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•Volunteerism. Around the globe, employees build
homes for people in need, work with children living in
homeless shelters, collect food and gifts at holiday time,
offer companionship to seniors, maintain our parks and
provide relief to victims of disasters.
•Workforce development. We help homeless people,
welfare recipients, individuals with disabilities, and
low-wage workers move toward economic and family
stability by supporting organizations like Project Match
and the hiring of individuals through the Chicago-based
Cara program.
•Hurricane relief. When Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf
Coast, we tracked down our employees, guaranteed
their jobs and provided funds to help them rebuild their
lives. We offered programs and services to customers
and communities, and let our competitors operate out of
our branches.
•Supporting employees serving in the military. We
recognize the hardships employees face when called to
active duty. Weare doing whatever we can to support
them by providing paid military leave, continuing most
benefits and ensuring their jobs are waiting for them
when they come home. Wedo not want to add financial
hardship to their great sacrifice.
•Protecting the environment. Wehave adopted a com-
prehensive policy that makes environmental awareness
part of our business model. We have tackled environ-
mental risk management and taken a leadership role to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We are looking for
ways to make our facilities more energy efficient and
reduce the amount of paper we use.
Of all these worthwhile efforts, the ones I find most person-
ally inspiring come from our employees. All over the world,
JPMorgan Chase employees of every nationality,race and
socioeconomic background give their time and put their
resources where their hearts are. They consistently stand
ready to support disaster relief around the world, whether
for victims of hurricanes in Louisiana, earthquakes in
Pakistan, floods in Mumbai or bombings in London.
Wetake our role as global corporate citizen seriously and
personally,and I hope that all of our employees are proud
of the work we collectively do around the world.
In closing, our progress would not have been possible with-
out tremendous dedication and talent at every level. Firstly,
Iwant to thank Bill Harrison for his vision, leadership and
great partnership. It has been an honor to work with him
throughout this complex merger. The experience has been
arewarding one for me personally. Bill’s openness, honesty,
maturity and experience are a great inspiration to me.
Ilook forward to his counsel and support in the future.
In addition, I thank our Board. Like this merger, our Board
has come together in a very effective way, and has provided
great advice and guidance to me and the management team.
Finally, I thank the employees of JPMorgan Chase for their
amazing efforts in . We have come a long way and
are well on the road to realizing the vast potential of this
company. An enormous amount of work remains, but I am
confident that by working together, we will build the best
financial services company in the world.
James Dimon
Chief Executive Officer
March , 