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| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 | | OMB APPROVAL | | OMB Number: | 3235-0104 | | Expires: | February 28, 2011 | | Estimated average burden | | hours per response | 0.5 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., 270 PARK AVENUE | |
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/30/2008 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BEAR STEARNS COMPANIES INC
[BSC]
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | X | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | | Vice President |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
| 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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6.15% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (BSC-PE)
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0
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D
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5.72% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F (BSC-PF)
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0
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D
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5.49% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G (BSC-PG)
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0
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
| 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| Anthony J. Horan, under POA for David HC Brigstocke | 06/09/2008 | | ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | | Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | | * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). | | ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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EX-24
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.
Power of Attorney
For Preparing, Signing and Filing Certain Reports with the SEC
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS , that the undersigned in his or her capacity as an officer or director of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ("Bear Stearns") hereby constitutes and appoints each of Stephen M. Cutler, Anthony J. Horan, Neila B. Radin and Carin S. Reddish, signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with transactions in Bear Stearns securities (a) any and all forms of report, including amendments to such reports, required to be made pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and related rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and (b) any documents or reports which may be required under SEC Rule 144 to permit the undersigned to sell Bear Stearns securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act'') in reliance on Rule 144 as amended from time to time;
(2) apply for Edgar codes on behalf of the undersigned to enable electronic filings with the SEC;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable for the preparation and timely filing of any such reports, documents and reports with the SEC, any United States stock exchange, and any other authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers hereby granted. The undersigned acknowledges that none of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with either the Exchange Act or the 1933 Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of June 4, 2008.
/s/ David HC Brigstocke
David HC Brigstocke
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