock. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice of meeting to the record holders of the depositary shares underlying that preferred stock. Each holder of those depositary shares on the record date, which will be the same date as the record date for the preferred stock, will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of the preferred stock underlying that holder's depositary shares. The depositary will try, as far as practicable, to vote the number of shares of preferred stock underlying those depositary shares in accordance with those instructions, and we will agree to take all action that the depositary deems necessary in order to enable the depositary to do so. The depositary will not vote the shares of preferred stock to the extent it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary shares underlying the preferred stock.

Amendment and Termination of the Deposit Agreement. We and the depositary may amend the form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the deposit agreement at any time regarding any depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. However, any amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary shares will not be effective unless the amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding. The deposit agreement may be terminated by us or by the depositary only if:

- all outstanding depositary shares have been redeemed; or

- there has been a final distribution of the underlying preferred stock in connection with our liquidation, dissolution or winding up and the preferred stock has been distributed to the holders of depositary receipts.

Charges of Depositary. We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements regarding any depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. We will also pay charges of the depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the preferred stock and any redemption of the preferred stock. Holders of depositary receipts will pay transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and other charges as are expressly provided in the deposit agreement to be for their accounts.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary. The depositary for the depositary shares offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may resign at any time by delivering a notice to us of its election to do so. We may remove the depositary at any time. Any such resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of its appointment. We must appoint a successor depositary within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal. The successor depositary must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million.

Miscellaneous. The depositary will forward to holders of depositary receipts all reports and communications from us that we deliver to the depositary and that we are required to furnish to the holders of the preferred stock.

Neither we nor the depositary will be liable if either of us is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond our control in performing our respective obligations under the deposit agree-

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ment. Our obligations and those of the depositary will be limited to performing in good faith our respective duties under the deposit agreement. Neither we nor the depositary will be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding relating to any depositary shares or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. We and the depositary may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or upon information provided by persons presenting preferred stock for deposit, holders of depositary receipts or other persons we believe to be competent, and on documents we believe to be genuine.

DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

As of the date of this prospectus, we are authorized to issue up to 4,500,000,000 shares of common stock. As of June 30, 2001, we had 1,989,576,087 (including 391,153 shares held in treasury) and had reserved approximately 319,699,675 shares of common stock for issuance under various employee or director incentive, compensation and option plans.

The following summary is not complete. You should refer to the applicable provisions of our certificate of incorporation and to the Delaware General Corporation Law for a complete statement of the terms and rights of our common stock.

Dividends. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment, subject to the rights of holders of our preferred stock.

Voting Rights. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of preferred stock under its applicable certificate of designations and applicable law, all voting rights are vested in the holders of shares of our common stock. Holders of shares of our common stock have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect 100% of the directors and the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any directors.

Rights Upon Liquidation. In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share equally in any of our assets available for distribution after we have paid in full all of our debts and after the holders of all series of our outstanding preferred stock have received their liquidation preferences in full.

Miscellaneous. The issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. Our common stock is not convertible into shares of any other class of our capital stock. Mellon Investor Services, LLC is the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent for our common stock.

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WARRANTS

We may issue securities warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock or common stock. We may issue securities warrants independently or together with debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or other securities. Each series of securities warrants will be issued under a separate securities warrant agreement to be entered into between us and Chase Bank or another bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the securities warrants and will not assume any obligation to, or relationship of agency or trust for or with, any registered holders or beneficial owners of securities warrants. This summary of certain provisions of the securities warrants and the securities warrant agreement is not complete. You should refer to the securities warrant agreement relating to the specific securities warrants being offered, including the forms of securities warrant certificates representing those securities warrants, for the complete terms of the securities warrant agreement and the securities warrants. Forms of those documents are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

Each securities warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the principal amount of debt securities or the number of shares of preferred stock or common stock at the exercise price set forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the prospectus supplement. The exercise price may be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events, as set forth in the prospectus supplement. We will

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also specify in the prospectus supplement the place or places where, and the manner in which, securities warrants may be exercised. After the close of business on the expiration date of the securities warrants, unexercised securities warrants will become void.

Prior to the exercise of any securities warrants, holders of the securities warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities, preferred stock or common stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon exercise of those securities warrants, including, (1) in the case of securities warrants for the purchase of debt securities, the right to receive payments of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on those debt securities or to enforce covenants in the senior indenture or subordinated indenture, as the case may be, or (2) in the case of securities warrants for the purchase of preferred stock or common stock, the right to receive payments of dividends, if any, on that preferred stock or common stock or to exercise any applicable right to vote.

DESCRIPTION OF CURRENCY WARRANTS

We have described below certain general terms and provisions of the currency warrants that we may offer. We will describe the particular terms of the currency warrants and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions described below do not apply to the currency warrants offered in the applicable prospectus supplement. The following summary is not complete. You should refer to the currency warrants and the currency warrant agreement relating to the specific currency warrants being offered for the complete terms of those currency warrants. Forms of those documents are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

We will issue each issue of currency warrants under a currency warrant agreement to be entered into between us and Chase Bank or another bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable currency warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation to, or relationship of agency or trust for or with, any holders of currency warrants.

We may issue currency warrants either in the form of:

- currency put warrants, which entitle the holders to receive from us the cash settlement value in U.S. dollars of the right to sell a specified amount of a specified foreign currency or composite currency (the "designated currency") for a specified amount of U.S. dollars; or

- currency call warrants, which entitle the holders to receive from us the cash settlement value in U.S. dollars of the right to purchase a specified amount of a designated currency for a specified amount of U.S. dollars.

As a prospective purchaser of currency warrants, you should be aware of special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to instruments such as the currency warrants. The prospectus supplement relating to each issue of currency warrants will describe those tax considerations.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue the currency warrants in the form of global currency warrant certificates, registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee. See "Book-Entry Issuance" below.

Each issue of currency warrants will be listed on a national securities exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance, as a condition of sale of that issue of currency warrants. In the event that the currency warrants are delisted from, or permanently suspended from trading on, the applicable national securities exchange, the expiration date for those currency warrants will be the date the delisting or trading suspension becomes effective, and currency warrants not previously exercised will be deemed automatically exercised on that expiration date. The applicable currency warrant agreement will contain a covenant from us that we will not seek to delist the currency warrants or suspend their trading on the applicable national securities exchange unless we have concurrently arranged for listing on another national securities exchange.

Currency warrants involve a high degree of risk, including risks arising from fluctuations in the price of the underlying currency, foreign exchange risks and the risk that the currency warrants will expire worthless. Further, the cash settlement value of currency warrants at any time prior to exercise or expiration may be less than the trading value of the currency warrants. The trading value of the currency warrants will fluctuate because that value is dependent, at any time, on a number of factors, including the time remaining to exercise the currency warrants, the relationship be-

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tween the exercise price of the currency warrants and the price of the designated currency, and the exchange rate associated with the designated currency. Because currency warrants are unsecured obligations of J.P. Morgan Chase, changes in our perceived creditworthiness may also be expected to affect the trading prices of currency warrants. Finally, the amount of actual cash settlement of a currency warrant may vary as a result of fluctuations in the price of the designated currency between the time you give instructions to exercise the currency warrant and the time the exercise is actually effected.

As a prospective purchaser of currency warrants you should be prepared to sustain a loss of some or all of the purchase price of your currency warrants. You should also be experienced with respect to options and option transactions and should reach an investment decision only after careful consideration with your advisers of the suitability of the currency warrants in light of your particular financial circumstances. You should also consider the information set forth under "Risk Factors" in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of currency warrants being offered and to the other information regarding the currency warrants and the designated currency set forth in the prospectus supplement.

BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE

We may issue series of any securities as global securities and deposit them with a depositary with respect to that series. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the following is a summary of the depositary arrangements applicable to securities issued in permanent global form and for which The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") will act as depositary (the "global securities").

Each global security will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC, as depositary, or its nominee and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. Except under the limited circumstances described below, global securities will not be exchangeable for certificated securities.

Only institutions that have accounts with DTC or its nominee ("DTC participants") or persons that may hold interests through DTC participants may own beneficial interests in a global security. DTC will maintain records evidencing ownership of beneficial interests by DTC participants in the global securities and transfers of those ownership interests. DTC participants will maintain records evidencing ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities by persons that hold through those DTC participants and transfers of those ownership interests within those DTC participants. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the securities. You will not receive written confirmation from DTC of your purchase, but we do expect that you will receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of your holdings from the DTC participant through which you entered the transaction. The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in certificated form. Those laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.

DTC has advised us that upon the issuance of a global security and the deposit of that global security with DTC, DTC will immediately credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts or number of shares represented by that global security to the accounts of DTC participants.

We will make payments on securities represented by a global security to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder of the global security representing those securities. DTC has advised us that upon receipt of any payment on a global security, DTC will immediately credit accounts of DTC participants with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in that security, as shown in the records of DTC. Standing instructions and customary practices will govern payments by DTC participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global security held through those DTC participants, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name." Those payments will be the sole responsibility of those DTC participants, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements in effect from time to time.

Neither we, the trustees, nor any of our respective agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records of DTC, any nominee or any DTC participant relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a global security or for maintaining, supervising or review-

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ing any of the records of DTC, any nominee or any DTC participant relating to those beneficial interests.

A global security is exchangeable for certificated securities registered in the name of a person other than DTC or its nominee only if:

- DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for that global security or DTC ceases to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

- we determine in our discretion that the global security will be exchangeable for certificated securities in registered form; or

- if applicable to the particular type of security, there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default under the securities.

Any global security that is exchangeable as described in the preceding sentence will be exchangeable in whole for certificated securities in registered form, and, in the case of global debt securities, of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the global security, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 (or in denominations and integral multiples as otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement). The registrar will register the certificated securities in the name or names instructed by DTC. We expect that those instructions may be based upon directions received by DTC from DTC participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global security. In the case of global debt securities, we will make payment of any principal and interest on the certificated securities and will register transfers and exchanges of those certificated securities at the corporate trust office of Chase Bank in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. However, we may elect to pay interest by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to that interest payment as of the record date, as shown on the register for the securities.

Except as provided above, as an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security, you will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities in certificated form and will not be considered a holder of securities for any purpose under either of the indentures. No global security will be exchangeable except for another global security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Accordingly, you must rely on the procedures of DTC and the DTC participant through which you own your interest to exercise any rights of a holder under the global security or the applicable indenture.

We understand that, under existing industry practices, in the event that we request any action of holders, or an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to take any action that a holder is entitled to take under the securities or the indentures, DTC would authorize the DTC participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to take that action, and those DTC participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through those DTC participants to take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.

DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds securities that DTC participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement of securities transactions among DTC participants in deposited securities, such as transfers and pledges, through electronic computerized book-entry changes in accounts of the DTC participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of DTC participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"). Access to DTC's system is also available to others, such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and DTC participants are on file with the SEC.

If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, investors may elect to hold interests in the offered securities outside the United States through Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme

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("Clearstream") or Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers' securities accounts in Clearstream's and Euroclear's names on the books of their respective depositaries. Those depositaries in turn hold those interests in customers' securities accounts in the depositaries' names on the books of DTC. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, Chase Bank will act as depositary for each of Clearstream and Euroclear.

Clearstream has advised us that it is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a bank. Clearstream holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between its customers through electronic book-entry transfers between their accounts. Clearstream provides its customers with, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic securities markets in over 30 countries through established depository and custodial relationships. As a bank, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector, also known as the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. Its customers are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. Its customers in the United States are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to other institutions such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with Clearstream customers.

Distributions with respect to interests in global securities held through Clearstream will be credited to cash accounts of its customers in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream.

Euroclear has advised us that it was created in 1968 to hold securities for its participants and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear provides various other services, including securities lending and borrowing, and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (the "Euroclear operator"). Euroclear Clearance Systems S.C. establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks, including central banks, securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.

Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the terms and conditions governing use of Euroclear and the related operating procedures of Euroclear and applicable Belgian law. These terms, conditions and procedures govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the terms and conditions governing use of Euroclear only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.

Distributions with respect to interests in global securities held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with Euroclear's terms and conditions and operating procedures and applicable Belgian law, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear.

Euroclear has further advised that investors that acquire, hold and transfer interests in global securities by book-entry through accounts with the Euroclear operator or any other securities intermediary are subject to the laws and contractual provisions governing their relationship with their intermediary, as well as the laws and contractual provisions governing the relationship between that intermediary and each other intermediary, if any,

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standing between themselves and the Euroclear operator.

The Euroclear operator has advised that under Belgian law, investors that are credited with securities on the records of the Euroclear operator have a co-property right in the fungible pool of interests in securities on deposit with the Euroclear operator in an amount equal to the amount of interests in securities credited to their accounts. In the event of the insolvency of the Euroclear operator, Euroclear participants would have a right under Belgian law to the return of the amount and type of interests credited to their accounts with the Euroclear operator. If the Euroclear operator did not have on deposit a sufficient amount of securities of a particular type to cover the claims of all participants credited with such interests in securities on the Euroclear operator's records, all participants having an amount of interests in securities of such type credited to their accounts with the Euroclear operator would have the right under Belgian law to the return of their pro rata share of the amount of securities actually on deposit.

Under Belgian law, the Euroclear operator is required to pass on the benefits of ownership in any interests in securities on deposit with it, such as dividends, voting rights and other entitlements, to any person credited with such interests in securities on its records.

GLOBAL CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement with respect to a particular series of global securities, initial settlement for global securities will be made in immediately available funds. DTC participants will conduct secondary market trading with other DTC participants in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules. Thereafter, secondary market trades will settle in immediately available funds using DTC's same day funds settlement system.

If the prospectus supplement specifies that interests in the global securities may be held through Clearstream or Euroclear, Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants will conduct secondary market trading with other Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear. Thereafter, secondary market trades will settle in immediately available funds.

Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC's rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the U.S. depositary for that system; however, those cross-market transactions will require delivery by the counterparty in the relevant European international clearing system of instructions to that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to the U.S. depositary for that system to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in global securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream customers and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to DTC.

Because of time-zone differences, credits of interests in global securities received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and will be credited the business day following the DTC settlement date. Those credits or any transactions in global securities settled during that processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear participants or Clearstream customers on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of interests in global securities by or through a Clearstream customer or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.

Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the procedures described above in order to facilitate transfers of interests in global securities among DTC participants, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform those procedures and those procedures may be discontinued at any time.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock, securities warrants or currency warrants being offered by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement:

- through underwriters;

- through dealers;

- through agents; or

- directly to purchasers.

We will set forth the terms of the offering of any securities being offered in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If we utilize underwriters in an offering of securities using this prospectus, we will execute an underwriting agreement with those underwriters. The underwriting agreement will provide that the obligations of the underwriters with respect to a sale of the offered securities are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the offered securities if any are purchased. Underwriters may sell those securities to or through dealers. The underwriters may change any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers from time to time. If we utilize underwriters in an offering of securities using this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement will contain a statement regarding the intention, if any, of the underwriters to make a market in the offered securities.

If we utilize a dealer in an offering of securities using this prospectus, we will sell the offered securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell those securities to the public at a fixed price or at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale.

We may also use this prospectus to offer and sell securities through agents designated by us from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a reasonable efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

Underwriters, dealers or agents participating in a distribution of securities by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the offered securities, whether received from us or from purchasers of offered securities for whom they act as agent, may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.

Under agreements that we may enter into, underwriters, dealers or agents who participate in the distribution of securities by use of this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments that those underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make.

We may offer to sell securities either at a fixed price or at prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

Underwriters, dealers, agents or their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us, Chase Bank, Morgan Bank, Chase USA, J.P. Morgan Securities or our other subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

Under Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD, when an NASD member, such as J.P. Morgan Securities, participates in the distribution of an affiliated company's securities, the offering must be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 2720. J.P. Morgan Securities is considered to be an "affiliate" (as that term is defined in Rule 2720) of ours by virtue of the fact that we own all of the outstanding equity securities of J.P. Morgan Securities. Any offer and sale of offered securities will comply with the requirements of Rule 2720 regarding the underwriting of securities of affiliates and with any restrictions that may be imposed on J.P. Morgan Securities or our other affiliates by the Federal Reserve Board.

Our direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, including J.P. Morgan Securities, may use this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement in connection with offers and sales of securities in the secondary market. Those subsidiaries may act as principal or agent in those transactions. Secondary market sales will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale.

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We may also use this prospectus to directly solicit offers to purchase securities. Except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, none of our directors, officers, or employees nor those of our bank subsidiaries will solicit or receive a commission in connection with those direct sales. Those persons may respond to inquiries by potential purchasers and perform ministerial and clerical work in connection with direct sales.

We may authorize underwriters, dealers and agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date specified in the prospectus supplement. Institutions with which delayed delivery contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, educational and charitable institutions and other institutions that we may approve. The obligations of any purchaser under any delayed delivery contract will not be subject to any conditions except that any related sale of offered securities to underwriters shall have occurred and the purchase by an institution of the securities covered by its delayed delivery contract shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States to which that institution is subject.

EXPERTS

The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 have been incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

LEGAL OPINIONS

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, New York, will provide an opinion for us regarding the validity of the offered securities and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York will provide such an opinion for the underwriters. Cravath, Swaine & Moore acts as legal counsel to us and our subsidiaries in a substantial number of matters on a regular basis.

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DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSITARY SHARES
WARRANTS

Affiliates of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., including J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., may use this prospectus in connection with offers and sales in the secondary market of senior or subordinated debt securities, preferred stock or depositary shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or warrants to purchase those debt securities, shares of preferred stock or depository shares. These affiliates may act as principal or agent in those transactions. Secondary market sales made by them will be made at prices related to market prices at the time of sale.

LISTED DEBT SECURITIES

Of the series of debt securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus that may be offered by use of this prospectus, the following are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and have the following ticker symbols:

TITLE OF SECURITIES                                           TICKER SYMBOL
-------------------                                           -------------
7 1/2% Subordinated Notes Due 2003..........................     JPM F03
Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2003...................     JPM J03
Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due August 1, 2003.........     JPM A03
6 1/2% Subordinated Notes Due 2005..........................     JPM A05
6 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due 2006..........................      JPM 06
6 1/8% Subordinated Notes Due 2008..........................     JPM O08
6 3/4% Subordinated Notes Due 2008..........................     JPM A08
6 1/2% Subordinated Notes Due 2009..........................      JPM 09

Of the series of debt securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus that may be offered by use of this prospectus, the following is listed on the American Stock Exchange and has the following ticker symbol:

TITLE OF SECURITIES                                           TICKER SYMBOL
-------------------                                           -------------
Consumer Price Indexed Securities Due 2010..................       JPI.A

LISTED PREFERRED STOCK

Of the series of preferred stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus that may be offered by use of this prospectus, the following are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and have the following ticker symbols:

TITLE OF SECURITIES                                           TICKER SYMBOL
-------------------                                           -------------
Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A........     JPMPrA
Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series L........     JPMPrL
Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series N........     JPMPrN

LISTED DEPOSITARY SHARES

Of the series of the depositary shares representing shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus that may be offered by use of this prospectus, the following are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and have the following ticker symbols:

TITLE OF SECURITIES                                           TICKER SYMBOL
-------------------                                           -------------
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/10 interest in a
  share of 6 5/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock................     JPMPrH

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SEC IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND WE ARE NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.
This prospectus is dated --, 2001.


IN MAKING YOUR INVESTMENT DECISION, YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY SUPPLEMENT TO THIS PROSPECTUS. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION.

WE ARE OFFERING TO SELL THESE SECURITIES ONLY IN PLACES WHERE SALES ARE PERMITTED.

YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY SUPPLEMENT TO THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN ITS DATE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Where You Can Find More Information About
  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ...............     3
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. .................     4
Consolidated Ratios of Earnings to Fixed
  Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend
  Requirements...........................     5
Description of Debt Securities...........     5
Company Debt Securities..................     6

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Heritage Chase Debt Securities...........    19
Heritage J.P. Morgan Debt Securities.....    24
Relationship Among Subordination
  Provisions.............................    35
Description of Capital Stock.............    36
Book-Entry Issuance......................    40
Experts..................................    44

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ("J.P. Morgan Chase," which may be referred to as "we" or "us") files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC's public reference rooms in Washington, D.C., New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" into this prospectus the information in documents we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will update and supersede this information.

We incorporate by reference (i) the documents listed below, (ii) all reports that we file with the SEC after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement, and (iii) any future filings made with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until our offering is completed:

(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000;

(b) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2001, and June 30, 2001;

(c) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2001, January 24, 2001, January 31, 2001, April 5, 2001, April 27, 2001, June 6, 2001, July 20, 2001 and October 19, 2001; and

(d) The descriptions of our common stock and preferred stock contained in our registration statements filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address:

Office of the Secretary
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-270-4040

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J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

J.P. Morgan Chase is a financial holding company incorporated under Delaware law in 1968. As of June 30, 2001, we had approximately $713 billion in assets and approximately $42 billion in stockholders' equity.

We are a global financial services firm with operations in over 60 countries. Our principal bank subsidiaries are The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase Bank") and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York ("Morgan Bank"), each of which is a New York banking corporation headquartered in New York city; and Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association ("Chase USA"), headquartered in Delaware. Our principal non-bank subsidiary is our investment bank subsidiary, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. ("J.P. Morgan Securities"). We currently expect Chase Bank to merge with Morgan Bank on November 10, 2001 and that, following completion of the merger, Chase Bank will change its name to "JPMorgan Chase Bank". All references herein to Chase Bank shall also refer to JPMorgan Chase Bank after the merger November 10, 2001.

Our activities are internally organized, for management reporting purposes, into five major businesses: Investment Bank, Investment Management & Private Banking, Treasury & Securities Services, JPMorgan Partners and Retail & Middle Market Financial Services. We have presented a brief description of those businesses below.

Investment Bank

The Investment Bank includes our securities underwriting and financial advisory, trading, mergers, and acquisitions advisory and corporate lending and syndication business.

Investment Management & Private Banking

Our Investment Management & Private Banking includes our asset management businesses, including our mutual funds; our institutional money management and cash management businesses; and our private bank, which provides wealth management solutions for a global client base of high net worth individuals and families.

Treasury & Securities Services

Treasury & Securities Services is a recognized leader in information and transaction processing services, moving trillions of dollars daily in securities and cash for its wholesale clients. Treasury & Securities Services includes our custody, cash management, trust and other fiduciary services businesses.

JPMorgan Partners

JPMorgan Partners is one of the world's largest and most diversified private equity investment firms with total funds under management of approximately $20 billion.

Retail & Middle Market Financial Services

Retail & Middle Market Financial Services serves more than 30 million consumer, small businesses and middle-market companies across the United States. Retail & Middle Market Financial Services offers a wide range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, mortgage services and consumer finance services, through a diverse array of distribution channels, including the internet and branch and ATM networks.

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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS

Our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and consolidated ratios of earnings to combine fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements are as follows:

                                                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                   SIX MONTHS ENDED   --------------------------------
                                                    JUNE 30, 2001     2000   1999   1998   1997   1996
                                                   ----------------   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----
Earnings to Fixed Charges:
  Excluding Interest on Deposits.................        1.31         1.52   1.93   1.46   1.53   1.50
  Including Interest on Deposits.................        1.19         1.31   1.54   1.29   1.33   1.29
Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
  Stock Dividend Requirements:
  Excluding Interest on Deposits.................        1.30         1.51   1.90   1.45   1.51   1.47
  Including Interest on Deposits.................        1.19         1.31   1.53   1.28   1.32   1.28

For purposes of computing the above ratios, earnings represent net income from continuing operations plus total taxes based on income and fixed charges. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, include interest expense (other than on deposits), one-third (the proportion deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents, net of income from subleases, and capitalized interest. Fixed charges, including interest on deposits, include all interest expense, one-third (the proportion deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents, net of income from subleases, and capitalized interest.

DESCRIPTION OF
DEBT SECURITIES

Our outstanding senior and subordinated securities offered by use of this prospectus (the "Debt Securities") have been issued under a number of indentures, some of which were initially executed by our predecessor institutions and assumed by us in connection with various mergers.

None of our indentures limits the amount of debt securities that we may issue. Each indenture provides that we may issue debt securities up to the principal amount we authorize from time to time. In addition, none of our subordinated indentures limits the amount of senior indebtedness we may incur.

We are a holding company that conducts substantially all of our operations through subsidiaries. As a result, claims of the holders of our debt securities will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, except to the extent that J.P. Morgan Chase is recognized, and receives payment, as a creditor of those subsidiaries. Claims of our subsidiaries' creditors other than J.P. Morgan Chase include substantial amounts of long-term debt, deposit liabilities, federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, commercial paper and other short-term borrowings.

None of our indentures limits our ability to enter into a highly leveraged transaction or provides you with any special protection in the event of such a transaction. In addition, none of our indentures provides special protection in the event of a sudden and dramatic decline in our credit quality resulting from a takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring.

We may have issued some of the Debt Securities as original issue discount Debt Securities. Original issue discount Debt Securities bear no interest or bear interest at a below-market rate and are sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. Persons considering the purchase, ownership or disposition of original issue discount Debt Securities should consult their own tax advisors concerning the United States Federal income tax consequences to them with regard to the purchase, ownership or disposition of those securities in light of their particular situations, as well as any consequences arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

Unless otherwise indicated in a supplement to this prospectus, we have issued the Debt Securities only in registered form without coupons. We may have issued some of the Debt Securities only as permanent global securities. See "Book-Entry Issuance" below. You will not be required to pay a service charge for any transfer or exchange of the

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Debt Securities, but we may require payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.

Unless a particular issue of Debt Securities is represented by a permanent global note, we will pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities at the corporate trust office of the applicable paying agent. That paying agent, in the case of the Company Debt Securities and Heritage Chase Debt Securities referred to below, is Chase Bank in New York City and, in the case of the Heritage J.P. Morgan Debt Securities referred to below, is U.S. Bank Trust National Association in New York City. You may also make transfers or exchanges of the Debt Securities at those respective locations. We also have the right to pay interest on any Debt Securities by check mailed to the registered holders of the Debt Securities at their registered addresses.

In connection with any payment on a Debt Security, we may require the holder to certify information to J.P. Morgan Chase. In the absence of that certification, we may rely on any legal presumption to determine our responsibilities, if any, to deduct or withhold taxes, assessments or governmental charges from the payment.

COMPANY DEBT SECURITIES

J.P. Morgan Chase (which, for purposes of this portion of the prospectus, includes Chase prior to its merger with heritage J.P. Morgan, and Chemical Banking Corporation prior to its merger with The Chase Manhattan Corporation) has issued Debt Securities (the "Company Debt Securities") from time to time under the indentures referred to in the following paragraph (the "Company Indentures"). The following summary of the provisions of the Company Debt Securities and the Company Indentures is not complete. You should refer to the Company Indentures, copies of which are exhibits to the registration statement (File No. 333---) of which this prospectus is a part (the "registration statement").

We have issued senior Company Debt Securities (the "Company Senior Securities") under an Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1989 (as amended, the "Company Senior Indenture"), between us and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee. We have issued subordinated Company Debt Securities (the "Company Subordinated Securities") under an Indenture, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992 (as amended, the "Company Subordinated Indenture"), between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee. The Company Debt Securities may be offered together with warrants to purchase the Company Debt Securities, warrants to purchase shares of common stock, warrants to purchase shares of preferred stock or currency warrants entitling the holder to receive the cash value in U.S. dollars of the right to purchase or the right to sell foreign currencies or composite currencies.

COMPANY SENIOR SECURITIES

The Company Senior Securities are our direct, unsecured general obligations and constitute Company Senior Indebtedness having the same rank as our other senior indebtedness. For a definition of Company Senior Indebtedness, see "Company Debt Securities -- Company Subordinated Securities -- Subordination" below.

Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Chase Bank. The Company Senior Indenture contains a covenant by us that, so long as any of the Company Senior Securities are outstanding, neither we nor any Intermediate Subsidiary, as defined below, will dispose of any shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or any securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, except to J.P. Morgan Chase or an Intermediate Subsidiary. In addition, the covenant provides that neither we nor any Intermediate Subsidiary will permit Chase Bank to issue any shares of its voting stock, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock, nor will we permit any Intermediate Subsidiary to cease to be an Intermediate Subsidiary.

The above covenant is subject to our rights in connection with a consolidation or merger of J.P. Morgan Chase with or into another person or a sale of our assets. The covenant also will not apply if both:

(1) the disposition in question is made for fair market value, as determined by the board of directors J.P. Morgan Chase or the Intermediate Subsidiary; and

(2) after giving effect to the disposition, we and any one or more of our Intermediate

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Subsidiaries will collectively own at least 80% of the issued and outstanding voting stock of Chase Bank or any successor to Chase Bank free and clear of any security interest.

The above covenant also does not restrict Chase Bank from being consolidated with or merged into another domestic banking corporation, if after the merger or consolidation, (A) J.P. Morgan Chase, or its successor, and any one or more Intermediate Subsidiaries own at least 80% of the voting stock of the resulting bank and (B) no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have happened and be continuing.

The Company Senior Indenture defines an "Intermediate Subsidiary" as a subsidiary (1) that is organized under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction and
(2) of which all the shares of capital stock, and all securities convertible into, and options, warrants and rights to purchase shares of capital stock, are owned directly by J.P. Morgan Chase, free and clear of any security interest. As used above, "voting stock" means a class of stock having general voting power under ordinary circumstances irrespective of the happening of a contingency. The above covenant would not prevent Chase Bank from engaging in a sale of assets to the extent otherwise permitted by the Company Senior Indenture.

Defaults and Waivers. The Company Senior Indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of Company Senior Securities as any one of the following events:

(1) default in the payment of interest on any Company Senior Security of that series and continuance of that default for 30 days;

(2) default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Company Senior Security of that series at maturity;

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment and continuance of that default for five days;

(4) failure by us for 60 days after notice to perform any of the other covenants or warranties in the Company Senior Indenture applicable to that series;

(5) (A) failure by us to pay indebtedness for money borrowed by us, including Company Senior Securities of other series, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000, at the later of final maturity or the expiration of any applicable grace period or (B) acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness for money borrowed by us, including Company Senior Securities of other series, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000, if that failure to pay or acceleration results from a default under the instrument giving rise to or securing the indebtedness for money borrowed by us and is not rescinded or annulled within 30 days after due notice, unless the default is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(6) specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase or Chase Bank; and

(7) any other event of default specified with respect to Company Senior Securities of that series.

If any event of default with respect to Company Senior Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Company Senior Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Company Senior Securities of that series are original issue discount securities, a specified portion of the principal amount) of all Company Senior Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. No such declaration is required upon specified events of bankruptcy. Subject to the conditions set forth in the indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Company Senior Securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except uncured payment defaults and other specified defaults.

The Company Senior Indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default known to it with respect to any outstanding series of Company Senior Securities, to give the holders of that series notice of the default if uncured or not waived. The trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. However, the trustee may not withhold the notice in the case of a payment default. The trustee may not give the above notice until 60 days after the occurrence of a default in the

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performance of a covenant in the Company Senior Indenture, other than a covenant to make payment. The term "default" for the purpose of this provision only means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default with respect to Company Senior Securities of that series.

Other than the duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Company Senior Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of Senior Securities, unless the holders have offered the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. The Company Senior Indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Company Senior Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee for that series, or exercising any trust or other power conferred on the trustee. However, the trustee may decline to act if the direction is contrary to law or the Company Senior Indenture.

The Company Senior Indenture includes a covenant requiring us to file annually with the trustee a certificate of no default, or specifying any default that exists.

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Company Senior Indenture contains a provision that, if made applicable to any series of Company Senior Securities, permits us to elect:

- defeasance, which would discharge us from all of our obligations (subject to limited exceptions) with respect to any Company Senior Securities of that series then outstanding; and/or

- covenant defeasance, which would release us from our obligations under specified covenants and the consequences of the occurrence of an event of default resulting from a breach of those covenants or a cross-default.

To make either of the above elections, we must deposit in trust with the trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations, as defined below, which through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide sufficient money, without reinvestment, to repay in full those Company Senior Securities. As used in the Company Senior Indenture, "U.S. government obligations" are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States or of an agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case that are, or are guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States and that are not redeemable by the issuer; and

(2) depositary receipts with respect to an obligation referred to in clause (1).

As a condition to defeasance or covenant defeasance, we must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the holders of Company Senior Securities will not recognize income, gain, or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. That opinion, in the case of defeasance, but not covenant defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a ruling received by us from the Internal Revenue Service or published as a revenue ruling or upon a change in applicable federal income tax law.

If we exercise our covenant defeasance option with respect to a particular series of Company Senior Securities, then even if there were a default under the related covenant, payment of those Company Senior Securities could not be accelerated. We may exercise our defeasance option with respect to a particular series of Company Senior Securities even if we previously had exercised our covenant defeasance option. If we exercise our defeasance option, payment of those Company Senior Securities may not be accelerated because of any event of default. If we exercise our covenant defeasance option and an acceleration were to occur, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on those Company Senior Securities. This is because the required deposit of money and/or U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust is based upon scheduled cash flows rather than market value, which will vary depending upon interest rates and other factors.

Modification of the Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the Company Senior Indenture

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with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each series of outstanding Company Senior Securities affected by the modification. However, without the consent of each affected holder, no such modification may:

- change the stated maturity of any Company Senior Security;

- reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, on, any Company Senior Security;

- reduce the rate of payment of interest on any Company Senior Security, or change other specified provisions relating to the yield of the Company Senior Security;

- change the currency or currencies in which any Company Senior Security is payable;

- reduce the percentage of holders of outstanding Company Senior Securities of any series required to consent to any modification, amendment or any waiver under the Company Senior Indenture; or

- change the provisions in the Company Senior Indenture that relate to its modification or amendment.

We and the trustee may amend the Company Senior Indenture without the consent of the holders of the Company Senior Securities in the event we merge with another person, to replace the trustee, to effect modifications that do not affect any outstanding series of Company Senior Securities, and for certain other purposes.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. We may, without the consent of the holders of any Company Senior Securities, consolidate or merge with any other person or transfer or lease all or substantially all of our assets to another person or permit another corporation to merge into J.P. Morgan Chase, provided that:

(1) the successor is a person organized under U.S. laws;

(2) the successor, if not us, assumes our obligations on the Company Senior Securities and under the Company Senior Indenture;

(3) after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(4) other specified conditions are met.

The principal terms of the Company Senior Securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus are set forth below. Interest on the below series accrues at the annual rate indicated in the title of the series and is payable on the indicated interest payment dates to the registered holders on the preceding record date.

5 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2004

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $500,000,000

- Maturity date: April 15, 2004

- Interest payment dates: April 15 and October 15

- Record dates: April 1 and October 1

- Issuance date: April 26, 1999

- Redemption: Not redeemable prior to maturity and not subject to a sinking fund.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXED SECURITIES DUE 2010 (CPIS)

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $15,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2010

- Other terms:

- The principal amount and issue price of each CPI is $1,250

- Does not pay interest

- No guarantee of return of principal at maturity

- At maturity, a holder will receive $1,948.50 per $1,250 principal amount plus an amount equal to the product of a multiplier times the difference between the ending index and the forward index. The multiplier is 57.3069. The forward index is 208.50. The ending index will be the Reference CPI at maturity.

- The Reference CPI is the 3-month lagged version of the CPI which is used by the United States Department of the Treasury to calculate the inflation indexed principal of its inflation indexed securities.

- Beginning on January 15, 2003, and each January 15 thereafter, the Securities may be redeemed at the option of the holder for an amount equal to the discounted present value of the estimated payment at maturity.

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- The CPIs have been approved for listing on the American Stock Exchange LLC.

5 5/8% NOTES DUE 2006

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $1,500,000,000

- Maturity date: August 15, 2006

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: February 1 and August 1

- Issuance date: August 14, 2001

- Redemption: Not redeemable prior to maturity and not subject to a sinking fund

SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES C

As of the date of this prospectus, $12,120,340,000 aggregate principal amount of our Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C (the "Senior Series C Notes") is issued and outstanding. In the table below we specify the following terms of those Senior Series C Notes:

- Issuance date;

- Principal amount;

- Maturity date;

- Interest rate and redemption dates, if any.

The interest rate bases or formulas applicable to Senior Series C Notes that bear interest at floating rates are indicated in the table below. The Senior Series C Notes are not subject to a sinking fund and are not redeemable unless a redemption date is indicated below. Unless otherwise indicated below, Senior Series C Notes that are redeemable are redeemable at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

ISSUANCE DATE            PRINCIPAL AMOUNT        MATURITY DATE                INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
-------------            ----------------        -------------                ------------------------------
November 10, 1995......   $   25,000,000    November 10, 2005......  Constant maturity 10 year Treasury Index
                                                                     minus 0.34%
August 5, 1997.........      300,000,000    August 5, 2027.........  Zero coupon; redeemable on semiannual redemption
                                                                     dates on or after August 5, 2002 at prices
                                                                     varying with the redemption date
August 15, 1997........      115,000,000    August 15, 2017........  Zero coupon; redeemable on semiannual redemption
                                                                     dates on or after August 15, 2001 at prices
                                                                     varying with the redemption date
January 20, 1998.......       15,000,000    January 21, 2003.......  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.14%
February 13, 1998......       66,000,000    February 13, 2003......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.15%
February 20, 1998......       11,079,000    February 22, 2028......  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly minus 0.10%;
                                                                     repayable at the option of the holder on
                                                                     February 22 of 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2018 at
                                                                     prices varying with the redemption date
December 8, 1998.......      200,000,000    December 10, 2001......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.30%
December 23, 1998......      100,000,000    December 21, 2001......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.26%
January 20, 1999.......       60,000,000    January 22, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
January 21, 1999.......       50,000,000    January 22, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
January 21, 1999.......       10,000,000    January 22, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
January 25, 1999.......       60,000,000    January 25, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
January 25, 1999.......      100,000,000    January 25, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
January 28, 1999.......       25,000,000    January 28, 2004.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.27%
January 29, 1999.......      140,000,000    January 29, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.17%
February 10, 1999......      100,000,000    February 10, 2004......  5.69%
March 18, 1999.........       50,000,000    March 18, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.135%
March 18, 1999.........       15,000,000    March 18, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.135%
March 26,1999..........       35,000,000    March 26, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       50,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       20,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       75,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       50,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       25,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       25,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 23, 1999.........       35,000,000    April 23, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
April 29, 1999.........       75,000,000    April 29, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.10%
April 30, 1999.........       75,000,000    April 30, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.10%

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ISSUANCE DATE            PRINCIPAL AMOUNT        MATURITY DATE                INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
-------------            ----------------        -------------                ------------------------------
May 4, 1999............   $   50,000,000    May 6, 2002............  Federal Funds Rate reset daily + 0.35%
October 26, 1999.......       35,311,000    October 26, 2039.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly minus 0.10%;
                                                                     repayable at the option of the holder on October
                                                                     26 of 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018 at prices
                                                                     varying with the redemption date.
November 24, 1999......      300,000,000    December 1, 2004.......  6.75%
December 15, 1999......      400,000,000    December 17, 2001......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.10%
January 6, 2000........      600,000,000    January 3, 2002........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.08%
January 25, 2000.......      100,000,000    January 14, 2005.......  7.50%
February 4, 2000.......      270,000,000    February 1, 2002.......  7.20%
February 18, 2000......      255,000,000    February 15, 2002......  7.22%
February 18, 2000......       50,000,000    February 15, 2002......  7.22%
February 18, 2000......       50,000,000    February 1, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.08%
February 22, 2000......       50,000,000    February 22, 2002......  Federal Funds Rate reset daily + 0.30%
February 22, 2000......       50,000,000    February 22, 2002......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.08%
February 22, 2000......       50,000,000    February 22, 2002......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.11%
February 24, 2000......       20,000,000    February 24, 2005        LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.20%
March 1, 2000..........       30,000,000    March 3, 2003..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
March 8, 2000..........       30,000,000    March 8, 2005..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.63%
March 8, 2000..........       25,000,000    March 8, 2006..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.60%
March 8, 2000..........       20,000,000    March 8, 2005..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%
March 17, 2000.........       50,000,000    March 17, 2003.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
March 17, 2000.........       15,000,000    March 17, 2003.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
March 21, 2000.........       25,000,000    March 21, 2005.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
March 27, 2000.........    1,570,000,000    March 22, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.07%
March 28, 2000.........      350,000,000    March 28, 2002.........  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.12%
March 29, 2000.........      158,000,000    March 29, 2005.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.22%
June 7, 2000...........      100,000,000    June 7, 2002...........  7.36%
June 14, 2000..........       30,000,000    June 14, 2005..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.34 with a
                                                                     maximum interest rate of 9 1/2%
July 6, 2000...........      275,000,000    July 8, 2002...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
July 6, 2000...........      725,000,000    July 8, 2002...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.10%
September 6, 2000......      100,000,000    September 6, 2002......  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.11%
September 8, 2000......       25,000,000    September 6, 2002......  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.11%
September 11, 2000.....      175,000,000    September 11, 2002.....  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.11%
September 11, 2000.....      244,000,000    September 11, 2002.....  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.11%
September 11, 2000.....       55,000,000    September 11, 2002.....  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.11%
September 13, 2000.....      265,000,000    September 15, 2003.....  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.15%
February 1, 2001.......    1,000,000,000    January 30, 2003.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.125%
February 20, 2001......    1,000,000,000    February 20, 2003......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.11%
February 28, 2001......       63,000,000    February 28, 2003......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.11%
March 5, 2001..........      120,000,000    February 27, 2004......  5.37%
March 6, 2001..........      365,000,000    March 6, 2003..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.11%
March 14, 2001.........      110,000,000    March 14, 2003.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.10%
March 23, 2001.........      100,000,000    June 23, 2003..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.115%
March 30, 2001.........      100,000,000    March 22, 2004.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.15%
March 30, 2001.........      125,000,000    March 30, 2004.........  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.17%
May 1, 2001............      400,000,000    May 1, 2003............  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.09%
May 8, 2001............       25,000,000    May 8, 2006............  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.27%
May 8, 2001............      100,000,000    May 10, 2004...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.15%
May 17, 2001...........       50,000,000    May 17, 2004...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.15%
June 6, 2001...........       40,000,000    June 6, 2003...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.05%
June 11, 2001..........       16,950,000    June 6, 2003...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.03%
June 20, 2001..........       25,000,000    June 20, 2006..........  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.24%
June 26, 2001..........       55,000,000    June 28, 2004..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.12%
August 14, 2001........       71,000,000    November 15, 2005......  5.375%

COMPANY SUBORDINATED SECURITIES

The Company Subordinated Securities are our direct, unsecured general obligations. The Company Subordinated Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Company Senior Indebtedness and, in certain circumstances described below relating to our dissolution, winding-

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up, liquidation or reorganization, to all Additional Senior Obligations. For definitions of "Company Senior Indebtedness" and "Additional Senior Obligations", see "-- Subordination" below.

Unless otherwise indicated below with respect to a particular series of Company Subordinated Securities, the maturity of the Company Subordinated Securities is subject to acceleration only upon our bankruptcy or reorganization. See "Defaults and Waivers" below.

If any Company Subordinated Securities are specified to be convertible into our common stock, the holders will be entitled, as specified, to convert those convertible Company Subordinated Securities into common stock at the conversion price specified.

