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Forum Survey
NYSSA Member Interest in Bear Stearns
Acquisition Terms
May 8, 2008 Survey
Following are the questions and responses, as percentages of
total answers, in a survey of members of the
New York Society of Security Analysts (“NYSSA”). The survey was
initiated by email shortly before noon on May 8, 2008, distributed to a
sampling of NYSSA members requesting an anonymous “2 minute” response on a
linked web site “to better understand your interest” in the proposed
JPMorgan acquisition of Bear Stearns. There had been no previous NYSSA
reports to members, either by email or on its web site, relating to the
Shareholder Forum program or its planned May 14 open meeting to address the
Bear Stearns situation, and the reference to the meeting in the survey
request was limited to the request for feedback “so that we will be able to
use your input in our planning.”
1. Do you have an investment interest in either of these companies, as an
existing or prospective holder of its stock?
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Yes |
No |
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Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) |
29.5% |
64.8% |
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JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) |
45.5% |
50.0% |
2. Do you have a professional research interest in the securities of
either of these companies?
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Yes |
No |
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Bear Stearns |
44.3% |
53.4% |
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JPMorgan Chase |
47.7% |
50.0% |
3. Would you like to see alternative terms for JP Morgan’s acquisition of
Bear Stearns?
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Yes |
No |
Indifferent |
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42.05% |
20.45% |
37.50% |
4. Would you want to be informed of proposals for alternative terms that
may be considered by JPMorgan or by a court resolving shareholder
litigation?
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Yes |
No |
Indifferent |
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68.18% |
13.64% |
18.18% |
5. Would you want to participate in the process of defining proposed
alternative terms?
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Yes |
No |
Indifferent |
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21.59% |
55.68% |
22.73% |
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