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 20, 2010; Rule 433

     

Structured 
Investments 

     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$
Capped Leveraged Floating Rate Notes Linked to the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate due July 30, 2015

General

Key Terms

Maturity Date:

July 30, 2015, or if such day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day.

Interest:

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

  $1,000 × Interest Rate

Interest Rate:

With respect to each Interest Period, a rate per annum calculated as the lesser of:
(a) the Minimum Rate plus the greater of (i) the Leverage Factor multiplied by the Spread and (ii) 0.00%; and
(b) the Maximum Rate. 

  In no event will the Interest Rate be greater than the Maximum Rate of 13.75% or less than the Minimum Rate of 1.00%.

CMS Rate:

The CMS Rate refers to the rate for U.S. Dollar swap with a Designated Maturity of 10 years that appears on Reuters page “ISDAFIX1” (or any successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Determination Date, as determined by the calculation agent. If on the applicable Determination Date, the CMS Rate cannot be determined by reference to Reuters page “ISDAFIX1” (or any successor page), then the calculation agent will determine the CMS Rate in accordance with the procedures set forth under Description of Notes — Interest — The Underlying Rates — CMS Rate” in the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I.

Spread:

CMS Rate minus 5.00%.

Determination Dates:

Two U.S. Government Securities Business Days immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

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 Date:

Interest on the notes will be payable annually in arrears on the 30th calendar day of July of each year, commencing July 30, 2011, to and including the Interest Payment Date corresponding to 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.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day:

Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.

Minimum Rate:

1.00% per annum

Maximum Rate:

13.75% per annum

Leverage Factor:

4.25

Payment at Maturity:

At maturity you will receive a cash payment for each $1,000 principal amount note of $1,000 plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

CUSIP:

48124AYW1

Investing in the Capped Leveraged Floating Rate 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 supplemental 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 supplemental 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 SEC 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 through one or more of our affiliates.

(2)

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., which we refer to as JPMSI, acting as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., will receive a commission of $5.00 per $1,000 principal amount note and may use a portion of that commission to pay selling concessions to other unaffiliated or affiliated dealers.  This commission includes the projected profits that our affiliates expect to realize, some of which will 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 $5.00 and will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. In no event will the commission received by JPMSI exceed $6.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. Please see “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page PS-15 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 pricing supplement.

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 20, 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 Rate of 13.75% 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 the Initial Interest Period, the Initial Interest Rate.”

Selected Purchase Considerations

Selected Risk Considerations

An investment in the notes involves significant risks. These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement no. 165-A-I dated May 1, 2009.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Capped Leveraged Floating Rate Notes Linked to the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate

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JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Capped Leveraged Floating Rate Notes Linked to the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate

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JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Capped Leveraged Floating Rate Notes Linked to the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate

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Hypothetical Examples of Calculation of the Interest Rate for an Interest Period

The following examples illustrate how to calculate the Interest Payment for an Interest Period. The hypothetical CMS Rates and Interest Rates set forth in the following examples are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual CMS Rates or Interest Rates for any Interest Period applicable to a purchaser of the notes. The numbers appearing in the following examples have been rounded for ease of analysis.

Example 1: The CMS Rate is 7.00%. Because the CMS Rate is 7.00%, the Interest Rate is calculated as follows:
1.00% + the greater of (i) [4.25 × (7.00% - 5.00%)] and (ii) 0.00% = 9.50% per annum

   The annual interest payment per $1,000 principal amount note is calculated as follows:
$1,000 × 9.50% = $95.00 

Example 2: The CMS Rate is 10.00% . Because the CMS Rate is 10.00%, and the Minimum Rate plus the greater of (i) [4.25 × (10.00% – 5.00%)] and (ii) 0.00% is 22.25%, which is greater than the Maximum Rate of 13.75% per annum, the Interest Rate is 13.75% per annum.

The annual interest payment per $1,000 principal amount note is calculated as follows:
$1,000 × 13.75% = $137.50

Example 3: The CMS Rate is 2.50%.
Because the CMS Rate is 2.50%, the Interest Rate is calculated as follows:
1.00% + the greater of (i) [4.25 × (2.50% - 5.00%)] and (ii) 0.00% = 1.00% per annum

The annual interest payment per $1,000 principal amount note is calculated as follows:
$1,000 × 1.00% = $10.00

Historical Information

The following graph sets forth the daily historical performance of the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate from January 3, 2005 through July 20, 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.

The 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate, as appeared on Reuters page “ISDAFIX1” at approximately 11:00am, New York City time on July 20, 2010 was 2.9603%.

The historical rates should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate on the Determination Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate will result in any positive interest payments or a return of more than the principal amount of your notes.

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.

Supplemental Underwriting Information

We expect that delivery of the notes will be made against payment for the notes on or about the settlement date set forth on the front cover of this pricing supplement, which is expected to be the fifth business day following the trade date of the notes. Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to that trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on the between the trade date and July 30, 2010, inclusive, will be required to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisers.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Capped Leveraged Floating Rate Notes Linked to the 10-Year U.S. Constant Maturity Swap Rate

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