To the extent specified below with respect to a particular series of Company Subordinated Securities, the holders of the particular series may be obligated at maturity, or at any earlier time as set forth below, to exchange that series of Company Subordinated Securities for Capital Securities on terms specified below. "Capital Securities" may consist of our common stock, perpetual preferred stock or other capital securities acceptable to our primary Federal banking regulator, which currently is the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve Board"). Whenever Company Subordinated Securities are exchangeable for Capital Securities, we will be obligated to deliver Capital Securities with a market value equal to the principal amount of those Company Subordinated Securities. In addition, we will unconditionally undertake, at our expense, to sell the Capital Securities in a secondary offering on behalf of any holders who elect to receive cash for the Capital Securities.

Subordination. The Company Subordinated Securities are subordinated and junior in right of payment to all Company Senior Indebtedness and, under certain circumstances, Additional Senior Obligations. As of June 30, 2001, our Company Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations totaled approximately $48 billion.

As used in this prospectus, "Company Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all indebtedness for money borrowed by us, whether outstanding on the date the Company Subordinated Indenture became effective or created, assumed or incurred after that date, including all indebtedness for money borrowed by another person that we guarantee. However, Company Senior Indebtedness does not include indebtedness that is stated to be not superior to or to have the same rank as the Company Subordinated Securities. In particular, Company Senior Indebtedness does not include (A) Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below), (B) Company Subordinated Securities issued on or after December 15, 1992, (C) Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness, as defined below, (D) Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below), (E) Other Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below), and (F) other debt of J.P. Morgan Chase that is expressly stated to have the same rank as or to not rank superior to the Company Subordinated Securities (we refer to that other debt as "Other Subordinated Indebtedness").

The Company Subordinated Indenture defines "Additional Senior Obligations" to mean all indebtedness of J.P. Morgan Chase for claims in respect of derivative products, such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements, except Company Senior Indebtedness and except obligations that are expressly stated to have the same rank as or to rank not senior to the Company Subordinated Securities. For purposes of this definition, "claim" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 101(4) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended and in effect on the date of execution of the Company Subordinated Indenture.

Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness issued by Chemical Banking Corporation prior to December 15, 1992, other than Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness and Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness.

Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness that we assumed as a result of our merger with The Chase Manhattan Corporation.

Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness issued by heritage J.P. Morgan prior to

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March 1, 1993 that we assumed as a result of our merger with heritage J.P. Morgan.

Other Assumed Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness means all outstanding subordinated indebtedness issued by heritage J.P. Morgan on or after March 1, 1993 that we assumed as a result of our merger with J.P. Morgan.

Under the Company Subordinated Indenture, we may not make any payment on the Company Subordinated Securities or exchange any Company Subordinated Securities for Capital Securities in the event:

- we have failed to make full payment of all amounts of principal, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due on all Company Senior Indebtedness; or

- there shall exist any event of default on any Company Senior Indebtedness or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become such an event of default.

In addition, upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization:

- we must pay to the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness the full amounts of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Company Senior Indebtedness before any payment or distribution is made on the Company Subordinated Securities, and

- if, after we have made those payments on the Company Senior Indebtedness, there are amounts available for payment on the Company Subordinated Securities and creditors in respect of Additional Senior Obligations have not received their full payments,

then we will first use amounts available for payment on the Company Subordinated Securities, other than Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness, to pay in full all Additional Senior Obligations before we may make any payment on the Company Subordinated Securities.

For additional information regarding the relationship among the provisions governing our various series of subordinated debt securities, see "Relationship Among Subordination Provisions" below.

Limitation on Disposition of Voting Stock of Chase Bank. Except as noted below, the Company Subordinated Indenture does not contain a covenant prohibiting us from selling or otherwise disposing of any shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of voting stock of Chase Bank. The Company Subordinated Indenture also does not prohibit Chase Bank from issuing any shares of its voting stock or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock. However, the Company Subordinated Indenture does contain a covenant, which is for the exclusive benefit of the holders of the Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness and which is subject to the provisions described below under "-- Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets," that we will not sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of, voting stock of Chase Bank, nor will we permit Chase Bank to issue any such shares of its voting stock or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of its voting stock. However, that covenant does not prohibit:

- issuances or sales of directors' qualifying shares;

- issuances or sales of shares to us;

- sales or other dispositions or issuances for fair market value, as determined by our board of directors, so long as we would continue to own directly or indirectly not less than 80% of the issued and outstanding shares of the voting stock of Chase Bank;

- sales or other dispositions or issuances made in compliance with an order or direction of a court or regulatory authority of competent jurisdiction; and

- sales of voting stock by Chase Bank to its shareholders if those sales do not reduce the percentage of shares of voting stock owned by us.

Defaults and Waivers. The Company Subordinated Indenture defines an event of default:

- with respect to Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness, as any one of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization affecting J.P. Morgan Chase; and

- with respect to Company Subordinated Securities, as any one of certain events of bankruptcy or reorganization affecting J.P. Morgan Chase and any other event described below as an event of default for a particular series.

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If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to any outstanding series of Company Subordinated Securities, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of that outstanding series may declare the principal, or, in the case of original issue discount Company Subordinated Securities, a specified amount of principal, of all Company Subordinated Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately in cash. Subject to specified conditions, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Company Subordinated Securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive certain past defaults. The right of the holders of the Company Subordinated Securities of a series to demand payment in cash upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default continues to exist so long as the Company Subordinated Securities of that series have not been exchanged or converted. Any right to enforce that payment in cash would, in the event of our bankruptcy or reorganization, be subject to the broad equity powers of a federal bankruptcy court and to its determination of the nature and status of the payment claims of the holders of the Company Subordinated Securities. Prior to any declaration of acceleration, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Company Subordinated Securities may waive any past default or event of default, except a payment default.

Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a series of Company Subordinated Securities, there is no right of acceleration of the payment of principal of the Company Subordinated Securities of that series upon a default in the payment of principal or interest or a default in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the Company Subordinated Securities or the Company Subordinated Indenture. In the event of a default in the payment of interest or principal, including a default in the delivery of any Capital Securities in exchange for Company Subordinated Securities, or in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the Company Subordinated Securities or the Company Subordinated Indenture, the trustee may, subject to specified limitations and conditions, seek to enforce that payment or delivery or the performance of that covenant or agreement.

The Company Subordinated Indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to Company Subordinated Securities of any series, to give the holders of that series notice of all uncured defaults known to it. However, except in cases involving our bankruptcy or reorganization, a payment default or a default in the obligation to deliver Capital Securities in exchange for Company Subordinated Securities, the trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. The term "default" for purposes of this provision includes the events of default specified above without grace periods or notice. We are required to furnish to the trustee annually an officers' certificate as to the absence of defaults under the Company Subordinated Indenture.

Other than the duties of the trustee to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Company Subordinated Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the Company Subordinated Securities, unless those holders have offered the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. Subject to that provision for security or indemnity, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Company Subordinated Securities of any series then outstanding have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to, or exercising any trust or power conferred on, the trustee with respect to the Company Subordinated Securities of that series.

Modification of the Indenture. The Company Subordinated Indenture contains provisions permitting us and the trustee to modify the Company Subordinated Indenture or the rights of the holders of the Company Subordinated Securities with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each outstanding series of the Company Subordinated Securities affected by the modification. However, no such modification may, without the consent of each holder of Company Subordinated Securities affected by the modification:

- change the stated maturity date of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Company Subordinated Security;

- reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Company Subordinated Security;

- reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount Company Subordinated

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Security payable upon acceleration of the maturity of that Company Subordinated Security;

- reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any Company Subordinated Security;

- change the place or places where, or the currency in which, any Company Subordinated Security or any premium or interest is payable;

- change the definition of market value;

- impair the right of any holders of Company Subordinated Securities of any series to receive on any exchange date for Company Subordinated Securities of that series Capital Securities with a market value equal to that required by the terms of the Company Subordinated Securities;

- impair the conversion rights, if any, of any holders;

- impair the right of a holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Company Subordinated Security, including any right of redemption at the option of the holder of that Company Subordinated Security, or impair any rights to the delivery of Capital Securities in exchange for any Company Subordinated Security or to require us to sell Capital Securities in a secondary offering or to require the delivery of common stock, Company Debt Securities or other property upon conversion of Company Subordinated Securities;

- reduce the above-stated percentage of Company Subordinated Securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is necessary to modify or amend the Company Subordinated Indenture, or reduce the percentage of Company Subordinated Securities of any series the holders of which are required to waive any past default or event of default; or

- modify the above requirements.

The Company Subordinated Indenture permits us and the trustee to amend the Company Subordinated Indenture without the consent of the holders of Company Subordinated Securities in the event of the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase, the replacement of the trustee, to effect modifications that do not affect any outstanding series of Company Subordinated Securities and for other specified purposes.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. We may not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of our assets to any other corporation, unless:

- we are the continuing corporation or the successor corporation expressly assumes the payment of the principal of (including issuance and delivery of Capital Securities) and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Company Subordinated Securities and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the Company Subordinated Indenture binding upon us; and

- immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, we or the successor corporation shall not be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.

The principal terms of the Company Subordinated Securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated below, interest on each series listed below accrues at the annual rate indicated in the title of the series and is payable semiannually in arrears on the indicated interest payment dates to the registered holders on the preceding record date. Unless otherwise indicated below, Company Subordinated Securities of the series listed below are not redeemable prior to their stated maturity and are not subject to a sinking fund.

8 1/2% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2002

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: February 15, 2002

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: February 1 and August 1

- Issuance date: February 10, 1992

- Other terms: The happening of one or more of the following events will constitute an event of default:

(1) default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest;

(2) default in the payment, when due, of principal;

(3) default, for 60 days after appropriate written notice, in the observance or performance of any of our other covenants or agreements with respect to this series; and

(4) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization affecting us or the Bank.

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8 5/8% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2002

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: May 1, 2002

- Interest payment dates: May 1 and November 1

- Record dates: April 15 and October 15

- Issuance date: May 6, 1992

8 1/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE JUNE 15, 2002

- Principal amount of series: $100,000,000

- Maturity date: June 15, 2002

- Interest payment dates: June 15 and December 15

- Record dates: June 1 and December 1

- Issuance date: June 23, 1992

7 5/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2003

- Interest payment dates: January 15 and July 15

- Record dates: January 1 and July 1

- Issuance date: January 22, 1993

7 1/8% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2005

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: March 1, 2005

- Interest payment dates: March 1 and September 1

- Record dates: February 15 and August 15

- Issuance date: March 1, 1993

6 1/2% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2009

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2009

- Interest payment dates: January 15 and July 15

- Record dates: January 1 and July 1

- Issuance date: January 25, 1994

7 7/8% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2006

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: July 15, 2006

- Interest payment dates: January 15 and July 15

- Record dates: January 1 and July 1

- Issuance date: July 27, 1994

7 1/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007

- Principal amount of series: $300,000,000

- Maturity date: February 1, 2007

- Interest payment dates: February 1 and August 1

- Record dates: January 15 and July 15

- Issuance date: January 29, 1997

7 1/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007

- Principal amount of series: $300,000,000

- Maturity date: June 1, 2007

- Interest payment dates: June 1 and December 1

- Record dates: May 15 and November 15

- Issuance date: May 21, 1997

7 1/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009

- Principal amount of series: $250,000,000

- Maturity date: June 15, 2009

- Interest payment dates: June 15 and December 15

- Record dates: June 1 and December 1

- Issuance date: June 12, 1997

6 3/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008

- Principal amount of series $200,000,000

- Maturity date: February 15, 2008

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: February 1 and August 1

- Issuance date: February 11, 1998

6 3/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE APRIL 1, 2008

- Principal amount of series: $250,000,000

- Maturity date: April 1, 2008

- Interest payment dates: April 1 and October 1

- Record dates: March 15 and September 15

- Issuance date: April 7, 1998

6% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2005

- Principal amount of series: $300,000,000

- Maturity date: November 1, 2005

- Interest payment dates: May 1 and November 1

- Record dates: April 15 and October 15

- Issuance date: November 6, 1998

6% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $350,000,000

- Maturity date: February 15, 2009

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: February 1 and August 1

- Issuance date: February 23, 1999

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7% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $500,000,000

- Maturity date: November 15, 2009

- Interest payment dates: May 15 and November 15

- Record dates: May 1 and November 1

- Issuance date: November 22, 1999

7.875% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2010

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $500,000,000

- Maturity date: June 15, 2010

- Interest payment dates: June 15 and December 15

- Record dates: June 1 and December 1

- Issuance date: June 9, 2000

6.75% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2011

- Initial principal amount of series (subject to increase): $1,500,000,000

- Additional principal amount of series issued June 8, 2001: $500,000,000

- Aggregate principal amount of series (subject to increase): $2,000,000,000

- Maturity date: February 1, 2011

- Interest payment dates: February 1 and August 1

- Record dates: January 15 and July 15
- Initial date: January 30, 2001

SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A

As of the date of this prospectus, $1,620,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Medium-Term Notes, Series A (the "Subordinated Series A Notes") is or is scheduled to become issued and outstanding. In the table below we specify the following terms of those Subordinated Series A Notes:

- Issuance date;
- Principal amount;

- Maturity date;
- Interest rate and redemption dates, if any.

The Subordinated Series A Notes are not subject to a sinking fund and are not redeemable unless a redemption date is indicated below. Unless otherwise indicated below, Subordinated Series A Notes that are redeemable are redeemable at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

                               PRINCIPAL
       ISSUANCE DATE            AMOUNT                      MATURITY DATE          INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
       -------------           ---------                    -------------          ------------------------------
April 5, 1995...............  $15,000,000 .........  April 5, 2005...............  10%; converts to LIBOR reset
                                                                                   semiannually on April 5, 1999
                                                                                   but in no event shall the rate
                                                                                   be less than 3%
March 24, 1997..............  250,000,000 .........  March 24, 2027..............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                   whole only annually on or
                                                                                   after March 24, 2007 at prices
                                                                                   varying with the redemption
                                                                                   date.
March 24, 1997..............  100,000,000 .........  March 24, 2027..............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                   whole only annually on or
                                                                                   after March 24, 2007 at prices
                                                                                   varying with the redemption
                                                                                   date.
September 24, 1997..........  100,000,000 .........  September 15, 2006..........  6.75%
November 5, 1997............   20,000,000 .........  November 5, 2012............  7.00%; redeemable semi-
                                                                                   annually on or after November
                                                                                   5, 2001
November 20, 1997...........   25,000,000 .........  November 20, 2017...........  7.00%; redeemable semi-
                                                                                   annually on or after November
                                                                                   20, 2001

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                               PRINCIPAL
       ISSUANCE DATE            AMOUNT                      MATURITY DATE          INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
       -------------           ---------                    -------------          ------------------------------
March 24, 1997..............  $100,000,000 ......... March 24, 2027..............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                   whole only annually on or
                                                                                   after March 24, 2007 at prices
                                                                                   varying with the redemption
                                                                                   date.
September 24, 1997..........  100,000,000 .........  September 15, 2006..........  6.75%
November 5, 1997............   20,000,000 .........  November 5, 2012............  7.00%; redeemable semi-
                                                                                   annually on or after November
                                                                                   5, 2001
November 20, 1997...........   25,000,000 .........  November 20, 2017...........  7.00%; redeemable semi-
                                                                                   annually on or after November
                                                                                   20, 2001
July 30, 1999...............   25,000,000 .........  July 30, 2009...............  7.00%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only quarterly on or after
                                                                                   July 30, 2002
August 20, 1999.............   55,000,000 .........  August 20, 2009.............  7.40%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only semi-annually on or after
                                                                                   August 20, 2002
August 27, 1999.............   25,000,000 .........  August 27, 2009.............  7.55%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only semi-annually on or after
                                                                                   August 27, 2002
August 27, 1999.............   40,000,000 .........  August 27, 2009.............  7.375%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only semi-annually on or after
                                                                                   August 27, 2002
November 26, 1999...........   45,000,000 .........  November 26, 2014...........  7.50%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only quarterly on or after
                                                                                   November 26, 2002
February 22, 2000...........   75,000,000 .........  February 22, 2010...........  8%; redeemable in whole or in
                                                                                   part semi-annually on or after
                                                                                   February 22, 2003
February 28, 2000...........   25,000,000 .........  March 2, 2015...............  8.05%; redeemable in whole or
                                                                                   in part semi-annually on or
                                                                                   after February 28, 2003
June 9, 2000................  500,000,000 .........  June 15, 2010...............  7.875%
May 24, 2000................   25,000,000 .........  June 1, 2015................  8.15%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only semi-annually on or after
                                                                                   June 1, 2003
August 18, 2000.............   50,000,000 .........  August 18, 2015.............  8.00%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                   only semi-annually on or after
                                                                                   August 18, 2003

SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B

As of the date of this prospectus, $47,250,000 aggregate principal amount of our Subordinated Medium-Term Notes, Series B (the "Subordinated Series B Notes") is issued and outstanding. In the table below we specify the following terms of those Subordinated Series B Notes:

- Issuance date;

- Principal amount;

- Maturity date;

- Interest rate and redemption dates, if any.

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The Subordinated Series B Notes are not subject to a sinking fund and are not redeemable unless a redemption date is indicated below. Unless otherwise indicated below, Subordinated Series B Notes that are redeemable are redeemable at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

                               PRINCIPAL
       ISSUANCE DATE            AMOUNT                      MATURITY DATE                      RATE
       -------------           ---------                    -------------                      ----
March 31, 1995..............  $ 1,250,000 .........  August 30, 2004.............  Zero Coupon
April 7, 1995...............    3,000,000 .........  April 7, 2002...............  Zero Coupon
April 28, 1995..............    8,500,000 .........  May 15, 2005................  7.60%; redeemable monthly on
                                                                                   or after May 15, 2000
May 5, 1995.................    8,000,000 .........  May 15, 2005................  7.60%; redeemable monthly on
                                                                                   or after May 15, 2000
May 12, 1995................    4,750,000 .........  May 15, 2005................  7.60%; redeemable monthly on
                                                                                   or after May 15, 2000
May 19, 1995................    3,000,000 .........  June 15, 2005...............  7.25%; redeemable monthly on
                                                                                   or after June 15, 2000
May 26, 1995................    1,250,000 .........  June 15, 2005...............  7.15%; redeemable monthly on
                                                                                   or after June 15, 2000
June 2, 1995................    2,500,000 .........  June 15, 2005...............  7.15%; redeemable monthly on
                                                                                   or after June 15, 2000
August 1, 1995..............   15,000,000 .........  August 15, 2005.............  7.125%; redeemable monthly
                                                                                   on or after August 15, 2000

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEES

J.P. Morgan Chase and some of our subsidiaries maintain deposits and conduct other banking transactions with the trustees under each of the Company Indentures in the ordinary course of business. U.S. Bank Trust National Association is also trustee under the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture and the Heritage JPM Indentures referred to under "Heritage J.P. Morgan Debt Securities" below and under our Indenture, dated as of November 10, 1996, as amended, with respect to our junior subordinated indebtedness supporting the capital securities of Heritage JPM Capital Trust I and Heritage JPM Capital Trust II (the "Heritage JPM Junior Subordinated Indenture"). Bankers Trust Company is also trustee under the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture referred to below.

HERITAGE CHASE DEBT SECURITIES

In connection with our merger with The Chase Manhattan Corporation ("heritage Chase"), we assumed the obligations of heritage Chase with respect to senior debt securities described below (the "Heritage Chase Senior Securities") and subordinated debt securities described below (the "Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities," and together with the Heritage Chase Senior Securities, the "Heritage Chase Debt Securities"). The following summary of the provisions of the Heritage Chase Debt Securities and the indentures under which they were issued (the "Heritage Chase Indentures") is not complete. You should refer to the Heritage Chase Indentures, copies of which are exhibits to the registration statement.

We have issued the Heritage Chase Senior Securities under an Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1986 (as amended, the "Heritage Chase Senior Indenture"), between us and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee. We have issued the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of September 1, 1993 (as amended, the "Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture"), between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee.

HERITAGE CHASE SENIOR SECURITIES

The Heritage Chase Senior Securities are our direct, unsecured general obligations and constitute senior indebtedness having the same rank as our other senior indebtedness.

Limitation on Disposition of Voting Stock of Chase Bank. The Heritage Chase Senior Indenture contains a covenant by us that, so long as any Heritage Chase Senior Securities are outstanding, we will not create a security interest in more than 20% of the shares of voting stock of Chase Bank, or permit more than 20% of those shares (exclu-

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sive of directors' qualifying shares) to be held directly or indirectly other than by (1) us or (2) a corporation that is wholly-owned (except for directors' qualifying shares) by us.

Defaults and Waivers. The Heritage Chase Senior Indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of Heritage Chase Senior Securities as any one or more of the following events:

(1) default in the payment of interest on any Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series for a period of 30 days;

(2) default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series;

(3) default in performance of any of our covenants or warranties contained in the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture for the benefit of Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series for a period of 60 days after notice of the default or breach has been given to us;

(4) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase; and

(5) any other event of default specified with respect to the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series.

If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of any series, the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series then outstanding may declare the principal of the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series or, if the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series were issued as original issue discount Heritage Chase Senior Securities, a specified portion of that principal amount, to be due and payable immediately. Under specified conditions the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series may annul the declaration and waive past defaults.

The Heritage Chase Senior Indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default known to it with respect to any outstanding series of Heritage Chase Senior Securities, to give the holders of that series notice of the default if uncured or not waived. The trustee may withhold the notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. However, the trustee may not withhold the notice in the case of a payment default. The trustee may not give the above notice until 30 days after the occurrence of a default in the performance of a covenant in the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture other than a covenant to make payment. The term "default" for the purposes of this provision means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default with respect to Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series.

Other than the duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture at the request or direction of the holders, unless the holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to that requirement for indemnity and other specified conditions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage Chase Senior Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to, or exercising any trust or power conferred on, the trustee with respect to the Heritage Chase Senior Securities of that series.

Modification of the Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage Chase Senior Securities of each series affected by the modification. However, no such modification may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Heritage Chase Senior Security affected by the modification:

- change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Heritage Chase Senior Security;

- reduce the principal amount of any Heritage Chase Senior Security or change the rate of interest or the method of calculation of interest that security, except as provided in the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture or in the Heritage Chase Senior Security, or any premium payable upon the redemption of that security;

- change any obligation of ours to pay additional amounts under the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture;

- reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount Heritage Chase Senior Security

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payable upon acceleration of the maturity of that security;

- adversely affect the right of repayment, if any, at the option of the holder;

- change the currency in which any Heritage Chase Senior Security or any premium or any interest on that security is payable;

- impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any Heritage Chase Senior Security;

- reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Heritage Chase Senior Securities of any series the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of or any waiver under the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture;

- change our obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or our obligation, if any, to maintain an office or agency outside the United States; or

- modify provisions of the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture requiring consent of specified percentages of holders, except to increase any such percentage.

We and the trustee may modify the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture without the consent of the holders of the Heritage Chase Senior Securities to evidence the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase or the replacement of the trustee or to make changes that do not become effective with respect to previously outstanding series and for certain other purposes.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. We may, without the consent of the holders of any of the Heritage Chase Senior Securities, consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or substantially all of our assets to any corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia, so long as the successor corporation assumes our obligations relating to the Heritage Chase Senior Securities and under the Heritage Chase Senior Indenture and no event of default shall have happened and be continuing after giving effect to the transaction and so long as other specified conditions are met.

The principal terms of the Heritage Chase Senior Securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus are set forth below.

HERITAGE CHASE SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B

The only series of Heritage Chase Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series B (the "Heritage Chase Senior Series B Notes"), issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus is $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Heritage Chase Senior Series B Notes issued on March 29, 1996. Those Heritage Chase Senior Series B Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 6.85% and mature on March 29, 2006. They are not subject to a sinking fund and are not subject to redemption prior to maturity.

HERITAGE CHASE SUBORDINATED SECURITIES

The Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities are our direct, unsecured general obligations. Payment of the principal of the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities is subject to acceleration only in the event of our bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.

Subordination. The Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities are subordinated, by their terms, to all of our obligations to our creditors, including Company Senior Indebtedness, Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness (as defined below), Additional Senior Obligations and Derivative Obligations (as defined below), except obligations having the same rank as or ranking junior to the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities. For purposes of this prospectus we refer to that senior indebtedness as "Heritage Chase Senior Indebtedness".

We may not make any payment on the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities, and no holder of Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities will be entitled to demand or receive any such payment unless we have paid in full all amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest then due on all Heritage Chase Senior Indebtedness.

See "Company Debt Securities -- Company Subordinated Securities" for the amount of outstanding of Heritage Chase Senior Indebtedness (which is the same as the outstanding amount of Company Senior Indebtedness) as of the date of this prospectus. In addition, for information regarding the relationship among the subordination provisions governing our various series of subordinated Debt Securities, see "Relationship Among Subordination Provisions" below.

Limitation on Disposition of Voting Stock of Chase Bank. The Heritage Chase Subordinated

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Indenture does not prohibit us from selling or otherwise disposing of shares of voting stock of Chase Bank.

Defaults and Waivers. The Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture defines an event of default with respect to Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of any series as certain events involving our bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization and any other events established as events of default for any series of Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities.

If an event of default with respect to any outstanding series of Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of that series may declare the principal amount, or, in the case of original issue discount Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities, a specified portion of the principal amount, of that series to be due and payable immediately in cash. Any right to enforce the payment in cash would be subject to the broad equity powers of a federal bankruptcy court and to its determination of the nature of the rights of the holders of the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of that series. At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of that series may, under specified circumstances, annul the declaration.

The Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture requires the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default known to it with respect to any outstanding series, to give the holders of that series notice of the default if not cured or waived. The trustee may withhold the notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of those holders. However, the trustee may not withhold notice of a payment default. The trustee may not give the above notice until 30 days after the occurrence of a default in the performance of a covenant, other than a covenant to make payment. The term "default" for the purposes of this provision means any event that is, or after notice or lapse or time or both would become, an event of default with respect to a series of Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities.

Other than the duty of the trustee during the continuance of an event of default to act with the required standard of care, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of any series, unless those holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to that requirement for indemnity, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to, or exercising any trust or power conferred on, the trustee with respect to the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of that series.

We are required to file annually with the trustee a written statement of officers as to the existence or non-existence of defaults.

Modification of the Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of each series affected by the modification. However, no such modification may, without the consent of the holder of each Heritage Chase Subordinated Security affected by the modification:

- change the fixed maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Heritage Chase Subordinated Security;

- reduce the principal amount of any Heritage Chase Subordinated Security;

- change the rate or rates, or the method of ascertaining the rate or rates, of interest on any Heritage Chase Subordinated Security, except as provided in the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture or in the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities, or any premium payable upon the redemption of any Heritage Chase Subordinated Security;

- reduce the portion of the principal amount of any original issue discount Heritage Chase Subordinated Security payable upon acceleration of maturity;

- change any place where, or the currency in which, the principal amount of, or any premium

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or interest on, any Heritage Chase Subordinated Security is payable;

- impair any right to institute suit for the enforcement of any right to receive payment, or, if applicable, to have delivered capital securities to be exchanged for a Heritage Chase Subordinated Security and to have those capital securities sold in a secondary offering to the extent provided in that Heritage Chase Subordinated Security and in the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture;

- modify the subordination provisions of the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture in a manner adverse to the holders;

- reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities of the series required to approve any modification or alteration of, or any waiver under, the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture; or

- impair the right of any holder to receive on any exchange date capital securities with a market value equal to the amount established with respect to the series.

We and the trustee may modify the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture without the consent of the holders of the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities to evidence the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase or the replacement of the trustee or to make changes that do not become effective with respect to previously outstanding series and for other specified purposes.

The principal terms of the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated below, interest on each series listed below accrues at the annual rate indicated in the title of the series and is payable semi-annually in arrears on the interest payment dates indicated to the registered holders on the preceding record date indicated. Unless otherwise indicated below, the series listed below are not redeemable prior to their stated maturity and are not subject to a sinking fund.

9 3/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2001

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: November 1, 2001

- Interest payment dates: May 1 and November 1

- Record dates: April 15 and October 15

- Issuance date: November 13, 1991

7 1/2% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: February 1, 2003

- Interest payment dates: February 1 and August 1

- Record dates: January 15 and July 15

- Issuance date: February 2, 1993

FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: July 15, 2003

- Interest rate: Floating rate reset quarterly based on an annual rate equal to the greater of (1) LIBOR plus 0.125% and (2) 4.35%, payable quarterly in arrears

- Interest payment dates: January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15

- Record dates: January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1

- Issuance date: July 15, 1993

FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE AUGUST 1, 2003

- Principal amount of series: $100,000,000

- Maturity date: August 1, 2003

- Interest rate: Floating rate reset quarterly based on an annual rate equal to the greater of (1) LIBOR and (2) 4.50%, payable quarterly in arrears

- Interest payment dates: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1

- Record dates: January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15

- Issuance date: August 5, 1993

6 1/2% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2005

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: August 1, 2005

- Interest payment dates: February 1 and August 1

- Record dates: January 15 and July 15

- Issuance date: July 27, 1993

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6 3/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: August 15, 2008

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: August 1 and February 1
- Issuance date: August 17, 1993

6 1/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008

- Principal amount of series: $100,000,000

- Maturity date: October 15, 2008

- Interest payment dates: April 15 and October 15

- Record dates: April 1 and October 1

- Issuance date: October 18, 1993

6 1/2% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2009

- Interest payment dates: January 15 and July 15

- Record dates: January 1 and July 1

- Issuance date: January 24, 1994

6 1/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2006

- Interest payment dates: January 15 and July 15

- Record dates: January 1 and July 1

- Issuance date: January 19, 1996

SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B

As of the date of this prospectus, $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Heritage Chase Subordinated Medium-Term Notes, Series B (the "Heritage Chase Subordinated Series B Notes"), is issued and outstanding. In the table below we specify the following terms of those Heritage Chase Subordinated Series B Notes:

- Issuance date;

- Principal amount;

- Maturity date;

- Interest rate and redemption dates, if any.

The Heritage Chase Subordinated Series B Notes are not subject to a sinking fund and are not redeemable unless a redemption date is indicated below. Unless otherwise indicated below, the Heritage Chase Subordinated Series B Notes that are redeemable are redeemable at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

                                  PRINCIPAL
         ISSUANCE DATE             AMOUNT                        MATURITY DATE            INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
         -------------            ---------                      -------------            ------------------------------
February 15, 1996..............  $25,000,000 .........  February 15, 2011..............   6.60%; redeemable semi-
                                                                                          annually on or after February
                                                                                          15, 2000

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEES

J.P. Morgan Chase and some of our subsidiaries maintain deposits and conduct other banking transactions with the trustees under each of the Heritage Chase Indentures in the ordinary course of business. U.S. Bank Trust National Association is also trustee under the Company Subordinated Indenture, the Heritage JPM Indentures referred to below and under the Heritage JPM Junior Subordinated Indenture. Bankers Trust Company is also trustee under the Company Senior Indenture.

HERITAGE J.P. MORGAN DEBT SECURITIES

In connection with our merger with heritage J.P. Morgan, we assumed the obligations of heritage J.P. Morgan with respect to senior debt securities described below (the "Heritage JPM Senior Securities") and subordinated securities described below (the "Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities", and together with the Heritage JPM Senior Securities, the "Heritage JPM Debt Securities"). The following summary of the provisions of the Heritage JPM Debt Securities and the indentures under which they were issued (the "Heritage JPM Indentures") is not complete. You should refer to the Heritage JPM Indentures,

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copies of which are exhibits to the registration statement.

We have issued the Heritage JPM Senior Securities under an Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1982 (as amended, the "Heritage JPM Senior Indenture"), between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee.

We have issued the Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities under two indentures. We refer to the Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities issued under the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1986 (as amended, the "Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture"), between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, as the "Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities." We refer to the Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities issued under the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993 (as amended, the "Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture"), between us and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, as the "Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities."

HERITAGE JPM SENIOR SECURITIES

The Heritage JPM Senior Securities are our direct, unsecured obligations. The Heritage JPM Senior Securities constitute Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness, as defined below, under the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture and the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture and have the same rank as our other senior indebtedness. For a definition of Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness, see "-- Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities -- Subordination" below.

Defaults and Waivers. The Heritage JPM Senior Indenture defines an event of default with respect to any series of Heritage JPM Senior Securities as any one or more of the following events:

(1) default for 30 days in payment of any interest;

(2) default in payment of principal or premium or any sinking fund installment when due, either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

(3) default in the performance of any other covenant or warranty contained in the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture which has not been remedied for a period of 90 days after notice given as specified in the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture; and

(4) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase.

If an event of default as described in clause (1), (2) or (3) above occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Heritage JPM Senior Securities of the affected series then outstanding, with each series voting as a separate class in the case of an event of default described in clause (1) or (2) above or together as a single class in the case of clause (3) above, may declare the principal of all outstanding Heritage JPM Senior Securities of the affected series and the interest accrued on those securities, if any, to be due and payable immediately. If an event of default described in clause (4) occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Heritage JPM Senior Securities then outstanding may declare the principal then outstanding and accrued interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately. Under specified conditions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the applicable series may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except for defaults in the payment of principal or premium or interest, if any.

The Heritage JPM Senior Indenture requires the trustee to give the holders of any series notice of all defaults known to it within 90 days after the occurrence of the default. The trustee may withhold notice of any default, except a default in payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on the Heritage JPM Senior Securities, if the appropriate representative of the trustee determines that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the holders of the series of Heritage JPM Senior Securities.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage JPM Senior Securities of each series affected, with each series voting as a separate class, may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or any power conferred upon the trustee with respect to that series, subject to limitations specified in the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture. However, subject to its duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is under no obligation

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to exercise any of the powers vested in it at the request of the holders of the Heritage JPM Senior Securities unless those holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity against expenses and liabilities.

Each year we must deliver to the trustee a written statement as to the absence of defaults under the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture.

Modification of the Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture or any supplemental indenture or the rights of the holders of the Heritage JPM Senior Securities with the consent of holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage JPM Senior Securities of all series affected by the modification, voting as one class. However, no such modification may, without the consent of each holder affected:

- extend the final maturity of any Heritage JPM Senior Security;

- reduce the principal amount of any Heritage JPM Senior Security;

- change the method in which the amounts of principal or interest are determined;

- reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest on any Heritage JPM Senior Security;

- change the currency or currency unit of payment of any Heritage JPM Senior Security;

- reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any Heritage JPM Senior Security;

- reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount Heritage JPM Senior Security due upon acceleration of maturity or provable in bankruptcy;

- impair or affect the right of a holder to institute suit for the payment of any Heritage JPM Senior Security, or, if applicable, any right of repayment at the option of the holder; or

- reduce the percentage of Heritage JPM Senior Securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture.

We and the trustee may modify the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture without the consent of the holders of the Heritage JPM Senior Securities to evidence the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase or the replacement of the trustee and for other specified purposes.

Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. We may not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of our assets, unless:

- either we are the continuing corporation or the successor corporation is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any state and expressly assumes the payment of the principal of and interest on the Heritage JPM Senior Securities and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture binding upon us, and

- J.P. Morgan Chase or the successor corporation, as applicable, is not, immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, in default in the performance of any covenant or condition of the Heritage JPM Senior Indenture.

The principal terms of the Heritage JPM Senior Securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus are set forth below.

5.75% NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 25, 2004

- Principal amount of series: $1,000,000,000

- Maturity date: February 25, 2004

- Interest payment dates: February 25 and August 25

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to the interest payment dates

- Issuance date: February 25, 1999

HERITAGE JPM SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A

As of the date of this prospectus, $1,117,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series A, originally issued by heritage J.P. Morgan (the "Heritage JPM Senior Medium-Term Notes") is issued and outstanding. In the table below we specify the following terms of those Heritage JPM Senior Medium-Term Notes:

- Issuance date;

- Principal amount;

- Maturity date;

- Interest rate;

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The Heritage JPM Senior Medium-Term Notes are not subject to a sinking fund. Unless otherwise indicated below, the Heritage JPM Senior Medium-Term Notes are not redeemable prior to their stated maturity. Unless otherwise indicated below, Heritage JPM Senior Medium-Term Notes that are redeemable are redeemable at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

ISSUANCE DATE            PRINCIPAL AMOUNT        MATURITY DATE                INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
-------------            ----------------        -------------                ------------------------------
March 15, 1996.........   $   30,000,000    March 15, 2006.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.40%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
April 1, 1996..........       25,000,000    April 1, 2006..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.42%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
April 12, 1996.........       15,000,000    April 12, 2006.........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.40%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
June 5, 1996...........        5,000,000    June 5, 2006...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%;
June 5, 1996...........       10,000,000    June 5, 2003...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%
June 21, 1996..........       15,000,000    June 21, 2006..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.45%
July 5, 1996...........        5,000,000    July 5, 2006...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%
July 10, 1996..........        5,000,000    July 10, 2006..........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
August 16, 1996........        5,000,000    August 18, 2006........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%; subject
                                                                     to a maximum rate of 9.25%
August 12, 1996........       25,000,000    August 12, 2003........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 1.50%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
December 16, 1996......        5,000,000    December 16, 2006......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.40%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
December 16, 1996......        5,000,000    December 16, 2006......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.45%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
December 20, 1996......       10,000,000    December 20, 2006......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.33%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
January 8, 1997........        5,000,000    January 8, 2007........  LIBOR Telerate reset + 0.50%; redeemable in
                                                                     whole only quarterly
January 29, 1997.......       12,000,000    January 29, 2007.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.80%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
February 26, 1997......        5,000,000    February 26, 2007......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
February 26, 1997......        5,000,000    February 26, 2007......  LIBOR Telerate reset + 0.50%; redeemable in
                                                                     whole only quarterly
April 16, 1997.........       10,000,000    April 16, 2012.........  7.75%; redeemable in whole only quarterly
May 15, 1997...........        5,000,000    May 15, 2007...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
May 21, 1997...........        5,000,000    May 21, 2002...........  LIBOR Telerate reset + 0.85% for one year; 7.50%
                                                                     thereafter; redeemable in whole only quarterly
May 21, 1997...........       10,000,000    May 21, 2007...........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.60%;
                                                                     redeemable in whole only quarterly
June 27, 1997..........       22,500,000    July 1, 2027...........  10-year CMT -- 0.060% from July 1, 1997 to July
                                                                     1, 2007; LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly minus
                                                                     0.30% to maturity; redeemable on July 1 once
                                                                     every three years on or after July 1, 2007 at
                                                                     prices varying with the redemption date
August 12, 1997........       25,000,000    August 13, 2007........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 1.80% for each
                                                                     day that LIBOR is less than 9.0%; redeemable in
                                                                     whole only quarterly
August 13, 1997........       25,000,000    August 13, 2007........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.55%; maximum
                                                                     rate of 8.25%; redeemable in whole only
                                                                     quarterly
August 20, 1997........        6,000,000    August 20, 2012........  7.126%; redeemable in whole only on August 20,
                                                                     2002
September 24, 1997.....       20,000,000    September 24, 2007.....  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%; maximum
                                                                     rate of 8.50%; redeemable in whole only
                                                                     quarterly
September 26, 1997.....        5,000,000    September 27, 2002.....  LIBOR Telerate reset + 0.20% for two years; 7%
                                                                     thereafter
October 6, 1997........       13,000,000    October 5, 2007........  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.50%; maximum
                                                                     rate of 8%
January 14, 1999.......       75,000,000    January 14, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.15%
January 28, 1999.......      100,000,000    January 28, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.20%
March 31, 1999.........       10,000,000    April 1, 2004..........  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.15%
January 11, 2000.......      100,000,000    January 11, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.08%
January 25, 2000.......       50,000,000    January 25, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.08%
January 28, 2000.......      234,000,000    January 28, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly + 0.08%
February 1, 2000.......       25,000,000    February 1, 2002.......  LIBOR Telerate reset monthly + 0.11%
July 12, 2000..........        5,000,000    July 12, 2005..........  7.290%

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HERITAGE JPM 1986 SUBORDINATED INDENTURE SECURITIES

The Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities are our direct, unsecured general obligations and are subordinated as described under "-- Subordination" below.

The Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities are subject to acceleration only upon our bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.

Subordination. The Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment as provided in the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture to all "Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness," as defined below. We may not make payment on any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, and no holder of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities or any related coupon will be entitled to demand or receive any such payment:

- unless we have paid or duly provided for all amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest then due on all Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness; or

- if, at the time of or immediately after giving effect to that payment there exists:

- any event of default on any Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders of that Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity thereof; or

- any event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, will become such an event of default.

Upon any distribution of assets upon our dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in full of all principal, premium, if any, and interest before we may make any payment on the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities. The subordination provisions do not prevent the occurrence of any event of default in respect of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, as described below.

"Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on (a) all of our indebtedness for money borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred and (b) any deferrals, renewals or extensions of any Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness. Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness does not include:

- the Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities;

- the Company Subordinated Securities;

- the Heritage Chase Subordinated Securities; and

- indebtedness that is by its terms expressly stated to be not superior in right of payment to the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities or to have the same rank as the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, which we refer to in this prospectus as "Other Subordinated Indebtedness".

See "Company Debt Securities -- Company Subordinated Securities" for the amount of outstanding Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness, which is the same as the outstanding amount of Company Senior Indebtedness, as of the date of this prospectus. In addition, for information regarding the relationship among the subordination provisions governing our various series of subordinated Debt Securities, see "Relationship Among Subordination Provisions" below.

Defaults and Waivers. As to any series of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture defines an event of default as:

(1) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of that series;

(2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of that series when due either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

(3) default in the payment of a sinking fund installment, if any, on the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of that series;

(4) default by us in the performance of any other covenant or warranty contained in the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture for the benefit of that series that has not been remedied for a period of 90 days after

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notice given as specified in the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture; or

(5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase.

If an event of default described in clause (5) above occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities then outstanding, voting as one class, by notice in writing to us, and to the trustee if given by the holders of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, may declare the entire principal or, in the case of original issue discount Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, a specified portion of the principal, of all Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities then outstanding and the interest accrued on those securities, if any, to be due and payable immediately. Under specified conditions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of all Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities then outstanding may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except for defaults in the payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any.

The Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture requires the trustee to give the holders of any series of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities notice of all defaults known to it within 90 days after the occurrence of the default. The Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of any series of any default, except default in payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on those Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities or in the making of any sinking fund payment with respect to those Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities, if the appropriate representative of the trustee determines that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the holders of the series of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of each series affected, with each series voting as a separate class, may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or any power conferred upon the trustee with respect to that series, subject to limitations specified in the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture. However, subject to its duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it at the request of the holders of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities unless those holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity against expenses and liabilities.

Each year we must deliver to the trustee a written statement as to the absence of defaults under the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture.

Modification of the Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture or any supplemental indenture or the rights of the holders of the Heritage JPM Subordinated Indenture Securities with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of all series affected by the modification, voting as one class. However, no such modification may, without the consent of each holder affected:

- extend the final maturity of any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- reduce the principal amount of any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- change the method in which the amounts of principal or interest are determined;

- reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest on any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- change the currency or currency unit of payment of any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security due upon acceleration of maturity or provable in bankruptcy;

- impair or affect the right of a holder to institute suit for the payment of any Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Security, or, if applica-

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ble, any right of repayment at the option of the holder; or

- reduce the percentage of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture.

