THUNDER SPONSOR TO GIVE AWAY LIMITED EDITION PIN

2005-04-14T20:13:47

Limited-edition Chase Thunder Pin free at branches in Louisville & Southern Indiana

Chase will say Hello to Bank One customers on April 18 with free limited-edition metal Chase Thunder Pins for the first 10,000 people who visit one of 47 Chase branches in the Louisville metro area.

It's part of the celebration as more than 1,000 signs at Bank One's 72 Kentucky and Southern Indiana branches are changed to Chase, the consumer and commercial banking brand of JPMorgan Chase & Co.  The change is occurring as a result of last year's merger of the parent companies.

The limited-edition Chase Thunder Pin works just like a Pegasus Pin, good for entry into dozens of Kentucky Derby Festival events.

"This is our way of giving back to people in our community, along with sponsoring Thunder Over Louisville," said Todd Munson, President of Chase Kentucky. "We expect the Chase Thunder Pin to become a real collector's item, as well as allow people to enjoy Derby Festival events."

Thunder Over Louisville is the largest single-day event in the region.  The 2005 show, themed "Thunder ROCKS," is scheduled for Saturday, April 23 and will be the sixteenth annual production.  The 2005 show  is sponsored by Caesars Indiana, Chase, Ford Motor Company, and UPS. 

Chase in Kentucky means:

 "We're saying hello to a respected name in financial services and building on our 151-year tradition in Louisville of helping customers reach their financial goals," Munson said."We are proud of our Bank One legacy, and we are even prouder of our move to a brand steeped in tradition in our country's banking history."

Chase operates 72 branches and has 2,800 employees in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.2 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and businesses, financial transaction processing, asset and wealth management, and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has its corporate headquarters in New York and its U.S. consumer and commercial banking headquarters in Chicago. Under the JPMorgan, Chase and Bank One brands, the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. Information about the firm is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.