To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (3506 ) 7/30/2002 3:43:26 PM From: Sully- Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 89467 JPMorgan Achieves No.1 Market Share in Structured Finance NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2002--JPMorgan announced that it achieved the number one market position based on number of issues, with a 16% share, as trustee for all new U.S. issues of asset-backed securities for the first-half of 2002, according to statistics accumulated by Asset Backed Alert (www.ABAlert.com). The number one ranking was for 63 issues representing $34 billion in asset-backed securitizations. In the same period one year ago, JPMorgan was ranked fourth, with a market share of 13%. "We are quite pleased to have achieved this number one ranking," said Joseph Giordano, senior vice president and global head of JPMorgan's structured finance services business in New York. "Our mandate win rate is a direct result of our heightened investment in leading-edge technology solutions, which have made our service platform very desirable for asset-backed issuers." Contributing to the overall number one ranking were JPMorgan's category leadership in home equity, auto and manufactured housing securitizations. 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, 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. For more information, visit jpmorganchase.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York Keri Branin, 212/946-3195 keri.branin@jpmorgan.combiz.yahoo.com