We and the trustee may modify the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture without the consent of the holders of Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities to evidence the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase or the replacement of the trustee and for other specified purposes.

Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. We may not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of our assets, unless:

- either we are the continuing corporation or the successor corporation is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any state and expressly assumes the payment of the principal of and interest on the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture binding upon us; and

- J.P. Morgan Chase or the successor corporation, as applicable, is not, immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, in default in the performance of any covenant or condition of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture.

The principal terms of the Heritage JPM 1986 Subordinated Indenture Securities issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus are set forth below. Interest on each of the below series accrues at the annual rate indicated in the title of the series and is payable in arrears on the indicated payment dates to the registered holders on the preceding record date. Unless otherwise indicated below, the Heritage JPM 1986 Indenture Securities listed below are not redeemable prior to their stated maturity and are not subject to a sinking fund.

7 1/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE JANUARY 15, 2002

- Principal amount of series: $200,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2002

- Interest payment dates: January 15 and July 15

- Record dates: January 1 and July 1

- Issuance date: January 16, 1992

8 1/2% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE AUGUST 15, 2003

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: August 15, 2003

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: February 1 and August 1

- Issuance date: August 8, 1991

HERITAGE JPM 1993 SUBORDINATED INDENTURE

The Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities are our direct, unsecured general obligations and are subordinated as described under "-- Subordination" below.

The Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities are subject to acceleration only upon our bankruptcy or reorganization.

Subordination. The Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment as provided in the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture to all Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding as of the date of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture or thereafter incurred. We may not make any payment on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities, and no holder of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities or any related coupon will be entitled to demand or receive any such payment:

- unless we have paid or duly provided for all amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest then due on all Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness; or

- if, at the time of or immediately after giving effect to that payment there exists:

- any event of default on any Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders of that Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity; or

- any event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, will become such an event of default.

Upon any distribution of assets upon our dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization:

- the holders of Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in full of principal, premium, if any, and interest before we may make any payment on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities; and

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- if, after giving effect to the operation of the preceding clause, amounts remain available for payment or distribution on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities and creditors in respect of Derivative Obligations have not received payment in full of amounts due or to become due on those Derivative Obligations,

then we must apply those remaining amounts first to pay or provide for the payment in full of all Derivative Obligations before we may make any payment on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities.

"Derivative Obligations" are defined in the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture as obligations of J.P. Morgan Chase to make payments on claims in respect of derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements. However, Derivative Obligations do not include claims in respect of Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness or obligations that, by their terms, are expressly stated not to be superior in right of payment to the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities or to have the same rank as the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities. For purposes of this definition, "claim" has the meaning assigned in
Section 101(4) of the United States Bankruptcy Code in effect on the date of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture.

See "Company Debt Securities -- Company Subordinated Securities" for the outstanding amount of Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness (which is the same as the outstanding amount of Company Senior Indebtedness) as of the date of this prospectus. In addition, for information regarding the relationship among the subordination provisions governing our various series of subordinated Debt Securities, see "Relationship Among Subordination Provisions" below.

Defaults and Waivers. As to any series of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities, the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture defines an event of default as:

(1) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of that series;

(2) default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of that series when due, either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

(3) default in the payment of a sinking fund installment, if any, on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of that series;

(4) default in the performance of any other covenant or warranty contained in the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture for the benefit of that series that has not been remedied for a period of 90 days after notice given as specified in the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture; or

(5) certain events of bankruptcy or reorganization of J.P. Morgan Chase.

If an event of default described in clause (5) above occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities then outstanding, voting as one class, by notice given to us, and to the trustee if given by the holders of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities, may declare the principal or, in the case of original issue discount Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities, a specified portion of principal, of all Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities then outstanding and the interest accrued on those securities, if any, to be due and payable immediately. Under specified conditions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of all Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities may annul the declaration and waive past defaults, except for defaults in the payment of principal, or interest or premium, if any.

The Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture requires the trustee to give the holders of any series of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities notice of all defaults known to it within 90 days after the occurrence of the default. The Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of any series of any default, except default in payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on those Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities or in the making of any sinking fund payment with respect to such Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities, if the appropriate representa-

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tive of the trustee determines that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the holders of the series of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of each series affected, with each series voting as a separate class, may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or any power conferred upon the trustee with respect to that series, subject to limitations specified in the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture. However, subject to its duty to act with the required standard of care during a default, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it at the request of the holders of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity against expenses and liabilities.

Each year we must deliver to the trustee a written statement as to the absence of defaults under the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture.

Modification of the Indenture. We and the trustee may modify the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture or any supplemental indenture or the rights of the holders of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of all series affected by the modification, voting as one class. However no such modification may, without the consent of each holder affected:

- extend the final maturity of any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- reduce the principal amount of any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest on any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- change the currency or currency unit of payment of any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- change the method in which amounts of payments of principal or interest on any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security are determined;

- reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security due and payable upon acceleration or provable in bankruptcy;

- reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security;

- impair or affect the right of a holder to institute suit for the payment of any Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Security or, if applicable, any right of repayment at the option of the holder; or

- reduce the percentage of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture.

We and the trustee may modify the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture without the consent of the holders of Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities to evidence the merger of J.P. Morgan Chase or the replacement of the trustee and for certain other purposes.

Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. We may not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of our assets, unless:

- either we are the continuing corporation or the successor corporation is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any state and expressly assumes the payment of the principal of and interest on the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture binding upon us; and

- J.P. Morgan Chase or the successor corporation, as applicable, is not, immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, in default in the performance of any covenant or condition in the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture.

The principal terms of the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities issued and outstanding on the date of this prospectus are set forth below. Interest on each of the below series accrues at the annual rate indicated in the title of the series and is payable on the indicated payment dates to the holders on the preceding record date. Unless otherwise indicated below, the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture Securities listed below are not redeemable prior to their stated maturity and are not subject to a sinking fund.

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7 5/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 15, 2004

- Principal amount of series: $500,000,000

- Maturity date: September 15, 2004

- Interest payment dates: March 15 and September 15

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: September 15, 1994

8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE MAY 30, 2005

- Principal amount of series: $100,000,000

- Maturity date: May 30, 2005

- Interest payment dates: May 30 and November 30

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: May 30, 1995

6 1/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE DECEMBER 15, 2005

- Principal amount of series: $300,000,000

- Maturity date: December 15, 2005

- Interest payment dates: June 15 and December 15

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: December 15, 1995

6.875% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE JANUARY 15, 2007

- Principal amount of series: $300,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2007

- Interest payment dates: July 15 and January 15

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: January 21, 1997

6.70% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2007

- Principal amount of series: $350,000,000

- Maturity date: November 1, 2007

- Interest payment dates: May 1 and November 1

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: October 24, 1997

5 3/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2008

- Principal amount of series: $150,000,000

- Maturity date: October 15, 2008

- Interest payment dates: April 15 and October 15

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: October 21, 1993

6 1/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE JANUARY 15, 2009

- Principal amount of series: $300,000,000

- Maturity date: January 15, 2009

- Interest payment dates: July 15 and January 15

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: January 28, 1994

6.61% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE DECEMBER 15, 2010

- Principal amount of series: $100,000,000

- Maturity date: December 15, 2010

- Interest payment dates: the fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date

- Record dates: 1st day of each month

- Issuance date: December 15, 1995

- Redemption: Redeemable at our option on or after December 15, 2000, semi-annually on each June 15 or December 15, 2000, on at least 30 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% principal and accrued interest.

6 1/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2011

- Principal amount of series: $100,000,000

- Maturity date: February 15, 2011

- Interest payment dates: February 15 and August 15

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: February 15, 1996

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SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE DECEMBER 24, 2012

- Principal amount of series: $45,000,000

- Maturity date: December 24, 2012

- Interest payment dates: June 24 and December 24

- Record dates: The fifteenth calendar day prior to each interest payment date.

- Issuance date: November 24, 1997

- Interest rate: If the 10-year Treasury rate was greater than or equal to 5.838% on December 17, 1997, the interest rate is 12.773%; if the 10-year Treasury rate was less than 5.838% on December 17, 1997, the interest rate is 0%.

HERITAGE JPM 1993 SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A

As of the date of this prospectus, $1,853,913,000 aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Medium-Term Notes, Series A (the "Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Medium-Term Notes"), originally issued by heritage J.P. Morgan under the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Indenture is issued and outstanding. In the table below we specify the following terms of those Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Medium-Term Notes:

- Issuance date;
- Principal amount;

- Maturity date;
- Interest rate;

Unless otherwise indicated below, the Heritage JPM 1993 Subordinated Medium-Term Notes are not subject to a sinking fund and are not redeemable prior to their stated maturity.

                                PRINCIPAL
ISSUANCE DATE                     AMOUNT                MATURITY DATE                 INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
-------------                   ---------               -------------                 ------------------------------
July 24, 1996...............  $    5,200,000 .........  July 24, 2026...............  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly
                                                                                      minus 0.22%; redeemable by
                                                                                      holder on July 24 once every 5
                                                                                      years on or after July 24,
                                                                                      2006 at prices varying with
                                                                                      the redemption date
November 5, 1996............       5,000,000 .........  November 5, 2026............  LIBOR Telerate reset quarterly
                                                                                      minus 0.22%; redeemable by
                                                                                      holder on November 5 once
                                                                                      every 5 years on or after
                                                                                      November 5, 2006 at prices
                                                                                      varying with the redemption
                                                                                      date
February 14, 1997...........     200,000,000 .........  February 15, 2012...........  Interest payments are based on
                                                                                      the difference between the
                                                                                      Reference CPI (as defined in
                                                                                      the note) for the current
                                                                                      interest payment period and
                                                                                      the Reference CPI for the
                                                                                      prior interest payment period
February 26, 1997...........     750,000,000 .........  April 15, 2027..............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only annually at prices
                                                                                      varying with the redemption
                                                                                      date

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                                PRINCIPAL
ISSUANCE DATE                     AMOUNT                MATURITY DATE                 INTEREST RATE/REDEMPTION TERMS
-------------                   ---------               -------------                 ------------------------------
April 24, 1997..............  $  350,000,000 .........  April 24, 2027..............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only annually at prices
                                                                                      varying with the redemption
                                                                                      date
May 21, 1997................     100,000,000 .........  May 15, 2027................  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only annually at prices
                                                                                      varying with the redemption
                                                                                      date
June 18, 1997...............     250,000,000 .........  June 18, 2027...............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only annually at prices
                                                                                      varying with the redemption
                                                                                      date
July 1, 1997................     800,000,000 .........  July 1, 2027................  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only annually at prices
                                                                                      varying with the redemption
                                                                                      date
October 31, 1997............     100,000,000 .........  November 15, 2012...........  7.00%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                      only semi-annually
November 17, 1997...........      85,000,000 .........  December 15, 2017...........  7.00%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                      only semi-annually
December 1, 1997............      10,000,000 .........  December 1, 2017............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only semi-annually
December 4, 1997............      58,000,000 .........  December 15, 2017...........  7.00%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                      only semi-annually
December 19, 1997...........      25,000,000 .........  December 19, 2017...........  7.00%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                      only semi-annually
February 19, 1998...........       5,000,000 .........  February 11, 2013...........  6.50%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                      only semi-annually
February 19, 1998...........       5,000,000 .........  February 11, 2013...........  6.50%; redeemable in whole
                                                                                      only semi-annually
June 30, 1998...............     100,000,000 .........  June 30, 2028...............  Zero coupon; redeemable in
                                                                                      whole only semi-annually
January 25, 1999............   1,000,000,000 .........  January 15, 2009............  6.00%

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEES

We and some of our other subsidiaries maintain deposits and conduct other banking transactions with the trustee under the Heritage JPM Indentures in the ordinary course of business. U.S. Bank Trust National Association is also trustee under the Company Subordinated Indenture and the Heritage Chase Subordinated Indenture and under the Heritage JPM Junior Subordinated Indenture.

RELATIONSHIP AMONG SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS

No series of our subordinated Debt Securities is subordinated to any other series of subordinated Debt Securities or to any other subordinated indebtedness of J.P. Morgan Chase referred to above (other than our junior subordinated indebtedness). However, Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated only to Company Senior Indebtedness while the other Company Subordinated Securities (other than junior subordinated indebtedness) are subordinated to Company Senior Indebtedness and, in specified circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, to Additional Senior Obligations. Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated only to Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness, while the other Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities (other than junior subordinated indebtedness) are subordinated to Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness and, in specified circumstances relating to our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, to Derivative Obligations (the meaning of which term is substantially identical to Additional Senior Obligations). Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to all of our obligations to our creditors, including Company Senior Indebtedness, Heritage JPM Senior Indebtedness, Additional Obligations and Derivative Obligations, except any obligation that is expressly stated to have the same rank as, or to rank not senior to,

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the Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness.

As a result of the differences described above between the subordination provisions applicable to the Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness, the other Company Subordinated Securities, the Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness, the other Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities and the Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness, in the event of our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Company Subordinated Securities and Heritage JPM Subordinated Securities (other than junior subordinated indebtedness) may receive less, proportionately, than the holders of Antecedent Company Subordinated Indebtedness and Antecedent Heritage JPM Subordinated Indebtedness, but more, proportionately, than the holders of Assumed Heritage Chase Subordinated Indebtedness.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following summary is not complete. You should also refer to our certificate of incorporation, including the certificate of designations pursuant to which the outstanding series of our preferred stock, par value $1 per share, were issued. Our certificate of incorporation is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. You should also refer to the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

COMMON STOCK

As of the date of this prospectus, we are authorized to issue up to 4,500,000,000 shares of our common stock. As of June 30, 2001, we had 1,989,576,087 shares of common stock issued (including 391,153 shares held in treasury) and had reserved approximately 319,699,675 shares of common stock for issuance under various employee or director incentive, compensation and option plans.

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment subject to the rights of holders of our preferred stock.

Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any of our series of preferred stock under their respective certificates of designations and applicable law, all voting rights are vested in the holders of shares of our common stock. Holders of shares of our common stock have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect 100% of the directors and the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any directors.

In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share equally in any of our assets available for distribution after we have paid in full all of our debts and after the holders of all series of our outstanding preferred stock have received their liquidation preferences in full.

The issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. Our common stock is not convertible into shares of any other class of our capital stock. Mellon Investor Services, LLC is the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent for our common stock.

PREFERRED STOCK

Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized, without further stockholder action, to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more series, and to determine the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each series.

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Outstanding Preferred Stock. As of the date of this prospectus, we have issued and outstanding the series of preferred stock described in the following table:

                                    STATED VALUE AND                   OUTSTANDING AT    EARLIEST    RATE IN EFFECT AT
                                    REDEMPTION PRICE     NUMBER OF        JUNE 30,      REDEMPTION     DECEMBER 31,
                                      PER SHARE(A)        SHARES            2001           DATE            2000
                                    ----------------   -------------   --------------   ----------   -----------------
                                                       (IN MILLIONS)   (IN MILLIONS)
Adjustable Rate Cumulative
  Preferred Stock, Series A
  ("Series A preferred stock")....     $  100.00           2.42             $242          12/31/00          5.00%(b)
6 5/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock
  ("6 5/8% preferred stock")(d)...        500.00            .40              200           3/31/06          6.63(c)
Adjustable Rate Cumulative
  Preferred Stock, Series L
  ("Series L preferred stock")....        100.00            2.0              200           6/30/99          5.04(d)
Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock,
  Series N ("Series N preferred
  stock").........................         25.00            9.1              228           6/30/99          5.10(d)
Fixed/Adjustable Rate
  Noncumulative Preferred Stock
  ("Fixed/Adjustable preferred
  stock").........................         50.00            4.0              200           6/30/03(e)        4.96(e)


(a) Redemption price is price indicated in table, plus accrued but unpaid dividends, if any.
(b) Floating rates are based on specified U.S. Treasury rates. The minimum and maximum annual rates are 5.00% and 11.50%, respectively.
(c) Shares of this series are represented by depositary shares, each representing a one-tenth interest in a share of preferred stock of the series.
(d) Floating rates are based on specified U.S. Treasury rates. The minimum and maximum annual rates for each series are 4.50% and 10.50%, respectively.
(e) Dividends on this series for dividend periods commencing on or after July 1, 2003 will be at a floating rate based on specified U.S. Treasury rates (but subject to a minimum rate of 5.46% and a maximum rate of 11.46%). The amount of dividends payable may be adjusted, and the stock may be redeemed earlier than June 30, 2003, in the event of specified amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to the dividends-received deduction.

Ranking. All the outstanding series of preferred stock have the same rank. All the outstanding series of preferred stock have preference over our common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of our liquidation or dissolution.

Dividends. Dividends payable on each series of outstanding preferred stock are payable quarterly, when and as declared by the board of directors, in the amounts determined as set forth in the above table, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

Dividends on all the outstanding series of our preferred stock, other than our Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock, are cumulative. If we fail to declare a dividend on our Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock for any dividend period, holders of that series will have no right to receive a dividend for that dividend period, whether or not we declare dividends on that series for any future dividend period.

We may not declare or pay or set apart any dividends on any series of preferred stock, unless, for the dividend period commencing after the immediately preceding dividend payment date, we have previously declared and paid or we contemporaneously declare and pay full dividends (including cumulative dividends still owing, if any) on all other series of preferred stock that have the same rank as, or rank senior to, that series of preferred stock. If we do not pay in full the dividends on the equally- ranking series as described above, we may only declare dividends pro rata, so that the amount of dividends declared per share on that series of preferred stock and on each other equally-ranking series of preferred stock will bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on that series of preferred stock and those other series bear to each other. In addition, generally, unless we have paid full dividends, including cumulative dividends still owing, if any, on all outstanding shares of any series of preferred stock, we may not declare or

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pay dividends on our common stock and generally we may not redeem or purchase any common stock (except by payment of shares of common stock or other junior securities). We will not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment or payments that may be in arrears.

Rights Upon Liquidation; Redemption. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of each outstanding series of preferred stock would be entitled to receive liquidating distributions in the amount set forth opposite the applicable series in the table above, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, before we make any distribution of our assets to the holders of our common stock.

Each of our outstanding series of preferred stock is redeemable at our option on or after the applicable date set forth opposite that series in the table above at a redemption price per share equal to the redemption price set forth opposite that series in the table above, plus accrued but unpaid dividends, if any.

Voting Rights. Holders of shares of our outstanding preferred stock have no voting rights, except as described below or as required by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

All of our currently outstanding series of preferred stock provide that if, at the time of any annual meeting of our stockholders, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends payable on any series of outstanding cumulative preferred stock is in default, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be increased by two and the holders of all the outstanding preferred stock, voting together as a single class, will be entitled to elect those additional two directors at that annual meeting. In accordance with the requirements of our Series L preferred stock, Series N preferred stock and Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock, each director elected by the holders of shares of the outstanding preferred stock will continue to serve as director for the full term for which he or she was elected, even if prior to the end of that term we have paid in full the amount of dividends that had been in arrears. For purposes of this paragraph, "default" means that accrued and unpaid dividends on the applicable series are equal to or greater than the equivalent of six quarterly dividends.

Under regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, if the holders of any series of our preferred stock become entitled to vote for the election of directors because dividends on that series are in arrears, that series may then be deemed a "class of voting securities." In such a case, a holder of 25% or more of the series, or a holder of 5% or more if that holder would also be considered to exercise a "controlling influence" over J.P. Morgan Chase, may then be subject to regulation as a bank holding company in accordance with the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. In addition, (1) any other bank holding company may be required to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 5% or more of that series, and (2) any person other than a bank holding company may be required to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 10% or more of that series.

Our Series N preferred stock and Fixed/Adjustable preferred stock provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of all outstanding series of preferred stock, voting together as a single class without regard to series, will be required to:

- create any class or series of stock having a preference over any outstanding series of preferred stock; or

- change the provisions of our certificate of incorporation in a manner that would adversely affect the voting powers or other rights of the holders of a series of preferred stock.

Those series also state that if the amendment does not adversely affect all series of outstanding preferred stock, then the amendment will only need to be approved by holders of at least two thirds of the shares of the series of preferred stock adversely affected.

Our Series L preferred stock provides as follows:

- the consent of holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the particular series, voting as a separate class, is required for any amendment of our certificate of incorporation that would adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of that series; and

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- the consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of that series and of each series of preferred stock having the same rank, voting together as a single class without regard to series, is required to create, authorize or issue, or reclassify any stock into any additional class or series of, stock ranking prior to that series as to dividends or upon liquidation, or any other security or obligation convertible into or exercisable for any such prior-ranking stock.

Our Series A preferred stock and 6 5/8% preferred stock each provides that a vote of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the applicable series, and all outstanding shares of our preferred stock having the same rank as that series, voting together as a single class without regard to series, will be necessary in order to:

- authorize or issue any capital stock that will be senior to that series of preferred stock as to dividends or upon liquidation; or

- amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of the our certificate of incorporation, including the certificate of designation relating to that series, in such a way as to adversely affect (or materially adversely affect, in the case of our 6 5/8% preferred stock) the preferences, rights, powers or privileges of the preferred stock of that series.

Miscellaneous. No series of our outstanding preferred stock is convertible into shares of our common stock or other securities of J.P. Morgan Chase. No series of our outstanding preferred stock is subject to preemptive rights.

Transfer Agent and Registrar. Mellon Investor Services, LLC is the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent for our outstanding preferred stock and depositary shares. The registrar will send notices to the holders of the preferred stock or depositary shares of any meetings at which such holders will have the right to elect directors or to vote on any other matter.

DEPOSITARY SHARES

Our 6 5/8% preferred stock is represented by depositary shares, each representing a one-tenth interest in a share of that preferred stock.

The following is a summary of material provisions of the deposit agreement between us and Morgan Bank, as depositary, with respect to those depositary shares. This description is qualified by reference to the deposit agreement, a copy of which is an exhibit to the registration statement.

Dividends and Other Distributions. The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received on our 6 5/8% preferred stock to the record holders of the depositary shares in proportion to the number of depositary shares owned by those holders. If we make a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary shares that are entitled to receive the distribution, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to make the distribution. If this occurs, the depositary may, with our approval, sell the property and distribute the net proceeds from that sale to the holders.

Withdrawal of Stock. A holder of depositary receipts evidencing depositary shares may, upon surrender of the depositary receipts at the corporate trust office of the depositary, obtain the number of whole shares of 6 5/8% preferred stock and any money or other property represented by those depositary shares, by surrendering his, her or its depositary receipts to the depositary. Holders of depositary shares will be entitled to receive whole shares of our 6 5/8% preferred stock, but will not be subsequently entitled to receive depositary shares with respect to those shares of preferred stock. If the depositary receipts surrendered by the holder represent more shares of stock than are being withdrawn by the holder, the depositary will issue a new depositary receipt representing the excess number of shares.

Redemption of Depositary Shares. Upon redemption by us, in whole or in part, of our 6 5/8% preferred stock, the depositary will redeem the depositary shares from the proceeds received by it from that redemption. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to one-tenth of the redemption price per share of our 6 5/8% preferred stock. Whenever we redeem shares of our 6 5/8% preferred stock, the depositary will redeem, as of the same redemption date, a number of depositary shares representing the number of shares of our 6 5/8% preferred stock redeemed.

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6 5/8% preferred stock are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice of meeting to the record holders of the depositary shares. Each record holder of those depositary shares on the record date, which will be the same date as the record date for our 6 5/8% preferred stock, will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the number of shares of our 6 5/8% preferred stock represented by that holder's depositary shares. The depositary will try, as far as practicable, to vote the number of shares of our 6 5/8% preferred stock underlying those depositary shares in accordance with those instructions, and we will agree to take all action requested by the depositary in order to enable the depositary to do so. The depositary will not vote shares of our 6 5/8% preferred stock if it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary shares relating to those shares.

Amendment and Termination of the Deposit Agreement. The deposit agreement may be amended at any time by agreement between us and the depositary. However, any amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary shares will not be effective unless that amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding. The deposit agreement may be terminated by us or the depositary only if:

- all outstanding depositary shares have been redeemed; or

- there has been a final distribution in respect of our 6 5/8% preferred stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of J.P. Morgan Chase and that distribution has been distributed to the holders of depositary receipts.

Charges of the Depositary. We are responsible for the payment of all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. We will also pay charges of the depositary in connection with any redemption of our 6 5/8% preferred stock. Holders of depositary receipts must pay transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and any other charges expressly provided in the deposit agreement to be for their accounts.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary. The depositary may resign at any time by delivering a notice to us of its election to do so. We may remove the depositary at any time. Any resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of its appointment. The successor depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal and must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million.

Miscellaneous. The depositary will forward to holders of depositary receipts all reports and communications received from us and required to be furnished to the holders of our 6 5/8% preferred stock. Neither J.P. Morgan Chase nor the depositary will be liable if prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond its control in performing its obligations under the deposit agreement. We and the depositary disclaim any obligation or liability under the deposit agreement to holders of depositary receipts other than for negligence or willful misconduct. Neither of us will be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any depositary shares or our 6 5/8% preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. We and the depositary may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or upon information provided by persons presenting our 6 5/8% preferred stock for deposit, by holders of depositary receipts or by other persons believed to be competent, and on documents believed to be genuine. The depositary disclaims responsibility for the failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the depositary shares or for the manner or effect of any vote made, as long as that action or inaction is in good faith. The depositary will be liable to us for any liability arising out of acts performed or omitted by the depositary due to its gross negligence or willful misconduct.

BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE

We have issued some series of the various securities as global securities (the "global securities"). We deposited each global security with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), as depositary, or its nominee and registered it in the name of a nominee of DTC. Except under the limited circumstances described below, global securities are not exchangeable for certificated securities.

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hold interests through participants may own beneficial interests in a global security. DTC will maintain records evidencing ownership of beneficial interests by participants in the global securities and transfers of those ownership interests. Participants will maintain records evidencing ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities by persons that hold through those participants and transfers of those ownership interests within those participants. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the securities. You will not receive written confirmation from DTC of your purchase, but we do expect that you will receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of your holdings from the participant through which you entered the transaction. The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in certificated form. Those laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.

DTC has advised us that upon the issuance of a global security and the deposit of that global security with DTC, DTC will immediately credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts or number of shares represented by that global security to the accounts of its participants.

We will make payments on securities represented by a global security to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder of the global security representing those securities. DTC has advised us that upon receipt of any payment on a global security, DTC will immediately credit accounts of participants with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in that security, as shown in the records of DTC. Standing instructions and customary practices will govern payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global security held through those participants, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name." Those payments will be the sole responsibility of those participants, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements in effect from time to time.

None of J.P. Morgan Chase, the trustees nor any of our respective agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records of DTC, any nominee or any participant relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of the records of DTC, any nominee or any participant relating to those beneficial interests.

A global security is exchangeable for certificated securities registered in the name of a person other than DTC or its nominee only if:

- DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for that global security or DTC ceases to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

- we determine in our discretion that the global security will be exchangeable for certificated securities in registered form; or

- there has occurred and is continuing an event of default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default under the securities.

Any global security that is exchangeable as described in the preceding sentence will be exchangeable in whole for certificated securities in registered form, and, in the case of global debt securities, of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the global security, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The registrar will register the certificated securities in the name or names instructed by DTC. We expect that those instructions may be based upon directions received by DTC from its participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global security. In the case of global debt securities, we will make payment of any principal and interest on the certificated securities and will register transfers and exchanges of those certificated securities at the corporate trust office of the respective transfer agent and registrar in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. However, we may elect to pay interest by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to that interest payment as of the record date, as shown on the register for the securities.

Except as provided above, as an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security, you will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of securi-

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ties in certificated form and will not be considered a holder of securities for any purpose under the indentures. No permanent global security will be exchangeable except for another global security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Accordingly, you must rely on the procedures of DTC and the participant through which you own your interest to exercise any rights of a holder under the global security or the applicable indenture.

We understand that, under existing industry practices, in the event that we request any action of holders, or an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to take any action that a holder is entitled to take under the securities or the indentures, DTC would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to take that action, and those participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through those participants to take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.

DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement of securities transactions among its participants in deposited securities, such as transfers and pledges, through electronic computerized book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC's participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to DTC's system is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

Investors may elect to hold interests in securities outside the United States through Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme ("Clearstream") or Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers' securities accounts in Clearstream's and Euroclear's names on the books of their respective depositaries. Those depositaries in turn hold those interests in customers' securities accounts in the depositaries' names on the books of DTC.

Clearstream has advised us that it is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a bank. Clearstream holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream, its customers through electronic book-entry changes in their accounts provides to Clearstream customers, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic securities markets in over 30 countries through established depository and custodial relationships. As a bank, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector, also known as the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. Clearstream customers are financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. Its customers in the United States are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to other institutions such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with the customer.

Distributions with respect to global securities held beneficially through Clearstream will be credited to cash accounts of Clearstream customers in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream.

Euroclear has advised us that it was created in 1968 to hold securities for its participants and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear

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participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear provides various other services, including securities lending and borrowing, and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. Euroclear Clearance Systems S.C. establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.

Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the terms and conditions governing use of Euroclear and the related operating procedures of Euroclear and applicable Belgian law. These terms and conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the terms and conditions governing use of Euroclear only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.

Distributions with respect to interests in global securities held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with Euroclear's terms and conditions and operating procedures and applicable Belgian law, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear.

Euroclear has further advised that investors that acquire, hold and transfer interests in global securities by book entry through accounts with the Euroclear operator or any other securities intermediary are subject to the laws and contractual provisions governing their relationship with their intermediary, as well as the laws and contractual provisions governing the relationship between that intermediary and each other intermediary, if any, standing between themselves and the Euroclear operator.

The Euroclear operator has advised that under Belgian law, investors that are credited with securities on the records of the Euroclear operator have a co-property right in the fungible pool of interests in securities on deposit with the Euroclear operator in an amount equal to the amount of interests in securities credited to their accounts. In the event of the insolvency of the Euroclear operator, Euroclear participants would have a right under Belgian law to the return of the amount and type of interests credited to their accounts with the Euroclear operator. If the Euroclear operator did not have on deposit a sufficient amount of securities of a particular type to cover the claims of all participants credited with such interests in securities on the Euroclear operator's records, all participants having an amount of interests in securities of such type credited to their accounts with the Euroclear operator would have the right under Belgian law to the return of their pro rata share of the amount of securities actually on deposit.

Under Belgian Law, the Euroclear operator is required to pass on the benefits of ownership in any interests in securities on deposit with it, such as dividends, voting rights and other entitlements, to any person credited with such interests in securities on its records.

GLOBAL CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES

Unless otherwise specified with respect to a particular series of global securities, initial settlement for global securities will be made in immediately available funds. DTC participants will conduct secondary market trading with other participants in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules. Thereafter, secondary market trades will settle in immediately available funds using DTC's same day funds settlement system.

If the prospectus supplement specifies that interests in the global securities may be held through Clearstream or Euroclear, Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants will conduct secondary market trading with other Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear. Thereafter, secondary market trades will settle in immediately available funds.

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Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC's rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the U.S. depositary for that system; however, those cross-market transactions will require delivery by the counterparty in the relevant European international clearing system of instructions to that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to the U.S. depositary for that system to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in global securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream customers and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to DTC.

Because of time-zone differences, credits of interests in global securities received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and will be credited the business day following the DTC settlement date. Those credits or any transactions in global securities settled during that processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear participants or Clearstream customers on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of interests in global securities by or through a Clearstream customer or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.

Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the procedures described above in order to facilitate transfers of interests in global securities among participants of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform those procedures and those procedures may be discontinued at any time.

EXPERTS

The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 have been incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

Estimated expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered other than underwriting compensation are as follows:

Registration fee -- Securities and Exchange Commission......  $5,000,000
Blue Sky fees and expenses..................................      20,000
Attorneys' fees and expenses................................     250,000*
Accountants' fees and expenses..............................     300,000*
Printing and engraving expenses.............................     225,000*
Rating agency fees..........................................     100,000*
Trustee fees................................................      80,000*
NASD fee....................................................      30,500
Miscellaneous expenses......................................      15,000*
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     Total..................................................  $6,020,500*
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* Estimated.

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

The DGCL also permits indemnification by a corporation under similar circumstances for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with the defense or settlement of a derivative action, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to such corporation unless the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.

The DGCL provides that the indemnification described above shall not be deemed exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation pursuant to its by-laws, disinterested directors' vote, stockholders' vote, agreement or otherwise.

The DGCL also provides corporations with the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability as described above.

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The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Registrant") provides that, to the fullest extent that the DGCL as from time to time in effect permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation empowers the Registrant to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or any other person who is serving at the Registrant's request in any such capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, an employee benefit plan) to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL as from time to time in effect, and any such indemnification may continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and may inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation also empowers the Registrant by action of its Board of Directors, notwithstanding any interest of the directors in the action, to purchase and maintain insurance in such amounts as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to protect any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or any other person who is serving at the Registrant's request in any such capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, an employee benefit plan) against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity arising out of his or her status as such (including, without limitation, expenses, judgments, fines (including any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement) to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL as from time to time in effect, whether or not the Registrant would have the power or be required to indemnify any such individual under the terms of any agreement or by-law or the DGCL.

In addition, the Registrant's by-laws require indemnification to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, as from time to time in effect. The by-laws provide a clear and unconditional right to indemnification for expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by any person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, administrative or investigative (including, to the extent permitted by law, any derivative action) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or, at the request of the Registrant, of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, an employee benefit plan). The by-laws specify that the right to indemnification so provided is a contract right, set forth certain procedural and evidentiary standards applicable to the enforcement of a claim under the by-laws and entitle the persons to be indemnified to have all expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding paid by the Registrant. Such provisions, however, are intended to be in furtherance and not in limitation of the general right to indemnification provided in the by-laws, which right of indemnification and of advancement of expenses is not exclusive.

The Registrant's by-laws also provide that the Registrant may enter into contracts with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant in furtherance of the indemnification provisions in the by-laws, as well as create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure payment of amounts indemnified.

ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
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 1.1      Form of Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement.
 1.2      Form of Master Agency Agreement, dated as of February 1,
          1990, as amended and restated as of June 12, 1997, between
          the Registrant and the agents party thereto (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Registration Statement on Form
          S-3 (File No. 333-56573) of the Registrant).

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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
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 1.3      Form of Equity Securities Underwriting Agreement.
 3.1      Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 3.2      By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K
          of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.1      Form of Certificate for shares of Common Stock of the
          Registrant.
 4.2      Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock.
 4.3      Form of Deposit Agreement.
 4.4      Form of Depositary Receipt of Depositary Shares.
 4.5      Indenture dated as of December 1, 1989, between the
          Registrant (formerly known as Chemical Banking Corporation)
          and Bankers Trust Company, as successor to The Chase
          Manhattan Bank (National Association), which Indenture
          includes the form of Senior Securities (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement on
          Form S-3 (File No. 33-32409) of the Registrant (formerly
          known as Chemical Banking Corporation)).
 4.6      Indenture dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated
          as of December 15, 1992, between the Registrant (formerly
          known as Chemical Banking Corporation) and U.S. Bank Trust
          National Association (formerly known as First Trust of New
          York, National Association), as successor to Morgan Guaranty
          Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.7      Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 8, 1996,
          between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association (formerly known as First Trust of New York,
          National Association), as Trustee, to the Indenture dated as
          of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15,
          1992 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(b) to the
          Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805)for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.8      Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000,
          between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of April
          1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(c) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.9      Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1,
          1993, between the Registrant (as successor by merger to The
          Chase Manhattan Corporation) and Chemical Bank, as Trustee
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4(a) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.10     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 29, 1996,
          among the Registrant, The Chase Manhattan Corporation,
          Chemical Bank, as resigning Trustee, and U.S. Bank Trust
          National Association, as successor Trustee, to the Amended
          and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4(b) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.11     Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 8, 1996,
          between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Amended and Restated
          Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.4(c) to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).

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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
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 4.12     Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000,
          between The Chase Manhattan Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust
          National Association, as Trustee, to the Amended and
          Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4(d) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.13     Indenture dated as of August 15, 1982, between the
          Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co.
          Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
          Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(a) to the
          Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.14     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 1986,
          between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          August 15, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(b)
          to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.15     Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 27,
          1996, between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          August 15, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(c)
          to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.16     Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 30, 1997,
          between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          August 15, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(d)
          to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.17     Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29,
          2000, among the Registrant, J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
          and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee, to the
          Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1982 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.5(e) to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.18     Indenture dated as of December 1, 1986, between the
          Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co.
          Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
          Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6(a) to the
          Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.19     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 1992,
          between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          December 1, 1986 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
          4.6(b) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant
          (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.20     Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29,
          2000, among J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, The Chase
          Manhattan Corporation, and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          December 1, 1986 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
          4.6(c) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant
          (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.21     Indenture dated as of March 1, 1993, between the Registrant
          (as successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated)
          and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7(a) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).

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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
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 4.22     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000,
          among J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, The Chase Manhattan
          Corporation, and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
          Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7(b) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.23     Form of Subordinated Security (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 4.13 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
          333-56573) of the Registrant).
 4.24     Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement.
 4.25     Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement.
 4.26     Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement.
 4.27     Form of Currency Warrants Warrant Agreement.
 4.28     Form of Fixed Rate Senior Medium-Term Note.
 4.29     Form of Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Note.
 4.30     Form of Fixed Rate Subordinated Medium-Term Note.
 4.31     Form of Floating Rate Subordinated Medium-Term Note.
 5        Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Barlett.
12.1      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for
          Period Ended December 31, 2000 (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 12.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
          ended December 31, 2000 of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805)).
12.2      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
          Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for Period Ended
          December 31, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.2
          to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
          31, 2000 of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805)).
12.3      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for
          Period Ended June 30, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 12(a) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
          six-month period ended June 30, 2001 of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805).
12.4      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
          Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for the quarter ended
          June 30, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12(b) to
          Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six-month period ended
          June 30, 2001 of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805).
23.1      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2      Consent of Simpson Thacher & Barlett (included in Exhibit
          5).
24        Powers of Attorney.
25.1      Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications under
          the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Bankers Trust Company.
25.2      Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications under
          the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association.

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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on October 19, 2001.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
(Registrant)

By      /s/ ANTHONY J. HORAN
  ------------------------------------
     (Anthony J. Horan, Secretary)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

                     SIGNATURE                                             TITLE
                     ---------                                             -----

                         *                           Chairman of the Board
---------------------------------------------------
              (Douglas A. Warner III)

                         *                           President and Chief Executive Officer
---------------------------------------------------
            (William B. Harrison, Jr.)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                (Hans W. Becherer)

                         *                           Director
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                (Riley P. Bechtel)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
              (Frank A. Bennack, Jr.)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
               (Lawrence M. Bossidy)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                (M. Anthony Burns)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
               (H. Laurance Fuller)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                 (Ellen V. Futter)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
               (William H. Gray III)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                (Helene L. Kaplan)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                 (Lee R. Raymond)

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                     SIGNATURE                                             TITLE
                     ---------                                             -----
                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                (John R. Stafford)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
                  (Lloyd D. Ward)

                         *                           Director
---------------------------------------------------
              (Marina v. N. Whitman)

                         *                           Vice Chairman Finance, Risk Management and
---------------------------------------------------    Administration
                 (Marc J. Shapiro)

                         *                           Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
---------------------------------------------------    Officer
                   (Dina Duston)

* Anthony J. Horan hereby signs this Registration Statement on behalf of each of the indicated persons for whom he is attorney-in-fact on October 19, 2001 pursuant to a power of attorney filed herewith.

                                          By      /s/ ANTHONY J. HORAN
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                      Anthony J. Horan
                                                    Corporate Secretary

Dated: October 19, 2001

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
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 1.1      Form of Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement.
 1.2      Form of Master Agency Agreement, dated as of February 1,
          1990, as amended and restated as of June 12, 1997, between
          the Registrant and the agents party thereto (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Registration Statement on Form
          S-3 (File No. 333-56573) of the Registrant).
 1.3      Form of Equity Securities Underwriting Agreement.
 3.1      Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 3.2      By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K
          of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.1      Form of Certificate for shares of Common Stock of the
          Registrant.
 4.2      Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock.
 4.3      Form of Deposit Agreement.
 4.4      Form of Depositary Receipt of Depositary Shares.
 4.5      Indenture dated as of December 1, 1989, between the
          Registrant (formerly known as Chemical Banking Corporation)
          and Bankers Trust Company, as successor to The Chase
          Manhattan Bank (National Association), which Indenture
          includes the form of Senior Securities (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement on
          Form S-3 (File No. 33-32409) of the Registrant (formerly
          known as Chemical Banking Corporation)).
 4.6      Indenture dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated
          as of December 15, 1992, between the Registrant (formerly
          known as Chemical Banking Corporation) and U.S. Bank Trust
          National Association (formerly known as First Trust of New
          York, National Association), as successor to Morgan Guaranty
          Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.7      Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 8, 1996,
          between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association (formerly known as First Trust of New York,
          National Association), as Trustee, to the Indenture dated as
          of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15,
          1992 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(b) to the
          Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805)for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.8      Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000,
          between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of April
          1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(c) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.9      Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1,
          1993, between the Registrant (as successor by merger to The
          Chase Manhattan Corporation) and Chemical Bank, as Trustee
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4(a) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.10     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 29, 1996,
          among the Registrant, The Chase Manhattan Corporation,
          Chemical Bank, as resigning Trustee, and U.S. Bank Trust
          National Association, as successor Trustee, to the Amended
          and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4(b) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).

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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
-------                       --------------------
 4.11     Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 8, 1996,
          between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Amended and Restated
          Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.4(c) to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.12     Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000,
          between The Chase Manhattan Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust
          National Association, as Trustee, to the Amended and
          Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4(d) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.13     Indenture dated as of August 15, 1982, between the
          Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co.
          Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
          Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(a) to the
          Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.14     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 1986,
          between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          August 15, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(b)
          to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.15     Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 27,
          1996, between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          August 15, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(c)
          to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.16     Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 30, 1997,
          between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          August 15, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5(d)
          to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.17     Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29,
          2000, among the Registrant, J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
          and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee, to the
          Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1982 (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit 4.5(e) to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended
          December 31, 2000).
 4.18     Indenture dated as of December 1, 1986, between the
          Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co.
          Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
          Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6(a) to the
          Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.19     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 1992,
          between the Registrant (as successor by merger to J.P.
          Morgan & Co. Incorporated) and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          December 1, 1986 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
          4.6(b) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant
          (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.20     Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29,
          2000, among J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, The Chase
          Manhattan Corporation, and U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association, as Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of
          December 1, 1986 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
          4.6(c) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant
          (File No. 1-5805) for the year ended December 31, 2000).

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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
-------                       --------------------
 4.21     Indenture dated as of March 1, 1993, between the Registrant
          (as successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated)
          and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7(a) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.22     First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000,
          among J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, The Chase Manhattan
          Corporation, and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
          Trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7(b) to the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805) for
          the year ended December 31, 2000).
 4.23     Form of Subordinated Security (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 4.13 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
          333-56573) of the Registrant).
 4.24     Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement.
 4.25     Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement.
 4.26     Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement.
 4.27     Form of Currency Warrants Warrant Agreement.
 4.28     Form of Fixed Rate Senior Medium-Term Note.
 4.29     Form of Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Note.
 4.30     Form of Fixed Rate Subordinated Medium-Term Note.
 4.31     Form of Floating Rate Subordinated Medium-Term Note.
 5        Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Barlett.
12.1      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for
          Period Ended December 31, 2000 (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 12.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
          ended December 31, 2000 of the Registrant (File No.
          1-5805)).
12.2      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
          Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for Period Ended
          December 31, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12.2
          to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
          31, 2000 of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805)).
12.3      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges for
          Period Ended June 30, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 12(a) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
          six-month period ended June 30, 2001 of the Registrant (File
          No. 1-5805).
12.4      Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
          Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements for the quarter ended
          June 30, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12(b) to
          Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six-month period ended
          June 30, 2001 of the Registrant (File No. 1-5805).
23.1      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2      Consent of Simpson Thacher & Barlett (included in Exhibit
          5).
24        Powers of Attorney.
25.1      Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications under
          the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Bankers Trust Company.
25.2      Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications under
          the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank Trust National
          Association.

