JPMorgan Chase Announces Conversion of Bear Stearns Preferred Stock Into JPMorgan Chase...

NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced today that it completed the previously announced internal merger transaction, as a result of which each share of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.'s 6.15% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E, 5.72% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F and 5.49%

Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G was automatically converted into a newly issued share of JPMorgan Chase preferred stock having substantially identical terms to the corresponding series of Bear Stearns preferred stock (respectively, JPMorgan Chase's 6.15% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E, 5.72% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F and 5.49% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G). The depositary shares, each representing a one-fourth interest in a share of Bear Stearns preferred stock, will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange, but will instead represent a one-fourth interest in a share of JPMorgan Chase preferred stock and will trade under the following new symbols and CUSIP numbers.

JPMorgan Chase 6.15% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (JPMPRE: 46625H720)
JPMorgan Chase 5.72% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F (JPMPRF: 46625H712)
JPMorgan Chase 5.49% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G (JPMPRG: 46625H696)

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