On Monday July 7th, 2008 Shareholders of JP Morgan Chase & Co. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co have filed a joint motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking preliminary approval to a settlement in a lawsuit over J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s 2004 merger with Bank One Corp. A final settlement hearing will be held before Judge David H. Coar on October 30, 2008 to determine whether the settlement should be approved by the Court. The complaints alleged that defendants negligently failed to disclose that, during the merger negotiations, William B. Harrison, the then-CEO of JPMC, rejected an offer from Mr. Dimon, the then-CEO of Bank One, to merge the companies for no premium if Mr. Dimon could become the CEO of the combined company immediately upon completion of the merger. Defendants deny the allegation that Mr. Dimon made any such offer and maintain that all material facts regarding the merger were disclosed in the proxy statement.