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Exhibit 1.1

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

$

[Debt Securities]

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[Date]

[UNDERWRITERS]

c/o [Address]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. Introductory. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell $[ ] principal amount of its [ ] Due [ ] (the "Securities"). The Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of [ ], (the "Indenture"), between the Company and
[ ], as Trustee. The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the "Underwriters") as follows:

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (Nos. [ ] and
[ ]) relating to the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and has become effective. Such Registration Statement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference), is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement". As used herein, "Basic Prospectus" means the prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) relating to the Registration Statement, in the form in which such prospectus has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof (but without regard to any prospectus supplements relating specifically to securities other than the Securities); and "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together with the prospectus supplement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) specifically relating to the Securities, as such prospectus


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supplement is first filed with the Commission on or after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"); provided, however, that if a previously unfiled form of prospectus with an issue date later than the issue date of the Basic Prospectus is to be filed with the Commission together with the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, then "Prospectus" means such new form of prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) together with such prospectus supplement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) as first filed with the Commission on or after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act.

(b) The Registration Statement (as of each effective date) conformed, the Registration Statement (as of the date hereof) conforms, and the Prospectus (when filed with the Commission) and any amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all respects to the applicable requirements of the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the Rules and Regulations (as hereinafter defined); the Registration Statement (as of each effective date) did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Registration Statement (as of the date hereof) does not, and the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in any such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters specifically for use therein.

(c) Any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing under the Exchange Act on or after the date hereof of any document deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.


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The "effective date" of the Registration Statement means (i) the date on which the Registration Statement initially became effective and (ii) the later of (A) the date on which the most recent post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or become effective and (B) the date of filing of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. "Rules and Regulations" means the respective rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act.

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of [ ]% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from [ ] to the Closing Date (as defined below), the respective principal amounts of Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.

The Company will deliver the Securities to [Lead Representative] for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, at the office of [The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Authenticating Agent, at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York], against payment of the purchase price by certified or official bank check or checks or wire transfer in federal funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of [the Company, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, at 10:00 a.m.], New York time, on [ ], or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the "Closing Date". [The Securities so to be delivered will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global securities, which will be deposited with, or in accordance with the instructions of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the "Depositary") and registered in the name of the Depositary's nominee.]

4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.


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5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus (or, if permitted by Rule 424(c) under the Act, the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that forms a part thereof), properly completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and consented to by you, Rule 424(b)(5)) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to you of such timely filing. The Company will advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than a supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Securities); the Company will also advise you promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement, and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting if issued.

(b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance. The expense of complying with the requirements of this Section 5(b) shall be borne (a) during the period of nine months after the date of this Agreement, by the Company, and (b) after the expiration of such nine-month period, by you, if you request copies of the Prospectus or of an amendment or amendments of or a supplement or supplements to the Prospectus.

(c) As soon as practicable but in no event later than 16 months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that will satisfy the


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provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

(d) The Company will furnish to you copies of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available in such quantities as you request (and will make available to your counsel a manually executed copy of the Registration Statement and manually executed copies of all amendments thereto to the extent not previously furnished to such counsel, in each case with all exhibits).

(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

(f) During the period of two years hereafter, and if not publicly available through the Commission's website, the Company will furnish to you from time to time, such information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse you for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by you in connection with qualification of the Securities for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities.

(h) From the date of this Agreement through the close of business on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without your prior consent, offer or sell (other than upon exercise of warrants therefor),
[(i) any of its unsubordinated debt securities having a maturity of seven years or more or (ii) any of its subordinated debt securities (regardless of maturity) other than the Securities.]


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6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

(b) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than changes resulting from the accretion of premium or amortization of debt discount on long-term debt and changes resulting from the issuance of debt securities by the Company that have occurred, and have been disclosed by the Company to the Underwriters, prior to the date hereof), any change in the capital stock of the Company (except for increases in outstanding capital stock that are not material), or any change or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders, equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, viewed as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case, is, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters after discussion with the Company, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.


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(c) You shall have received an opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and The Chase Manhattan Bank has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a banking corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, in each case with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated therein by reference).

(ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

(iii) The Notes have been duly authorized, executed and issued by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee or The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Authenticating Agent under the Indenture and on behalf of the Trustee, and upon payment and delivery in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.


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(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(v) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issue and sale of Notes and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Notes will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-Laws or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such actions by the Company result in any violation of any Federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel issued pursuant to any Federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law by any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties.

(vi) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any New York State or Federal court or governmental agency or body or any Delaware court or governmental agency or body acting pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law is required for the issue and sale of the Notes, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters.

(vii) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "_____________________________________" and "_____________________________", insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the Notes and the Indenture, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture in all material respects.


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(viii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and the Prospectus was filed on ___________, _____ with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

(ix) To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein which are not described and filed or incorporated by reference as required.

(x) Such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto), at the time of its effective date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if so amended or supplemented) includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the date hereof or as of the Closing Date, and such counsel does not know of any contracts or other documents required to be summarized or disclosed or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that have not been so summarized, disclosed or filed.

(d) You shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and other related matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman, the President, any Vice-Chairman, any Senior


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Executive Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer or any other Senior Vice President or Managing Director, dated the Closing Date, in which such officer, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of his or her knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

(f) You shall have received a letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and stating in effect that (i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included in the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that (A) the unaudited financial statements in the Prospectus, if any, do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, or are not stated on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, (B) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than five days prior to such Closing Date, there was any change in the common stock, preferred stock or long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or any decrease (other than as occasioned by the declaration of regular dividends) in consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries


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as compared with amounts shown on the latest audited balance sheet included in the Prospectus or (C) for the period from the closing date of the latest audited income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in the consolidated net interest income, in net interest income after provision for loan losses or in net income or net income per common share of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, except in all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such letter or which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur, and (iii) they have compared certain agreed dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information (and ratios) included in the Prospectus (to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company's accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter, and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter. For purposes of this subsection, "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus as amended and supplemented on the date of such letter. All financial statements included in material incorporated by reference into the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.

The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

7. Indemnification. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration


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Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use therein; and provided, further, that with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter or such controlling person results from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus was not sent or given to any person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such securities to such person. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and


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in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that such Underwriter may otherwise have. [The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page, the legend constituting the first paragraph of page S-2 and the third paragraph, eighth paragraph and the third sentence of the ninth paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the prospectus supplement forming a part of the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Prospectus, and you confirm that such statements are correct.]

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Act. In determining the amount of


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contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Securities (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties' relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation. No Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter shall be obligated to make contribution hereunder that in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Securities purchased by such Underwriter under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Underwriter and its controlling persons have otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Securities hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of the Securities, you may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above principal amount and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.


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9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if (a) prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited,
(ii) trading in the Common Stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York, Delaware or Texas shall have been declared by Federal, New York or Texas authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis having an adverse effect on the financial markets of the United States and (b) the occurrence or consequences of any one or more of such events shall have, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, made it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.

10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If for any reason the purchase of the Securities by the several Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect.

11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Underwriters will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [ ], Attention: [ ], or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 270 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, Attention: Office of the Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to such Underwriter at its address furnished to the Company by such Underwriter.

12. Successors. This Underwriting Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties


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hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.


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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and you in accordance with its terms.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.,

by

Name:


Title:

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

by
Name:
Title:

On behalf of each of the Underwriters


Exhibit 1.3

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

[ ] Shares of
[ ] Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[Date]

[UNDERWRITERS]

c/o [Address]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. Introductory. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell [ ] shares of its
[ ] Stock (the "Securities"). The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the "Underwriters") as follows:

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. [ ]) relating to the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and has become effective. Such Registration Statement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement". As used herein, "Basic Prospectus" means the prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) relating to the Registration Statement, in the form in which such prospectus has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof (but without regard to any prospectus supplements relating specifically to securities other than the Securities); and "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together with the prospectus supplement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) specifically relating to the Securities, as such prospectus supplement is first filed with the Commission on or


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after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"); provided, however, that if a previously unfiled form of prospectus with an issue date later than the issue date of the Basic Prospectus is to be filed with the Commission together with the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, then "Prospectus" means such new form of prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) together with such prospectus supplement (including all documents incorporated therein by reference) as first filed with the Commission on or after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act.

(b) The Registration Statement (as of each effective date) conformed, the Registration Statement (as of the date hereof) conforms, and the Prospectus (when filed with the Commission) and any amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all respects to the applicable requirements of the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the Rules and Regulations (as hereinafter defined); the Registration Statement (as of each effective date) did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Registration Statement (as of the date hereof) does not, and the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in any such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters specifically for use therein.

(c) Any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing under the Exchange Act on or after the date hereof of any document deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. The "effective date" of the Registration Statement means (i) the date on which the Registration


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Statement initially became effective and (ii) the later of (A) the date on which the most recent post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or become effective and (B) the date of filing of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. "Rules and Regulations" means the respective rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act and the Exchange Act.

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, plus accrued dividends, if any, from [ ] to the Closing Date (as defined below), the number of Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.

The Company will deliver the Securities to [Lead Representative] for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price by certified or official bank check or checks or wire transfer in federal funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of
[the Company, at 10:00 a.m.], New York time, on [ ], or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the "Closing Date". [The Securities so to be delivered will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global securities, which will be deposited with, or in accordance with the instructions of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the "Depositary") and registered in the name of the Depositary's nominee.]

4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus (or, if permitted by Rule 424(c) under the Act, the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that forms a part thereof), properly completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and consented to by you, Rule 424(b)(5)) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence


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satisfactory to you of such timely filing. The Company will advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than a supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Securities); the Company will also advise you promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement, and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting if issued.

(b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance. The expense of complying with the requirements of this Section 5(b) shall be borne (a) during the period of nine months after the date of this Agreement, by the Company, and (b) after the expiration of such nine-month period, by you, if you request copies of the Prospectus or of an amendment or amendments of or a supplement or supplements to the Prospectus.

(c) As soon as practicable but in no event later than 16 months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

(d) The Company will furnish to you copies of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available in such quantities as you request (and will make available to your counsel a manually executed copy of the Registration Statement


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and manually executed copies of all amendments thereto to the extent not previously furnished to such counsel, in each case with all exhibits).

(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

(f) During the period of two years hereafter, and if not publicly available through the Commission's website, the Company will furnish to you from time to time, such information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse you for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by you in connection with qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities.

(h) From the date of this Agreement through the close of business on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without your prior consent, offer or sell (other than upon exercise of warrants therefor) any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company (other than the Securities) [that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation or dissolution of the Company, over shares of any other class of capital stock of the Company].

6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration


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Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

(b) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than changes resulting from the accretion of premium or amortization of debt discount on long-term debt and changes resulting from the issuance of debt securities by the Company that have occurred, and have been disclosed by the Company to the Underwriters, prior to the date hereof), any change in the capital stock of the Company (except for increases in outstanding capital stock that are not material), or any change or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, viewed as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case, is, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters after discussion with the Company, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(c) You shall have received an opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and The Chase Manhattan Bank has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a banking corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, in each case with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated therein by reference).

(ii) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will have the rights set forth in the Company's Certificate


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of Incorporation, as amended; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities and the certificates for the Securities are valid and conform to the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

(iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(iv) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-Laws or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such actions by the Company result in any violation of any Federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel issued pursuant to any Federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law by any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties.

(v) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any New York State or Federal court or governmental agency or body or any Delaware court or governmental agency or body acting pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law is required for the issue and sale of the Securities, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(vi) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "[ ]" and


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"[ ]", insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the Securities constitute accurate summaries of the terms of the Securities in all material respects.

(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and the Prospectus was filed on [ ] with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

(viii) To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein which are not described and filed or incorporated by reference as required.

(ix) Such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto), at the time of its effective date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if so amended or supplemented) includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the date hereof or as of the Closing Date, and such counsel does not know of any contracts or other documents required to be summarized or disclosed or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that have not been so summarized, disclosed or filed.

(d) You shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and other related matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such


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counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman, the President, any Vice-Chairman, any Senior Executive Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer or any Senior Vice President or Managing Director, dated the Closing Date, in which such officer, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of his or her knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

(f) You shall have received a letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and stating in effect that (i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included in the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that (A) the unaudited financial statements in the Prospectus, if any, do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, or are not stated on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, (B) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than five days prior to such Closing Date, there was any change in the


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common stock, preferred stock or long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or any decrease (other than as occasioned by the declaration of regular dividends) in consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as compared with amounts shown on the latest audited balance sheet included in the Prospectus or (C) for the period from the closing date of the latest audited income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in the consolidated net interest income, in net interest income after provision for loan losses or in net income or net income per common share of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, except in all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such letter or which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur, and (iii) they have compared certain agreed dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information (and ratios) included in the Prospectus (to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company's accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter, and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter. For purposes of this subsection, "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus as amended and supplemented on the date of such letter. All financial statements included in material incorporated by reference into the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.

The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

7. Indemnification. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such


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controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use therein; and provided, further, that with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter or such controlling person results from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus was not sent or given to any person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such securities to such person. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to


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state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that such Underwriter may otherwise have. [The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page, the legend constituting the first paragraph of page S-2 and the third paragraph, eighth paragraph and the third sentence of the ninth paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the prospectus supplement forming a part of the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Prospectus, and you confirm that such statements are correct.]

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for


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any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Securities (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties' relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation. No Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter shall be obligated to make contribution hereunder that in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Securities purchased by such Underwriter under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Underwriter and its controlling persons have otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Securities hereunder and the number of Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of the Securities, you may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the number of Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above number and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an


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Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if (a) prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited,
(ii) trading in the Common Stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York, Delaware or Texas shall have been declared by Federal, New York, Delaware or Texas authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis having an adverse effect on the financial markets of the United States and (b) the occurrence or consequences of any one or more of such events shall have, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, made it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.

10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If for any reason the purchase of the Securities by the several Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect.

11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Underwriters will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [ ], Attention: [ ], or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 270 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, Attention: Office of the Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to such Underwriter at its address furnished to the Company by such Underwriter.


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12. Successors. This Underwriting Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in
Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.


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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and you in accordance with its terms.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.,

by

Name:


Title:

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

by
Name:
Title:

On behalf of each of the Underwriters


Exhibit 4.1

8306

COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK

                                [ART WORK]
  Number                                                           Shares

MC

                            J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE


THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN                         CUSIP 46625H 10 0
NEW YORK, NY AND RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ                     SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN
                                                               DEFINITIONS

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC

BY TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR,

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

IS THE OWNER OF

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney on surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. Witness the signatures of the duly authorized officers of the Corporation.

CERTIFICATE OF STOCK

Dated      /s/ Anthony J. Horan    /s/ Douglas A. Warner III        /s/ William B. Harrison Jr.

12-22-00        SECRETARY            CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request should be addressed to the Transfer Agent named on the face hereof.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM (as tenants in common)

TEN ENT (as tenants by the entireties)

JT TEN (as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (______Custodian_______under Uniform Gifts to Cust Minor

Minors Act________) *State

Additional abbreviations may be used.

For value received, _____________________________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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________________________________________________________________________________


PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

__________________________________________________________________________shares

of the capital stock represented by the within certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________Attorney

to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated_____________________________

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.


Exhibit 4.2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

__________ [CONVERTIBLE] [NONCUMULATIVE] [CUMULATIVE]

PREFERRED STOCK

OF

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

Pursuant to Section 151 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES that the following resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on ___________ and by the Stock Committee of the Board of Directors on ___________, respectively, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation which authorize the issuance of up to 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock of $1 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), and pursuant to authority conferred upon the Stock Committee of the Board of Directors by
Section 141(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, by the By-Laws of the Corporation and by the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting duly convened and held on __________, _____:

1. The Board of Directors on ____________, _____ adopted, among other resolutions, the following resolutions authorizing a Stock Committee of the Board of Directors to act on behalf of the Board of Directors in connection with the issuance of the Preferred Stock and fixing the voting rights of the Preferred Stock:

"RESOLVED, that, subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Stock Committee may from time to time during the Stock Committee Term authorize the issuance and sale of securities, for cash or other property, as determined by the Stock Committee, which securities shall consist of any or all of the following: (i) one or more series of the Corporation's preferred stock, $1 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"); (ii) depositary shares each representing a fraction of a share of Preferred Stock or other security ("Depositary Shares"); (iii) warrants to purchase any shares of Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares; (iv) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock; (v) shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities into which or for which any of the foregoing may be exchangeable, convertible, or issuable upon exercise; and (vi) securities (or units or combinations of securities) that the Corporation deems functionally equivalent to Preferred Stock by reason of such securities (or units or combinations of securities) counting as "Tier 1 capital" of the Corporation according to applicable bank regulatory


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requirements; provided, however, that "Guaranteed SPE Securities" (as defined in the Borrowings Committee Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors on the date hereof) shall be authorized by action of the Borrowings Committee rather than the Stock Committee, and shall not be deemed Preferred Shares; unless the context shall otherwise require, the securities in clauses (i) through (vi) shall be referred to hereinafter collectively as "Preferred Shares"; and the Preferred Shares and the Common Stock shall be referred to hereinafter collectively as "Securities";

RESOLVED, that the Preferred Shares may be sold through agents, through underwriters, through dealers and directly to purchasers, in one or more offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") or in transactions not required to be registered under the Act, all as shall be determined by the Stock Committee; and the Stock Committee shall have full authority to take any and all actions necessary to effect the intent of this resolution; and all Preferred Shares so issued will be deemed duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;

RESOLVED that, without limiting the generality of the preceding resolutions, the Stock Committee is hereby expressly authorized during the Stock Committee Term:

(i) to determine whether the Preferred Shares will be issued in one or more series and the number of shares of any such series;

(ii) to fix the dividend rate or rates of any such Preferred Shares and/or the methods of determining dividends and the dates on which dividends shall be payable;

(iii) to determine whether dividends of any series of Preferred Shares shall be cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the dates from which dividends shall commence to cumulate;

(iv) to determine the conversion or exchange provisions, if any, of the shares of any series of the Preferred Shares, including without limitation, the class and series of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation into which such shares shall be convertible or exchangeable;

(v) to determine whether the Corporation shall elect to offer
(a) warrants for such Preferred Shares ("Warrants") or (b) Depositary Shares evidenced by depositary receipts, each representing a fraction (to be determined by the Stock Committee) of a share of a particular series of the Preferred Stock or other securities, which shares of Preferred Stock or other securities will be issued and deposited with a depositary, in each case, in lieu of offering full shares of such series of the Preferred Stock or other securities;

(vi) to fix the liquidation preference of the shares of any series of the Preferred Shares, subject to the limitation that the aggregate liquidation preference over Common Stock of all the Preferred Shares issued during the Stock Committee Term shall not exceed $1.5 billion (the "Preferred Stock Maximum Amount");


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(vii) to determine whether any warrants for Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or Common Stock shall be issued, whether alone or in connection with any other Preferred Shares, and the terms and conditions of any such warrants;

(viii) to determine whether the shares of any series of the Preferred Shares shall be subject to redemption, optional or mandatory or pursuant to a sinking fund, and, if such series shall be subject to redemption, the redemption provisions of such series; and

(ix) to fix or determine any additional dividend, liquidation, redemption, sinking fund and other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and restrictions thereof;

RESOLVED, that the Stock Committee shall have authority, from time to time during the Stock Committee Term, without the necessity of further action of the Board of Directors, to authorize (i) the creation of one or more subsidiary or affiliated corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts or other affiliated or unaffiliated entities ("special purpose entities") in connection with the creation, issuance and sale of Preferred Shares, (ii) the initial capitalization thereof, (iii) the preparation, execution and filing of any documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the organization or activities of such subsidiary or affiliated or unaffiliated corporation or entity, and (iv) the payment of all related fees and expenses, in each case, as the Stock Committee in its judgment shall deem necessary or advisable;

RESOLVED, that the Stock Committee shall have authority, from time to time during the Stock Committee Term, to authorize the issuance and sale of any debt obligation, guarantee or other security of the Corporation or any special purpose entities which shall be issuable in support of any Preferred Shares;

RESOLVED, that, if required with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, a certificate shall be prepared and filed on behalf of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (a "Certificate of Designation"); that each such Certificate of Designation be in such form as is approved by action of the Board of Directors or the Stock Committee; and that the proper officers of the Corporation be and hereby are authorized to execute and file each such Certificate of Designation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware;

RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Designation for each series of the Preferred Stock shall provide that the shares of such series shall not have any voting powers either general or special, except that

(i) If at the time of any annual meeting of the Corporation's stockholders for the election of directors there is a default in preference dividends on the Preferred Stock, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be increased by two, and the holders of the Preferred Stock of all series (whether or not the holders of such series of Preferred Stock would be entitled to vote for the election of directors if such default in preference dividends did not exist), shall have the right at such meeting, voting together as a single class without regard to series, to the exclusion of the holders of common stock, par value $1 per share, of the Corporation, to elect two


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directors of the Corporation to fill such newly created directorships. Such right shall continue until there are no dividends in arrears upon the Preferred Stock. Each director elected by the holders of shares of Preferred Stock (a "Preferred Director") shall continue to serve as such director for the full term for which he or she shall have been elected, notwithstanding that prior to the end of such term a default in preference dividends shall cease to exist. Any Preferred Director may be removed by, and shall not be removed except by, the vote of the holders of record of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class without regard to series, at a meeting of the Corporation's stockholders, or of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock, called for the purpose. So long as a default in any preference dividends on the Preferred Stock shall exist, (a) any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Director may be filled (except as provided in the following clause (b)) by an instrument in writing signed by the remaining Preferred Director and filed with the Corporation and (b) in the case of the removal of any Preferred Director, the vacancy may be filled by the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class without regard to series, at the same meeting at which such removal shall be voted. Each director appointed as aforesaid by the remaining Preferred Director shall be deemed, for all purposes hereof, to be a Preferred Director. Whenever the term of office of the Preferred Directors shall end and a default in preference dividends shall no longer exist, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be reduced by two. For the purposes hereof, a "default in preference dividends" on the Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have occurred whenever the amount of accrued dividends upon any series of the Preferred Stock shall be equivalent to six full quarter-yearly dividends or more, and, having so occurred, such default shall be deemed to exist thereafter until, but only until, all accrued dividends on all shares of Preferred Stock of each and every series then outstanding shall have been paid to the end of the last preceding dividend period; and

(ii) Without the consent of the holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting as a class without regard to series, the holders of shares of this series being entitled to cast one vote per share thereon, the Corporation may not: (a) create any class or series of stock which shall have preference as to dividends or distribution of assets over any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock other than a series which shall not have any right to object to such creation or (b) alter or change the provisions of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation so as to adversely affect the voting power, preferences or special rights of the holders of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that if such creation or such alteration or change would adversely affect the voting power, preferences or special rights of one or more, but not all, series of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, consent of the holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all of the shares of all such series so affected, voting as a class, shall be required in lieu of the consent of the holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock, at the time outstanding.

RESOLVED, that the Stock Committee is authorized and empowered during the Stock Committee Term to approve and authorize on behalf of the Corporation the repurchase or redemption by the Corporation of any or all the outstanding shares of any series of the Preferred


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Shares at such times, in such amounts, at such prices, and pursuant to such arrangements, including arrangements with brokers, dealers or agents, as the Stock Committee may determine or authorize such repurchases to be effected pursuant to open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or such other means as the Stock Committee may determine or authorize.

2. The Stock Committee of the Board of Directors on ______________, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Stock Committee of the Board Directors by Section 141(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, by Section 3.03 of the By-Laws of the Corporation and by the resolutions of the Board of Directors set forth above, adopted the following resolution:

"RESOLVED that, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Corporation") adopted on ___________, the issue of _____ shares of ______ [Convertible] [Noncumulative] [Cumulative] Preferred Stock, $__ stated value per share ($1 par value), of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as the Corporation's: 6% Cumulative Preferred Stock; Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A; Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series L; Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series N; 10.84% Cumulative Preferred Stock; and Fixed/Adjustable Rate Noncumulative Preferred Stock
[designate other parity series, if any] is hereby authorized and the designation, preferences and privileges, relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of all _____ shares of this Series, in addition to those set forth in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and, with respect to voting rights, in the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopted on _________, are hereby fixed as follows:

1. Designation. The designation of this Series shall be _____________
[Convertible] [Noncumulative] [Cumulative] Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as this "Series"), and the number of shares constituting this Series shall be __________. Shares of this Series shall have a stated value of $_____. The number of authorized shares of this Series may be reduced by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the Stock Committee of the Board of Directors or by any other duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (collectively, the "Board of Directors") and by the filing of a certificate pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware stating that such reduction has been so authorized, but the number of authorized shares of this Series shall not be increased.

2. Dividends. (a) The holders of shares of this Series shall be entitled to receive cash dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for that purpose, in the amounts or at the rate set forth below in this Section 2. Dividends on the shares of this Series shall be payable, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, on _________, __________, __________ and __________ of each year (each, a "Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on _________. Each such dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of shares of this Series as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date, not more than 45 days preceding the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.


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[IF THIS SERIES HAS FIXED RATE DIVIDENDS, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: (b)

Dividends payable on the shares of this Series for the period from _________ through and including ________________ (the "Initial Dividend Period") shall be _________ per share. For each quarterly dividend period after the Initial Dividend Period (each such quarterly dividend period and the Initial Dividend Period being hereinafter referred to individually as a "Dividend Period"), which quarterly Dividend Periods shall commence on _________, ___________, ___________ and _____________ of each year and shall end on and include the day next preceding the first day of the next such Dividend Period, dividends payable on the shares of this Series shall be payable at ___% per annum of the stated value thereof. [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: Dividends on the shares of this Series shall not be cumulative and no rights shall accrue to the holders of the shares of this Series if the Corporation fails to declare a dividend on the shares of this Series with respect to any Dividend Period, whether or not dividends are declared with respect to any future Dividend Period.] [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: Dividends shall be cumulative from _____________. Dividends on account of arrears for any past Dividend Periods may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such date, not more than 45 days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.]]

[IF THIS SERIES HAS ADJUSTABLE DIVIDENDS, INSERT THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION OF SUCH RATE]

[(c)[(i)] Dividends payable on this Series for any period greater or less than a full Dividend Period, other than the Initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than one month, the actual number of days elapsed in the period. [Dividends payable on this Series for each full Dividend Period shall be computed by annualizing the Dividend Rate and dividing by four.]

[(d)[(j)] No full dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Preferred Stock of any series ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior to this Series for any period unless [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full dividends on the shares of this Series for the Dividend Period commencing on the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment] [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment on this Series for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends]. When dividends are not paid in full, as aforesaid, upon the shares of this Series and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with this Series, all dividends declared upon shares of this Series and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with this Series shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on this Series and such other Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: (which in the case of this Series shall include accrued and unpaid dividends for the Dividend Period commencing on the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date but shall not include accumulation of any dividends for prior Dividend Periods,


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unless previously declared)] on the shares of this Series and such other Preferred Stock bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on this Series which may be in arrears.

[(e)][(k)] So long as any shares of this Series are outstanding, no dividend (other than a dividend in Common Stock or in any other stock ranking junior to this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation and other than as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 2) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment or other distribution declared or made upon the Common Stock or upon any other stock ranking junior to or on a parity with this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation, nor shall any Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation), unless, in each case, [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: full dividends on all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been paid or declared and set aside for payment in respect of the Dividend Period commencing on the day following the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date] [IF THIS SERIES IS CUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: the full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been paid or declared and set aside for payment for all past Dividend Periods].

[INSERT ANY OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DIVIDENDS WITH RESPECT TO

THIS SERIES.]

3. Redemption.

[IF THIS SERIES IS REDEEMABLE AT A FIXED PRICE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

(a) [The shares of this Series are not redeemable prior to _________________.] The Corporation, at its option, may redeem shares of this Series, as a whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, [on or after ________,] at a redemption price of _____________ per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to the date fixed for redemption (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods on the shares of this Series)].

[IF THIS SERIES IS REDEEMABLE AT VARIABLE PRICES, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

(a) [The shares of this Series are not redeemable prior to ________________.] The Corporation, at its option, may redeem shares of this Series, as a whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, [on or after _______,] at the applicable redemption price set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to the date fixed for redemption (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods on the shares of this Series)]:


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               Date of Redemption                                     Redemption Price Per Share
On or after ____________ but prior to ____________                    ______________________
On or after _____________ but prior to ___________                    ______________________
On or after ____________________                                      ______________________

[IF THIS SERIES IS REDEEMABLE PURSUANT TO A SINKING FUND, INSERT THE

FOLLOWING:

(b) So long as any shares of this Series shall be outstanding, the Corporation shall on each of the dates set forth in the following schedule ("Sinking Fund Payment Dates") set aside an amount sufficient for the redemption of, and shall redeem, the number of shares of this Series set forth opposite such Sinking Fund Payment Date:

Sinking Fund Payment Date                   Number of Shares to be Redeemed

The redemption price of shares of this Series to be redeemed pursuant to the aforesaid sinking fund shall be $____ per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to the date fixed for redemption (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods on the shares of this Series)]. The Corporation may, at its option, apply toward its sinking fund obligation any shares of this Series purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation or redeemed by the Corporation otherwise than through the sinking fund which have not previously been credited toward a sinking fund obligation. The obligation of the Corporation to redeem shares of this Series shall be cumulative, so that if for any year or years such requirements shall not be fully discharged as they accrue, funds legally available therefor, after payment or provision for dividends, for each year thereafter shall be applied thereto until such requirements are fully discharged.]

[IF THIS SERIES IS SUBJECT TO EITHER OPTIONAL OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

[(b)][(c)] In the event that fewer than all the outstanding shares of this Series are to be redeemed [(by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise)], the number of shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Board of Directors and the shares to be redeemed shall be determined by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the Board of Directors or by any other method as may be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to be equitable, provided that such method satisfies any applicable requirements of any securities exchange on which this Series is listed.

[(c)][(d)] In the event the Corporation shall redeem shares of this Series [(by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise)], notice of such redemption shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 or more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, to each holder of record of the shares to be redeemed, at such holder's address as the same appears


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on the stock register of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of this Series to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; [and] (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on the redemption date [IF THIS SERIES IS CONVERTIBLE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING; and (vi) that such holder has the right to convert such shares into a number of shares of Common Stock prior to the close of business on the redemption date].

[(d)][(e)] Notice having been mailed as aforesaid, from and after the redemption date (unless default shall be made by the Corporation in providing money for the payment of the redemption price) dividends on the shares of this Series so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as stockholders of the Corporation (except the right to receive from the Corporation the redemption price) shall cease [IF THIS SERIES IS CONVERTIBLE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: ; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this paragraph and any holder of shares of this Series shall, prior to the close of business on the redemption date, surrender for conversion any or all of the shares to be redeemed held by such holder in accordance with Section 4, then the conversion of such shares to be redeemed shall become effective as provided in Section 4.] Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the certificates for any shares so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Board of Directors shall so require and the notice shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the redemption price aforesaid. In case fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without cost to the holder thereof.

[(e)][(f)] Any shares of this Series which shall at any time have been redeemed shall, after such redemption, have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors.

[(f)][(g)] Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3, if full dividends on all outstanding shares of this Series are in arrears, no shares of this Series shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of this Series are simultaneously redeemed, and the Corporation shall not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of this Series; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of this Series pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of this Series.]

[IF THIS SERIES IS NOT CONVERTIBLE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:

4. Conversion. The holders of shares of this Series shall not have any rights to convert such shares into shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.]

[IF THIS SERIES IS CONVERTIBLE FOR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, INSERT THE FOLLOWING]


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4. Conversion. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 4, each holder of shares of this Series shall have the right, at such holder's option, at any time [from and after ______], to convert any or all of the shares of this Series held by such holder into the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (calculated as to each conversion, for the purpose of determining the amount of any cash payments provided for under paragraph (c) of this Section 4, to the nearest .01 of a share of Common Stock, as the case may be, with one-half cent and .005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward) obtained by dividing the stated value of a share of this Series by the Conversion Price (as defined below) and multiplying such resulting number by the number of shares of this Series to be converted, and by surrender of such shares of this Series so to be converted, such surrender to be made in the manner provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 4; provided, however, that the right to convert shares called for redemption pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall terminate at the close of business on the date fixed for such redemption unless the Corporation shall default in making payment of the amount payable upon such redemption.

The term "Conversion Price" shall mean $_________, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.

(b) In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the holder of each share of this Series to be converted shall surrender the certificate representing such share at the office of any transfer agent for the Common Stock and shall give written notice to the Corporation at said office that such holder elects to convert the same, specifying the name or names and denominations in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the Common Stock to be issued (which notice may be in the form of a notice of election to convert which may be printed on the reverse of the certificates for the shares of this Series). Unless the shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such share of this Series is registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder or his duly authorized attorney, and by an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax.

The holders of shares of this Series at the close of business on a dividend payment record date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares (except that holders of shares called for redemption on a redemption date between such record date and the Dividend Payment Date shall not be entitled to receive such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date) on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the conversion thereof or the Corporation's default in payment of the dividend due on such Dividend Payment Date. However, shares of this Series surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business on any dividend payment record date and the opening of business on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date (except shares called for redemption on a redemption date during such period) must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such shares on such Dividend Payment Date. A holder of shares of this Series on a dividend payment record date who (or whose transferee) tenders any of such shares for conversion into shares of Common Stock on a Dividend Payment Date will receive the dividend payable by the Corporation on such shares of this Series on such date, and the converting holder need not include payment in the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of this Series for conversion. Except as provided above, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends,


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whether or not in arrears, on converted shares or for dividends on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion.

As promptly as practicable after the surrender of the certificates for shares of this Series as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver at the office of any transfer agent for the Common Stock to such holder, or on his written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4, together with a certificate or certificates representing any shares of this Series which are not to be converted but which shall have constituted part of the shares of this Series represented by the certificate or certificates so surrendered, and any fractional interest in respect of a share of Common Stock arising upon such conversion shall be settled as provided in subparagraph (c) of this Section 4.

Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which the certificates for shares of this Series shall have been surrendered and such notice (and, if applicable, payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such shares) received by the Corporation as aforesaid, and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the shares represented thereby at such time on such date and such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect at such time on such date, unless the stock transfer books of the Corporation shall be closed on such date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to have become such holder or holders of record at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date upon which such shares shall have been surrendered and such notice (and, if applicable, payment) received by the Corporation. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the shares of this Series will upon delivery be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to any preemptive rights.

(c) No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of shares of this Series. Instead of any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock which would otherwise be deliverable upon the conversion of a share of this Series, the Corporation shall pay to the holder of such share of this Series an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward) equal to the reported last sales price (as defined in subparagraph (d)(v) of this Section 4) of the Common Stock on the Trading Day (as defined in subparagraph (d)(v) of this
Section 4) next preceding the day of conversion multiplied by the fraction of a share of Common Stock represented by such fractional interest. If more than one share of this Series shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate stated value of the shares of this Series so surrendered.

(d) The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(i) In case the Corporation shall (x) pay a dividend or make a distribution on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (y) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock


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into a greater number of shares or (z) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the holder of any share of this Series thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation which he would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such share been converted immediately prior to the record date in the case of a dividend or the effective date in the case of subdivision or combination. An adjustment made pursuant to this subparagraph (i) shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend, except as provided in subparagraph (viii) below, and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made if, at the same time as the Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of Common Stock which would otherwise call for an adjustment in the Conversion Price, the Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of this Series equivalent to the number of shares distributable on the shares of Common Stock into which this Series is then convertible.

(ii) In case the Corporation shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date mentioned below) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of this subparagraph (ii) in subparagraph (v) below), at the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of such rights or warrants. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subparagraph (viii) below, after such record date. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitled the holders of the shares of this Series to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such current market price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights or warrants plus the exercise price thereof, the value of such consideration or exercised price, as the case may be, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(iii) In case the Corporation shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (other than Common Stock) or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions paid from retained earnings of the Corporation or dividends payable in Common Stock) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities (excluding those rights or warrants referred to in subparagraph (ii) above) (any of the foregoing being hereinafter in this subparagraph (iii) called the "Securities"), then, in each such case, unless the Corporation elects to reserve such Securities for distribution to the holders of the shares of this Series upon the conversion of the shares of this Series so that any


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such holder converting shares of this Series will receive upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of the Common Stock to which such holder is entitled, the amount and kind of such Securities which such holder would have received if such holder had, immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Securities, converted its shares of this Series into Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined for purposes of this subparagraph
(iii) in subparagraph (v) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned above less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined in subparagraph (v) below) of the Common Stock; provided, however, that in the event the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the current market price per share (as defined in subparagraph (v) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each holder of shares of this Series shall have the right to receive the amount and kind of Securities such holder would have received had such holder converted each such share of this Series immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Securities. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subparagraph (viii) below, after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution.

(iv) If, pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above, the number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of this Series is convertible shall have been adjusted because the Corporation has declared a dividend, or made a distribution, on the outstanding shares of Common Stock in the form of any right or warrant to purchase securities of the Corporation, or the Corporation has issued any such right or warrant, then, upon the expiration of any such unexercised right or unexercised warrant, the Conversion Price shall forthwith be adjusted to equal the Conversion Price that would have applied had such right or warrant never been declared, distributed or issued.

(v) For the purpose of any computation under subparagraph (ii) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the thirty consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) commencing forty-five Trading Days before the date in question. For the purpose of any computation under subparagraph (iii) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the ten consecutive Trading Days before the date in question. The reported last sales price for each day (whether for purposes of subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii)) shall be the reported last sales price, regular way, or, in case no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange at such time, on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the National Market System of the Nasdaq Stock Market ("NASDAQ") or, if the Common Stock is not quoted on such National Market System, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on


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such day in the over-the-counter market as reported by NASDAQ or, if bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on each such day shall not have been reported through NASDAQ, the average of the bid and asked prices for such date as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors or, if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by a New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors. As used herein, the Term "Trading Day" with respect to Common Stock means (x) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other national securities exchange is open for business or (y) if the Common Stock is quoted on the National Market System of the NASDAQ, a day on which trades may be made on such National Market System or (z) otherwise, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

(vi) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subparagraph (F) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest .01 of a share, as the case may be, with one-half cent and .005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Anything in this paragraph (d) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this paragraph (d), as it in its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the Corporation to its stockholders shall not be taxable.

(vii) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall file with the transfer agent a certificate, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Managing Director or Vice President of the Corporation, setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to file such officers' certificate shall not invalidate any corporate action by the Corporation.

(viii) In any case in which this paragraph (d) provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the occurrence of such event (y) issuing to the holder of any share of this Series converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (z) paying to such holder any amount of cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
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(e) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as provided in paragraph
(d), the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each holder of shares of this Series at its then registered address by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth such adjusted Conversion Price and the effective date of such adjusted Conversion Price; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to give such notice shall not invalidate any corporate action by the Corporation.

(f) The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or its issued shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, or both, for the purpose of effecting conversions of shares of this Series, the full number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of this Series not theretofore converted. For purposes of this paragraph (f), the number of shares of Common Stock which shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of this Series shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single holder.

(g) The Corporation will pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversions of shares of this Series pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the holder of shares of this Series to be converted and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, if any of the following events occur, namely (w) any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock), (x) any consolidation, merger or combination of the Corporation with or into another corporation as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, or (y) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of the Corporation as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other entity as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, then appropriate provision shall be made so that the holder of each share of this Series then outstanding shall have the right to convert such share into the kind and amount of the shares of stock and securities or other property or assets (including cash) that would have been receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such share of this Series immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance. The adjustments described in this paragraph (h) shall be subject to further adjustments as appropriate that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the relevant adjustment provided for in this paragraph (h). If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and property receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) of an entity other


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than the successor or acquiring entity, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance, then the Corporation shall enter into an agreement with such other entity for the benefit of the holders of this Series that shall contain such provisions to protect the interests of such holders as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.

(i) Upon any conversion of shares of this Series, the shares of this Series so converted shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors.

5. Liquidation Rights. (a) Upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of this Series shall be entitled to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, before any payment or distribution shall be made on the Common Stock or on any other class of stock ranking junior to this Series upon liquidation, the amount of $___ per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) [IF THIS SERIES IS NONCUMULATIVE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: from the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date, to the date of the liquidating distribution (but without any accumulation of unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods)].

(b) After the payment to the holders of the shares of this Series of the full preferential amounts provided for in this Section 5, the holders of this Series as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

(c) If, upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the shares of this Series and any other shares of stock of the Corporation ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with the shares of this Series are not paid in full, the holders of the shares of this Series and of such other shares shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.

(d) Neither the sale of all or substantially all the property or business of the Corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation or the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, for the purposes of this
Section 5.

6. Ranking. For purposes of this resolution, any stock of any class or classes of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank:

(a) prior to the shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if the holders of such class or classes shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of this Series;

(b) on a parity with shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend payment dates or redemption or liquidation prices per


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share or sinking fund provisions, if any, be different from those of this Series (and whether or not such dividends shall accumulate), if the holders of such stock shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, without preference or priority, one over the other, as between the holders of such stock and the holders of shares of this Series; and

(c) junior to shares of this Series, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if such class shall be Common Stock or if the holders of shares of this Series shall be entitled to receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of such class or classes.

7. Voting Rights. The shares of this Series shall have the voting rights set forth in the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted on __________________.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and this Certificate to be signed by its Corporate Secretary, [name], this ____ day of ____________________, 2001.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By:
Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 4.3

[FORM OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT]

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

___________________________, As Depositary

AND

THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF
THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN


Deposit Agreement


Dated as of _____________



TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I ............................................................................       3

ARTICLE II ...........................................................................       4
        SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts ..................................       4
        SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in
                        Respect Thereof ..............................................       5
        SECTION 2.03. Redemption of Stock ............................................       6
        SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfer of Receipts ...........................       7
        SECTION 2.05. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts
                        and Withdrawal of Stock ......................................       7
        SECTION 2.06. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender
                        and Exchange of Receipts .....................................       8
        SECTION 2.07. Lost Receipts, etc .............................................       9
        SECTION 2.08. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts ...........       9

ARTICLE III ..........................................................................       9
        SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information ..............       9
        SECTION 3.02. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges .................       9
        SECTION 3.03. Warranty as to Stock ...........................................      10

ARTICLE IV ...........................................................................      10
        SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions .............................................      10
        SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or
                        Privileges ...................................................      10
        SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges .................      11
        SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for Holders
                        of Receipts ..................................................      12
        SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights ..................................................      12
        SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications,
                        Recapitalizations, etc .......................................      13
        SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports ..........................................      13
        SECTION 4.08. Lists of Record Holders of Receipts ............................      13

ARTICLE V ............................................................................      13
        SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the
                        Depositary; Registrar ........................................      13
        SECTION 5.02. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the
                        Depositary's Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or
                        the Company ..................................................      14
        SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the
                        Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Company ................      15
        SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of
                        Successor Depositary .........................................      15
        SECTION 5.05. Corporate Notices and Reports ..................................      16

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        SECTION 5.06. Indemnification by the Company .................................      16
        SECTION 5.07. Charges and Expenses ...........................................      16

ARTICLE VI ...........................................................................      17
        SECTION 6.01. Amendment ......................................................      17
        SECTION 6.02. Termination ....................................................      17

ARTICLE VII ..........................................................................      18
        SECTION 7.01. Counterparts ...................................................      18
        SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefit of Parties ...................................      18
        SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions .......................................      18
        SECTION 7.04. Notices ........................................................      18
        SECTION 7.05. Depositary's Agents ............................................      19
        SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties ................................      19
        SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW ..................................................      19
        SECTION 7.08. Inspection of Deposit Agreement ................................      19
        SECTION 7.09. Headings .......................................................      19

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A         Form of Receipt

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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of ________________ among J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation, ______________, a _________________, and the holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein.

