Notice re: Bear Stearns Warrant & Certificate Prog

 

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RNS Number : 0563O 
JPMorgan Chase & Co 
27 February 2009 
 

NOTICE OF THE SUBSTITUTION OF AN ISSUER 
The Bear Stearns Companies LLC (formerly known as The Bear Stearns Companies 
Inc.) 
Bear Stearns Bank plc 
 
 Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings, Ltd. 
 
 Warrant and Certificate Programme 
 
 
To the holders (the "Holders") of each series of warrants and certificates 
outstanding on the date of this notice (the "Securities") issued by Bear Stearns 
Global Asset Holdings, Ltd.  (the "Original Issuer") pursuant to: 
 
 
(i)    the terms of the applicable Relevant Securities Agreement (as defined in 
the Schedule hereto); and 
(ii)the Warrant Programme of The Bear Stearns Companies LLC (formerly known as 
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. and referred to in this notice as "TBSCL") and 
Bear Stearns Bank plc ("BS Bank") (the "Warrant Programme"), or the Warrant and 
Certificate Programme of TBSCL, BS Bank and the Original Issuer (the "Warrant 
and Certificate Programme"), as the case may be (the Warrant Programme and the 
Warrant and Certificate Programme together shall be referred to herein as the 
"Programme"): 
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of each series of Securities, BS Bank (the 
"Substitute Issuer") has agreed, at the request of the Original Issuer, to enter 
into a Deed Poll 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 Securities issued by the Original Issuer. 
The Original Issuer hereby gives notice of the Issuer Substitution to the 
Holders, which shall take effect on or around 02 March 2009. 
The Deed Poll shall, upon execution, be available for viewing at the offices of 
the Principal Security Agent specified below. 
The Original Issuer hereby gives notice to the Holders that the terms and 
conditions of each series of Securities shall be amended pursuant to the 
provisions of a letter agreement to be dated on or around 02 March 2009 such 
that the requirement upon the Issuer to provide prior notice to Holders in 
respect of a substitution of Issuer shall be removed. The letter agreement 
shall, upon execution, be available for viewing at the offices of the Principal 
Security Agent specified below. 
Principal Security Agent 
The Bank of New York Mellon 
One Canada 
Square 
London E14 5AL 
United Kingdom 
 
 
Dated: 27 February 2009 
 
                                    SCHEDULE 
Each of the following agreements shall be a "Relevant Securities Agreement" for 
the purposes of this notice: 
(i)          the Master Warrant Agreement dated 13 February 1998 between, inter 
alios, TBSCL, BS Bank and Bear, Stearns International Limited ("Calculation 
Agent"); 
(ii)         the amended and restated Master Warrant Agreement dated 16 December 
1999, between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank and the Calculation Agent; 
(iii)        the first supplemental Master Warrant Agreement dated 6 July 2001, 
between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank and the Calculation Agent; 
(iv)        the second supplemental Master Warrant Agreement dated 14 August 
2002, between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank and the Calculation Agent; 
(v)         the third supplemental Master Warrant Agreement dated 3 March 2004, 
between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank and the Calculation Agent; 
(vi)        the fourth supplemental Master Warrant Agreement dated 24 March 
2005, between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank and the Calculation Agent; 
(vii)       the amended and restated Master Securities Agreement dated 16 May 
2006, between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank, the Original Issuer and the 
Calculation Agent; and 
(viii)      the amended and restated Master Securities Agreement dated 21 May 
2007, between, inter alios, TBSCL, BS Bank, the Original Issuer and the 
Calculation Agent; 
each executed in connection with the Programme. 
 
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