JPMorgan Healthcare Conference Media Advisory

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JPMorgan’s 23rd Annual Healthcare Conference will be held January 10-13, 2005, at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. JPMorgan’s premier conference is the healthcare industry’s largest and will feature more than 260 public and private companies over four days of simultaneous sessions. In addition, the conference will host topical panel discussions featuring leading industry experts.

For media registration, members of the press should contact Brian Marchiony 212-270-2596, brian.j.marchiony@jpmorgan.com. All JPMorgan Chase conferences are strictly for clients of the firm and by invitation only. Please contact your JPMorgan Chase representative for more details.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.1 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and businesses, financial transaction processing, asset and wealth management, and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has its corporate headquarters in New York and its U.S. retail financial services and commercial banking headquarters in Chicago. Under the JPMorgan, Chase and Bank One brands, the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. Information about the firm is available at http://www.jpmorganchase.com/.

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CONTACT: Brian Marchiony, +1-212-270-2596, orbrian.j.marchiony@jpmorgan.com of JPMorgan Chase