WHEREAS it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of [insert designation of preferred stock] of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Stock so deposited; and

WHEREAS the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
Definitions

The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective capitalized terms used in this Deposit Agreement:

"Certificate" shall mean the Certificate of Designations filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware establishing the Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Company.

"Company" shall mean J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

"Deposit Agreement" shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

"Depositary" shall mean ___________ a ____________, and any successor as Depositary hereunder.

"Depositary Shares" shall mean depositary shares, each representing [insert fractional share] of a share of Stock and evidenced by a Receipt.

"Depositary's Agent" shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.05.

"Depositary's Office" shall mean the principal office of the Depositary in New York City, at which at any particular time, its depositary receipt business shall be administered.

"Receipt" shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder, whether in definitive or temporary form.


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"Record Holder" as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.

"Registrar" shall mean any bank or trust company which shall be appointed pursuant to Section 7.05 to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided.

"Stock" shall mean shares of the Company's [insert designation of preferred stock], $1 par value per share (stated value $______ per share).

"Transfer Agent" shall be as defined in Section 7.05.

ARTICLE II

Form of Receipts, Deposit of Stock, Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts

SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts. Definitive Receipts shall be [engraved or printed or lithographed on steel-engraved borders and shall] be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided. [Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company or any holder of Stock, as the case may be, delivered in compliance with Section 2.02, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at any office described in the third paragraph of Section 2.02, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company's expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, and with respect to the Stock, as definitive Receipts.]

Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary; provided, that such signature may be a facsimile if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed and such Receipts are countersigned by manual signature of a duly authorized officer of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed manually by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned manually by a duly authorized officer of such Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.


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Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.

Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.

Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed, or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.04, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Company or any holder of Stock may from time to time deposit shares of Stock by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates representing the Stock to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and together with a written order of the Company or such holder, as the case may be, directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Stock. Deposited Stock shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary's Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.

Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates representing the Stock to be deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of such Stock on the books of the registrar for the Stock in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver, to or upon the order of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, a Receipt or Receipts for the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons.

The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary's Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.


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SECTION 2.03. Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 40 nor more than 70 days' notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Stock, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Company stating that such redemption of Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate. Such notice, if given more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, shall be in addition to the notice required to be given for redemption pursuant to the Certificate. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall then have paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock held by the Depositary to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of such redemption and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed, first-class postage prepaid, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares (the "Redemption Date"), to the record holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more such holders nor any defect in any notice to one or more such holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to other holders. Each such notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate from and after such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata (subject to rounding to avoid fractions of the Depositary Shares) as may be determined by the Depositary to be equitable.

Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have failed to redeem the shares of Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company's notice provided for in the preceding paragraph) all dividends in respect of the shares of Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accumulate, the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price, including any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate and, upon surrender of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require) in accordance with such notice, such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to [insert fractional share] of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption.

If less than all the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.


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SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfer of Receipts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon the Depositary and the Registrar shall execute in accordance with Section 2.01 a new Receipt or Receipts and deliver at the Depositary's Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person or persons entitled thereto, including any interests of the transferor if such transferor has not transferred all the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts, and such new Receipt or Receipts shall evidence the amount of Depositary Shares so transferred and the amount of Depositary Shares retained by that transferor.

SECTION 2.05. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts representing any number of whole shares of Stock may withdraw the Stock by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts, at the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Stock hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor; provided, however, that a record holder who withdraws Stock in order to demand appraisal rights available under Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), will, subject to certain conditions described below, be entitled to redeposit such Stock with the Depositary and to receive Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares therefor in the event (i) such record holder subsequently withdraws such demand for appraisal pursuant to Section 262(e) of the DGCL, (ii) appraisal rights are not available for such Stock pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL or (iii) such record holder loses or otherwise fails to perfect his rights to appraisal. In order to redeposit Stock with the Depositary, such a record holder must deliver the certificates for such Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with instructions that such Stock be so deposited, to the Depositary's office or to such other offices as the Depositary may designate by not later than the 30th day after the earlier of (i) the withdrawal of such demand for appraisal by such record holder, (ii) notice by the Company that appraisal rights are not available for such Stock or (iii) the date on which such record holder loses or otherwise fails to perfect his rights to appraisal. The Company will notify any record holder of Receipts who so withdraws Stock in the event appraisal rights in respect of Stock are not available. Any shares so redeposited must be free and clear of any lien, security interest or pledge and a holder may be required to provide certification of the foregoing and such other certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with this Agreement. In addition, if required by the Depositary, Stock presented for redeposit shall also be accompanied


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by (A) an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, which will provide for the prompt transfer to the Depositary of any dividend or right to subscribe for additional Stock or to receive other property which such record holder may thereafter receive upon or in respect of such redeposited Stock, or in lieu thereof, such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary, and (B) a proxy or proxies entitling the Depositary to vote such redeposited Stock for any and all purposes until the Stock is transferred and recorded on the register of stockholders of the Company in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. If a Receipt delivered by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, deliver to such holder a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of the Stock being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate.

If the Stock being withdrawn is to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Stock, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.

Delivery of the Stock represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary's office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.

SECTION 2.06. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company may require (a) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.07, (b) the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and (c) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

The deposit of Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any Depositary's Agents or the Company, at any time or from time to time, because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.


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SECTION 2.07. Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof and (ii) the furnishing of the Depositary with reasonable indemnification satisfactory to it.

SECTION 2.08. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary's Agent shall be canceled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy all Receipts so canceled.

ARTICLE III
Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company

SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Company may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer, redemption or exchange, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.

SECTION 3.02. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.07. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

SECTION 3.03. Warranty as to Stock. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Stock and the issuance of Receipts.

ARTICLE IV
The Deposited Securities; Notices


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SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Depositary Shares a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.

SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash and other than any rights, preferences or privileges described in Section 4.03, upon Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such record holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash.

The Depositary shall not make any distribution of securities received in respect of the Stock unless the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need to be so registered.

SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names Stock is recorded on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Depositary may determine, either by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with the approval of the


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Company; provided, however, that in case either (i) the Depositary determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Company) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) with respect to any portion of the rights, preferences or privileges of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary is instructed that such holder does not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with the approval of the Company, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may (if applicable laws and the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer) sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not make any distribution of any such rights, preferences or privileges unless the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such rights, preferences or privileges have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need to be so registered.

If registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to such Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such a registration statement shall have become effective, or unless the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of such Act. If any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts, the Company agrees with the Depositary that the Company will use its best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which record holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Company shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock) for the determination of the record holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the


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exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.

SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the record holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the record holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the record holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Company hereby agrees to take all action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the record holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Company, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Company in (x) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Stock and (y) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price of a share of Stock, in each case as may be necessary fully to reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities.

SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports. The Depositary shall make available for inspection by record holders of Receipts at the Depositary's Office, and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any reports and communications received from the Company which are received by the Depositary as the holder of Stock.


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SECTION 4.08. Lists of Record Holders of Receipts. Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of a recent date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the Depositary.

ARTICLE V.
The Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar and the Company

SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar. The Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary's Office facilities for the execution, delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary's Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts; provided, that any such holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.

The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.

The Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby. If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such Exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of such Exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulation.

SECTION 5.02. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond


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the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except, in case of any such exercise or failure to exercise discretion not caused as aforesaid, if caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the party charged with such exercise or failure to exercise.

SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts other than for its gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent and the Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

The Depositary and any Depositary's Agent shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is in good faith. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar and Transfer Agent shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Depositary, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent. The Depositary will indemnify the Company against any liability which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary or its agents due to its or their negligence or bad faith. The Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates.


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SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Stock to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts.

Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or in the name of the successor Depositary.

SECTION 5.05. Corporate Notices and Reports. The Company agrees that it will transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses furnished to it pursuant to Section 4.08, all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) to be furnished by the Company to holders of Stock. Such transmission will be at the Company's expense.

SECTION 5.06. Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or expense (including the costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of (a) acts performed or omitted in connection with this Agreement and the Receipts by (i) the Depositary, any Registrar, any


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Transfer Agent or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary's Agent), except for any liability arising out of negligence or bad faith on the respective parts of any such person or persons, or (ii) the Company or any of its agents, or (b) the offer, sale or registration of the Receipts or the Stock pursuant to the provisions hereof. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.06 shall survive any succession of any Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary's Agent.

SECTION 5.07. Charges and Expenses. The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and any redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and fees for the withdrawal of Stock upon surrender of Receipts shall be at the expense of holders of Depositary Shares. The Depositary's fee for the withdrawal of Stock shall be at the rate of $_____ per 100 Depositary Receipts. If, at the request of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which it is not otherwise liable hereunder, such holder will be liable for such charges and expenses. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary's Agent hereunder and of any Registrar and Transfer Agent (including, in each case, fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will be paid upon consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company as to the amount and nature of such charges and expenses. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Company once every three months or at such other intervals as the Company and the Depositary may agree.

ARTICLE VI
Amendment and Termination

SECTION 6.01. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent, which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after notice thereof to the record holders of the Receipts) which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the record holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

SECTION 6.02. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only after (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.03 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Depositary Shares pursuant to
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Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent under Sections 5.06 and 5.07.

ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.01. Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefit of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

SECTION 7.04. Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, to the attention of the Secretary, or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing.

Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or by telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary's Office, at ________________ or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Company in writing.

Any and all notices to be given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or by telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to such record holder at the address of such record holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary, or if such holder shall have filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for such holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request.

Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by telegram or telex shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or telex message) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any telegram or telex message


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received by it from the other or from any holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such telegram or telex message shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.

SECTION 7.05. Depositary's Agents. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary's Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary's Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary's Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.

The Company has authorized the appointment of, and has requested the Depositary to appoint hereunder, __________________ as transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent") for the Depositary Shares. The Depositary hereby appoints ______ as Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Depositary Shares and delegates to ______ the duties of the Depositary hereunder customarily performed by a transfer agent, a registrar and a depositary. Without otherwise affecting the liability of the Depositary hereunder, it is hereby agreed that if _____ shall have agreed in writing to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and to assume the obligations of the Depositary hereunder to be performed by it, then in no event shall the Depositary be liable for any acts or omissions of _____ as Transfer Agent, Registrar or Depositary's Agent with respect to the Depositary Shares.

SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof.

SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND THE RECEIPTS AND ALL RIGHTS HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER AND PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THEREOF SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7.08. Inspection of Deposit Agreement. Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary's Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary's office and the respective offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any, by any holder of a Receipt.

SECTION 7.09. Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Depositary have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By:

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Title:

[------------------------------------,]
as Depositary,

By:

Title:


Exhibit 4.4

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPT]

Number: [# of Depositary Shares]
CUSIP

CERTIFICATE FOR NOT MORE THAN ________ DEPOSITARY SHARES

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES
REPRESENTING [INSERT PREFERRED STOCK] OF

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
(Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware)

_____________, as Depositary (the "Depositary"), hereby certifies that __________________________________________________________ is the registered owner of ___________________ Depositary Shares ("Depositary Shares"), each Depositary Share representing [insert fractional share] of one share of [insert series of preferred stock] (the "Stock") of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of __________ (the "Deposit Agreement"), between the Company and the Depositary. By accepting this Depositary Receipt, the holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Depositary Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer or, if executed in facsimile by the Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary Receipts by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer thereof.

Dated:                                    Countersigned and Registered


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Depositary                                Transfer Agent and Registrar


By:                                       By:
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     Authorized Officer                        Authorized Officer

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPT]

The following summary of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement is subject to the detailed provisions thereof, to which reference is hereby made.

1. Redemption. Whenever the Company shall be permitted and shall elect, under the Certificate of Designation relating to the Stock (the "Certificate"), to redeem shares of the Stock, it shall give the Depositary notice thereof. The Depositary shall mail notice of such redemption and the simultaneous redemption of the corresponding Depositary Shares not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of record of Receipts representing the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed. Each such notice shall state: (a) the date of such proposed redemption; (b) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed; (c) the redemption price (which shall include full cumulative dividends thereon the redemption date); (d) the place or places where Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (e) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate from and after such redemption date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the Depositary to be equitable. From and after the date set for redemption, all dividends in respect of the Depositary Shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, such Depositary Shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts representing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall cease and terminate. From and after the redemption date, upon surrender in accordance with the redemption notice of the Receipts representing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at the redemption price per share equal to [insert fractional share] of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Stock plus any money or other property represented thereby.

2. Transfer, Split-ups, Combinations. This Receipt is transferable on the books of the Depositary upon surrender of this Receipt to the Depositary, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, and upon such transfer the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto, as provided in the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt may be split into other Receipts or combined with other Receipts into one Receipt, representing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

3. Suspension of Delivery, Transfer, etc. The transfer or surrender of this Receipt may be suspended during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any agent of the Depositary, or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement.

4. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable by or on behalf of the Depositary with respect to this Receipt, such tax (including transfer taxes, if any) or governmental charge shall be payable by


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the holder hereof. Transfer of this Receipt may be refused until such payment is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by this Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such tax or charge, the holder of this Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

5. Warranty by Company. The Company has warranted that the Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

6. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. A holder of a Receipt at the time any such amendment so becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

7. Charges of Depositary. The Company will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements, and all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and other governmental charges shall be at the expense of holders of Depositary Shares. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any agent of the Depositary will be paid upon consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company.

8. Title to Receipts. This Receipt (and the Depositary Shares evidenced hereby), when properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder hereof at such time as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement, and for all other purposes.

9. Dividends and Distributions. Whenever the Depositary receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the Depositary will, subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, make such distribution to the Receipt holders as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by them; provided, however, that the amount distributed will be reduced by any amounts required to be withheld by the Company or the Depositary on account of taxes. Other distributions received on the Stock may be distributed to holders of Receipts as provided in the Deposit Agreement.


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10. Fixing of Record Date. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, the Depositary shall in each instance fix a record date (which shall be the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock), for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting.

11. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and
(ii) a statement informing holders of Receipts that they may instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted the amount of Stock represented by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

12. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, or upon the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of the Company, and in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments in (x) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Stock and (y) the ratio of the redemption price of a share of Stock, in each case as may be necessary fully to reflect the effect of such change and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts, or may call for the surrender of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities.

13. Liability and Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any holder of any Receipt, other than for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or any other


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governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond their control, the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent, the Registrar of the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt by reason of nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, other than for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts other than to use its best judgment and good faith in the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished. The Deposit Agreement contains various other exculpatory, indemnification and related provisions, to which reference is hereby made.

14. Resignation and Removal of Depositary. The Depositary may at any time (a) resign by written notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment, or (b) be removed by the Company upon written notice to the Depositary effective upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment.

15. Termination of Deposit Agreement. The Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only upon or after the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Receipts. Upon the termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations thereunder except for its obligations to the Depositary with respect to indemnification, charges and expenses.

16. Governing Law. This Receipt and the Deposit Agreement and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.


EXHIBIT 4.24


J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

and

[WARRANT AGENT]
As Warrant Agent


Warrant Agreement -- Debt Securities

Dated as of , 200_




J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
Form of Debt Warrant Agreement

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of __________, 200_ between J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) and _________________________, as Warrant Agent (herein called the "Warrant Agent").

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an indenture (the "[Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture") dated as of [FOR SENIOR DEBT: December 1, 1989, between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), as trustee (the "Senior Trustee")] [FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT: December 15, 1992, as amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of October 8, 1996, and a Third Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of December 29, 2000, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee")], providing for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured [senior] [subordinated] debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the [Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture; [if Warrant Securities are not under same Indenture as Debt Securities to which they are attached -- and an Indenture (the "[Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture," the Senior and Subordinated Indentures being referred to collectively as the "Indentures") dated as of ____________ between the Company and ____________________, as trustee (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee," (the Senior and Subordinated Trustees being referred to collectively as the "Trustee"), providing for the issuance from time to time of its [senior]
[subordinated] debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Debt Securities", the [Senior] and [Subordinated] Debt Securities being referred to collectively as the "Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the [________] Indenture]; and

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [if Warrants are sold with Debt Securities or Preferred Stock -- [title of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock being offered] (the "Offered Securities") with] warrant certificates evidencing one or more warrants (the "Warrants" or individually a "Warrant") representing the right to purchase [title of Debt Securities purchasable through exercise of Warrants] (the "Warrant Securities"), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called the "Warrant Certificates"; and


* Complete or modify the provisions of this Form as appropriate to reflect the terms of the Warrants, Warrant Securities and Offered Securities. Monetary amounts may be in U.S. dollars or in foreign currency or euros.


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WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, exchanged, exercised and replaced;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Warrants. [If Warrants alone -- Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrants shall be [initially] issued in connection with the issuance of the Offered Securities [but shall be separately transferable on and after _______________ (the "Detachable Date")] [and shall not be separately transferable] and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase a Warrant Security in the principal amount of ____________. [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrant Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Offered Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence __________ Warrants for each [__________ principal amount] [________ shares] of Offered Securities included in such unit.]

SECTION 1.2. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in [registered] [bearer] form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated ____________ and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by [the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Managing Director, or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary] under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced in the Warrant Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.

No Warrant Certificates shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant


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Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.

In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.

The term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant Certificate" as used herein shall mean [the bearer of such Warrant Certificate] [any person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose] [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- or [the bearer] [upon the register] of the Offered Securities prior to the Detachable Date. [Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Offered Securities to, make available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Offered Securities with Warrants as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's records up to date]].

SECTION 1.3. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate principal amount not exceeding ____________ aggregate principal amount of Warrant Securities (except as provided in Sections 1.4, 2.3(c), 3.2 and ____) may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants representing the right to purchase up to __________ aggregate principal amount of Warrant Securities and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company. Subsequent to such issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate is issued in exchange or substitution for one or more previously countersigned Warrant Certificates or in connection with their transfer, as hereinafter provided or as provided in
Section 2.3(c).

SECTION 1.4. Temporary Warrant Certificate. Pending the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and upon the order of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Warrant Certificates which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced substantially of the tenor of the definitive Warrant Certificate in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Warrant Certificates may determined, as evidenced by their execution of such Warrant Certificates.

If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary Warrant Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at the


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corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or _______________], without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Warrant Certificates, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the temporary Warrant Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.

ARTICLE II.

WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

SECTION 2.1. Warrant Price. During the period from ____________ through and including ____________, the exercise price of each Warrant shall be __________ plus [accrued amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from ____________. During the period from __________ through and including __________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be __________ plus [accrued amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from ____________. [In each case, the original issue discount will be amortized at a ____% annual rate, computed on an annual basis using the "interest" method and using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months]. Such exercise price of Warrant Securities is referred to in this Agreement as the "Warrant Price". [The original issue discount for each __________ principal amount of Warrant Securities is ____________.]

SECTION 2.2. Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in whole at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [____________] and at or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on ____________ [or such later date as the Company may designate, by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant Agent] (the "Expiration Date"). Each Warrant not exercised at or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.

SECTION 2.3. Exercise of Warrants. (a) During the period specified in
Section 2.2, any whole number of Warrants may be exercised by providing certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in [lawful money of the United States of America] [applicable currency,] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or at ____________], provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five business days of such [payment] [wire transfer] by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed [including any applicable certifications if the Warrant Securities are issuable in bearer form]. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company maintained with it [if non-dollar denominated funds -- or in such other


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account designated by the Company] and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a [payment] [wire transfer] for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing.

(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company and the [Trustee under the Indenture relating to the Warrant Securities] of (i) the number of Warrants exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company or such Trustee shall reasonable require.

(c) As promptly as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue, pursuant to the Indenture, in authorized denominations to or upon the order of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of such Warrants remaining unexercised.

(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.

ARTICLE III.

OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 3.1. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by Warrants or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificates or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Warrant Securities or to enforce any of the covenants in the Indenture relating to the Warrant Securities.

SECTION 3.2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company, and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by


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a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.

SECTION 3.3. Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of a Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the Trustee, the holder of any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, his right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by his Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in his Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.

SECTION 3.4. Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance. If at any time there shall be a consolidation merger, sale or conveyance to which Article ___ of the Indenture relating to the Warrant Securities applies, then in any such event the successor or assuming corporation referred to therein shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect, subject to such Indenture, as if it had been named herein and in the Warrant as the Company; the Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver Warrant Securities in its own name pursuant to such Indenture, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4 and such Indenture.


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ARTICLE IV.

EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.

SECTION 4.1. Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates, [If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Upon] [If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the Offered Security to which the Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Offered Security on the register of the Offered Securities shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates. After the Detachable Date, upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ________], Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants [or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part]; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. [The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office [and at ________], books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or ________] for exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent.] No service charge shall be made for any exchange [or registration of transfer] of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange [or registration of transfer]. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange [or registration of transfer], an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange [or registration of transfer] which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange [or registration of transfer] of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificate surrendered for such exchange [or registration of transfer].

SECTION 4.2. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the owner of the Offered Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates initially attached thereto for any purpose or as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date,] [if registered Warrants -- and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for registration for registration of transfer,] the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the holder of a Warrant Certificate as the owner thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to


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exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 4.3. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificates surrendered for exchange[, registration of transfer] or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of cancelled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company.

ARTICLE V.

CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT.

SECTION 5.1. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints __________________________ as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth; and __________________________ hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and herein and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.

SECTION 5.2. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates shall be subject:

(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Warrant Agent without negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement on its part in connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability.

(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.


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(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.

(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.

(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in the Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as Trustee under any of the Indentures.

(f) No Liability for Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.

(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon).

(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.

(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the generality of the


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foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.

SECTION 5.3. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants have been exercised or are no longer exercisable.

(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be less than 90 days after the date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company in good standing, authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.

(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action, or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder.

(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named


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Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.

(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

ARTICLE VI.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 6.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not affect adversely the interests of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.

(b) The Company and the Warrant Agent may modify or amend this Agreement (by means of an agreement supplemental hereto or otherwise) with the consent of holders of Warrants constituting not less than a majority in number of the then outstanding Warrants of all series affected by such modification or amendment, for any purpose; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment that changes the exercise price of the Warrants of any series, reduces the amount receivable upon exercise, cancellation or expiration of the Warrants other than in accordance with the antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment provisions included in the terms of the Warrants, shortens the period of time during which the Warrants of such series may be exercised, or otherwise materially and adversely affects the exercise rights of the affected holders or reduces the percentage of the number of outstanding Warrants of such series, the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of this Agreement, may be made without the consent of each holder affected thereby.

SECTION 6.2. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company.

SECTION 6.3. Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to ____________________________________, _____________, Attention:
____________________ and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with


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respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: ________________ (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the Company).

SECTION 6.4. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder and of the respective terms and provisions thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 6.5. Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus relating to the Warrant Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Prospectus"), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus.

SECTION 6.6. Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities acts filings under United States federal and state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933), which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.

SECTION 6.7. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

SECTION 6.8. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 6.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for inspection by it.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and

have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers, and their respective corporate seals to be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by their respective Secretaries or one of their respective Assistant Secretaries, all as of the day and year first above written.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
By

Title:
Attest:
Title:
[WARRANT AGENT]
By

Title:
Attest:
Title:

Exhibit A

FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE

                          [Face of Warrant Certificate]

 [Form of Legend if Offered Securities     Prior to _______________ this Warrant
with Warrants which are not immediately    Certificate cannot be transferred or
detachable.                                exchanged unless attached to a [Title
                                           of Offered Securities].]



[Form of Legend if Warrants are not        Prior to _______________, Warrants
immediately exercisable.                   evidence by this Warrant Certificate
                                           cannot be exercised.]

EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT
AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
[Title of Warrant Securities]

VOID AFTER 5 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON _______________

No. __________ __________ Warrants

This certifies that [the bearer is the] [_________________or registered assigns is the registered] owner of the above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- , subject to the [bearer] [registered owner] qualifying as a "holder" of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter defined] to purchase, at any time [after 5 P.M., New York City time, on _______________ and] on or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on _______________, __________ principal amount of [Title of Warrant Securities] (the "Warrant Securities"), of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Company"), issued and to be issued under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), on the following basis: during the period from _______________ through and including _______________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be ________ plus [accrued amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from _______________; during the period from _______________ through and including _______________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be ________ plus [accrued amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from _______________; [in each case, the original issue discount will be amortized at a ___% annual rate, computed on an annual basis using the "interest" method and using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months] (the "Warrant Price"). [The original issue discount for each ________ principal amount of Warrant Securities is ________.] The holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain information set forth on the back hereof, including any applicable certifications if the Warrant Securities are issuable in bearer form, and by paying in full [in lawful money of the United States of America] [applicable currency] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately available funds, the Warrant Price for each Warrant exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed, at the corporate trust office

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of ____________________, or its successor as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"), [or ____________] currently at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

The term "holder" as used herein shall mean [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- , prior to ____________ (the "Detachable Date"), the registered owner of the Company's [title of Offered Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate is initially attached, and after such Detachable Date,] [the bearer of this Warrant Certificate] [the person in whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Warrant Agreement].

Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase Warrant Securities in registered form in denominations of ____________ and any integral multiples thereof. Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.

This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as of ____________ (the "Warrant Agreement") between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent [and at _______________].

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The Warrant Securities to be issued and delivered upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate will be issued under and in accordance with an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of [FOR SENIOR DEBT:
December 1, 1989, between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association)] [FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT:
December 15, 1992, as amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of October 8, 1996, and a Third Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of December 29, 2000, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York], as trustee (the "Trustee"), and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Indenture. Copies of the Indenture and the form of the Warrant Securities are on file at the corporate trust office of the Trustee [and at _______________].

[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior to ____________, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the [Title of Offered Securities] ("Offered Securities") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. After such date, this] [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Transfer of this] Warrant Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ____________] by the registered owner or his assigns, in person or by an attorney duly authorized in writing, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.] [effected by delivery and the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the bearer hereof as the owner for all purposes.]

[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after] [If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable or Warrants alone -- After] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ____________] for Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants.

This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder of the Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Warrant Securities or to enforce any of the covenants of the Indenture.

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This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

            Dated as of             , 200 .
                        ------------     -

                                        J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
                                        By:
                                           -------------------------

Attest:


-----------------------------

Countersigned:

[WARRANT AGENT],
As Warrant Agent

By:

Authorized Signature

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[Reverse of Warrant Certificate] Instructions for Exercise of Warrant

To exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby, the holder must pay in [Dollars]
[applicable currency] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised to _____________________,
[corporate trust department] [insert address of Warrant Agent], Attn. __________
[or ____________], which [payment] [wire transfer] must specify the name of the holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such holder. In addition, the holder must complete the information required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail (certified or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth below. This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business days of the [payment] [wire transfer].

To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise ____________ Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase ____________ principal amount of the [Title of Warrant Securities ] (the "Warrant Securities") of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and represents that he has tendered payment for such Warrant Securities in [Dollars] [applicable currency] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately available funds to the order of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., c/o _________________________, [address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of ____________ in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said principal amount of Warrant Securities be in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below.

If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining Warrants evidenced hereby be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below.

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Dated:                                  Name
        ------------------------------       ----------------------------------

                                        Address
-------------------------------------           -------------------------------
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)                 ---------------------------------
[If registered Warrant -- Signature
Guaranteed                                    Signature
                                                        -----------------------
------------------------------------]         [If registered Warrant --
                                              (Signature must conform in all
                                              respects to name of holder as
                                              specified on face of this Warrant
                                              Certificate and must bear a
                                              signature guarantee by a bank,
                                              trust company or member broker of
                                              the New York, Midwest or Pacific
                                              Stock Exchanges)]

The Warrants evidenced hereby may be exercised at the following addresses:

By hand at




By mail at



[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities and, if applicable, Warrant Certificated evidencing unexercised Warrants -- complete as appropriate.]

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Assignment

[Form of Assignment To Be Executed If Holder Desires To Transfer Warrants Evidenced Hereby]

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                hereby sells, assigns and
                        ------------------------------
transfers unto

------------------------------               ------------------------------
(Please print name)                          (Please insert social security
                                              or other identifying number)
------------------------------
(Address)


------------------------------
(City, including zip code)

the Warrants represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the Books of the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:


Signature

(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of this Warrant Certificate and
must bear a signature guarantee by a
bank, trust company or member broker of
the New York, Midwest or Pacific Stock
Exchange)

Signature Guaranteed



EXHIBIT 4.25


J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

and

[WARRANT AGENT]
As Warrant Agent


Warrant Agreement -- Preferred Stock

Dated as of , 200_




J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement*

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of __________, 200_ between J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company") and [Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent (herein called the "Warrant Agent").

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [if Warrants are sold with Debt Securities or Preferred Stock -- [title of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock being offered] (the "Offered Securities") with] warrant certificates evidencing one or more warrants (the "Warrants") or individually a "Warrant") representing the right to purchase [title of Preferred Stock purchasable through exercise of Warrants] (the "Warrant Securities"), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called the "Warrant Certificates"; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, exchanged, exercised and replaced;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Warrants. [If Warrants alone -- Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrants shall be [initially] issued in connection with the issuance of the Offered Securities [but shall be separately transferable on and after _______________ (the "Detachable Date")] [and shall not be separately transferable] and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase one Warrant Security. [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrant Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Offered Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence _____ Warrants for each
[________ principal amount] [______ shares] of Offered Securities included in such unit.]

SECTION 1.2. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in


* Complete or modify the provisions of this Form as appropriate to reflect the terms of the Warrants, Warrant Securities and Offered Securities.

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Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated _________ and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by [the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Managing Director, or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary] under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.

No Warrant Certificates shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.

In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.

The term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant Certificate" as used herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- or upon the register of the Offered Securities prior to the Detachable Date. Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Offered Securities to, make available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Offered Securities with Warrants as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's records up to date].

SECTION 1.3. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate not exceeding __________ Warrant Securities (except as provided in Section 1.4, 2.3(c), 3.2 and 4.1) may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants representing the right to purchase up to ________ Warrant Securities and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company. Subsequent to such original issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate is issued in exchange or substitution for one or more previously countersigned


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Warrant Certificates or in connection with their transfer, as hereinafter provided or as provided in Section 2.3(c).

SECTION 1.4. Temporary Warrant Certificate. Pending the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and upon the order of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Warrant Certificates which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced substantially of the tenor of the definitive Warrant Certificate in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Warrant Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Warrant Certificates.

If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary Warrant Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or _______________], without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Warrant Certificates, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the temporary Warrant Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.

ARTICLE II

WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

SECTION 2.1. Warrant Price. During the period from ____________ through and including _______________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be __________. During the period from _______________ through and including _____________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be ________. Such exercise price of Warrant Securities is referred to in this Agreement as the "Warrant Price". No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of any Warrant.

SECTION 2.2. Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in whole at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [______________] and at or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on ___________ or such later date as the Company may designate, by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant Agent (the "Expiration Date"). Each Warrant not exercised at or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.

SECTION 2.3. Exercise of Warrants. (a) During the period specified in Section 2.2, any whole number of Warrants may be exercised by providing certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in [lawful money of the United States of America] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant


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Price for each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or at __________], provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five business days of such [payment] [wire transfer] by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company maintained with it and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a [payment]
[wire transfer] for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing.

(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company of (i) the number of Warrants exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company or such Trustee shall reasonably require.

(c) As promptly as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue to or upon the order of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of such Warrants remaining unexercised.

(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.

(e) Prior to the issuance of any Warrants there shall have been reserved, and the Company shall at all times keep reserved, out of its authorized but unissued Warrant Securities, a number of shares sufficient to provide for the exercise of the Warrant Certificates.

ARTICLE III

OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 3.1. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by Warrants or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificates or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment of dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant Securities or to exercise any voting rights.


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SECTION 3.2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.

SECTION 3.3. Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of a Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the holder of any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, his right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by his Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in his Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.

SECTION 3.4. Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance or Lease. In case any of the following shall occur while any Warrants are outstanding: (a) any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Warrant Securities; or (b) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is party (other than a consolidation or a merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification of, or change in, the outstanding shares of Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants); or (c) any sale, conveyance or lease to another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety; then the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall make appropriate provision by amendment of this Agreement or otherwise so that the holders of the Warrants then outstanding shall have the right at any time thereafter, upon exercise of such Warrants, to purchase the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease as would be received by a holder of the number of shares of Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, and, in the case of a consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease the Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming corporation thereupon may cause to be


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signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver Warrant Securities in its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4.

ARTICLE IV

EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 4.1. Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates.
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Upon]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the Offered Security to which the Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Offered Security on the register of the Offered Securities shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates. After the Detachable Date, upon surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or __________], Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office [and at ____________], books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or ___________] for exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any


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exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificate surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.

SECTION 4.2. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the owner of the Offered Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates initially attached thereto for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer,] [T]he Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 4.3. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange, registration of transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of cancelled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company.

ARTICLE V

CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT

SECTION 5.1. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints
[Warrant Agent] as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth; and [Warrant Agent] hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and herein and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.

SECTION 5.2. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates shall be subject:

(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent without negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement on its part for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Warrant Agent in connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad


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faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability.

(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrant.

(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.

(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.

(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as Trustee under any of the Indenture.

(f) No Liability for Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.

(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon).

(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.

(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the


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Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in
Section 6.2 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.

SECTION 5.3. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants have been exercised or are no longer exercisable.

(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be less than 90 days after the date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company in good standing, authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.

(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action, or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder.


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(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.

(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 6.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not affect adversely the interests of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.

(b) The Company and the Warrant Agent may modify or amend this Agreement (by means of an agreement supplemental hereto or otherwise) with the consent of holders of Warrants constituting not less than a majority in number of the then outstanding Warrants of all series affected by such modification or amendment, for any purpose; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment that changes the exercise price of the Warrants of any series, reduces the amount receivable upon exercise, cancellation or expiration of the Warrants other than in accordance with the antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment provisions included in the terms of the Warrants, shortens the period of time during which the Warrants of such series may be exercised, or otherwise materially and adversely affects the exercise rights of the affected holders or reduces the percentage of the number of outstanding Warrants of such series, the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of this Agreement, may be made without the consent of each holder affected thereby.

SECTION 6.2. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company.


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SECTION 6.3. Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to [Warrant Agent], ___________________, Attention: ____________________ and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: _________________ (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the Company).

SECTION 6.4. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder and of the respective terms and provisions thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 6.5. Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus relating to the Warrant Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Prospectus"), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus.

SECTION 6.6. Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities acts filings under United States federal and state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933), which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.

SECTION 6.7. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

SECTION 6.8. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning of construction of any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 6.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for inspection by it.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and [Warrant Agent] have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers, and their respective corporate seals to be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by their respective Secretaries or one of their respective Assistant Secretaries, all as of the day and year first above written.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By

Title:

Attest:
Title:
[WARRANT AGENT]
By

Title:
Attest:
Title:

Exhibit A

FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[Face of Warrant Certificate]

[Form of Legend if Offered                       Prior to ______________________
Securities with Warrants which                   this Warrant Certificate
are not immediately                              cannot be transferred or
detachable.                                      exchanged unless attached
                                                 to a [Title of Offered
                                                 Securities].]

[Form of Legend of Warrants                      Prior to _____________________,
are not immediately                              Warrants evidenced by
exercisable.                                     this Warrant Certificate
                                                 cannot be exercised.]

EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT
AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
[Title of Warrant Securities]

VOID AFTER 5 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON ________________________

No. ______________ _________________ Warrants

This certifies that _____________________ or registered assigns is the registered owner of the above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable --, subject to the registered owner qualifying as a "holder" of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter defined] to purchase, at any time [after 5 P.M., New York City time, on _______________ and] on or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on _______________, _____________ shares of [Title of Warrant Securities] (the "Warrant Securities"), of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Company") on the following basis: during the period from _____________ through and including ______________; during the period from ____________ through and including _____________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be ______________ (the "Warrant Price"). No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of any Warrant.

The holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain information set forth on the back hereof and by paying in full
[in lawful money of the United States of America] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately available funds, the Warrant Price for each Warrant exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this


Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed, at the corporate trust office of [Warrant Agent], or its successor as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"), [or ____________] currently at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

The term "holder" as used herein shall mean [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable --, prior to _____________ (the "Detachable Date"), the registered owner of the Company's
[title of Offered Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate is initially attached, and after such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Warrant Agreement.

Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase Warrant Securities in registered form. Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.

This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as of ______________ (the "Warrant Agreement") between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent [and at _______________].

[If Offered Securities with registered Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior to ____________, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the [Title of Offered Securities] ("Offered Securities") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. After such date, this] [if Offered Securities with registered Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Transfer of this] Warrant Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ______________] by the registered owner or his assigns, in person or by an attorney duly authorized in writing, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.]

[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable or Warrant alone -- After] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ___________________] for Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants.

This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder of the Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant Securities or to exercise any voting rights.

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This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

Dated as of

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By:

Attest:


Countersigned:

[WARRANT AGENT]
As Warrant Agent

By:

Authorized Signature

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[Reverse of Warrant Certificate] Instructions for Exercise of Warrant

To exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby, the holder must pay in Dollars [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised to [Warrant Agent], [corporate trust department] [insert address of Warrant Agent], Attn. __________________ [or ______________], which [payment] [wire transfer] must specify the name of the holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such holder. In addition, the holder must complete the information required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail (certified or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth below. This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business days of the [payment] [wire transfer].

To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _________ Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase __________ shares of the [Title of Warrant Securities] (the "Warrant Securities") of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and represents that he has tendered payment for such Warrant Securities in Dollars [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately available funds to the order of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., c/o [insert name and address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of _______________ in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said principal amount of Warrant Securities be in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below.

If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining Warrants evidenced hereby be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below.

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Dated:                              Name
       -------------------               ----------------------------

--------------------------          Address -------------------------
(Insert Social Security or
other Identifying Number                    -------------------------
of Holder)
Signature Guaranteed                Signature
                                              -----------------------
-------------------------             (Signature must conform in all respects to
                                       name of holder as specified on the face
                                       of this Warrant Certificate and must bear
                                       a signature guarantee by a bank, trust
                                       company or member broker of the New York,
                                       Midwest or Pacific Stock Exchanges)

The Warrants evidenced hereby may be exercised at the following addresses:

By hand at




By mail at






[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities and, if applicable, Warrant Certificate evidencing unexercised Warrants - complete as appropriate.]

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Assignment

[Form of Assignment To Be Executed If Holder Desires To Transfer Warrants Evidenced Hereby]

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                  hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto    --------------------------------



---------------------------------            -----------------------------------
(Please print name)                            (Please insert social security
                                                 or other identifying number)
---------------------------------
(Address)

---------------------------------
(City, including zip code)

the Warrants represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

Signature

(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of holder as specified on the face of
this Warrant Certificate and must bear a
signature guarantee by a bank, trust company
or member broker of the New York, Midwest or
Pacific Stock Exchanges)

Signature Guaranteed


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EXHIBIT 4.26


J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

and

[WARRANT AGENT]
As Warrant Agent

Warrant Agreement -- Common Stock

Dated as of __________, 200_



J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement*

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 200_ between J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) and [Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent (herein called the "Warrant Agent").

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an indenture (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Indenture") dated as of [FOR SENIOR DEBT: December 1, 1989, between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as successor to the Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), as trustee (the "Senior Trustee")] [FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT: December 15, 1992, as amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of October 8, 1996, and a Third Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of December 29, 2000 between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee")], providing for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured [senior] [subordinated] debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the [Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture; [if Warrant Securities are not under same Indenture as Debt Securities to which they are attached -- and an Indenture (the "[Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture," the Senior and Subordinated Indentures being referred to collectively as the "Indentures") dated as of ____________ between the Company and ______________, as trustee (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee," (the Senior and Subordinated Trustees being referred to collectively as the "Trustee"), providing for the issuance from time to time of its [senior]
[subordinated] debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "[Senior] [Subordinated] Debt Securities", the [Senior] and [Subordinated] Debt Securities being referred to collectively as the "Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the [____________] Indenture]; and

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [if Warrants are sold with Debt Securities or Preferred Stock -- [title of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock being offered] (the "Offered Securities") with] warrant certificates evidencing one or more warrants (the "Warrants" or individually a "Warrant") representing the right to purchase [ ] shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Warrant Securities"), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called the "Warrant Certificates"; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, exchanged, exercised and replaced;


* Complete or modify the provisions of this Form as appropriate to reflect the terms of the Warrants, Warrant Securities and Offered Securities. Monetary amounts may be in U.S. dollars or in foreign currency or euros.

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Warrants. [If Warrants alone -- Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrants shall be [initially] issued in connection with the issuance of the Offered Securities [but shall be separately transferable on and after _______________ (the "Detachable Date")] [and shall not be separately transferable] and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase __________ Warrant Securities. [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrant Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Offered Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence __________ Warrants for each ________ shares of Offered Securities included in such unit.]

SECTION 1.2. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated ____________ and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by [the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Managing Director, or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary] under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced in the Warrant Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.

No Warrant Certificates shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.

In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any


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Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.

The term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant Certificate" as used herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- or upon the register of the Offered Securities prior to the Detachable Date. Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Offered Securities to, make available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Offered Securities with Warrants as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's records up to date].

SECTION 1.3. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate principal amount not exceeding ____________ Warrant Securities (except as provided in Sections 1.4, 2.3(c), 3.2 and 5.1) may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants representing the right to purchase up to __________ Warrant Securities and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company. Subsequent to such issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate is issued in exchange or substitution for one or more previously countersigned Warrant Certificates or in connection with their transfer, as hereinafter provided or as provided in Section 2.3(c).

SECTION 1.4. Temporary Warrant Certificate. Pending the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and upon the order of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Warrant Certificates which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced substantially of the tenor of the definitive Warrant Certificate in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Warrant Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Warrant Certificates.

If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary Warrant Certificates, shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or _______________], without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Warrant Certificates the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the temporary Warrant Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.


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ARTICLE II

WARRANT PRICE, DURATION
AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

SECTION 2.1. Warrant Price. (a) During the period from __________ through and including ___________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be __________. During the period from _____________ through and including __________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be _____________. Such exercise price of Warrant Securities is referred to in this Warrant Agreement as the "Warrant Price". No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of any Warrants.

