JPMorgan Technology VP Dies in Fall From London Headquarters (1)

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A 39-year-old man died after falling from 's London headquarters, the city's Metropolitan Police said.

The man fell from 25 Bank Street in the Canary Wharf area onto a ninth floor roof, police said, having been called to the scene at 8:02 this morning. They are not treating the death as suspicious and no arrests have been made.

'We are reviewing a very sad incident at 25 Bank Street this morning,' said Jennifer Zuccarelli, a spokeswoman for JPMorgan in London. The building and the surrounding area is 'currently secure,' she said.

The 11-year-old skyscraper is 33 stories high, according to building-data provider Emporis. It was formerly the European headquarters of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which filed for the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2008.

JPMorgan took over the office and began moving investment banking staff over to the building in January 2012, according to the lender's website.

The bank declined to identify the man or say whether he worked for JPMorgan. The police are waiting for 'formal identification,' they said in an e-mailed statement.

To contact the reporter on this story: Ben Moshinsky in London at bmoshinsky@bloomberg.net

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