Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 165-A-I dated May 1, 2009

Term sheet to
Product Supplement No. 165-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated July 13, 2010; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

      JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$
Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR due August 17, 2020

General

Key Terms

Maturity Date:

August 17, 2020

Interest:

With respect to each Interest Period, for each $1,000 principal amount note, the interest payment will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 × Interest Rate × (the actual number of days in the Interest Period/360).

Interest Rate:

With respect to each Initial Interest Period (which we expect to be from August 17, 2010 through but excluding August 17, 2011), a rate equal to 4.00% per annum.

With respect to each Interest Period thereafter, a rate per annum calculated on the applicable Interest Payment Date by the calculation agent, with five ten-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards as follows:

Minimum Interest Rate + [Interest Factor ×(Variable Days/Actual Days)], where

“Actual Days” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the actual number of days in the Interest Period.

“Variable Days” is the actual number of calendar days during such Interest Period on which the Accrual Provision is satisfied.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case will the Interest Rate for any quarterly Interest Period be less than the Minimum Interest Rate of 0.00% per annum or greater than the Maximum Interest Rate of 7.00% per annum.

Minimum Interest Rate:

0.00% per annum

Maximum Interest Rate: 7.00% per annum

Initial Interest Rate:

4.00% per annum

Interest Factor:

With respect to each Interest Period, an amount per annum equal to 3-Month USD LIBOR plus 1.50% as determined on each applicable Determination Date. The notes may not bear the Interest Rate associated with the Interest Factor. The Interest Rate will depend on the number of calendar days during any given Interest Period on which the Accrual Provision is satisfied.

Range:

The Range is as follows:

  Low End
  0.00%
to High End
  7.00%

Accrual Provision:

For each Interest Period (other than an Initial Interest Period), the Accrual Provision shall be deemed to have been satisfied on each calendar day during such Interest Period on which 3-Month USD LIBOR, in each case as determined on the Accrual Determination Date relating to such calendar day, is less than or equal to the High End of the Range and greater than or equal to the Low End of the Range. If 3-Month USD LIBOR, determined on any Accrual Determination Date relating to a calendar day, is greater than the High End of the Range or less than the Low End of the Range, then the Accrual Provision shall be deemed not to have been satisfied for such calendar day.

Accrual Determination Date:

For each calendar day during each Interest Period (other than an Initial Interest Period), two Business Days prior to such calendar day; provided, however that if such calendar day is not a Business Day, the Accrual Determination Date will be the third Business Day immediately preceding such calendar day. For example, if the applicable calendar day was a Saturday or Sunday, the Accrual Determination Date would be the Wednesday preceding such calendar day (i.e., the third Business Day immediately preceding such calendar day), assuming Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were each Business Days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all calendar days in an Exclusion Period, the Accrual Determination Date will be the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.

Determination Date:

The second Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Period (other than an Initial Interest Period).

Exclusion Period:

The period commencing on the sixth Business Day prior to but excluding each Interest Payment Date.

3-Month USD LIBOR:

3-Month USD LIBOR refers to the London Interbank Offer Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars with a Designated Maturity of 3 months that appears on the Reuters page “LIBOR01” (or any successor page) under the heading “3Mo” at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the applicable Determination Date or Accrual Determination Date, as determined by the calculation agent. If on any calendar day, 3-Month USD LIBOR cannot be determined by reference to Reuters page “LIBOR01” (or any successor page), then the calculation agent will determine 3-Month USD LIBOR in accordance with the procedures set forth under “Description of Notes — Interest — The Underlying Rates — LIBOR Rate” in the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I.

Initial Interest Periods:

The period beginning on and including the issue date of the notes and ending on but excluding the first Interest Payment Date and each successive period beginning on and including an Interest Payment Date and ending on but excluding August 17, 2011.