(b) Warrants may be exercised by the holders thereof at any time, at the Warrant Price then in effect, when the Warrant Securities are registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Warrants shall in no event be exercisable for the purchase of Warrant Stock at any time when such Warrant Securities are not registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

The Company shall be required to register the Warrant Securities, or holders will have such other rights, only as provided in Section 2.3.

The Company shall promptly give all holders notice of the effectiveness of a registration statement in respect of Warrant Securities and of any subsequent lapses in the effectiveness of such registration statement.

SECTION 2.2. Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in whole at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [____________] and at or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on ____________ or such later date as the Company may designate, by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant Agent (the "Expiration Date"). Each Warrant not exercised at or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.

SECTION 2.3. Exercise of Warrants. (a)During the period specified in Section 2.2, any whole number of Warrants may be exercised by providing certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in [lawful money of the United States of America] [applicable currency,] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or at ____________], provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five business days of such
[payment] [wire transfer] by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised. The


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Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company maintained with it [if non-dollar denominated funds -- or in such other account designated by the Company] and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a [payment] [wire transfer] for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing.

(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company and the [Trustee under the Indenture relating to the Warrant Securities] of (i) the number of Warrants exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company or such Trustee shall reasonably require.

(c) As promptly as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue, pursuant to the Indenture, in authorized denominations to or upon the order of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of such Warrants remaining unexercised.

(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.

SECTION 2.4. No Fractional Shares to Be Issued. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable on the exercise of each Warrant is not a whole number, the Company shall not be required to issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock or to distribute stock certificates that evidence fractional shares of Common Stock or to issue a Warrant Certificate representing a fractional Warrant upon exercise of any Warrants. If Warrant Certificates evidencing more than one Warrant shall be surrendered for exercise at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrants so surrendered. If any fraction of a share of Common stock would, except for the provisions of this Section 2.4, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant or Warrants, the Company shall purchase such fraction for an amount in cash equal to such fraction of the then current market price of a share of Common Stock. The Warrant holders, by their acceptance of the Warrant Certificates, expressly waive their right to receive any fraction of a share of Common Stock or a stock certificate representing a fraction of a share of Common Stock.


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SECTION 2.5. Covenant to Reserve Shares for Issuance on Exercise. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Warrant Securities, solely for the purpose of issue upon exercise of Warrants, the full number of shares of Warrant Stock, if any, then issuable if all outstanding Warrants then exercisable were to be exercised. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be so issuable shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

The Company hereby authorizes and directs its current and future transfer agents for the Common Stock and for any shares of the Company's capital stock issuable upon the exercise of any of the Warrants at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares as shall be requisite for such purpose. The Company will supply such transfer agents with duly executed stock certificates for such purposes and will provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be payable as provided in this Article II.

SECTION 2.6. Compliance with Governmental Requirements. Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Warrant Price to be adjusted below the then par value of any of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company will take any corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Warrant Price.

Subject to Section 3.1(b), the Company covenants that if any shares of Common Stock required to be reserved for purposes of exercise of Warrants require, under any federal or state law or rule or regulation of any national securities exchange, registration with or approval of any governmental authority, or listing on any national securities exchange before such shares may be issued upon exercise, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares to be duly registered, approved or listed on the relevant national securities exchange, as the case may be; provided, however, that in no event shall such shares of Common Stock be issued, and the Company is hereby authorized to suspend the exercise of all Warrants, for the period during which such registration, approval or listing is required but not in effect.

SECTION 2.7. Rights Upon Dissolution or Liquidation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that, at any time after the date hereof of the rights of holders thereof as provided in this Article II, there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then the Company shall give notice by first-class mail to each holder of an outstanding Warrant at such holder's address as it appears on the Warrant Register at the earliest practicable time (and, in any event, not less than twenty days before any date set for definitive action), of the date on which such dissolution, liquidation or winding up shall take place, as the case may be. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of the shares of record of Common Stock or other securities, if any, underlying the Warrants shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, money or other property deliverable upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may be, on which date each holder of outstanding Warrants shall receive cash or other property (taking into account the Warrant Price then if effect) which it would have been entitled to receive had the Warrants been


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exercisable and exercised immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation or winding up and the rights to exercise the Warrants shall terminate.

ARTICLE III

ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT PRICE AND SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASABLE

SECTION 3.1. Adjustment of Warrant Price. The Warrant Price specified in Section 2.1 shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution on the Warrant Securities in shares of its capital stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Warrant Securities into a greater number of shares or
(iii) combine the outstanding Warrant Securities into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Warrant Securities which he would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the record date in the case of a dividend or the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. An adjustment made pursuant to this subparagraph (a) shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend, except as provided in subparagraph (h) below, and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.

(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date mentioned below to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of this subparagraph (b) in subparagraph (e) below), at the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Warrant Price in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of such rights or warrants. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subparagraph (h) below, after such record date.

(c) In case the Company shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company (other than Common Stock) or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions paid from retained earnings of the Company or dividends payable in Common Stock) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities (excluding those rights or warrants referred to in subparagraph (b)


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above) (any of the foregoing being hereinafter in this subparagraph (c) called the "Securities"), then, in each such case, unless the Company elects to reserve such Securities for distribution to the holders of the Warrants upon the exercise of the Warrants so that any such holder exercising Warrants will receive such exercise, in addition to the shares of the Common Stock to which such holder is entitled, the amount and kind of such Securities which such holder would have received if such holder had, immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Securities, exercised its Warrants into Warrant Securities, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined for purposes of this subparagraph (c) in subparagraph (e) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned above less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the Securities so distributed allocable to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the current market price per share (determined as provided in subparagraph (e) below) of the Common Stock.

(d) If, pursuant to subparagraph (b) or (c) above, the number of shares of Warrant Securities into which a Warrant is convertible shall have been adjusted because the Company has declared a dividend, or made a distribution, on the outstanding shares of Warrant Securities in the form of any right or warrant to purchase securities of the Company, or the Company has issued any such right or warrant, then, upon the expiration of any such unexercised right or unexercised warrant, the Warrant Price shall forthwith be adjusted to equal the Warrant Price that would have applied had such right or warrant never been declared, distributed or issued.

(e) For the purposes of any computation under subparagraph (b) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock or of any other security (herein collectively referred to as a "security") at the date herein specified shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the thirty consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) commencing forty-five Trading Days before the date in question. For the purpose of any computation under subparagraph (c) above, the current market price per security on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the ten consecutive Trading Days before the date in question. The reported last sales price for each day (whether for purposes of subparagraph (b) or subparagraph
(c)) shall be the reported last sales price, regular way, or, in case no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if such security is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange at such time, on the principal national securities exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the National Market System of the Nasdaq Stock Market ("NASDAQ") or, if such security is not quoted on such National Market System of the Nasdaq Stock Market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market as reported by NASDAQ or, if bid and asked prices for the security on each such day shall not have been reported through NASDAQ, the average of the bid and asked prices for such date as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in such security selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof or, if no such


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quotations are available, the fair market value of such security as determined by a New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof. As used herein, the Term "Trading Day" with respect to a security means (x) if such security is listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other national securities exchange is open for business or (y) if such security is quoted on the National Market System of the NASDAQ, a day on which trades may be made on such National Market System or (z) otherwise, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

(f) No adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such Warrant Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (f) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article III shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest .01 of a share, as the case may be, with one-half cent and .005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Anything in this Article III to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Warrant Price, in addition to those required by this paragraph (f), as it in its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the Company to its stockholders shall not be taxable.

(g) Whenever the Warrant Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall file with the transfer agent a certificate, signed by [the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice President, any Managing Director or any Vice President] of the Company, setting forth the Warrant Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment; provided, however, that the failure of the Company to file such officers' certificate shall not invalidate any corporate action by the Company.

(h) In any case in which this Article III provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event (y) issuing to the holder of any Warrant converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Warrant Securities issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Warrant Securities issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment and (z) paying to such holder any amount of cash in lieu of any fractional share.

(i) Whenever the Warrant Price is adjusted as provided in Article III, the Company shall cause to be mailed to each holder of Warrants at its then registered address by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice of such adjustment of the Warrant Price setting forth such adjusted Exercise Price and the effective date of such adjusted Exercise Price; provided, however, that the failure of the Company to give such notice shall not invalidate any corporate action by the Company.


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SECTION 3.2. Adjustment of Shares of Common Stock Purchasable Upon Exercise of Warrants. The number of Warrant Securities that may be purchased upon exercise of a Warrant shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock which would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 3.2) be issuable upon such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is _________ and (b) the denominator is $_________ minus deductions made from (and/or plus additions to) the Warrant Price pursuant to Sections 3.1(a) or (c) hereof. The Warrant Price per share of Common Stock shall be adjusted and readjusted from time to time as provided in this Article III and, as so adjusted or readjusted, shall remain in effect until a further adjustment or readjustment thereof is required by this Article III.

SECTION 3.3. Statements on Warrants. The form of Warrant Certificate need not be changed because of any adjustment made pursuant to this Article III, and Warrant Certificates issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant Price and the same number of shares of Common Stock as are stated in the Warrant Certificates initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. The Company, however, may at any time in its sole discretion (which shall be conclusive) make any change in the form of Warrant Certificate that it may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant Certificate thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant Certificate or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.

ARTICLE IV

OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

SECTION 4.1. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by Warrants or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificates or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to vote at, or to receive notice of, any meeting of stockholders of the Company; the consent of action or proceeding of the Company; no such holder, by reason of the ownership or possession of a Warrant or the Warrant Certificate representing the same, either at, before or after exercising such Warrant, shall have any right to receive any cash dividends, stock dividends, allotments or rights, or other distributions (except as specifically provided herein), paid, allotted or distributed or distributable to the stockholders of the Company prior to the date of the exercise of such Warrant; and no such holder shall have any right not expressly conferred by the Warrant or Warrant Certificate that such holder holds.

SECTION 4.2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the Ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company, and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and


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evidencing a like number of Warrants. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.

SECTION 4.3. Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of a Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the Trustee, the holder of any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, his right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by his Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in his Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.

SECTION 4.4. Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance. In case any of the following shall occur while any Warrants are outstanding: (a) any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Warrant Securities (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of the Warrant Securities); or (b) any consolidation, merger or combination of the Company with or into another corporation as a result of which holders of Warrant Securities shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Warrant Securities; or
(c) any sale or conveyance of the property or assets of the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other entity as a result of which holders of Warrant Securities shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Warrant Securities; then the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall make appropriate provision by amendment of this Agreement or otherwise so that the holders of the Warrants then outstanding shall have the right at any time thereafter, upon exercise of such Warrants, to receive the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property or assets receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance as would be received by a holder of the number of shares of Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and, in the case of a consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance the Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver Warrant Securities in its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so


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issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance complies with the provisions of this Section 4.4.

ARTICLE V

EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.

SECTION 5.1. Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates,
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Upon]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the Offered Security to which the Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Offered Security on the register of the Offered Securities shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates. After the Detachable Date, upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ________], Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office [and at ________], books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or ________] for exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the same


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benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificate surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.

SECTION 5.2. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the owner of the Offered Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates initially attached thereto for any purpose or as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date, and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for registration for registration of transfer, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the holder of a Warrant Certificate as the owner thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 5.3. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificates surrendered for exchange, registration of transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of canceled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company.

ARTICLE VI

CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT.

SECTION 6.1. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints
[Warrant Agent] as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth; and [Warrant Agent] hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and herein and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.

SECTION 6.2. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates shall be subject:

(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Warrant Agent without negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement on its part in connection with the services rendered


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hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability.

(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.

(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.

(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.

(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in the Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as Trustee under any of the Indentures.

(f) No Liability for Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.

(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon).

(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.

(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against


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the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 7.2 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.

SECTION 6.3. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants have been exercised or are no longer exercisable.

(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be less than 90 days after the date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company in good standing authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 6.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.

(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action, or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs for the


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purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder.

(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.

(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party,or any corporation to which substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 7.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not affect adversely the interests of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.

(b) The Company and the Warrant Agent may modify or amend this Agreement (by means of an agreement supplemental hereto or otherwise) with the consent of holders of Warrants constituting not less than a majority in number of the then outstanding Warrants of all series affected by such modification or amendment, for any purpose; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment that changes the exercise price of the Warrants of any series, reduces the amount receivable upon exercise, cancellation or expiration of the Warrants other than in accordance with the antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment provisions included in the terms of the Warrants, shortens the period of time during which the Warrants of such series may be exercised, or otherwise materially and adversely affects the exercise rights of the affected holders or reduces the percentage of the number of


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outstanding Warrants of such series, the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of this Agreement, may be made without the consent of each holder affected thereby.

SECTION 7.2. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company.

SECTION 7.3. Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to [Warrant Agent], _____________, Attention: ____________________ and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: ________________ (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the Company).

SECTION 7.4. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder and of the respective terms and provisions thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 7.5. Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus relating to the Warrant Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Prospectus"), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus.

SECTION 7.6. Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities acts filings under United States federal and state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933), which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.

SECTION 7.7. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.8. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.


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SECTION 7.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 7.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for inspection by it.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and [Warrant Agent] have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers, and their respective corporate seals to be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by their respective Secretaries or one of their respective Assistant Secretaries, all as of the day and year first above written.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By:

Title:
Attest:


Title:

[WARRANT AGENT]

By:

Title:
Attest:


Title:

Exhibit A

FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[Face of Warrant Certificate]

[Form of Legend if Offered Securities with Warrants which       Prior to _______________ this Warrant Certificate
are not immediately detachable.                                 cannot be transferred or exchanged unless attached
                                                                to a [Title of Offered Securities].]
[Form of Legend if Warrants are not immediately                 Prior to _______________, Warrants evidence by
exercisable.                                                    this Warrant Certificate cannot be exercised.]

EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
[Title of Warrant Securities]

VOID AFTER 5 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON _______________

No. __________ __________ Warrants

This certifies that [the bearer is the] [_________________or registered assigns is the registered] owner of the above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- , subject to the registered owner qualifying as a "holder" of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter defined] to purchase, at any time [after 5 P.M., New York City time, on _______________ and] on or before 5 P.M., New York City time, on _______________, _________ shares of
[Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share] (the "Warrant Securities"), of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Company"), issued and to be issued under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), on the following basis: during the period from _______________ through and including _______________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be $________ per share; during the period from _______________ through and including _______________, the exercise price of each Warrant will be $________ per share (the "Warrant Price"). No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of any Warrant.

The holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain information set forth on the back hereof, including any applicable certifications if the Warrant Securities are issuable in bearer form, and by paying in full [in lawful money of the United States of America]
[applicable currency] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately available funds, the Warrant Price for each Warrant exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed,


at the corporate trust office of [Warrant Agent], or its successor as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"), [or ____________] currently at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

The term "holder" as used herein shall mean [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- , prior to ____________ (the "Detachable Date"), the registered owner of the Company's
[title of Offered Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate is initially attached, and after such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Warrant Agreement.

Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase Warrant Securities in registered form in denominations of ____________ and any integral multiples thereof. Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.

This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as of ____________ (the "Warrant Agreement") between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent [and at _______________].

The Warrant Securities to be issued and delivered upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate will be issued under and in accordance with an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of [FOR SENIOR DEBT: December 1, 1989, between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association)] [FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT: December 15, 1992, as amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of October 8, 1996, and a Third Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of December 29, 2000, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York], as trustee (the "Trustee"), and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Indenture. Copies of the Indenture and the form of the Warrant Securities are on file at the corporate trust office of the Trustee [and at _______________].

[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior to ____________, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the [Title of Offered Securities] ("Offered Securities") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. After such date, this] [if Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Transfer of this] Warrant Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ____________] by the registered owner or his assigns, in person or by an attorney duly authorized in writing, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.]

A-2

[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable or Warrants alone -- After] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ____________] for Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants.

This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder of the Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Warrant Securities or to enforce any of the covenants of the Indenture.

A-3

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

Dated as of

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By:

Attest:


Countersigned:

[WARRANT AGENT],
As Warrant Agent

By:

Authorized Signature

A-4

[Reverse of Warrant Certificate] Instructions for Exercise of Warrant

To exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby, the holder must pay in [Dollars] [applicable currency] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised to [Warrant Agent], [corporate trust department] [insert address of Warrant Agent], Attn. __________ [or ____________], which [payment] [wire transfer] must specify the name of the holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such holder. In addition, the holder must complete the information required below, including any applicable certifications if the Warrant Securities are issuable in bearer form, and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail (certified or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth below. This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business days of the [payment] [wire transfer].

To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise ____________ Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase ____________ shares of the [Common Stock] (the "Warrant Securities") of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and represents that he has tendered payment for such Warrant Securities in [Dollars] [applicable currency] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately available funds to the order of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., c/o [insert name and address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of ____________ in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said principal amount of Warrant Securities be in fully registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below.

If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining Warrants evidenced hereby be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below.

A-5

Dated:  ______________________________                      Name________________________________
______________________________________                      Address_____________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of             _____________________________
Holder)                                                     Signature___________________________
Signature Guaranteed                                             (Signature must conform in all
                                                                 respects to name of holder as
                                                                 specified on face of this
                                                                 Warrant Certificate and must
                                                                 bear a signature guarantee by
                                                                 a bank, trust company or
                                                                 member broker of the New York,
                                                                 Midwest or Pacific Stock
                                                                 Exchanges)

The Warrants evidenced hereby may be exercised at the following addresses:

By hand at                         _______________________________________
                                   _______________________________________
                                   _______________________________________
                                   _______________________________________


By mail at                         _______________________________________
                                   _______________________________________
                                   _______________________________________
                                   _______________________________________

                  [Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities

and, if applicable, Warrant Certificated evidencing unexercised Warrants -- complete as appropriate.]

A-6

Assignment
[Form of Assignment To Be Executed If Holder Desires To Transfer Warrants Evidenced Hereby]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED ______________________________ hereby

sells, assigns and transfers unto

______________________________
(Please print name)                               (Please insert social security
______________________________                    or other identifying number)
(Address)
______________________________
(City, including zip code)

the Warrants represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________ Attorney to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the Books of the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:
Signature (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of this Warrant Certificate and must bear a signature guarantee by a bank, trust company or member broker of the New York, Midwest or Pacific Stock Exchange)

Signature Guaranteed

A-7

EXHIBIT 4.27

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

and

[WARRANT AGENT]
As Warrant Agent


Warrant Agreement

Up to _______________ ____ Currency [Put/Call] Warrants

Expiring _______________

Dated as of , 200_


THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of __________, 200, between J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and [WARRANT AGENT], a banking corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent"),

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell warrants (the "Warrants" or, individually, a "Warrant") representing the right to receive from the Company the Cash Settlement Value (as defined herein) in U.S. dollars of the right to
[purchase] [sell] ____________ at a price of U.S.$ _________; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance, transfer and exercise of the Warrants, and wishes to set forth herein, among other things, the provisions of the Warrants and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, transferred, exercised and canceled;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND FORM,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY AND REGISTRATION
OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE

SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Warrants; Book Entry Procedures; Successor Directory. (a) The Warrants shall be represented by a single certificate (the "Global Warrant Certificate"). Each Warrant shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and in the Global Warrant Certificate, to receive the Cash Settlement Value (as defined in paragraph (g) of Section 2.2) of such Warrant. In no event shall Warrantholders (as defined in Section 2.1) be entitled to receive any interest on any Cash Settlement Value (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Cash Settlement Value). Warrantholders will not be entitled to receive definitive Warrants evidencing the Warrants; provided, however, that if the Depository (as defined in Section 1.1(b)) is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Warrants and a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue Warrants in definitive form and representing all Warrants in exchange for the Global Warrant Certificate. In addition, the Company may at any time determine not to have the Warrants represented by a Global Warrant Certificate and, in such event, will issue Warrants in definitive form and representing all Warrants in exchange for the Global Warrant Certificate. In either instance, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, each Warrantholder will be entitled to have a number of Warrants equivalent to such Warrantholder's beneficial interest in the Global Warrant Certificate registered in its name and will be entitled to physical delivery of such Warrants in definitive form by the Depository Participant (as defined in
Section 1.1(c)) through which such Warrantholder's beneficial interest is reflected. The provisions of Section 1.5 shall apply only if and when Warrants in definitive form ("Warrant Certificates") are issued hereunder. Unless the context shall otherwise require, all references in this Agreement to the Global Warrant Certificate shall include the Warrant Certificates in the event that Warrant Certificates are issued.

(b) The Global Warrant Certificate shall be deposited with the Depository or its agent (the Term "Depository", as used herein, initially refers to The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and includes any successor depository selected by the Company as provided


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in Section 1.1(d)) for credit to the accounts of the Depository Participants as shown on the records of the Depository from time to time.

(c) The Global Warrant Certificate will initially be registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository. The Warrant holdings of Depository Participants will be recorded on the books of the Depository. The holdings of customers of Depository Participants will be reflected on the books and records of such Depository Participants and will not be known to the Warrant Agent, the Company or the Depository. "Depository Participants" include securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies, clearing organizations and certain other organizations that are participants in the DTC system. Access to the Depository's system is also available to others such as banks, dealers and trust companies that clear or maintain a custodial relationship with a Depository Participant, either directly or indirectly. The Global Warrant Certificate will be held by the Depository or its agent. Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to beneficial ownership interests in the Global Warrant Certificate or for maintaining, reviewing or supervising any records relating to such beneficial ownership.

(d) The Company may from time to time select a new entity to act as Depository and, if such selection is made, the Company shall promptly give the Warrant Agent notice to such effect identifying the new Depository, and the Global Warrant Certificate shall be delivered to the Warrant Agent and shall be transferred to the new Depository as provided in Section 1.4 as promptly as possible. Appropriate changes may be made in the Global Warrant Certificate, the notice of exercise and the related notices delivered in connection with an exercise of Warrants to reflect the selection of the new Depository.

SECTION 1.2. Form, Execution and Delivery of Global Warrant Certificate. The Global Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement. The Global Warrant Certificate may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed or of the Depository, or to conform to usage. The Global Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Company by [the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Managing Director, or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary,] either manually or by facsimile signature, under its corporate seal which may be a facsimile and which may, but need not, be attested. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the Global Warrant Certificate that has been duly countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent.

In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed the Global Warrant Certificate either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Global Warrant Certificate so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company or delivered by the Company, such Global Warrant Certificate nevertheless may be countersigned and delivered as though the person who signed such Global Warrant Certificate had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and the Global Warrant


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Certificate may be executed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Global Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.

SECTION 1.3. Global Warrant Certificate. One or more Global Warrant Certificates relating in the aggregate to no more than _________ Warrants originally issued may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent on or after the date of execution of this Agreement. The Warrant Agent is authorized, upon receipt of a Global Warrant Certificate from the Company, duly executed on behalf of the Company, to countersign such Global Warrant Certificate. The Global Warrant Certificate shall be manually countersigned and dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver the Global Warrant Certificate to or upon the written order of the Company.

The Global Warrant Certificate may be exchanged for a new Global Warrant Certificate to reflect the issuance by the Company of additional Warrants; provided, however, that in no event shall the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate exceed _______________ originally issued. To effect such an exchange, the Company shall deliver to the Warrant Agent a new Global Warrant Certificate duly executed on behalf of the Company as provided in Section 1.2. The Warrant Agent shall countersign the new Global Warrant Certificate as provided in this Section 1.3 and, upon a written order of the Company, shall deliver the new Global Warrant Certificate to the Depository in exchange for, and upon receipt of, the Global Warrant Certificate then held by the Depository. The Warrant Agent shall cancel the Global Warrant Certificate delivered to it by the Depository and return the canceled Global Warrant Certificate to the Company.

SECTION 1.4. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Global Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall from time to time register the transfer of the Global Warrant Certificate in the records of the Warrant Agent only to the Depository, to a nominee of the Depository, to a successor Depository, or to a nominee of a successor Depository, upon surrender of such Global Warrant Certificate, duly endorsed and accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company, duly signed by the registered holder thereof or by the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such signature to be guaranteed by a bank or trust company, by a broker or dealer which is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or by a member of a national securities exchange. Upon any such registration of transfer, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in the name of the designated transferee a new Global Warrant Certificate of like tenor and evidencing a like number of Unexercised Warrants (as defined in Section 2.3(a)) as evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate at the time of such registration of transfer.

The Global Warrant Certificate may be transferred as provided above at the option of the holder thereof when surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its office or agency maintained for the purpose of transferring and exercising the Warrants, which shall be south of Chambers Street in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (the "Warrant Agent Office"), and which is, on the date of this Agreement, __________________, New York, New York ________, Attention:
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Warrant Agent as provided in Section 5.3, for another Global Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing a like number of Unexercised Warrants.

SECTION 1.5. Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate issued in accordance with Section 1.1(a) shall be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are desirable for individual Warrant Certificates, and may represent any integral multiple of Warrants. The Warrant Certificates may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed or of the Depository, or to conform to usage. Warrant Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Company upon the same conditions, in substantially the same manner and with the same effect as the Global Warrant Certificate.

Each Warrant Certificate, when so signed on behalf of the Company, shall be delivered to the Warrant Agent, which shall manually countersign and deliver the same to or upon the written order of the Company. Each Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date of its countersignature.

No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.

Warrant Certificates delivered in exchange for the Global Warrant Certificate shall be registered in such names and addresses (including tax identification numbers) and in such denominations as shall be requested in writing by the Depository or its nominee in whose name the Global Warrant Certificate is registered, upon written certification to the Company and the Warrant Agent in form satisfactory to each of them of a beneficial ownership interest in the Global Warrant Certificate.

The Company shall cause to be kept at an office of the Warrant Agent in New York City a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency maintained by or on behalf of the Company for such purpose being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Warrant Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Warrant Certificates and of transfers of Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent is hereby appointed "Warrant Registrar" for the purpose of registering Warrant Certificates and transfers of Warrant Certificates as herein provided.

For purposes of this Section 1.5, a "Holder" of a Warrant Certificate at any particular time is the person in whose name such Warrant Certificate is registered in the Warrant Register at such time.


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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Warrant Certificate at an office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Warrant Certificates of any authorized denominations and representing Warrants of a like aggregate number.

At the option of the Holder, Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant Certificates of any authorized denominations and representing Warrants of a like aggregate number, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver, the Warrant Certificates that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations of the Company, and entitled to the same benefits under this Warrant Agreement, as the Warrant Certificates surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Warrant Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Warrant Agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates.

If any mutilated Warrant Certificate is surrendered to the Warrant Agent, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor representing Warrants of a like number and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered by a Warrantholder to the Company and the Warrant Agent (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Warrant Certificate, (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless and (iii) funds sufficient to cover any cost or expense to the Company (including any fees charged by the Warrant Agent) relating to the issuance of a new Warrant Certificate, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor representing Warrants of a like number and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case the Warrants evidenced by any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate have been or are about to be exercised, or deemed to be exercised, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Warrant Certificate, treat the same as if


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it had received written irrevocable notice of exercise in good form in respect thereof, as provided herein.

Every new Warrant Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 1.5 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Warrant Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 1.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificates.

Prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Warrant Agent and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent may treat the person in whose name such Warrant Certificate is registered as the owner of such Warrant Certificate for all purposes hereunder whatsoever, whether or not such Warrant Certificate be exercised or deemed to be exercised and neither the Company, the Warrant Agent nor any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Warrant Agent, be delivered to the Warrant Agent and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation any Warrant Certificates previously countersigned and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Warrant Certificates so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent. No Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned in lieu of or in exchange for any Warrant Certificates canceled as provided in this Section 1.5, except as expressly permitted by this Warrant Agreement. All canceled Warrant Certificates held by the Warrant Agent shall be disposed of as directed by the Company.

ARTICLE II

DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

SECTION 2.1. Duration of Warrants; Minimum Exercise Amounts; Notice of Exercise. Subject to the limitations described herein, each Warrant evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate may be irrevocably exercised in whole but not in part on any New York Business Day from its date of issuance until 3:00 P.M., New York City time, five New York Business Days prior to the earliest to occur of (i) _____(the "Expiration Date") or (ii) automatic exercise as provided in
Section 2.3. Except in the case of automatic exercise, each Warrant may be exercised by written notice to the Warrant Agent from Depository Participants acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of Warrants (each a "Warrantholder"); provided, however, that notices of exercise are subject to rejection by the Warrant Agent as provided herein. Not fewer than ____Warrants may be exercised by or on behalf of any one Warrantholder at any one time, except that no such minimum exercise amount shall apply in the case of automatic exercise on the Expiration Date or earlier automatic exercise as provided in Section 2.3. Irrevocable notice of exercise to the Warrant Agent shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto


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and shall be sent to the Warrant Agent in writing (which shall include facsimile transmissions) at its address as set forth in such form of notice or at such other address as the Warrant Agent may specify from time to time. As used herein, "New York Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized by law or executive order to be closed. Except as provided in Section 2.2(b)(i), the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any notice of exercise received by it with no duty of inquiry by the Warrant Agent.

SECTION 2.2. Exercise and Delivery of Warrants. (a) Except in the case of automatic exercise on the Expiration Date or earlier automatic exercise as provided in Section 2.3 and subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the exercise date (the "Exercise Date") for a Warrant shall be the New York Business Day next succeeding the date on which the Warrant Agent has received written irrevocable notice of exercise in good form at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time; and if the Warrant Agent shall receive such notice of exercise after 3:00 P.M., New York City time on such date, such notice shall be deemed to have been received at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding New York Business Day, and in such event the Exercise Date shall be the second New York Business Day succeeding the date on which the Warrant Agent actually received such notice of exercise. Any notice of exercise received after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth New York Business Day preceding the earlier to occur of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) the date on which the Warrants are delisted or permanently suspended from trading on the [National Securities Exchange] (or any successor national securities exchange) and not accepted at the same time for listing on another national securities exchange shall be void and of no effect and shall be deemed not to have been delivered.

(b) Following receipt of a written irrevocable notice of exercise in good form, the Warrant Agent shall: (i) promptly determine whether the notice of exercise has been duly completed and is in proper form and promptly verify that the entity that executed such notice is listed as a Depository Participant in the most recent published edition of DTC's Eligible Corporate Securities Book (or comparable publication of a successor Depository) and, if such entity is not listed therein, the Warrant Agent shall make reasonable efforts to obtain telephonic verification from DTC's Planning Department (telephone no. 709-1000) (or comparable department of a successor Depository) that such entity is a Depository Participant and if the Warrant Agent is unable through the above-described procedures to verify that such entity is a Depository Participant or if the Warrant Agent determines that the notice of exercise has not been duly completed or is not in proper form, the Warrant Agent shall reject the notice of exercise and shall send to the entity that executed such notice of exercise a notice of rejection in the form included in Exhibit B hereto; (ii) notify the Company by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day such notice of exercise is received (or deemed to have been received) of the number of Warrants in respect of which exercise notices, not rejected as described above, were received after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the preceding New York Business Day and at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date; (iii) obtain the Spot Rate (as defined in Section 2.2(g) from the Spot Rate Reference Bank (as defined in Section 2.2(g) as of the Exercise Date and determine the Cash Settlement Value of the exercised Warrants in the manner described in Section 2.2(g); (iv) advise the Company by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Exercise Date of the amount payable in respect of the exercise of such Warrants, and of the Spot Rate and Cash Settlement Value with respect to such Warrants, and send notice of confirmation of exercise in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto to such Depository Participant; and (v) promptly deliver a copy of such notice of exercise to the


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Company and advise the Company of such other matters relating to the exercised Warrants as the Company shall reasonably request. Any notice to be given to the Company by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 shall be by telephone and shall be promptly confirmed in writing.

(c) Provided that the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a timely manner, which shall in no event be later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time on the second New York Business Day (the "Settlement Date") following an Exercise Date of Warrants, the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making its payment available to the Depository in the form of a treasurer's check or official bank check in New York Clearing House Funds, after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, but prior to the close of business, on such Settlement Date, such payment to be in the amount of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value in respect of such exercised Warrants for which delivery has been accepted by the Warrant Agent; provided, however, if such Settlement Date is a day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, such Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized or required by law or executive order to close. The Depository shall be responsible for crediting the Cash Settlement Value of such Warrants to the Depository Participant.

(d) The Warrant Agent shall cause its records, which may be kept electronically to be marked to reduce the number of Warrants evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate, by the number of Warrants delivered to the Warrant Agent's Depository Participant Account (entitled "_______" No. __, or such other account of the Warrant Agent at the Depository as the Warrant Agent shall designate in writing to the Company (the "Warrant Account"), and for which payment has been made as provided in Section 2.2(c) promptly after such delivery and payment.

(e) If any Depository Participant fails to deliver Warrants with respect to which it delivered an accepted notice of exercise (a "Failed Delivery") by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date therefor, the Warrant Agent (i) shall notify the Company (and, if requested by the Company in writing, a designated agent of the Company) of such Failed Delivery and the number of Warrants to which it relates by 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Settlement Date by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing by transmitting to the Company (by telecopy or other similar rapid communication system) a copy of the notice of exercise to which such Failed Delivery relates (the "Failed Exercise Notice"), and (ii) unless the Warrant Agent receives notice from the Company to the contrary, shall, commencing at 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Settlement Date until such time, if any, as such Failed Delivery is covered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(f), reject any attempted delivery by such Depository Participant that executed the Failed Exercise Notice (1) if the reference number assigned by the Warrant Agent to such Failed Exercise Notice is contained in the information relating to such delivery set forth on the Warrant Agent's Depository Participant terminal screen or (2) if no reference number is contained in such information unless the Warrant Agent verifies that such delivery does not relate to such Failed Exercise Notice (or any other Failed Exercise Notice), which verification the Warrant Agent may, but is not required, to undertake. Warrants with respect to which a Failed Delivery occurred that are subsequently delivered to the Warrant Account may be accepted by the Warrant Agent if delivered by 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date therefor or if so directed by the Company. If Warrants with respect to which a Failed Delivery occurred are subsequently delivered (otherwise than pursuant to Section


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2.2(f) in compliance with the preceding sentence, the Warrant Agent shall be responsible for making its cashier's check or official bank check available to the Depository in accordance with the standard procedures of the Depository than in effect, provided that the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section. If such delivery occurs after 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date for such Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Company of such delivery by telephone confirmed in writing and the rights of the Warrantholder shall be governed by the Failed Exercise Notice and the Warrantholder shall be entitled, upon delivery of the Warrants to which such Failed Exercise Notice relates, to the amount otherwise payable to such Warrantholder with respect to such Warrants on such Settlement Date but for such Failed Delivery. At such times as the Warrants are evidenced by a Global Warrant Certificate, a Failed Delivery shall be deemed to occur as a result of a failure by a Depository Participant to take any action required to effectuate a transfer of the Warrants on the records of the Depository.

(f) In the case of any such Failed Delivery, the Company, on the behalf and at the expense of the Depository Participant to which the Failed Delivery relates, shall have the right at any time to purchase or cause to be purchased, on the [National Securities Exchange] or such other national security exchange on which the Warrants are then listed, Warrants in an amount equal to the number of Warrants with respect to which such Failed Delivery occurred and to cause such Warrants to be delivered free to the Warrant Account on behalf of such Depository Participant in satisfaction of such Depository Participant's obligation to deliver the Warrants with respect to which the Failed Delivery occurred; provided, however, that the Depository Participant shall remain liable to the Company as provided in the notice of exercise. If the Company elects to cause delivery of Warrants to occur as provided above, the Company shall notify the Warrant Agent by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day preceding the New York Business Day on which such Warrants will be delivered free to the Warrant Account, of the name, address, telephone number, facsimile number and Depository Participant number of the Depository Participant through which such Warrants will be delivered to the Warrant Account (which shall not be the Depository Participant to which the Failed Delivery relates). Upon receipt of such Warrants in the Warrant Account, the Warrant Agent shall (i) cause its records to be marked to reduce the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate by the number of such Warrants so delivered to the Warrant Account and (ii) credit to such account of the Company as the Company may designate from time to time to the Warrant Agent, the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of the Warrants with respect to which the Failed Delivery occurred. Thereafter, such Depository Participant shall look only to the Company for any payment which it may be entitled to receive and all liability with respect thereto of the Warrant Agent thereupon shall cease.

(g) Except as provided in Section 2.3, "Cash Settlement Value" of an exercised Warrant is an amount stated in U.S. dollars which is the greater of
(i) zero and (ii) the amount computed by subtracting [from ](1) [ from](2) an amount equal to ___times a fraction, the numerator of which is the Spot Rate on the Exercise Date and the denominator of which is ____(the "Strike Price"). The "Spot Rate" on such Exercise Date shall mean the offered spot rate of ____U.S. dollars for [Foreign Currency] as quoted by ________(the "Spot Rate


(1) in the case of Put Warrants

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Reference Bank", which term, as used herein, includes any successor reference bank selected by the Company) at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such date or, if such bank is not quoting such rate at such time, the rate quoted by such other leading bank in the foreign exchange markets as may be selected by the Company in good faith and notified in writing to the Warrant Agent. The Spot Rate shall be calculated to four decimal places. References in this Agreement to "U.S. dollars", "U.S.$" or "$" are to the currency of the United States of America. References to "[Foreign Currency]" or "[Foreign Currency Symbol]" are to the currency of [Foreign Country].

SECTION 2.3. Automatic Exercise of the Warrants. (a) All Warrants with respect to which no accepted notice of exercise in good form has been received by the Warrant Agent (the "Unexercised Warrants") by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth New York Business Day preceding the earliest to occur of (i) the Expiration Date, and (ii) the date on which the Warrants are delisted from or permanently suspended from trading on the [National Securities Exchange] (or any successor national securities exchange) and not accepted at the same time for listing on another national securities exchange, will be automatically exercised on such Expiration Date or the date of such delisting or permanent suspension from trading, without any required delivery of notice of exercise from any relevant Depository Participant to the Warrant Agent. The Company will advise the Warrant Agent of the date of any expected delisting or permanent suspension of trading of the Warrants as soon as is practicable and will immediately inform the Warrant Agent after the Company has received notice that such delisting or suspension has occurred but in no event will notice of such delisting or suspension be given to the Warrant Agent later than 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day preceding the date that such delisting or suspension occurs.

(b) By 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth New York Business Day preceding the Expiration Date, the Warrant Agent shall advise the Company of the number of Unexercised Warrants outstanding after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date. The Warrant Agent shall obtain the Spot Rate on the New York Business Day following the Expiration Date. By 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day following the Expiration Date, the Warrant Agent shall (i) determine and advise the Company of the Cash Settlement Value (determined in the manner provided in Section 2.2(g), except that the Spot Rate shall be the Spot Rate on the New York Business Day following the Expiration Date) of the Unexercised Warrants evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate, and (ii) advise the Company of such other matters relating to the Unexercised Warrants as the Company shall reasonably request. Provided that the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a timely manner which shall, in no event, be later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the third New York Business Day following the Expiration Date, the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making its treasurer's check or an official bank check in New York Clearing House Funds available to the Depository against receipt by the Warrant Agent from the Depository of the Global Warrant Certificate after 12:00 noon, New York City time, but prior to the close of business on such third New York Business Day following the Expiration Date, such check to be in the amount of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value in respect of the number of Unexercised Warrants evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate that have been automatically exercised; provided, however, if such Settlement Date is a day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City], are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, such Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized or required by law or executive order to close. The Warrant Agent shall promptly cancel the Global Warrant Certificate and deliver it to the Company.


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(c) Following receipt by the Warrant Agent of notification from the Company that delisting of the Warrants or suspension of trading of the Warrants has occurred on the [National Securities Exchange] or any successor national securities exchange) and provided the Warrants have not been at the same time accepted for listing on another national securities exchange, the Warrant Agent shall (i) advise the Company promptly thereafter of the number of Unexercised Warrants outstanding at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth New York Business Day preceding the date of such delisting or suspension, (ii) obtain the Spot Rate on the New York Business Day following the date of such delisting or suspension, (iii) advise the Company of such Spot Rate, (iv) by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day following the date of such delisting or suspension, determine and advise the Company of the Cash Settlement Value (determined in the manner provided in Section 2.2(g), except that the Spot Rate shall be the Spot Rate on the New York Business Day following the date of such delisting or suspension) of the Unexercised Warrants evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate and (v) advise the Company of such other matters relating to the Unexercised Warrants as the Company shall reasonably request. Provided that the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a timely manner which shall, in no event, be later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the third New York Business Day following the date of such delisting or suspension, the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making its treasurer's check or an official bank check in New York Clearing House Funds available to the Depository against receipt by the Warrant Agent from the Depository of the Global Warrant Certificate after 12:00 noon, New York City Time, but prior to the close of business on such third New York Business Day following such delisting or suspension, such check to be in the amount of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of the number of Unexercised Warrants evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate that have been automatically exercised; provided, however, if such Settlement Date is a day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, such Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized or required by law or executive order to close. The Warrant Agent shall promptly cancel the Global Warrant Certificate and deliver it to the Company.

(d) The Company will notify the Warrantholders, or will cause the Warrantholders to be notified, as promptly as is practicable of any expected delisting or suspension of trading of the Warrants.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.3, any Warrant as to which a Failed Delivery shall have occurred and which shall be outstanding shall be deemed to be an Unexercised Warrant under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 2.3(a), (b) and (c). For purposes of any calculation of the number of Unexercised Warrants as of any date prior to or following the time of such Failed Delivery all such Warrants as to which a Failed Delivery shall have occurred and which shall be deemed outstanding shall be included in such number of Unexercised Warrants.

SECTION 2.4. Covenant of the Company. The Company covenants, for the benefit of the Warrantholders, that it will not seek the delisting of the Warrants, or suspension of their trading on, the [National Securities Exchange] unless the Company has, at the same time, arranged for listing on another national securities exchange.


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SECTION 2.5. Return of Global Warrant Certificate. At such time as all of the Warrants have been exercised, deemed automatically exercised or otherwise canceled, the Warrant Agent shall return the canceled Global Warrant Certificate to the Company.

SECTION 2.6. Return of Money Held Unclaimed for Two Years. Any money deposited with or paid to the Warrant Agent for the payment of the Cash Settlement Value of any Warrants and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such Cash Settlement Value shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid by the Warrant Agent to the Company and the holder of such Warrants shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Warrant Agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Warrant Agent, before making any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company notify the Warrantholders concerned as provided in Section 6.4 that said money has not been so applied and remains unclaimed and that after a date named therein any unclaimed balance of said money then remaining will be returned to the Company.

SECTION 2.7. Designation of Agent for Receipt of Notice. The Company may from time to time designate in writing to the Warrant Agent a designee for receipt of all notices required to be given by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Article II and all such notices thereafter shall be given in the manner herein provided by the Warrant Agent to such designee.

ARTICLE III

OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO

RIGHTS OF HOLDERS

SECTION 3.1. Holder of Warrant May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any Warrantholder, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, may, in and for his own behalf, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, his right to exercise, and to receive payment for, his Warrants as provided in the Global Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.

