J.P. Morgan Chase Capital IX Quarterly Distribution

Business Wire, Sept 16, 2002

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2002

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and J.P. Morgan Chase Capital IX, a Delaware business trust subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., today announced that a quarterly distribution on the outstanding 7.50% Capital Securities, Series I (Liquidation amount $25 per Capital Security), of J.P. Morgan Chase Capital IX will be paid on October 31, 2002, in the amount of $0.468750 per Capital Security.

The distribution will be paid to holders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2002.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $741 billion and operations in more than 50 countries. With relationships with over 99% of the Fortune 1000 companies, the firm is a leader in investment banking, asset management, private banking, private equity, custody and transaction services, and retail and middle market financial services. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase is headquartered in New York and serves more than 30 million consumer customers and the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. Information about JPMorgan Chase is available on the internet at www.jpmorganchase.com.