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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 14,
1995
J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-5885 13-2625764
(State or other juris- (Commission (IRS Employer
diction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
60 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10260-
0060
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip
Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 483-
2323
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On December 14, 1995, the Registrant issued a press
release
announcing that Michael E. Patterson has been named a
vice chairman
of the global banking firm. A copy of such press
release is filed
herein as Exhibit 99.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial Statements
NONE.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information
NONE.
(c) Exhibits
99. Copy of press release of J.P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated dated December 14, 1995.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED
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(REGISTRANT)
/s/ PATRICIA A. JONES
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NAME: PATRICIA A. JONES
TITLE: MANAGING DIRECTOR
DATE: December 15, 1995
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 99 - Press release of J.P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated
dated December 14, 1995.
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Exhibit 99
December 14, 1995
Michael E. Patterson elected to Board of Directors
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J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated announced today that Michael
E. Patterson has been named a vice chairman of the global banking
firm.
Mr. Patterson, 53, has served as MorganOs chief
administrative officer since November 1994 and earlier was
General Counsel. The Board of Directors elected him vice
chairman and a director at its regular meeting yesterday.
Mr. Patterson joined Morgan as General Counsel in 1987,
having previously been a partner in the New York law firm
Debevoise & Plimpton, where he worked for 18 years, including
five years in its Paris office. Prior to that, he was a law
clerk to Hon. Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia, and to Hon. Potter Stewart of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
A graduate of Harvard College (1964) and Columbia University
Law School (1967), Mr. Patterson is a trustee of Columbia
University, president of the Board of Trustees of The Child
School in New York, and a member of the advisory board of the
Trust for Public Land. He is vice chairman of the French
American Foundation and Treasurer of the American Ditchley
Foundation.
As previously announced, Rodney B. Wagner, 64, vice
chairman, will retire from Morgan and the Board at the end of
January.
J.P. Morgan is a global banking firm that specializes in
serving the complex financial needs of government, corporate, and
private clients worldwide.
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