SECTION 3.2. Merger, Consolidation, Sale, Transfer or Conveyance. If at any time there shall be a merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of substantially all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, then in any such event the successor or assuming corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein and in the Warrants as the Company; the Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants and, in the event of any such sale, transfer, conveyance (other than by way of lease) or other disposition, the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, a new Global Warrant Certificate representing the Warrants not theretofore exercised, in exchange and substitution for the Global Warrant Certificate theretofore issued. Such Global Warrant Certificate shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Global Warrant Certificate theretofore issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though such new Global Warrant Certificate had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of


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substantially all of the assets of the Company, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the new Global Warrant Certificate as may be appropriate.

The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the Company complies with the provisions of this Section 3.2 and that the assumption of this Agreement by the successor or assuming corporation is effective.

ARTICLE IV

CANCELLATION OF WARRANTS

SECTION 4.1. Cancellation of Warrants. In the event the Company shall purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants, such Warrants may, at the option of the Company and upon written notification to the Warrant Agent, be surrendered free through a Depository Participant for credit to the Warrant Account and if so credited the Warrant Agent shall promptly note the cancellation of such Warrants by notation on the records of the Warrant Agent.

SECTION 4.2. Treatment of Holders. The Company, the Warrant Agent and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name the Global Warrant Certificate shall be registered in the records of the Warrant Agent as the absolute owner of such Global Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, except that the Warrant Agent and the Company shall be entitled to rely on and act pursuant to instructions of Depository Participants as contemplated by Article II of this Agreement. This Section 4.2 shall be without prejudice to the rights of Warrantholders as described elsewhere herein.

ARTICLE V

CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT

SECTION 5.1. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints [Warrant Agent] as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Global Warrant Certificate upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Global Warrant Certificate; and [Warrant Agent] hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Global Warrant Certificate and hereby and such further powers and authority acceptable to it to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in the Global Warrant Certificate are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.

SECTION 5.2. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof and of the Global Warrant Certificate, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrants shall be subject:


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(a) The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Warrant Agent without gross negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement on its part in connection with the services rendered by it hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred without negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as such Warrant Agent hereunder or with respect to the Global Warrant Certificate, as well as the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises.

(b) In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the Global Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the owners or holders of the Warrants.

(c) The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel.

(d) The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted or thing suffered by it in reliance upon any Global Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.

(e) The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Warrants or other obligations of the Company, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of Warrantholders or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as trustee under the Indenture.

(f) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Global Warrant Certificate.

(g) The Warrant Agent shall not incur any liability with respect to the validity of this Agreement or the Global Warrant Certificate.

(h) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the Global Warrant Certificate contained (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.


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(i) The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Global Warrant Certificate specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Global Warrant Certificate against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder likely to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of the Global Warrant Certificate countersigned by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Company of any proceeds. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained in the Global Warrant Certificate or in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a Warrantholder with respect to such default, except as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any demand upon the Company.

SECTION 5.3. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the Warrantholders from time to time, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants are no longer outstanding or until moneys for the payment of all outstanding Warrants, if any, shall have been paid to the Warrant Agent and shall have been returned to the Company as provided in Section 2.6, whichever occurs earlier.

(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective, subject to the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent, and acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent, as hereinafter provided. The Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a banking institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of the states thereof) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or consent to the appointment of a receiver or custodian of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a receiver or custodian of it or all or any substantial part of its property shall be appointed, or if any public officer shall have taken charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the latter of such appointment, the Warrant Agent so superseded shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder.

(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such


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appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.

(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

SECTION 5.4. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all stamp and other duties, if any, to which, under the laws of the United States of America, this Agreement or the original issuance of the Global Warrant Certificate may be subject.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 6.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement and the Global Warrant Certificate may be amended by the Company and the Warrant Agent, without the consent of the holder of the Global Warrant Certificate or the Warrantholders, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective or inconsistent provision contained herein or therein, for the purpose of appointing a successor Depository in accordance with paragraph (d) of Section 1.1, for the purpose of issuing Warrants in definitive form in accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 1.1, or in any other manner which the Company may deem to be necessary or desirable and which will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Warrantholders. Notwithstanding anything to this Section 6.1 to the contrary, this Agreement may not be amended to provide for the countersigning by the Warrant Agent of one or more Global Warrant Certificates evidencing in excess of __________ Warrants originally issued.

(b) The Company and the Warrant Agent may modify or amend the Warrant Agreement and the Global Warrant Certificate, with the consent of the Warrantholders holding not fewer than a majority in number of the then outstanding Unexercised Warrants affected by such modification or amendment, for any purpose; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment that increases the Strike Price in the case of a Call Warrant, or decreases the Strike Price in the case of a Put Warrant, shortens the period of time during which the Warrants may be exercised, or otherwise materially and adversely affects the exercise rights of the Warrantholders or reduces the percentage of the number of outstanding Warrants the consent of the Warrantholders of which is required for modification or amendment of this Agreement or the Global Warrant Certificate may be made without the consent of each Warrantholder affected thereby. Prior to the issuance of any Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 1.1(a), the Company and the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely upon certification in form satisfactory


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to each of them that any requisite consent has been obtained from holders of beneficial ownership interests in Global Warrant Certificate. Such certification may be provided by Depository Participants acting on behalf of such beneficial owners of Warrants, provided that any such certification is accompanied by a certification from the Depository as to the Warrant holdings of such Depository Participants.

SECTION 6.2. Notice and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by any Warrantholder pursuant to the provisions of the Global Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company.

SECTION 6.3. Addresses for Notices. Any communications from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to [Warrant Agent], [Address] (facsimile: ___________________) (telephone:
______________) (telex: ______________), Attention: __________________; any communications from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (facsimile: (212) __________) (telephone: (212) ___________) Attention: ___________________________________, (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or the Company, respectively).

SECTION 6.4. Notices to Holders. The Company or the Warrant Agent may cause to have notice given to the Warrantholders by providing the Depository with a form of notice to be distributed by the Depository to Depository Participants in accordance with the custom and practices of the Depository.

SECTION 6.5. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder and of the respective terms and provisions thereof shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 6.6. Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and the [National Securities Exchange] and securities act filings under United States Federal and State laws, which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, trading, transfer or delivery of the Warrants, the Global Warrant Certificate and the exercise of the Warrants.

SECTION 6.7. Persons Having Rights Under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied and nothing that may be inferred from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrant Agent, the registered holder of the Global Warrant Certificate and the Warrantholders any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof; and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Agreement contained shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent and their successors and of the registered holder of the Global Warrant Certificate and the Warrantholders.

SECTION 6.8. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.


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SECTION 6.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, for inspection by the registered holder of the Global Warrant Certificate, Depository Participants and Warrantholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By: _____________________________
Title:

[WARRANT AGENT]

By: _____________________________
Title:


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EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED
BY WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN

No.____ CUSIP No.

GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE

representing

up to _______________ Currency [Put/Call] Warrants

Expiring _________________

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

This certifies that CEDE & Co. or registered assigns is the registered holder of __________________ Currency [Put/Call] Warrants (the "Warrants") or such lesser amount as is indicated in the records of [Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent. Each Warrant entitles the beneficial owner thereof (a "Warrantholder"), subject to the provisions contained herein and in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Company") the Cash Settlement Value (as defined below) of the right to
[sell/purchase] ___________ at a price of U.S.$______________ as further described below. Warrantholders will not be entitled to any interest on any Cash Settlement Value to which they are otherwise entitled (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Cash Settlement Value). The Warrants may be exercised at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on any New York Business Day from their date of issuance until 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth New York Business Day preceding the earlier to occur of (i) their expiration on ____________ (the "Expiration Date") or (ii) automatic exercise as further described below and as provided in the Warrant Agreement. Except in the case of automatic exercise, not fewer than ______ Warrants may be exercised by or on behalf of any one Warrantholder on any one day. References herein to "U.S. dollars" or "U.S.$" are to the currency of the United States of America. References to "[Foreign Currency]" or "[Foreign Currency Symbol]" are to the currency of [Foreign Country]. The term "New York Business Day", as used herein, means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized by law or executive order to be closed.

This Global Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement, dated as of _____________ (the "Warrant Agreement"), between the Company and the Warrant Agent, and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions all beneficial owners of the Warrants evidenced by this Global Warrant Certificate and the holder of this Global Warrant Certificate consent by acceptance hereof by the Depository (as defined below). Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent in New York City. Except as provided in the Warrant Agreement, Warrantholders will not be entitled to receive definitive Warrant Certificates evidencing their Warrants. Warrant holdings will be held through a depository selected by the Company which initially is The Depository Trust Company


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("DTC" or the "Depository", which term, as used herein, includes any successor depository selected by the Company) as further provided in the Warrant Agreement.

Capitalized terms included herein but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.

The "Cash Settlement Value" of an exercised Warrant will be an amount stated in U.S. dollars which is the greater of (i) zero and (ii) the amount computed by subtracting [from ___________](3) [_______ from](4)

(...continued) an amount equal to ___ times a fraction, the numerator of which is the Spot Rate on the Exercise Date and the denominator of which is ________ (except in the case of automatic exercises as described below). The "Spot Rate" on any date will be the offered spot rate of _________ U.S. dollars for [Foreign Currency] as quoted by _________ at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such date or if such bank is not quoting such rate at such time, the rate quoted by such other leading bank in the foreign exchange markets as may be selected by the Company in good faith and notified to the Warrant Agent.

Subject to the provisions hereof and of the Warrant Agreement, each Warrant shall be deemed to be exercised on the next New York Business Day after the New York Business Day on which the notice of exercise in good form is received by the Warrant Agent at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date (the "Exercise Date"). If the Warrant Agent receives such notice after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, such notice shall be deemed to have been received at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next New York Business Day, and in such event the Exercise Date shall be the second New York Business Day succeeding the date on which the Warrant Agent actually received such notice. Upon receipt of an irrevocable notice of exercise in good order from a Depository Participant on behalf of a Warrantholder, the Warrant Agent will verify that the entity executing the exercise notice is listed as a Depository Participant in the most recent edition of the DTC Eligible Corporate Securities Book (or comparable publication of a successor Depository) and, if such entity is not listed therein, the Warrant Agent will make reasonable efforts to obtain telephonic verification from the Depository that such entity is a Depository Participant and, if the Warrant Agent is unable through the above-described procedures to verify that such entity is a Depository Participant, the Warrant Agent will reject the notice of exercise. If the notice of exercise is not rejected, the Warrant Agent will obtain the Spot Rate and determine the Cash Settlement Value of the exercised Warrants in the manner described in the Warrant Agreement. Provided that the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a timely manner, the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making its payment available by treasurer's check or official bank check to the Depository on the second New York Business Day following an Exercise Date (the "Settlement Date"), all as provided in the Warrant Agreement, such payment to be in the amount of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value in respect of such exercised Warrants for which delivery has been accepted by the Warrant Agent; provided, if such second


(3) in the case of Put Warrants

(4) in the case of Call Warrants


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New York Business Day is a date on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, the Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized or required by law or executive order to close. If any Depository Participant fails to deliver by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date the Warrants with respect to which it delivered a notice of exercise, such Depository Participant will be liable to the Company as provided in the notice of exercise and be subject to all of the provisions set forth therein and in the Warrant Agreement.

The Warrant Agent will promptly cause its records to be marked to reduce the number of Unexercised Warrants evidenced by this Global Warrant Certificate by the number of Warrants transferred to the Warrant Agent's Depository Participant Account (No. ____) from time to time.

All Warrants with respect to which no notice of exercise in good form has been received by the Warrant Agent by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth New York Business Day preceding the earliest to occur of (i) the Expiration Date and (ii) the date on which the Warrants are delisted from or permanently suspended for trading on the [National Securities Exchange] (or any successor national securities exchange) and not accepted at the same time for listing on another national securities exchange, will be automatically exercised, without any required delivery of notice of exercise from the Depository Participant to the Warrant Agent, in the case of clause (i), as of the Expiration Date, or in the case of clause (ii), as of the date of such delisting or suspension. The Cash Settlement Value of such Warrants will be determined as provided above, except that, in the case of clause (i), the Spot Rate shall be the Spot Rate on the New York Business Day following the Expiration Date and, in the case of clause (ii), the Spot Rate shall be the Spot Rate on the New York Business Day following the date of such delisting or suspension. The Settlement Date with respect to such automatically exercised Warrants shall be the third New York Business Day following such Expiration Date or date of delisting or suspension, provided if such third New York Business Day is a date on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, such Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized by law or executive order to close.

The Company, the Warrant Agent and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner of the Warrants evidenced hereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced hereby, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent nor any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, subject to certain provisions of the Warrant Agreement, except that the Company and the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely on and act pursuant to instructions of Depository Participants as contemplated herein and in the Warrant Agreement.

Subject to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Global Warrant Certificate at the principal corporate trust of the Warrant Agent in New York City, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in the name of the designated transferee a new Global Warrant


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Certificate of like tenor and evidencing a like number of Unexercised Warrants as evidenced by this Global Warrant Certificate at the time of such registration of transfer shall be issued to the designated transferee in exchange for this Global Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge.


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This Global Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement are subject to amendment as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

This Global Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

                                         By:   _________________________________
[SEAL]                                         Title:

Dated:______________________________     By:   _________________________________

Title:

Countersigned on the date above written:

[WARRANT AGENT],
as warrant Agent

By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer


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Form of Transfer of Global Warrant Certificate

[Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent
[Address]
Attn:
(Telex: _________________)

(Facsimile: _____________)

_____________________ the registered holder of the Global Warrant Certificate representing all unexercised J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Currency
[Put/Call] Warrants Expiring _______________________, hereby requests the transfer of such Global Warrant Certificate to ____________________.

Dated:____________________ NAME OF REGISTERED HOLDER]

By:___________________________

Signature Guarantee

Authorized Signature____________________________________________________________

Name____________________________________________________________________________

(Please print)

Name of Firm____________________________________________________________________

Address_________________________________________________________________________


(Including Zip Code)

Area Code and Telephone Number__________________________________________________

Dated:_____________


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Form of Irrevocable Notice of Exercise

[Warrant Agent],
as Warrant Agent
[Address]
Attention:
(Telex: _________________)

(Facsimile: _____________)

Re: Exercise of Chemical Banking Corporation Currency [Put/Call] Warrants Expiring ______________ ("Warrants")

1. We refer to the Warrant Agreement dated as of __________________ (the "Warrant Agreement") between J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (the "Company") and
[Warrant Agent] (the "Warrant Agent"). On behalf of certain clients, each of whom is exercising no fewer than _______ Warrants and whose Warrants are held in our name, we hereby irrevocably exercise ___________________________ Warrants (the "Exercised Warrants"). We hereby certify that at the time this notice is delivered to you, we hold in our name on behalf of each such client a settled position of Warrants in an amount at least equal to the number of Warrants that we are hereby exercising on behalf of such client. We hereby acknowledge that this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise must be received by you by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date hereof in order for the Exercise Date of the Exercised Warrants to be the next succeeding New York Business Day and that if this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise is received by you after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, the Exercise Date of the Exercised Warrants shall be the second succeeding New York Business Day.

2. We hereby certify that we are a participant of The Depository Fund Company (the "Depository") with the present right to use and receive its services.

3. We hereby agree to transfer such Warrants by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the second New York Business Day following the Exercise Date of the Exercised Warrants __________________________, (the "Settlement Date") to the Warrant Agent's Participant Account No. _____ (the "Warrant Account"); provided, if such second New York Business Day is a date on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, the Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized by law or executive order to close. We hereby acknowledge that once we have delivered this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise to you in good form and you have been able to verify that we are a participant of the Depository in the manner and subject to the procedures set forth in the Warrant Agreement, we must transfer the Exercised Warrants by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date and, from and after the time this notice is delivered to you, we will not effect any transactions with respect to the Exercised Warrants except for the transfer to the Warrant Account of the Exercised Warrants on the Settlement Date. If you determine that this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise has not been duly completed, or is not in proper form, or you are unable to verify that we are a participant in the Depository as provided above, this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise will be void and of no effect and will be deemed not to have been delivered.


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4. We hereby agree to set forth in the comment field of the Miscellaneous Delivery Order to be processed through the Depository with respect to any transfer of the Exercised Warrants to the Warrant Account the transaction number assigned to this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise by you as specified in the Confirmation of Exercise that we will receive from you relating to this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise and acknowledge that our failure to so include such number may result in the rejection by you of any such transfer.

5. We understand and agree that if we fail to transfer any of the Exercised Warrants by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date:
(i) we shall be held liable for any and all damages which may accrue to the Company in accordance with (a) the rules and procedures of the [National Securities Exchange] governing the Warrants (or any successor national securities exchange on which the Warrants are then listed; and (b) market custom and usage; (ii) the Company shall have the right at any time to purchase Warrants, on our behalf and at our expense, on the [National Securities Exchange], or such other national securities exchange on which the Warrants are then listed, in an amount equal to the number of Exercised Warrants that we failed to deliver, and to cause such Warrants to be delivered to the Warrant Account on our behalf in satisfaction of our delivery obligation hereunder;
(iii) unless you receive notice from the Company to the contrary, commencing at 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date any attempt by us to deliver to the Warrant Account the Exercised Warrants that we fail to deliver on the Settlement Date may be rejected by you and we shall have no right to deliver such Exercised Warrants except as otherwise provided in the Warrant Agreement;
(iv) if the Company exercises its right described in clause (ii) above, then in addition to any amounts payable by us pursuant to clause (i) above, the cost incurred by the Company in purchasing the Warrants as described in clause (ii) above will be deducted from the Cash Settlement Value, if any, that we will receive with respect to the Exercise Warrants that we fail to deliver on the Settlement Date and that we will be liable to our client for, and agree to hold the Company and the Warrant Agent harmless against any liability resulting from, such deduction, and, if such costs exceeds such Cash Settlement Value, we will be obligated to pay (and hereby agree to pay) to the Company the amount of such excess, if any, (v) we will promptly pay to the Company any funds credited to our account in excess of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of the Exercised Warrants that we fail to deliver to the Warrant Account by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date; (vi) if the Company exercises its right described in clause (ii) above, any amounts payable by us or to us will be paid directly by or to the Company and not through the Depository; (vii) if the Company does not exercise its rights described in clause (ii) above, then in addition to any amounts payable by us pursuant to clause (i) above, (a) we agree that at such time as transfer of the Warrants to which this Irrevocable Notice of Exercise relates is made, the Cash Settlement Value for such warrants will be determined in accordance with the Warrant Agreement as if such Warrants had been timely transferred as required in paragraph 3 above and (b) we will be obligated to pay (and hereby agree to pay promptly) to the Company any additional costs or expenses incurred by the Company caused by our failure to deliver any of the Exercised Warrants by 11:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Settlement Date; and (viii) we shall be held liable to our clients, and agree to hold the Company and the Warrant Agent harmless, for any and all claims and damages which may accrue to such clients with respect to such failure.


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Capitalized terms used herein and not defined have the meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.

Dated:__________________, 200_
[NAME OF DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT]

By: ______________________________
Authorized Signature
[Address]
Telephone: _______________________
Facsimile: _______________________
Participant
Number: _________________________


EXHIBIT B

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CONFIRMATION OF EXERCISE

We hereby confirm receipt of your Irrevocable Notice of Exercise with respect to __________ Warrants (the "Exercised Warrants"), which Notice we have found to be duly completed and in proper form, and we have verified, in the manner provided in the Warrant Agreement, that you are a Depository Participant. The Exercise Date of the Exercised Warrants is _______________.

The reference number assigned to your Irrevocable Notice of Exercise is _______________. This number must be included by you in the comment field to the Miscellaneous Delivery Order to be processed through the Depository in connection with any transfer of the Exercised Warrants to the Warrant Account. The failure to so include such number may result in the rejection by us of any such transfer.

We hereby confirm that the total number of Warrants mentioned above (the "Exercised Warrants") have been exercised at a Spot Rate of ________ per U.S. $1.00 and that the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of U.S. $____________ (U.S. $___________ per Warrant) will be made available to The Depository Trust Company in the form of a treasurer's check or an official bank check for payment against transfer of Warrants, in New York Clearing House funds, two New York Business Days after the date hereof; provided if such second New York Business Day is a date on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are authorized or required by law or executive order to close, the Settlement Date shall be the next succeeding New York Business Day on which banking institutions in [Foreign City] are not authorized by law or executive order to close.

Capitalized terms included herein but not defined have the meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of ____________ between J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and [Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent.

Dated:____________

[WARRANT AGENT],
as Warrant Agent

By_______________________
Authorized Officer


EXHIBIT B

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NOTICE OF REJECTION

You are hereby notified that (check as appropriate)

( ) the notice of exercise delivered by you was determined by us not to have been duly completed,

( ) the notice of exercise delivered by you was determined by us not to have been in proper form,

( ) we were not able to verify that you are a participant of The Depository Trust Company in the manner, and pursuant to the procedures,

as set forth in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of ____________, between J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and [Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent. Accordingly, we have rejected your Irrevocable Notice of Exercise as being unsatisfactory as to form.

Dated: ____________
[WARRANT AGENT],

as Warrant Agent

By_________________________________
Authorized Officer


Exhibit 4.28

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Note No.                              Agent's Name                                       J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.




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Principal Amount                      Commission                                        MEDIUM-TERM NOTE PROGRAM




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Maturity Date                         Settlement Date                                   The Chase Manhattan Bank
                                                                                    Paying and Authenticating Agent





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Trade Date                            Taxpayer I.D. No.                                   450 West 33rd Street
                                                                                        New York, New York 10001




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Name and Address of Registered Owner                                                      Bankers Trust Company
                                                                                                 Trustee

                                                                                           Four Albany Street
                                                                                        New York, New York 10006
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REGISTERED REGISTERED

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
FIXED RATE SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C

No.                                                      $

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:           INTEREST RATE:                 MATURITY DATE:

-------------------            -------------%                 ------------------


INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:    REPAYMENT PROVISIONS, IF ANY:


--------------------       ----------------------------------------

OTHER PROVISIONS:          REDEMPTION DATES AND PRICES, IF ANY:



------------------         ----------------------------------------


                  This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the

Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"). This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security


(other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in such limited circumstances. The Depositary will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in this Global Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of this series, and the Depositary, by its acceptance hereof, agrees to be so bound.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

CEDE & CO.

, or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on each Interest Payment Date, commencing on the first Interest Payment Date succeeding the Original Issue Date of this Security, unless the Original Issue Date is on or after the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, in which event interest will be payable commencing on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, at the rate shown above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. If the Maturity Date or any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to this Security will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Maturity Date or such Interest Payment Date, and no interest on such payment will accrue from and after the Maturity Date or such Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at

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the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day), next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date, or upon earlier redemption or repayment, if any, will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall have been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Funds for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security on any Interest Payment Date and at the Maturity Date will be made available to the Paying Agent. As soon as possible thereafter, the Paying Agent will pay such funds to the Depositary, and the Depositary will allocate and pay such funds to the owners of beneficial interests in this Security in accordance with its existing operating procedures.

This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of December 1, 1989 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) and succeeded to by Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated as the Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C of the Company. The Securities may mature at different times, bear interest at different rates, be denominated in different currencies and be redeemable at different times or not at all.

Except as provided herein, this Security is not redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. If this Security is redeemable, it may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, on the dates or on or after the date set forth above at the percentage or

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percentages of the principal amount set forth above, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.

Interest on the Securities of this series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holders of Securities of this series shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holder of this Security and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and herein, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security

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Registrar, duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its duly authorized officers and has caused its corporate seal, or a facsimile thereof, to be affixed hereto.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

                 By:  __________________________
                 Name:   Dina Dublon
                 Title:  Executive Vice President
                         and Chief Financial Officer


[SEAL]           Attest:  __________________________
                 Name:    Anthony J. Horan
                 Title:   Corporate Secretary

AUTHENTICATING AGENT'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee

By: The Chase Manhattan Bank
Authenticating Agent

By:___________________
Authorized Signer

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM--as tenants in common TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties JT TEN-- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--.............Custodian............

(Cust) (Minor)

under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

.................................
(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee:



PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS
INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE:



the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ______________________________ ______________________________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ___________________ _________________________


NOTICE: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: __________________________
NOTICE: The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (e.g., banks, securities brokers or dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges and savings associations) which is a member of or participant in a signature guarantee program recognized by the Security Registrar pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Exhibit 4.29

Note No.                      Agent's Name                   J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
--------                      ------------                   -----------------------
Principal Amount              Commission                     MEDIUM-TERM NOTE PROGRAM



Maturity Date                 Settlement Date                The Chase Manhattan Bank
                                                          Paying and Authenticating Agent


Trade Date                    Taxpayer I.D. No.                450 West 33rd Street
                                                             New York, New York 10001


Name and Address
 of Registered Owner                                          Bankers Trust Company
                                                                    Trustee

                                                                Four Albany Street
                                                             New York, New York 10006

REGISTERED REGISTERED

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
FLOATING RATE SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C

No. $

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:         INITIAL INTEREST RATE:      MATURITY DATE:
____________________         ______________________      ________________
INTEREST RATE BASIS:         INDEX MATURITY:                SPREAD:     +____
___   CD Rate                 ___   Federal Funds                       -____
___   Commercial Paper        ___   30 days/1 month
      Rate                    ___   90 days/3 months        SPREAD
___   Federal Funds           ___   180 days/6 months       MULTIPLIER:
      Rate                    ___   1 year                  ____________________
___   LIBOR Reuters           ___   years
___   LIBOR Telerate
___   Prime Rate              INDEX CURRENCY:               DATE OF
___   Treasury Rate           ________________              COMMENCEMENT OF
___   CMT Rate                ________________              INTEREST RATE
                                                            BASIS (if other
CALCULATION AGENT:            DESIGNATED                    than Original
The Chase                     LIBOR OR CMT PAGE:            Issue Date):


Manhattan Bank                             ____________________          __________________


MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE,                        INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD:
IF ANY: _____________                         ____________________________________________
________________________                          (monthly, quarterly or semi-annually)

MINIMUM INTEREST RATE,
IF ANY: _____________



INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:                       INTEREST RATE RESET PERIOD:
________________________                      ____________________________________________
________________________                       (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-
________________________                               annually or annually)
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________



INTEREST DETERMINATION                        INTEREST RESET DATES: ______________________
DATES: __________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________

REPAYMENT PROVISIONS,                         INTEREST CALCULATION DATES:
IF ANY: __________________________            ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________


REDEMPTION DATES AND PRICES,                  RECORD DATES:
IF ANY: __________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________
_________________________________             ___________________________________________



                                              OTHER PROVISIONS:

                                              ___________________________________________
                                              ___________________________________________

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This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"). This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in such limited circumstances. The Depositary will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in this Global Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of this series, and the Depositary, by its acceptance hereof, agrees to be so bound.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

CEDE & CO.

or registered assigns, the principal sum of
DOLLARS

on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate shown above until the first Interest Reset Date shown above following the Original Issue Date shown above and thereafter at a rate determined in accordance with the provisions set forth below under the heading "Determination of CD Rate", "Determination of Commercial Paper Rate", "Determination of Federal Funds Rate", "Determination of LIBOR", "Determination of Prime Rate", "Determination of Treasury Rate" or "Determination of CMT Rate",

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depending upon whether the Interest Rate Basis is the CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, Prime Rate, Treasury Rate or CMT Rate as indicated above, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment.

The Company will pay interest monthly, quarterly or semi-annually as shown above under "Interest Payment Period", commencing with the first Interest Payment Date shown above next succeeding the Original Issue Date, and on the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date; and provided, further, however, that if an Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date) would fall on a day that is not a Business Day (as defined below), such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day that is a Business Day, except that, in the case the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, as indicated by the box marked above, if the following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next preceding day that is a Business Day. As used herein, "Business Day" means any day other than
(i) a Saturday, Sunday or other day that, in New York City, banking institutions generally are authorized or required to close and (ii) in case the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, a day that is not a London Business Day. As used herein, "London Business Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market. In the event the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the Maturity Date and no interest will accrue from and after the Maturity Date. Except as provided above and in the Indenture referred to below, interest payments will be made on the Interest Payment Dates shown above. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities of this series) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date, or upon earlier redemption or repayment, if any, will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall have been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record

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Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Funds for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security on any Interest Payment Date and at the Maturity Date will be made available to the Paying Agent. As soon as possible thereafter, the Paying Agent will pay such funds to the Depositary, and the Depositary will allocate and pay such funds to the owners of beneficial interests in this Security in accordance with its existing operating procedures.

This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of December 1, 1989 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) and succeeded to by Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated as the Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C of the Company. The Securities may mature at different times, bear interest at different rates, be denominated in different currencies and be redeemable at different times or not at all.

Except as provided herein, this Security is not redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. If this Security is redeemable, it may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, on the dates or on or after the date set forth above at the percentage or percentages of the principal amount set forth above plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

Commencing with the first Interest Reset Date specified above following the Original Issue Date of this Security, the rate at which interest on this Security is payable shall be adjusted daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually as shown above under "Interest Rate Reset Period"; provided, however, that (unless (i) the Interest Rate Reset Period specified above is daily or weekly or (ii) otherwise specified above) the interest rate in effect hereon for the 10 days immediately prior to the Maturity Date shall be that in effect on the 10th day preceding the Maturity Date. Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date to which it relates to but not including the next succeeding Interest Reset Date or until the

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Maturity Date, as the case may be. Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as specified herein, commencing on each Interest Reset Date, the rate of interest on this Security shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

Determination of CD Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is CD Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified above (i) as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates", or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("H.15(519)"), under the heading "CDs (secondary market)", or (ii) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication ("H.15 Daily Update"), under the heading "CDs (secondary market)" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if neither of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money-center banks of the highest credit standing (in the market for negotiable certificates of deposit) with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity (as specified above) in a denomination of $5,000,000;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication of the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (b) above is applicable and fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

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Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Interest Rate basis is Commercial Paper Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the Money Market Yield (as defined herein) on the Interest Determination Date specified above for commercial paper having the Index Maturity shown above (i) as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Commercial paper - Nonfinancial" or (ii) if such yield is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the heading "Commercial paper - Nonfinancial" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if neither of such yields is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward) of the offered rates, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the Index Maturity placed for a nonfinancial issuer whose bond rating is "Aa", or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (b) above is applicable and fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

"Money Market Yield" shall be the yield (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Money Market Yield = D x 360 x 100


360 - (D x M)

where "D" refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being calculated.

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Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Federal Funds Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above for Federal Funds (i) as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal funds (effective)", as that rate is displayed on Bridge Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on page 120 (or any other page that replaces such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the Federal funds (effective) rate as reported in H.15(519)), or (ii) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal funds (effective)", or
(iii) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the heading "Federal funds (effective)" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if none of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent as of 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (b) above is applicable and fewer than three brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

Determination of LIBOR.

(a) if the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR Telerate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal the rate for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity shown above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following the applicable Interest Determination Date that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page

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(as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Interest Determination Date, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; or

(b) if the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR Reuters, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of offered rates for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity, each as shown above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following the Interest Determination Date specified above, which appear on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00
A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date (unless the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case such single rate shall be used), as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above;

provided, however, that if less than the required number of rates (as specified in subparagraph (a) or (b) above, as applicable) so appear, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent to provide a quotation of the rate offered to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date on deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity, each as specified above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time and the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(i) if at least two quotations are provided, the arithmetic mean of such quotations (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards); or

(ii) if less than two quotations are provided, the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00
A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks having the Index Maturity specified above commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is

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representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time;

in either case, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, provided, however, that if subparagraph (ii) is applicable and fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding the Interest Reset Date to which such Interest Determination Date relates shall be the rate in effect hereon on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR Telerate, the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency specified above and (b) if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR Reuters, the display on the Reuters Money Rates Services for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency specified above.

Determination of Prime Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is Prime Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above as the prime rate or base lending rate (i) as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Bank prime loan" or (ii) if such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the heading "Bank prime loan" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if such rates are not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen US Prime 1 Page (as defined below) as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate for such Interest Determination Date; or

(c) if fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen US Prime 1 Page on such Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the

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arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the prime rates or base lending rates (quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year) as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (c) above is applicable and fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

"Reuters Screen US Prime 1 Page" means the display page designated as page "US Prime 1" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the US Prime 1 page on that service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.

Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is Treasury Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above for the most recent auction of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity shown above:

(i) as displayed on Bridge Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on page 56 or 57 (or any other page that replaces the applicable page on that service for the purpose of displaying the rate for the most recent auction of Treasury bills) under the heading "INVESTMENT RATE"; or

(ii) if such rate is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the caption "U.S. Government Securities -- Treasury bills -- Auction high" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001%, with .000005% rounded upward, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis; or

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(b) if neither of such rates is so displayed or published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to the Interest Determination Date specified above, the rate on such Interest Determination Date for the most recent auction of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity shown above, as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis; or

(c) if such rate is not so announced by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such auction is held in a particular week, the rate on such Interest Determination Date for Treasury bills having the Index Maturity shown above published in H.15(519) under the heading "U.S. Government Securities -- Treasury bills -- Secondary market" (or if not so published in H.15(519), as published under such heading in H.15 Daily Update or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate), in each case, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis; or

(d) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity shown above, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (d) above is applicable and fewer than three dealers are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

Determination of CMT Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is CMT Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

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(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page (as defined below) under the caption ". . . Treasury Constant Maturities. . . Federal Reserve Board Release H.15. . . Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.," under the column for the Index Maturity shown above for (i) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7051, the rate on such Interest Determination Date, and
(ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related Interest Determination Date occurs; or

(b) if such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, such treasury constant maturity rate for the Index Maturity specified above, as published in H.15(519); or

(c) if such rate is no longer published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, such treasury constant maturity rate for the Index Maturity (or other United States Treasury rate for the Index Maturity) specified above as may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in H.15(519); or

(d) if such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date, reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers (each, a "Reference Dealer") in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with an original maturity of approximately the Index Maturity and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Index Maturity minus one year, provided, however, if the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury Note quotations, the rate of interest hereon will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest

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.00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the Index Maturity and a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity and in an amount of at least U.S. $100 million, provided, however, if three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described above, then the rate of interest hereon will be based on the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the offered rates obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or the subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (d) above is applicable and fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in subparagraph (d) above have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity, the quotes for the CMT Rate Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity will be used.

"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on the page specified above (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)) or, if no such page is specified above, page 7052.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, specified above. In addition, the interest rate hereon shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing on or before each Calculation Date. At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent will provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in

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effect and, if determined, the interest rate which will become effective as of the next Interest Reset Date.

Unless otherwise indicated above, each interest payment on this Security will include interest accrued from and including the Original Issue Date or the last date to which interest has been paid and to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date. Accrued interest hereon from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest hereon has been paid, as the case may be, shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest shall have been paid, as the case may be, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise indicated above, the interest factor (expressed as a decimal rounded to the nearest ten-millionth, with five hundred-millionths rounded upwards) for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal rounded to the nearest ten-millionth, with five hundred-millionths rounded upwards) applicable to such day by 360 if the Interest Rate Basis is the CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or Prime Rate, as indicated above, or by the actual number of days in the year if the Interest Rate Basis is the Treasury Rate or CMT Rate, as indicated above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest hereon prior to the date of commencement of Interest Rate Basis (if other than the Original Issue Date) indicated above shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with

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certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holders of Securities of this series shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holder of this Security and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and herein, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its duly authorized officers and has caused its corporate seal, or a facsimile thereof, to be affixed hereto.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By: __________________________
Name: Dina Dublon
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer

[SEAL] Attest: _______________________ Name: Anthony J. Horan Title: Corporate Secretary

AUTHENTICATING AGENT'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee

By: The Chase Manhattan Bank
Authenticating Agent

By:___________________
Authorized Signer

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM--as tenants in common TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--.............Custodian...........................

(Cust) (Minor)

under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

.................................
(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee:



PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS
INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE:




the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ______________________________ ______________________________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ___________________ _________________________

NOTICE: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: ____________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (e.g., banks, securities brokers or dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges and savings associations) which is a member of or participant in a signature guarantee program recognized by the Security Registrar pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Exhibit 4.30

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Note No.                              Agent's Name                                       J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.




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Principal Amount                      Commission                                        MEDIUM-TERM NOTE PROGRAM




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Maturity Date                         Settlement Date                                   The Chase Manhattan Bank
                                                                                    Paying and Authenticating Agent





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Trade Date                            Taxpayer I.D. No.                                   450 West 33rd Street
                                                                                        New York, New York 10001




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Name and Address of Registered Owner                                                     U.S. Bank Trust National
                                                                                           Association Trustee

                                                                                             100 Wall Street
                                                                                        New York, New York 10005
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REGISTERED REGISTERED

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
FIXED RATE SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A

THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF A DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR BY ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

No.                                                      $

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:           INTEREST RATE:                 MATURITY DATE:

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INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:    REPAYMENT PROVISIONS, IF ANY:


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OTHER PROVISIONS:          REDEMPTION DATES AND PRICES, IF ANY:



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This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"). This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in such limited circumstances. The Depositary will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in this Global Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of this series, and the Depositary, by its acceptance hereof, agrees to be so bound.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

CEDE & CO.

, or registered assigns, the principal sum of

DOLLARS

on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on each Interest Payment Date, commencing on the first Interest Payment Date succeeding the Original Issue Date of this Security, unless the Original Issue Date is on or after the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, in which event interest will be payable commencing on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, at the rate shown above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. If the Maturity Date or any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to this Security will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the


same force and effect as if made on the Maturity Date or such Interest Payment Date, and no interest on such payment will accrue from and after the Maturity Date or such Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date, provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date, or upon earlier redemption or repayment, if any, will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable.

Funds for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security on any Interest Payment Date and at the Maturity Date will be made available to the Paying Agent. As soon as possible thereafter, the Paying Agent will pay such funds to the Depositary, and the Depositary will allocate and pay such funds to the owners of beneficial interests in this Security in accordance with its existing operating procedures.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of subordinated debt securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992, and as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 8, 1996 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (formerly known as First Trust of New York, National Association), as successor Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations and the holders of the Securities. Terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as so defined. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be denominated in different currencies, may be subject to different sinking funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of the series designated as the Subordinated Medium-Term Notes, Series A of the Company.

Except as provided herein, this Security is not redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. If this Security is redeemable, it may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, on the dates or on or after the date set forth above, at the percentage or


percentages of the principal amount set forth above, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

The Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of this series is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Indebtedness of the Company and, under certain circumstances set forth in the Indenture, all Additional Senior Obligations of the Company, and each holder of a Security of this series, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto.

Interest on the Securities of this series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The following events shall be "Events of Default" with respect to the Securities of this series: (i) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have entered a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization law now or hereafter in effect of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof, and such decree or order shall have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty consecutive days; or (ii) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization law now or hereafter in effect of the United States of America or a political subdivision thereof, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. There will be no right of acceleration in the case of a default in the payment of interest or a default in the performance of any covenant or agreement in this Security or the Indenture.

The Indenture provides that in the event of a default in the payment of interest or principal (including the delivery of any Capital Securities in exchange for Securities) or the performance of any covenant or agreement in the Securities or the Indenture (each of which is defined in the Indenture to be a "Default"), the Trustee may, subject to certain limitations and conditions, seek to enforce payment of such interest or principal (including the delivery of any Capital Securities in exchange for Securities of this series) or the performance of such covenant or agreement.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each series to be affected, evidenced as in the


Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holder of each Security affected thereby, (i) change the stated maturity date of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on any Security, (ii) reduce the principal amount of, or the interest (or premium, if any) on, any Security,
(iii) reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount Security payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof, (iv) reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any Security, (v) change the place or places where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, (vi) change the definition of "Market Value" set forth in the Indenture, (vii) impair the right of any holder of Securities of any series to receive on any Exchange Date for Securities of such series Capital Securities with a Market Value equal to that required by the terms of the Securities, (viii) impair the right of any holders of Securities of a series entitled to the conversion rights described in the Indenture to receive shares of Common Stock, securities or other property upon the exercise of such conversion rights, (ix) impair the right of a holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Security (including any right of redemption at the option of the holder of such Security), or for the delivery of Capital Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, or to require the Company to sell Capital Securities in a Secondary Offering pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or to deliver Common Stock, securities or other property upon conversion of Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, (x) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or reduce the percentage of securities of any series the holders of which are required to waive any past Default or Event of Default, as described in the next following sentence, or (xi) modify the foregoing provisions of clauses (i) through (x). It is also provided in the Indenture that, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities of any series, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all Securities of that series waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences except a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series (or in the delivery of Capital Securities in exchange for any Securities of that series when required). Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Security and any Security which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation


in regard thereto is made upon this Security or such other Security.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations of the Company set forth in this Security and the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the places, at the respective times, at the rates, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, Securities of this series may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Company for such exchange in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture and herein, upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company for such registration in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, a new Security or Securities of this series of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or any writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof (and premium, if any, hereon), and subject to the provisions herein, interest hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments made to or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectually satisfy and discharge the Company's liability for moneys payable on this Security.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on this Security or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in this Security, or


because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released by each holder of this Security.

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.


This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to above or an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its duly authorized officers and has caused its corporate seal, or a facsimile thereof, to be affixed hereto.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

                 By:  __________________________
                 Name:   Dina Dublon
                 Title:  Executive Vice President
                         and Chief Financial Officer


[SEAL]           Attest:  __________________________
                 Name:    Anthony J. Horan
                 Title:   Corporate Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities issued under the Indenture described herein.

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee

By: The Chase Manhattan Bank
as Authenticating Agent

By:________________________
Authorized Signer


ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM--as tenants in common TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties JT TEN-- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--.............Custodian............

(Cust) (Minor)

under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

.................................
(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.



FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee:



PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS
INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE:



the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ________________________________________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ____________________ _________________________


NOTICE: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: __________________________
NOTICE: The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (e.g., banks, securities brokers or dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges and savings associations) which is a member of or participant in a signature guarantee program recognized by the Security Registrar pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Exhibit 4.31

Note No. Agent's Name J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

Principal Amount Commission MEDIUM-TERM NOTE PROGRAM

Maturity Date Settlement Date The Chase Manhattan Bank Paying and Authenticating Agent

Trade Date Taxpayer I.D. No. 450 West 33rd Street New York, New York 10001

Name and Address of Registered Owner              U.S. Bank Trust National
                                                    Association, Trustee

                                                       100 Wall Street
                                                  New York, New York 10005

REGISTERED REGISTERED

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A

THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF A DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR BY ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

No. $

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INITIAL INTEREST MATURITY DATE:
RATE:

INTEREST RATE BASIS:            INDEX MATURITY:              SPREAD:    +____
___  CD Rate                    ___  Federal Funds                      -____
___  Commercial Paper           ___  30 days/1 month
     Rate                       ___  90 days/3 months        SPREAD
___  Federal Funds              ___  180 days/6 months       MULTIPLIER:
     Rate                       ___  1 year                  ______________
___  LIBOR Reuters              ___  years
___  LIBOR Telerate
___  Prime Rate                 INDEX CURRENCY:              DATE OF
___  Treasury Rate              ________________             COMMENCEMENT OF
___  CMT Rate                   ________________             INTEREST RATE
                                                             BASIS (if other
CALCULATION AGENT:              DESIGNATED                   than Original
The Chase                       LIBOR OR CMT PAGE:           Issue Date):

Manhattan Bank                  __________________           _____________
                                                             _____________

MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE,                      INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD:
IF ANY: _____________                       _______________________
_____________________                       (monthly, quarterly or
                                             semi-annually)

MINIMUM INTEREST RATE,
IF ANY: _____________

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:                     INTEREST RATE RESET PERIOD:
____________________________________        ________________________
____________________________________        (daily, weekly, monthly,
____________________________________         quarterly, semi-annually or
____________________________________         annually)
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________

INTEREST DETERMINATION                      INTEREST RESET DATES:_______________
DATES:______________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________

REPAYMENT PROVISIONS,                       INTEREST CALCULATION DATES:
IF ANY:_____________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________

REDEMPTION DATES AND PRICES,                RECORD DATES:
IF ANY:_____________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________
____________________________________        ____________________________________

                                            OTHER PROVISIONS:
                                            ____________________________________
                                            ____________________________________
                                            ____________________________________

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This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"). This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in such limited circumstances. The Depositary will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in this Global Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for Securities of this series, and the Depositary, by its acceptance hereof, agrees to be so bound.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

CEDE & CO.