Interest Periods:

The period beginning on and including the issue date of the notes and ending on but excluding the first Interest Payment Date and each successive period beginning on and including an Interest Payment Date and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

Interest Payment Dates:

Interest, if any, will be payable quarterly in arrears on the 17th calendar day of February, May, August and November (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 17, 2010, to and including the Maturity Date. If an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment will be made on the immediately following Business Day, provided that any interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, as postponed, will accrue to but excluding such Interest Payment Date, as postponed, and the next Interest Period, if applicable, will commence on such Interest Payment Date, as postponed.

Payment at Maturity:

On the Maturity Date, you will receive your initial investment in the notes back plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

London Business Day:

Any day other than a day on which banking institutions in London, England are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Business Day:

Any day other than a day on which banking institutions in London, England or The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close or a day on which transactions in U.S. dollars are not conducted.

CUSIP:

48124AWF0

Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 165-A-I dated May 1, 2009

Term sheet to
Product Supplement No. 165-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated July 13, 2010; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

 

     

Investing in the Range Accrual Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-11 of the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page TS-2 of this term sheet.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which this term sheet relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents relating to this offering that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has filed with the SEC for more complete information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. and this offering. You may get these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, JPMorgan Chase & Co., any agent or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus, the prospectus supplement, product supplement no. 165-A-I and this term sheet if you so request by calling toll-free 866-535-9248.

You may revoke your offer to purchase the notes at any time prior to the time at which we accept such offer by notifying the applicable agent. We reserve the right to change the terms of, or reject any offer to purchase the notes prior to their issuance. In the event of any changes to the terms of the notes, we will notify you and you will be asked to accept such changes in connection with your purchase. You may also choose to reject such changes in which case we may reject your offer to purchase.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the notes or passed upon the accuracy or the adequacy of this term sheet, the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I or the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


 

Price to Public(1)

Fees and Commissions (2)

Proceeds to Us


Per note

$1,000

$

$


Total

$

$

$


(1)

The price to the public includes the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes.

(2)

If the notes priced today, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., which we refer to as JPMSI, acting as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., would receive a commission of approximately $32.50 per $1,000 principal amount note and would use a portion of that commission to pay selling concessions to other unaffiliated or affiliated dealers of approximately $20.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. This commission includes the projected profits that our affiliates expect to realize, some of which may be allowed to other unaffiliated dealers, for assuming risks inherent in hedging our obligations under the notes. The actual commission received by JPMSI may be more or less than $32.50 and will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. In no event will the commission received by JPMSI, which includes concessions to be allowed to other dealers, exceed $40.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. See "Plan of Distribution" beginning on page PS-29 of the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I.

The agent for this offering, JPMSI, is an affiliate of ours. See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” on the last page of this term sheet.

The notes are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.

July 13, 2010

Additional Terms Specific to the Notes

You should read this term sheet together with the prospectus dated November 21, 2008, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008, relating to our Series E medium-term notes of which these notes are a part, and the more detailed information contained in product supplement no. 165-A-I dated May 1, 2009. This term sheet, together with the documents listed below, contains the terms of the notes and supersedes all other prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials including preliminary or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for implementation, sample structures, fact sheets, brochures or other educational materials of ours. You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in “Risk Factors” in the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I, as the notes involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities. We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisers before you invest in the notes.

You may access these documents on the SEC website at www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website):

Our Central Index Key, or CIK, on the SEC website is 19617. As used in this term sheet, the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refers to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Supplemental Information Relating to the Terms of the Notes

For purposes of the notes:

  1. Notwithstanding the description of Interest Rate in the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I, in no event will the Interest Rate be greater than the maximum Interest Rate of 7.00% per annum.

  2. The following sentence will replace the last sentence of the first paragraph under “General Terms of Notes — Payment Upon an Event of Default” in the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I:
    “In such case, interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in such adjusted Interest Period and will be based on (1) the Interest Rate on the Determination Date immediately preceding such adjusted Interest Period or (2) if such adjusted Interest Period falls within an Initial Interest Period, the Initial Interest Rate.”

