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Published on 5/28/2008 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: JPMorgan prices $3.15 million buffered return enhanced notes linked to five Asian indexes

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., May 28 - JPMorgan Chase & Co. priced $3.15 million of 0% buffered return enhanced notes due June 11, 2009 linked to a basket of indexes, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 index with a 28% weight, the Korea Stock Price Index 200 with a 26.5% weight, the MSCI Taiwan index with a 21% weight, the Amex Hong Kong 30 index with a 16.5% weight and the MSCI Singapore index with an 8% weight.

The payout at maturity will be par plus double any basket gain, capped at a maximum return of 19.5%. Investors will receive par if the basket declines by 10% or less and will lose 1.1111% for each 1% decline beyond 10%.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. is the agent.

Issuer:JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Issue:Buffered return enhanced notes
Underlying indexes:FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (28% weight), Korea Stock Price Index 200 (26.5% weight), MSCI Taiwan (21% weight), Amex Hong Kong 30 (16.5% weight) and MSCI Singapore (8% weight)
Amount:$3,151,000
Maturity:June 11, 2009
Coupon:0%
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:Par plus double any basket gain, capped at maximum return of 19.5%; par if basket falls by 10% or less; 1.1111% loss for each 1% decline beyond 10%
Initial index levels:For Amex Hong Kong 30, 1,280.76; for FTSE/Xinhua China 25, 22,460.46; for Kospi 200, 234.14; for MSCI Singapore, 383.46; for MSCI Taiwan, 337.7
Final index levels:For each index, the average of its closing levels on June 2, June 3, June 4, June 5 and June 8 of 2009
Pricing date:May 23
Settlement date:May 29
Agent:J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Fees:1.5%, including 0.75% for selling concessions

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