Bear Stearns Announces Special Stockholder Meeting
28 4월 2008 - 10:12PM
Business Wire
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) today announced that a
special shareholders meeting will be held on Thursday, May 29,
2008, to consider approval and adoption of the agreement and plan
of merger between Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase & Co. dated
March 16, 2008, as amended. Stockholders of record at the close of
business on April 18, 2008, will be entitled to notice of, and to
vote at, the special meeting. The special meeting will be held at
Bear Stearns� global headquarters located at 383 Madison Avenue,
2nd Floor, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., local time. The Bear
Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) serves governments,
corporations, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company's
core business lines include institutional equities, fixed income,
investment banking, global clearing services, asset management, and
private client services. For additional information about Bear
Stearns, please visit the firm's website at www.bearstearns.com.
Certain statements contained in this release are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to
differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: the
ability to obtain governmental and self-regulatory organization
approvals of the merger on the proposed terms and schedule and any
changes to regulatory agencies� outlook on, responses to and
actions and commitments taken in connection with the merger and the
agreements and arrangements related thereto. For a discussion of
the additional risks and uncertainties that may affect Bear
Stearns� future results, please see: (1) "Risk Factors" in Bear
Stearns' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30,
2007, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" and "Risk Management" filed as Exhibit
13 to Bear Stearns� Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
November 30, 2007; (2) similar sections of Bear Stearns� quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, which have been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (�SEC�); and (3) �Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" filed as
an Exhibit to Bear Stearns� Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the SEC on April 11, 2008. Additional Information In connection
with the proposed merger, on April 11, 2008, JPMorgan Chase &
Co. filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that
included a preliminary proxy statement of Bear Stearns that also
constitutes a preliminary prospectus of JPMorgan Chase. On April 24
and 25, 2008, JPMorgan Chase filed with the SEC amendments to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4. Bear Stearns will mail the
definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders. JPMorgan
Chase and Bear Stearns urge investors and security holders to read
the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed merger
because it contains important information. You may obtain these
documents, free of charge, from Bear Stearns� website
(www.bearstearns.com) under the heading �Investor Relations� and
then under the tab �SEC Filings.� You may also obtain these
documents, free of charge, from JPMorgan Chase�s website
(www.jpmorganchase.com) under the tab �Investor Relations� and then
under the heading �Financial Information� then under the item �SEC
Filings�. You may also obtain copies of all documents filed with
the SEC regarding this transaction, free of charge, at the SEC�s
website (www.sec.gov). Participants in the Solicitation Bear
Stearns, JPMorgan Chase and their respective directors, executive
officers and certain other members of management and employees may
be soliciting proxies from Bear Stearns stockholders in favor of
the merger. Information regarding the persons who may, under the
rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the
Bear Stearns stockholders in connection with the proposed merger is
set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus. You can find
information about Bear Stearns� executive officers and directors in
its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended November 30,
2007 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2008. You can find information
about JPMorgan Chase�s executive officers and directors in its
definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 30, 2007.
You can obtain free copies of these documents from JPMorgan Chase
and Bear Stearns as set forth above.
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