Selected Purchase Considerations


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR

 TS-1

Selected Risk Considerations


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR

 TS-2

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR

 TS-3

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Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR

 TS-4

Hypothetical Interest Rates for an Interest Period other than an Initial Interest Period

The Interest Rate for each Initial Interest Period will be 4.00% per annum. The following table illustrates the Interest Factor determination for an Interest Period other than an Initial Interest Period, for a hypothetical range of performance for 3-Month USD LIBOR and reflects the spread of 1.50% per annum. See “Hypothetical Examples of Interest Rate Calculation” below for examples of how the Interest Factor is used in calculating the Interest Rate for an Interest Period. The hypothetical 3-Month USD LIBORs and interest payments set forth in the following examples are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual 3-Month USD LIBOR or interest payment applicable to a purchaser of the notes.

Hypothetical Examples of Interest Rate Calculation

The following examples illustrate how the hypothetical Interest Factors set forth in the table above are used in calculating the quarterly Interest Payment per $1,000 principal amount note and assume that each Interest Period is not an Initial Interest Period.

Example 1: 3-Month USD LIBOR is 3.00% on the Determination Date, there are 91 Actual Days in the Interest Period and 75 Variable Days in the Interest Period.

The Interest Factor is 4.50% per annum calculated as follows:

3.00% + 1.50% = 4.50%

The Interest Rate for such Interest Period is calculated as follows:

0.00% + [4.50% × (75/91)] = 3.71%

The quarterly Interest Payment per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 × 3.71% × (91/360) = $9.38

Example 2: 3-Month USD LIBOR is 8.00% on the Determination Date, there are 91 Actual Days in the Interest Period and 91 Variable Days in the Interest Period.

The Interest Factor is 9.50% per annum calculated as follows:

8.00% + 1.50% = 9.50%

The Interest Rate for such Interest Period is calculated as follows:

0.00% + [9.50% × (91/91)] = 9.50%  

Because the Interest Rate of 9.50% per annum is greater than the Maximum Interest Rate of 7.00% per annum, the Interest Rate for the Interest Period is 7.00% per annum.

The quarterly Interest Payment per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR

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$1,000 × 7.00% × (91/360) = $17.69

Example 3: 3-Month USD LIBOR is - -2.00% on the Determination Date, there are 91 Actual Days in the in the Interest Period and 85 Variable Days in the Interest Period.

The Interest Factor is -0.50% calculated as follows:

-2.00% + 1.50% = -0.50%

The Interest Rate for such Interest Period is calculated as follows:

0.00% + [-0.50% × (85/91)] = -4.67%  

Because the Interest Rate of -4.67% per annum is less than the Minimum Interest Rate of 0.00% per annum, the quarterly Interest Payment per $1,000 principal amount note is 0.00% per annum and you will not receive any interest for such Interest Period.

Historical Information

The following graph sets forth the daily historical performance of 3-Month USD LIBOR from January 4, 2000 through July 9, 2010. We obtained the rates used to construct the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Markets. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from Bloomberg Financial Markets.

3-Month USD LIBOR, as appeared on Reuters page “LIBOR01” at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time on July 9, 2010 was 0.52681%.

The historical rates should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to 3-Month USD LIBOR on any Determination Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of 3-Month USD LIBOR will result in any positive Interest Payments or a return of more than the principal amount of your notes plus the Initial Interest Payments.

Supplemental Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)

We own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding equity securities of JPMSI, the agent for this offering. The net proceeds received from the sale of notes will be used, in part, by JPMSI or one of its affiliates in connection with hedging our obligations under the notes. In accordance with NASD Rule 2720, JPMSI may not make sales in this offering to any of its discretionary accounts without the prior written approval of the customer. See “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page PS-29 of the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I.


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Range Accrual Notes Linked to 3-Month USD LIBOR

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