Notice re: Bear Stearns EMTN Programme

 

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RNS Number : 0553O 
JPMorgan Chase & Co 
27 February 2009 
 
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NOTICE OF THE SUBSTITUTION OF AN ISSUER AND THE GUARANTOR 
The Bear Stearns Companies LLC (formerly known as The Bear Stearns Companies 
Inc.) 
Bear Stearns Bank plc 
 
Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings, Ltd. 
 
 
Bear Stearns Caribbean Asset Holdings Ltd. 
 
Euro Medium Term Note Programme 
 
 
To the holders (the "Holders") of each series of notes outstanding on the date 
of this notice (the "Notes") of the relevant Issuer specified therein and issued 
pursuant to: 
(i)       the terms of the Trust Deed (as defined in the Fourteenth Supplemental 
Trust Deed (defined below)); and 
(ii)      the Euro Medium Term Note Programme of The Bear Stearns Companies LLC 
(formerly known as The Bear Stearns 
 

         Companies Inc. and referred 
to in this notice as the "Original Obligor"), Bear Stearns Bank plc ("Substitute 
Issuer"), 
 

         Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings, Ltd. ("Original 
Issuer") and Bear Stearns Caribbean Asset Holdings Ltd. 
 
("BSCAH"), unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Original Obligor 
(the "EMTN Programme"): 
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Trust Deed, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
(the "Substitute Obligor") has agreed, at the request of the Original Obligor 
and in accordance with the terms of the Trust Deed, to enter into a Fourteenth 
Supplemental Trust Deed to be dated on or around 27 February 2009 ("Fourteenth 
Supplemental Trust Deed") pursuant to which it shall assume all of the rights 
and obligations of the Original Obligor when acting in its capacity as issuer 
(the "Parent Issuer Substitution") and when acting in its capacity as guarantor 
("Guarantor Substitution"), in each case, under, pursuant to or, as the case may 
be, in respect of the Notes issued under the EMTN Programme. 
The Original Obligor hereby gives notice of the Parent Issuer Substitution and 
Guarantor Substitution to the Holders, which shall take effect on or around 27 
February 2009. 
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Trust Deed (as amended by the 
Fourteenth Supplemental Trust Deed), the Substitute Issuer has agreed, at the 
request of the Original Issuer, to enter into a Fifteenth Supplemental Trust 
Deed to be dated on or around 02 March 2009 pursuant to which the Substitute 
Issuer shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Original 
Issuer ("Issuer Substitution") under, pursuant to or, as the case may be, in 
respect of each series of Notes issued by the Original Issuer under the EMTN 
Programme. 
The Original Issuer hereby gives notice of the Issuer Substitution to the 
Holders, which shall take effect on or around 02 March 2009. 
The Fourteenth Supplemental Trust Deed in respect of the Parent Issuer 
Substitution and the Guarantor Substitution and the Fifteenth Supplemental Trust 
Deed in respect of the Issuer Substitution shall, upon execution, be available 
for viewing at the offices of the Trustee specified below. 
Trustee 
Citicorp Trustee Company Limited 
Citigroup Centre 
Canada 
Square 
Canary Wharf 
London E14 5LB 
 
 
This notice is given by the Original Obligor in respect of the Parent Issuer 
Substitution and the Guarantor Substitution and by the Original Issuer in 
respect of the Issuer Substitution. 
 
 
Dated: 27 February 2009 
 
 
 
 
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