, or registered assigns, the principal sum of

DOLLARS on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate shown above until the first Interest Reset Date shown above following the Original Issue Date shown above and thereafter at a rate determined in accordance with the provisions below under the heading "Determination of CD Rate", "Determination of Commercial

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Paper Rate", "Determination of Federal Funds Rate", "Determination of LIBOR", "Determination of Prime Rate", "Determination of Treasury Rate" or "Determination of CMT Rate", depending upon whether the Interest Rate Basis is CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, Prime Rate, Treasury Rate or CMT Rate as indicated above, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment.

The Company will pay interest monthly, quarterly or semi-annually as shown above under "Interest Payment Period", commencing with the first Interest Payment Date shown above next succeeding the Original Issue Date, and on the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date is between a Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date; and provided, further, however, that if an Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date) would fall on a day that is not a Business Day (as defined below), such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day that is a Business Day, except that, in case the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, as indicated by the box marked above, if the following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next preceding day that is a Business Day. As used herein, "Business Day" means any day other than (i) a Saturday, Sunday or other day that, in New York City, banking institutions generally are authorized or required to close and (ii) in case the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, a day that is not a London Business Day. As used herein, "London Business Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market. In the event the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the Maturity Date and no interest will accrue from and after the Maturity Date. Except as provided above and in the Indenture referred to below, interest payments will be made on the Interest Payment Dates shown above. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date; provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date, or upon earlier redemption or repayment, if any, will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable.

Funds for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security on any Interest Payment Date and at the Maturity Date will be made available to the Paying Agent. As soon as possible thereafter, the Paying Agent will pay such funds to the Depositary, and the Depositary will allocate and pay such funds to the owners of beneficial interests in this Security in accordance with its existing operating procedures.

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This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of subordinated debt securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992, and as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 8, 1996(herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (formerly known as First Trust of New York, National Association), as successor Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations and the holders of the Securities. Terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as so defined. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be denominated in different currencies, may be subject to different sinking funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of the series designated as the Subordinated Medium-Term Notes, Series A of the Company.

The Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of this series is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Indebtedness of the Company and, under certain circumstances set forth in the Indenture, all Additional Senior Obligations of the Company, and each holder of a Security of this series, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto.

The following events shall be "Events of Default" with respect to the Securities of this series: (i) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have entered a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization law now or hereafter in effect of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof, and such decree or order shall have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty consecutive days; or (ii) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization law now or hereafter in effect of the United States of America or a political subdivision thereof, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law.

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In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. There will be no right of acceleration in the case of a default in the payment of interest or a default in the performance of any covenant or agreement in this Security or the Indenture.

The Indenture provides that in the event of a default in the payment of interest or principal (including the delivery of any Capital Securities in exchange for Securities) or the performance of any covenant or agreement in the Securities or the Indenture (each of which is defined in the Indenture to be a "Default"), the Trustee may, subject to certain limitations and conditions, seek to enforce payment of such interest or principal (including the delivery of any Capital Securities in exchange for Securities of this series) or the performance of such covenant or agreement.

Except as provided herein, this Security is not redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. If this Security is redeemable, it may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, on the dates or on or after the date set forth above, at the percentage or percentages of the principal amount set forth above, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

Commencing with the first Interest Reset Date specified above following the Original Issue Date of this Security, the rate at which interest on this Security is payable shall be adjusted daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually as shown above under "Interest Rate Reset Period"; provided, however, that (unless (i) the Interest Rate Reset Period specified above is daily or weekly or (ii) otherwise specified above) the interest rate in effect hereon for the 10 days immediately prior to the Maturity Date shall be that in effect on the 10th day preceding the Maturity Date. Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date to which it relates to but not including the next succeeding Interest Reset Date or until the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as specified herein, commencing on each Interest Reset Date, the rate of interest on this Security shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

Determination of CD Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is CD Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified above (i) as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in

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"Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates", or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("H.15(519)"), under the heading "CDs (secondary market)", or
(ii) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/h15 /update, or any successor site or publication ("H.15 Daily Update"), under the heading "CDs (secondary market)" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if neither of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money-center banks of the highest credit standing (in the market for negotiable certificates of deposit) with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity (as specified above) in a denomination of $5,000,000;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication of the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (b) above is applicable and fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Interest Rate basis is Commercial Paper Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the Money Market Yield (as defined herein) on the Interest Determination Date specified above for commercial paper having the Index Maturity shown above (i) as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Commercial paper - Nonfinancial" or (ii) if such yield is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the

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heading "Commercial paper - Nonfinancial" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if neither of such yields is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward) of the offered rates, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the Index Maturity placed for a nonfinancial issuer whose bond rating is "Aa", or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (b) above is applicable and fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

"Money Market Yield" shall be the yield (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

D x 360 Money Market Yield = --------------------- x 100
360 - (D x M)

where "D" refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being calculated.

Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Federal Funds Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above for Federal Funds (i) as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal funds (effective)", as that rate is displayed on Bridge Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on page 120 (or any other page that replaces such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the Federal funds (effective) rate as reported in

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H.15(519)), or (ii) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal funds (effective)", or (iii) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the heading "Federal funds (effective)" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if none of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent as of 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (b) above is applicable and fewer than three brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

Determination of LIBOR.

(a) if the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR Telerate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal the rate for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity shown above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following the applicable Interest Determination Date that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Interest Determination Date, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; or

(b) if the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR Reuters, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of offered rates for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity, each as shown above, commencing on the

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second London Business Day immediately following the Interest Determination Date specified above, which appear on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date (unless the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case such single rate shall be used), as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above;

provided, however, that if less than the required number of rates (as specified in subparagraph (a) or (b) above, as applicable) so appear, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent to provide a quotation of the rate offered to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date on deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity, each as specified above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time and the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(i) if at least two quotations are provided, the arithmetic mean of such quotations (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards); or

(ii) if less than two quotations are provided, the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks having the Index Maturity specified above commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time;

in either case, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, provided, however, that if subparagraph (ii) is applicable and fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding the Interest Reset Date to which such Interest Determination Date relates shall be the rate in effect hereon

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on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR Telerate, the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rate s of major banks for the Index Currency specified above and (b) if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR Reuters, the display on the Reuters Money Rates Services for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency specified above.

Determination of Prime Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is Prime Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above as the prime rate or base lending rate (i) as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Bank prime loan" or (ii) if such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the heading "Bank prime loan" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate; or

(b) if such rates are not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen US Prime 1 Page (as defined below) as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate for such Interest Determination Date; or

(c) if fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen US Prime 1 Page on such Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the prime rates or base lending rates (quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year) as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (c) above is applicable and fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph,

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the interest rate in effect until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

"Reuters Screen US Prime 1 Page" means the display page designated as page "US Prime 1" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the US Prime 1 page on that service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.

Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is Treasury Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above for the most recent auction of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity shown above:

(i) as displayed on Bridge Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on page 56 or 57 (or any other page that replaces the applicable page on that service for the purpose of displaying the rate for the most recent auction of Treasury bills) under the heading "INVESTMENT RATE"; or

(ii) if such rate is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in H.15 Daily Update under the caption "U.S. Government Securities -- Treasury bills -- Auction high" or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001%, with .000005% rounded upward, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis; or

(b) if neither of such rates is so displayed or published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as specified above) pertaining to the Interest Determination Date specified above, the rate on such Interest Determination Date for the most recent auction of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity shown above, as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis; or

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(c) if such rate is not so announced by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such auction is held in a particular week, the rate on such Interest Determination Date for Treasury bills having the Index Maturity shown above published in H.15(519) under the heading "U.S. Government Securities -- Treasury bills -- Secondary market" (or if not so published in H.15(519), as published under such heading in H.15 Daily Update or in another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate), in each case, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis; or

(d) if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity shown above, expressed as a bond equivalent rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upward on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (d) above is applicable and fewer than three dealers are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date.

Determination of CMT Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis is CMT Rate, as indicated above, the rate of interest hereon shall equal:

(a) the rate on the Interest Determination Date specified above displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page (as defined below) under the caption ". . . Treasury Constant Maturities. . . Federal Reserve Board Release H.15. . . Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.," under the column for the Index Maturity shown above for (i) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7051, the rate on such Interest Determination Date, and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related Interest Determination Date occurs; or

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(b) if such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, such treasury constant maturity rate for the Index Maturity specified above, as published in H.15(519); or

(c) if such rate is no longer published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, such treasury constant maturity rate for the Index Maturity (or other United States Treasury rate for the Index Maturity) specified above as may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in H.15(519); or

(d) if such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date, reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers (each, a "Reference Dealer") in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with an original maturity of approximately the Index Maturity and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Index Maturity minus one year, provided, however, if the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury Note quotations, the rate of interest hereon will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent to be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the Index Maturity and a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity and in an amount of at least U.S. $100 million, provided, however, if

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three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described above, then the rate of interest hereon will be based on the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent and rounded to the nearest .00001% with .000005% rounded upwards) of the offered rates obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated;

in each case, as such rate is adjusted by the addition or the subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified above, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above; provided, however, that if subparagraph (d) above is applicable and fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in such subparagraph, the interest rate in effect until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding such Interest Reset Date shall be the rate hereon in effect on the Interest Determination Date next preceding such Interest Reset Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in subparagraph (d) above have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity, the quotes for the CMT Rate Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity will be used.

"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on the page specified above (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)) or, if no such page is specified above, page 7052.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, specified above. In addition, the interest rate hereon shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing on or before each Calculation Date. At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent will provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate which will become effective as of the next Interest Reset Date.

Unless otherwise indicated above, each interest payment on this Security will include interest accrued from and including the Original Issue Date or the last date to which interest has been paid and to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date. Accrued interest hereon from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest hereon has been paid, as the case may be, shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the

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interest factor calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest shall have been paid, as the case may be, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise indicated above, the interest factor (expressed as a decimal rounded to the nearest ten-millionth, with five hundred-millionths rounded upwards) for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal rounded to the nearest ten-millionth, with five hundred-millionths rounded upwards) applicable to such day by 360 if the Interest Rate Basis is the CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Effective Rate, LIBOR or Prime Rate, as indicated above, or by the actual number of days in the year if the Interest Rate Basis is the Treasury Rate or CMT Rate, as indicated above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest hereon prior to the date of commencement of Interest Rate Basis (if other than the Original Issue Date) indicated above shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each series to be affected, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holder of each Security affected thereby, (i) change the stated maturity date of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on any Security, (ii) reduce the principal amount of, or the interest (or premium, if any) on, any Security, (iii) reduce the portion of the principal amount of an original issue discount Security payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof, (iv) reduce any amount payable upon redemption of any Security, (v) change the place or places where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, (vi) change the definition of "Market Value" set forth in the Indenture, (vii) impair the right of any holder of Securities of any series to receive on any Exchange Date for Securities of such series Capital Securities with a Market Value equal to that required by the terms of the Securities, (viii) impair the right of any holders of Securities of a series entitled to the conversion rights described in the Indenture to receive shares of Common Stock, securities or other property upon the exercise of such conversion rights, (ix) impair the right of a holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Security (including any right of redemption at the option of the holder of such Security), or for the delivery of Capital Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, or to require the Company to sell Capital

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Securities in a Secondary Offering pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or to deliver Common Stock, securities or other property upon conversion of Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, (x) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or reduce the percentage of securities of any series the holders of which are required to waive any past Default or Event of Default, as described in the next following sentence, or (xi) modify the foregoing provisions of clauses (i) through (x). It is also provided in the Indenture that, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities of any series, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all Securities of that series waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences except a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series (or in the delivery of Capital Securities in exchange for any Securities of that series when required). Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Security and any Security which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon this Security or such other Security.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness and Additional Senior Obligations of the Company set forth in this Security and the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the places, at the respective times, at the rates and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, Securities of this series may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Company for such exchange in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture and herein, upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company for such registration in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, a new Security or Securities of this series of authorized

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denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or any writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof (and premium, if any, hereon), and subject to the provisions herein, interest hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments made to or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectually satisfy and discharge the Company's liability for moneys payable on this Security.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on this Security or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in this Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released by each holder of this Security.

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to above or an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its duly authorized officers and has caused its corporate seal, or a facsimile thereof, to be affixed hereto.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

By: __________________________
Name: Dina Dublon
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer

[SEAL] Attest: _______________________
Name: Anthony J. Horan
Title: Corporate Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Securities issued under the Indenture described herein.

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee

By: The Chase Manhattan Bank
as Authenticating Agent

By:___________________
Authorized Signer

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM--as tenants in common TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties JT TEN-- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--.............Custodian............

(Cust) (Minor)

under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

.................................
(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee:



PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS
INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE:




the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ___________________ _________________________


NOTICE: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: __________________________

NOTICE: The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (e.g., banks, securities brokers or dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges and savings associations) which is a member of or participant in a signature guarantee program recognized by the Security Registrar pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Exhibit 5

October 19, 2001

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017

Dear Sirs:

We have acted as counsel to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), relating to (i) debt securities, which may be either senior (the "Senior Securities") or subordinated
(the "Subordinated Securities") (collectively, the "Debt Securities"), (ii)
warrants to purchase the Debt Securities (the "Debt Warrants"), (iii) shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, $1 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), which may be issued in the form of depositary shares evidenced by depositary receipts (the "Depositary Shares"), (iv) warrants to purchase shares of Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock Warrants"), (v) shares of common stock of the Corporation, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), (vi) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock Warrants"), (vii) currency warrants (the "Currency Warrants"), (viii) contracts which may be issued by the Corporation under which the counterparty may be required to purchase Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or Common Stock,
(ix) Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of Securities


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Warrants (as defined below) and (x) such indeterminate amount of Securities (as defined below) as may be issued in exchange for or upon conversion of, as the case may be, the Securities, with an aggregate initial public offering price of up to $20,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or composite currencies. The Corporation will not receive separate consideration for any Securities that are issued in exchange for or upon conversion of, as the case may be, Securities, or upon exercise of Securities Warrants. The Debt Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants and Common Stock Warrants are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Securities Warrants", and the Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock, Securities Warrants and Currency Warrants are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Securities". The Securities may be issued or sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the "Prospectus") and supplements to the Prospectus (the "Prospectus Supplements").

The Senior Securities will be issued under an Indenture (the "Senior Indenture") dated as of December 1, 1989, as amended, between the Corporation and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (the "Senior Trustee"). The Subordinated Securities will be issued under an Indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture") dated as of April 1, 1987, as amended and restated as of December 15, 1992, and as further amended, between the Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee"). The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Indentures".


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The Common Stock Warrants will be issued under a Common Stock Warrant Agreement (the "Common Stock Warrant Agreement") between the Corporation and the warrant agent. The Debt Warrants will be issued under a Debt Warrant Agreement (the "Debt Warrant Agreement") between the Corporation and the warrant agent. The Preferred Stock Warrants will be issued under a Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement (the "Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement") between the Corporation and the warrant agent. The Currency Warrants will be issued under a Currency Warrant Agreement (the "Currency Warrant Agreement") between the Corporation and the warrant agent. The Common Stock Warrant Agreement, the Debt Warrant Agreement, the Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and the Currency Warrant Agreement are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Warrant Agreements". Each party to a Warrant Agreement other than the Corporation is referred to hereinafter as a "Counterparty".

We have examined the Registration Statement, a form of the share certificate, a form of the Certificate of Designations, the Indentures, and forms of the Warrant Agreements, all of which have been filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. We have also examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, instruments and other documents and have made such other and further investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions expressed herein. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Corporation.


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In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We have also assumed that: (1) the Senior Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Senior Trustee; (2) the Subordinated Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Subordinated Trustee; and (3) at the time of execution, countersignature, issuance and delivery of any Securities Warrants or Currency Warrants, the related Warrant Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of each Counterparty thereto.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Debt Securities have been duly authorized and
(i) when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and (ii) when duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indentures, and delivered and sold and upon payment in full of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, a duly constituted and acting committee of such Board or duly authorized officers of the Corporation (such Board of Directors, committee or authorized officers being hereinafter referred to as the "Board") and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Indenture and such agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of such Indentures.

2. The shares of Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, (ii) when the Certificate of Designations has been duly filed, and (iii) when the shares of Preferred Stock, in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, have been duly executed, countersigned, delivered and sold by the Corporation, and upon payment in full of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive


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purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, such shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

3. The shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and (ii) when the shares of Common Stock in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement have been duly executed, countersigned, delivered and sold by the Corporation, and upon payment in full of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

4. The Securities Warrants have been duly authorized and (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, (ii) upon the execution and delivery of a Debt Warrant Agreement, Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement or Common Stock Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, relating to such Securities Warrants in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and (iii) when such Securities Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, delivered and sold by the Corporation in the applicable form filed as an exhibit to the applicable Warrant Agreement, and upon payment in full of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, such Securities Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.

5. The Currency Warrants have been duly authorized and (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, (ii) upon the execution and delivery of a Currency Warrant Agreement relating to such Currency Warrants in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and (iii) when such Currency Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, delivered and sold by the Corporation in the applicable form filed as an exhibit to the Currency Warrant Agreement, and upon payment in full of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, such Currency Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.

6. The Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, (ii) when the deposit agreement under which the Depositary Shares are to be issued has been duly executed and delivered, (iii) when the preferred stock represented by the depositary shares has been duly delivered to the depositary under the deposit agreement and (iv) when the depositary receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares have been duly issued against deposit of the preferred stock in accordance with the deposit agreement, and


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issued and sold and upon payment in full therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, the depositary receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the Depositary Shares and the deposit agreement.

Our opinions set forth in paragraph 1, 4, 5 and 6 above are subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York, the Federal law of the United States and the Delaware General Corporation Law.


J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. -7- October 19, 2001

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption "Legal Opinions" in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT


EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated January 16, 2001 relating to the financial statements, which appear in J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


New York, NY
October 16, 2001


Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

 /s/ Hans W. Becherer
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Hans W. Becherer
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

 /s/ Riley P. Bechtel
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Riley P. Bechtel
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

 /s/ Frank A. Bennack Jr.
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Frank A. Bennack Jr.
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Lawrence A. Bossidy
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Lawrence A. Bossidy
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ M. Anthony Burns
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M. Anthony Burns
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ H. Laurance Fuller
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H. Laurance Fuller
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Ellen V. Futter
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Ellen V. Futter
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ William H. Gray III
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William H. Gray III
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Helene L. Kaplan
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Helene L. Kaplan
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Lee R. Raymond
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Lee R. Raymond
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ John R. Stafford
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John R. Stafford
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Lloyd D. Ward
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Lloyd D. Ward
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Marina v.N. Whitman
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Marina v.N. Whitman
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Douglas A. Warner III
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Douglas A. Warner III
Chairman of the Board and
Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ William B. Harrison Jr.
---------------------------
William B. Harrison Jr.
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
 Officer)


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Marc J. Shapiro
---------------------------
Marc J. Shapiro
(Principal Financial
 Officer)


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Joseph L. Sclafani
---------------------------
Joseph L. Sclafani
Controller
(Principal Accounting
 Officer)


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints DOUGLAS A.
WARNER III, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., MARC J. SHAPIRO, DINA DUBLON, WILLIAM H. MCDAVID, JOHN C. WILMOT, and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on January 16, 2001, authorizing the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations, (v) convertible debt obligations, (vi) depositary shares or (vii) other securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"), including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to sign any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 19, 2001.

/s/ Dina Dublon
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Dina Dublon
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit 25.1


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 305(b)(2)


BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

NEW YORK                                                         13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or                            (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank)                    Identification no.)

FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK                                                 10006
(Address of principal                                            (Zip Code)
executive offices)

                                BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
                                LEGAL DEPARTMENT

130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

J.P MORGAN CHASE & CO.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE 13-2624428
(State or other jurisdiction or organization) (IRS Employer Identification no.)

270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017-2070
(212) 270-6000

(Address, including zip code and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)

DEBT SECURITIES
(TITLE OF THE INDENTURE SECURITIES)


Item 1. General Information.

Furnish the following information as to the trustee.

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

NAME                                                 ADDRESS
----                                                 -------
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)                  New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation                Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department                    Albany, NY

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes.

ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

ITEM 3. -15. NOT APPLICABLE

ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 6, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998, and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 16, 1998, copies attached.

EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence business - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.

EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.

EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company, as amended on May 18, 2001. Copy attached.

-2-

EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.

EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.

EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers Trust Company dated as of June 30, 2001. Copy attached.

EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.

EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.

-3-

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 16th day of October, 2001.

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

By:  /s/ Carol Ng
   ---------------------------------
         Carol Ng
         Vice President

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 16th day of October, 2001.

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

By:  /s/ Carol Ng
   ---------------------------------
         Carol Ng
         Vice President

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State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW," dated September 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,001,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York,

this 25TH day of SEPTEMBER in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and NINETY-EIGHT.

Manuel Kursky
Deputy Superintendent of Banks

RESTATED
ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE
OF
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY


Under Section 8007 Of the Banking Law


Bankers Trust Company 130 Liberty Street New York, N.Y. 10006

Counterpart Filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks, State of New York, August 31, 1998


RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF
BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law


We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and an Assistant Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of the corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on March 5, 1903.

3. The text of the organization certificate, as amended heretofore, is hereby restated without further amendment or change to read as herein-set forth in full, to wit:

"Certificate of Organization of Bankers Trust Company

Know All Men By These Presents That we, the undersigned, James A. Blair, James G. Cannon, E. C. Converse, Henry P. Davison, Granville W. Garth, A. Barton Hepburn, Will Logan, Gates W. McGarrah, George W. Perkins, William H. Porter, John F. Thompson, Albert H. Wiggin, Samuel Woolverton and Edward F. C. Young, all being persons of full age and citizens of the United States, and a majority of us being residents of the State of New York, desiring to form a corporation to be known as a Trust Company, do hereby associate ourselves together for that purpose under and pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, and for such purpose we do hereby, under our respective hands and seals, execute and duly acknowledge this Organization Certificate in duplicate, and hereby specifically state as follows, to wit:

I. The name by which the said corporation shall be known is Bankers Trust Company.

II. The place where its business is to be transacted is the City of New York, in the State of New York.

III. Capital Stock: The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

(a) Common Stock

1. Dividends: Subject to all of the rights of the Series Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the corporation legally available for the payment of dividends.

2. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to the Series Preferred Stock or with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote


for the election of directors and for all other purposes, each holder of the Common Stock being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.

3. Liquidation: Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after the holders of the Series Preferred Stock of each series shall have been paid in full the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled, or a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, the remaining net assets of the corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests, to the exclusion of the holders of the Series Preferred Stock.

4. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend or other distribution.

(b) Series Preferred Stock

1. Board Authority: The Series Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as herein provided in one or more series. The designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Series Preferred Stock, and particularly of the shares of each series thereof, may, to the extent permitted by law, be similar to or may differ from those of any other series. The Board of Directors of the corporation is hereby expressly granted authority, subject to the provisions of this Article III, to issue from time to time Series Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix from time to time before issuance thereof, by filing a certificate pursuant to the Banking Law, the number of shares in each such series of such class and all designations, relative rights (including the right, to the extent permitted by law, to convert into shares of any class or into shares of any series of any class), preferences and limitations of the shares in each such series, including, buy without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

(i) The number of shares to constitute such series (which number may at any time, or from time to time, be increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding that shares of the series may be outstanding at the time of such increase or decrease, unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided in creating such series) and the distinctive designation thereof;

(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether or not dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and the date or dates, if any, from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative;

(iii) Whether or not the share of such series shall be redeemable, and, if redeemable, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, the amount or amounts per share (which shall be, in the case of each share, not less than its preference upon involuntary liquidation, plus an amount equal to all dividends thereon accrued and unpaid, whether or not earned or declared) payable thereon in the case of the redemption thereof, which amount may vary at different redemption dates or otherwise as permitted by law;

(iv) The right, if any, of holders of shares of such series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, Common Stock or other stock as permitted by law, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, as well as provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(v) The amount per share payable on the shares of such series upon the voluntary and involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation;


(vi) Whether the holders of shares of such series shall have voting power, full or limited, in addition to the voting powers provided by law and, in case additional voting powers are accorded, to fix the extent thereof; and

(vii) Generally to fix the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights and privileges of such series, provided, however, that no such rights, privileges, qualifications, limitations or restrictions shall be in conflict with the organization certificate of the corporation or with the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of which there are shares outstanding.

All shares of Series Preferred Stock of the same series shall be identical in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to dates, if any, from which dividends thereon may accumulate. All shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank and shall be identical in all respects except that to the extent not otherwise limited in this Article III any series may differ from any other series with respect to any one or more of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations described or referred to in subparagraphs (I) to
(vii) inclusive above.

2. Dividends: Dividends on the outstanding Series Preferred Stock of each series shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock with respect to the same quarterly dividend period. Dividends on any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall be cumulative only if and to the extent set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to law. After dividends on all shares of Series Preferred Stock (including cumulative dividends if and to the extent any such shares shall be entitled thereto) shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to any quarterly dividend period, then and not otherwise so long as any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to the same quarterly dividend period on the Common Stock out the assets or funds of the corporation legally available therefor.

All Shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank, preference and priority as to dividends irrespective of whether or not the rates of dividends to which the same shall be entitled shall be the same and when the stated dividends are not paid in full, the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment thereof in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full, provided, however, that any two or more series of the Series Preferred Stock may differ from each other as to the existence and extent of the right to cumulative dividends, as aforesaid.

3. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, or as otherwise provided by law, the Series Preferred Stock shall not have any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose and the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes.

4. Liquidation: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each series of Series Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment of the amount to which each outstanding series of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled in accordance with the provisions thereof and each holder of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full such amount, or have a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, before any payments shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock. If, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. After the payment to the holders of Series Preferred Stock of all such amounts to which they are entitled, as above provided, the remaining assets and funds of the corporation shall be divided and paid to the holders of the Common Stock.

5. Redemption: In the event that the Series Preferred Stock of any series shall be made redeemable as provided in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of section
(b) of this Article III, the corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem at any time or times, and from time to time, all or any part of any one or more series of Series Preferred Stock outstanding by paying for each share the then applicable redemption price fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for


redemption, upon such notice and terms as may be specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to the series.

6. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Series Preferred Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter or right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend.

(c) Provisions relating to Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A. (Liquidation value $1,000,000 per share.)

1. Designation: The distinctive designation of the series established hereby shall be "Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A" (hereinafter called "Series A Preferred Stock").

2. Number: The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be 250 shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued Series Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

3. Dividends:

(a) Dividend Payments Dates. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive non-cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the corporation, out of funds legally available therefor, from the date of original issuance of such shares (the "Issue Date") and such dividends will be payable on March 28, June 28, September 28 and December 28 of each year ("Dividend Payment Date") commencing September 28, 1990, at a rate per annum as determined in paragraph 3(b) below. The period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the day preceding the first Dividend Payment Date and each successive period beginning on a Dividend Payment Date and ending on the date preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is herein called a "Dividend Period". If any Dividend Payment Date shall be, in The City of New York, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then payment will be postponed to the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Dividend Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue for such Dividend Period after such Dividend Payment Date.

(b) Dividend Rate. The dividend rate from time to time payable in respect of Series A Preferred Stock (the "Dividend Rate") shall be determined on the basis of the following provisions:

(i) On the Dividend Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Dates will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such offered rates. If fewer than those offered rates appear, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be determined as described in paragraph (ii) below.

(ii) On any Dividend Determination Date on which fewer than those offered rates for the applicable maturity appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as specified in paragraph (I) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time are offered by three major banks in the London interbank market selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date to prime banks in the London market. The corporation will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded


upwards) of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the corporation are not quoting as aforementioned in this sentence, then, with respect to such Dividend Period, LIBOR for the preceding Dividend Period will be continued as LIBOR for such Dividend Period.

(ii) The Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall be equal to the lower of 18% or 50 basis points above LIBOR for such Dividend Period as LIBOR is determined by sections (I) or (ii) above.

As used above, the term "Dividend Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Dividend Period, the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of such Dividend Period; and the term "London Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in New York City, is not a day on which banking institutions generally are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and that is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

4. Voting Rights: The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the voting power and rights set forth in this paragraph 4 and shall have no other voting power or rights except as otherwise may from time to time be required by law.

So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the votes of the Series Preferred Stock entitled to vote outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at a meeting at which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (alone or together with the holders of one or more other series of Series Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote) vote separately as a class, alter the provisions of the Series Preferred Stock so as to materially adversely affect its rights; provided, however, that in the event any such materially adverse alteration affects the rights of only the Series A Preferred Stock, then the alteration may be effected with the vote or consent of at least a majority of the votes of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, further, that an increase in the amount of the authorized Series Preferred Stock and/or the creation and/or issuance of other series of Series Preferred Stock in accordance with the organization certificate shall not be, nor be deemed to be, materially adverse alterations. In connection with the exercise of the voting rights contained in the preceding sentence, holders of all series of Series Preferred Stock which are granted such voting rights (of which the Series A Preferred Stock is the initial series) shall vote as a class (except as specifically provided otherwise) and each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have one vote for each share of stock held and each other series shall have such number of votes, if any, for each share of stock held as may be granted to them.

The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, in connection with the matters specified, provision is made for the redemption or retirement of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.

5. Liquidation: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment out of the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, whether from capital or surplus, of $1,000,000 per share (the "liquidation value") together with the amount of all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, and after such payment the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to no other payments.

6. Redemption: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed, at the option of the corporation in whole or part, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price of $1,000,000 per share, in each case plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.

At the option of the corporation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired may be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Series Preferred Stock.

In the case of any redemption, the corporation shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in the following manner: a notice specifying the shares to be redeemed and the time and place of redemption (and, if less than the total outstanding shares are to be redeemed, specifying the


certificate numbers and number of shares to be redeemed) shall be mailed by first class mail, addressed to the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as the same shall appear upon the books of the corporation, not more than sixty (60) days and not less than thirty (30) days previous to the date fixed for redemption. In the event such notice is not given to any shareholder such failure to give notice shall not affect the notice given to other shareholders. If less than the whole amount of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata in any manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors to be fair and proper. From and after the date fixed in any such notice as the date of redemption (unless default shall be made by the corporation in providing moneys at the time and place of redemption for the payment of the redemption price) all dividends upon the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and all rights of the holders of said Series A Preferred Stock as stockholders in the corporation, except the right to receive the redemption price (without interest) upon surrender of the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, duly endorsed for transfer, if required, shall cease and terminate. The corporation's obligation to provide moneys in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before the redemption date, the corporation shall deposit with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the corporation) having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, having a capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 funds necessary for such redemption, in trust with irrevocable instructions that such funds be applied to the redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the corporation from time to time. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of two (2) years from such redemption date shall be released or repaid to the corporation, after which the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall look only to the corporation for payment of the redemption price.

IV. The name, residence and post office address of each member of the corporation are as follows:

            Name                             RESIDENCE                              POST OFFICE ADDRESS
            ----                             ---------                              -------------------
James A. Blair                           9 West 50th Street,                    33 Wall Street,
                                         Manhattan, New York City               Manhattan, New York City

James G. Cannon                          72 East 54th Street,                   14 Nassau Street,
                                         Manhattan New York City                Manhattan, New York City

E. C. Converse                           3 East 78th Street,                    139 Broadway,
                                         Manhattan, New York City               Manhattan, New York City

Henry P. Davison                         Englewood,                             2 Wall Street,
                                         New Jersey                             Manhattan, New York City

Granville W. Garth                       160 West 57th Street,                  33 Wall Street
                                         Manhattan, New York City               Manhattan, New York City

A. Barton Hepburn                        205 West 57th Street                   83 Cedar Street
                                         Manhattan, New York City               Manhattan, New York City

William Logan                            Montclair,                             13 Nassau Street
                                         New Jersey                             Manhattan, New York City

George W. Perkins                        Riverdale,                             23 Wall Street,
                                         New York                               Manhattan, New York City

William H. Porter                        56 East 67th Street                    270 Broadway,
                                         Manhattan, New York City               Manhattan, New York City

John F. Thompson                         Newark,                                143 Liberty Street,
                                         New Jersey                             Manhattan, New York City


Albert H. Wiggin                         42 West 49th Street,                   214 Broadway,
                                         Manhattan, New York City               Manhattan, New York City

Samuel Woolverton                        Mount Vernon,                          34 Wall Street,
                                         New York                               Manhattan, New York City

Edward F.C. Young                        85 Glenwood Avenue,                    1 Exchange Place,
                                         Jersey City, New Jersey                Jersey City, New Jersey

V. The existence of the corporation shall be perpetual.

VI. The subscribers, the members of the said corporation, do, and each for himself does, hereby declare that he will accept the responsibilities and faithfully discharge the duties of a director therein, if elected to act as such, when authorized accordance with the provisions of the Banking Law of the State of New York.

VII. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than 10 nor more than 25."

4. The foregoing restatement of the organization certificate was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a meeting held on July 21, 1998.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.

James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.

Managing Director and Secretary

Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen

State of New York                   )
                                    )  ss:
County of New York                  )

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this
6th day of August, 1998.

Sandra L. West
Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8007 OF THE BANKING LAW," dated August 6, 1998, providing for the restatement of the Organization Certificate and all amendments into a single certificate.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York,

this 31ST day of AUGUST in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and NINETY-EIGHT.

Manuel Kursky
DEPUTY Superintendent of Banks

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE


OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law


We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock."

is hereby amended to read as follows:

"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock."


5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this

25th day of September, 1998

                                                    James T. Byrne, Jr.
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                    James T. Byrne, Jr.
                                             Managing Director and Secretary

                                                      Lea Lahtinen
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                      Lea Lahtinen
                                          Vice President and Assistant Secretary

State of New York                   )
                                    )  ss:
County of New York                  )

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 25th day
of September, 1998

Sandra L. West
Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 2000


State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW," dated December 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,627,308,670 consisting of 212,730,867 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York,

this 18TH day of DECEMBER in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and NINETY-EIGHT.

P. Vincent Conlon
Deputy Superintendent of Banks

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law


We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock."

is hereby amended to read as follows:

"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Million, Three Hundred Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,627,308,670), divided into Two Hundred Twelve Million, Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty- Seven (212,730,867) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock."


5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this

16th day of December, 1998

                                                   James T. Byrne, Jr.
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                   James T. Byrne, Jr.
                                          Managing Director and Secretary

                                                   Lea Lahtinen
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                   Lea Lahtinen
                                          Vice President and Assistant Secretary

State of New York                   )
                                    )  ss:
County of New York                  )

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 16th day
of December, 1998

Sandra L. West
Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 2000


Legal Title of Bank:                                                        Bankers Trust CompanyCall Date:    08/14/01
                                                                            State#:                            36-4840
                                                                            FFIEC 031

Address:                   130 Liberty Street        Vendor ID:  D          Cert#: 00623    Page RC-1
City, State    ZIP:        New York, NY  10006       Transit#:   21001003

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CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS BANKS FOR JUNE 30, 2001

All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET

                                                                   Dollar Amounts in Thousands   RCFD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASSETS                                                                                           / / / / / / / / / / / / /
  1.    Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):                 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
         a.   Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1) ...........                 0081        1,456,000         1.a.
         b.   Interest-bearing balances (2) ....................................                 0071          433,000         1.b.
  2.    Securities:                                                                              / / / / / / / / / / / / /
         a.   Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .......                 1754                0         2.a.
         b.   Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)......                 1773          132,000         2.b.
  3.    Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell..                 1350        4,733,000         3.
  4.    Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C): ............                 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
         a.   Loans and leases held for sale ...................................                 5369                0         4.a.
         b.   Loans and leases, net unearned income.............................B528 16,489,000  / / / / / / / / / / / / /     4.b.
         c.   LESS:   Allowance for loan and lease losses ......................3123    431,000  / / / / / / / / / / / / /     4.c.
         d.   Loans and leases, net of unearned income and                                       / / / / / / / / / / / / /
              allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c) ...................................                 B529       16,058,000         4.d.
  5.   Trading Assets (from schedule RC-D)  ....................................                 3545       13,617,000         5.
  6.   Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ................                 2145          580,000         6.
  7.   Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) ............................                 2150          104,000         7.
  8.   Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
       (from Schedule RC-M)                                                                      2130        2,733,000         8.
  9.   Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ............                 2155          163,000         9.
 10.   Intangible assets .......................................................                 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
        a.   Goodwill...........................................................                 3163           55,000         10.a
        b.   Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)                                        0426            9,000         10.b
 11.   Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) .......................................                 2160        2,589,000         11.
 12.   Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) ................................                 2170       42,662,000         12.


(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.

Legal Title of Bank:                                                                     Bankers Trust Company   Call Date: 05/15/01
Address:              130 Liberty Street     Vendor ID:    D            Cert#:   00623      FFIEC  031           State#:      364840
City, State Zip:      New York, NY  10006    Transit#:     21001003                         Page  RC-2

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SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED

                                                     DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIABILITIES
13.    Deposits:                                                                                 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
       a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from
          Schedule RC-E, part I)                                                                 RCON 2200  11,636,000      13.a.
            (1)  Noninterest-bearing(1) ............................    RCON 6631  2,804,000     / / / / / / / / / / / / /  13.a.(1)
            (2)  Interest-bearing ..................................    RCON 6636  8,832,000     / / / / / / / / / / / / /  13.a.(2)
       b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and
          IBFs (from Schedule RC-E part II)                                                      RCFN 2200   9,412,000      13.b.
            (1)   Noninterest-bearing ..............................    RCFN 6631  1,087,000     / / / / / / / / / / / / /  13.b.(1)
            (2)   Interest-bearing .................................    RCFN 6636  8,325,000     / / / / / / / / / / / / /  13.b.(2)
14.    Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements
       to repurchase                                                                             RCFD 2800   7,238,000      14.
15.    Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D).....................                             RCFD 3548   2,670,000      15.
16.    Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and
       obligations under capitalized leases):                                                    / / / / / / / / / / / / /
            (from Schedule RC-M):                                                                RCFD 3190   1,746,000      16. A548
17.    Not Applicable.                                                                           / / / / / / / / / / / / /  17.
18.    Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ....                             RCFD 2920     163,000      18.
19.    Subordinated notes and debentures (2)........................                             RCFD 3200     264,000      19.
20.    Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G).......................                             RCFD 2930   2,252,000      20.
21.    Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)...............                             RCFD 2948  35,381,000      21.
22.    Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries                                            RCFD 3000     608,000      22.
                                                                                                 / / / / / / / / / / /
EQUITY CAPITAL                                                                                   / / / / / / / / / / /
23.    Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ...............                             RCFD 3838   1,500,000      23.
24.    Common stock ................................................                             RCFD 3230   2,127,000      24.
25.    Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ....                             RCFD 3839     584,000      25.
26.    a.   Retained earnings ......................................                             RCFD 3632   2,577,000      26.a.
       b.   Accumulated other comprehensive Income (3) .............                             RCFD B530    (115,000)     26.b.
27.    Other equity capital components (4) .........................                             RCFD A130           0      27.
28.    Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)............                             RCFD 3210   6,673,000      28.
29.    Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital
       (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)................................                             RCFD 3300  42,662,000      29.

Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.

1.       Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that
         best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed
         for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during                      Number
         2000 ......................................................                 RCFD 6724     N/A       M.1

1    =   Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance         5    =  Directors' examination of the bank performed by other
         with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified             external auditors (may be required by state
         public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank             chartering authority)

2    =   Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company        6    =  Review of the bank's financial statements by external
         conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing               auditors
         standards by a certified public accounting firm which
         submits a report on the consolidated holding company          7    =  Compilation of the bank's financial statements by
         (but not on the bank separately)                                      external auditors

3    =   Attestation on bank management's assertion on the             8    =  Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation
         effectiveness of the bank's internal control over financial           work)
         reporting by a certified public accounting firm
                                                                       9    =  No external audit work
4    =   Directors' examination of the bank conducted in
         accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
         by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by
         state chartering authority)


(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.

(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.

(3) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, and minimum pension liability adjustments.

(4) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Plan shares.


Exhibit 25.2

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM T - 1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST
INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION
DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) _________

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

13-3781471
(I. R. S. Employer
Identification No.)

     100 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, NY                                      10005
(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)

FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President
U.S. Bank Trust National Association
100 Wall Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: (212) 361-2505

J. P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

            DELAWARE                                         13-2624428
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I. R. S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

270 PARK AVENUE                                                   10017
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)

DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED SECURITIES, GUARANTEES


Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.

Furnish the following information as to the trustee - -

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

         Name                       Address
Comptroller of the Currency         Washington, D. C.

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

Item 16.            LIST OF EXHIBITS.

         Exhibit 1.     Articles of Association of U.S. Bank Trust National
                        Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                        1 of Form T-1, Registration No. 022-22485.

         Exhibit 2.     Certificate of Authority to Commence Business for First
                        Trust of New York, National Association now known as
                        U.S. Bank Trust National Association, incorporated
                        herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of Form T-1,
                        Registration No. 022-22485.

         Exhibit 3.     Authorization to exercise corporate trust powers for
                        U.S. Bank Trust National Association, incorporated
                        herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of Form T-1,
                        Registration No. 022-22485.

         Exhibit 4.     By-Laws of U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
                        incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Form
                        T-1, Registration No. 022-22485.

         Exhibit 5.     Not applicable.

         Exhibit 6.     Consent of First Trust of New York, National Association
                        now known as U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
                        required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated
                        herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1,
                        Registration No. 022-22485.

         Exhibit 7.     Report of Condition of U.S. Bank Trust National
                        Association, as of the close of business on June 30,
                        2001, published pursuant to law or the requirements of
                        its supervising or examining authority.

         Exhibit 8.     Not applicable.

         Exhibit 9.     Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 12th day of October, 2001.

U.S. BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:   /s/   Patrick J. Crowley
     -----------------------------------
         Patrick J. Crowley
         Vice President


Exhibit 7

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AS OF 6/30/2001

($000'S)

                                                                     6/30/2001
                                                                     ---------
ASSETS
     Cash and Due From Depository Institutions                        $ 71,287
     Fixed Assets                                                          459
     Intangible Assets                                                  52,475
     Other Assets                                                       12,767
                                                                      --------
         TOTAL ASSETS                                                 $126,988


LIABILITIES
     Other Liabilities                                                $ 10,979
                                                                      --------
     TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                $ 10,979

EQUITY
     Common and Preferred Stock                                       $  1,000
     Surplus                                                           120,932
     Undivided Profits                                                (5,9239)
                                                                      --------
         TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                         $116,009

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL                                  $126,988

To the best of the undersigned's determination, as of this date the above financial information is true and correct.

U.S. Bank Trust National Association

By:   /s/ Patrick J. Crowley
      -----------------------------
      Vice President

Date:  October 12, 2001