Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 20-A-IV dated April 15, 2010

Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 20-A-IV
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated January 6, 2011; Rule 433

     

Structured 
Investments 

      $
Semi-Annual Review Notes Linked to the Russell 2000® Index due February 7, 2013

General

Key Terms

Index:

The Russell 2000® Index (the “Index”)

Automatic Call:

If the Index closing level on any Review Date is greater than or equal to the Call Level, the notes will be automatically called for a cash payment per note that will vary depending on the applicable Review Date and call premium and that will be payable on the applicable Call Settlement Date.

Call Level:

100% of the Initial Index Level for each Review Date

Payment if Called:

For every $1,000 principal amount note, you will receive one payment of $1,000 plus a call premium amount, calculated as follows:

  • between 2.50%* and 3.50%* x $1,000 if automatically called on the first Review Date
  • between 5.00%* and 7.00%* x $1,000 if automatically called on the second Review Date
  • between 7.50%* and 10.50%* x $1,000 if automatically called on the third Review Date
  • between 10.00%* and 14.00%* x $1,000 if automatically called on the final Review Date

*The actual call premiums applicable to the first, second, third and final Review Dates will be determined on the pricing date and will be within the respective ranges specified above.

Payment at Maturity:

If the notes are not the notes are not automatically called and if the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by not more than to 30%, you will receive the principal amount of your notes at maturity.  If the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%, you will lose 1.4286% of the principal amount of your notes for every 1% that the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level, and your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 x (Index Return + 30%) x 1.4286]

If the notes are not automatically called, you will lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%.

Buffer Amount:

30%

Index Return:

The performance of the Index from the Initial Index Level to the Ending Index Level calculated as follows:

 

Ending Index Level – Initial Index Level
Initial Index Level

Initial Index Level:

The Index closing level on the pricing date, which is expected to be on or about February 4, 2011

Ending Index Level:

The Index closing level on the final Review Date

Review Dates:

August 4, 2011 (first Review Date), February 8, 2012 (second Review Date), August 6, 2012 (third Review Date) and February 4, 2013 (final Review Date)

Call Settlement Dates:

August 9, 2011 (first Call Settlement Date), February 13, 2012 (first Call Settlement Date), August 9, 2012 (second Call Settlement Date) and February 7, 2013 (final Call Settlement Date, which is also the Maturity Date), each of which is the third business day after the applicable Review Date specified above, except that the final Call Settlement Date is the Maturity Date

Maturity Date:

February 7, 2013

CUSIP:

48124A7J0

  Subject to postponement in the event of a market disruption event and as described under “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity” or “Description of Notes — Automatic Call,” as applicable, in the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV

Investing in the Semi-Annual Review Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-5 of the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page TS-2 of this term sheet.

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 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

$

$

$


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) If the notes priced today, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which we refer to as JPMS, acting as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., would receive a commission of approximately $35.00 per $1,000 principal amount note and would use a portion of that commission to allow selling concessions to other affiliated or unaffiliated dealers of approximately $15.00 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 JPMS may be more or less than $35.00 and will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. In no event will the commission received by JPMS, which includes concessions and other amounts that may be allowed to other dealers, exceed $35.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” beginning on page PS-50 of the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV

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.

January 6, 2011


Additional Terms Specific to the Notes

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. 20-A-IV 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.

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. 20-A-IV dated April 15, 2010. 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. 20-A-IV, 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” and “our” refer to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Selected Purchase Considerations


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Selected Risk Considerations

An investment in the notes involves significant risks. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the Index or any of the equity securities included in the Index. These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV dated April 15, 2010.


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Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable upon Automatic Call or at Maturity

The following table illustrates the hypothetical simple total return (i.e., not compounded) on the notes that could be realized on the applicable Review Date for a range of movements in the Index as shown under the column “Index Level Appreciation/Depreciation at Review Date.” The following table assumes a Call level equal to the hypothetical Initial Index Level of 800 on each of the Review Dates. The table assumes that the call premiums used to calculate the call premium amount applicable to the first, second, third and final Review Dates are 3.00%, 6.00%, 9.00% and 12.00% (the midpoints of the ranges specified on the front cover), respectively, regardless of the appreciation of the Index, which may be significant; the actual call premiums will be determined on the pricing date. If the actual call premiums as determined on the Pricing Date are less than the hypothetical percentages specified above, your total return and total payment over the term of the notes will be less than the amounts indicated below. There will be only one payment on the notes whether called or at maturity. An entry of “N/A” indicates that the notes would not be called on the applicable Review Date and no payment would be made for such date. The hypothetical returns set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual total returns applicable to a purchaser of the notes.


 

Index Level

Total

Total

Total

Total

 

Appreciation/

Return at

Return at

Return at

Return

Index

Depreciation at

First

Second

Third

at

Closing Level

Review Date

Review Date

Review Date

Review Date

Maturity


1440.00

80.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

1360.00

70.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

1280.00

60.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

1200.00

50.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

1120.00

40.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

1040.00

30.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

960.00

20.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

880.00

10.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

800.00

0.00%

3.00%

6.00%

9.00%

12.00%

760.00

-5.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.00%

720.00

-10.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.00%

640.00

-20.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.00%

560.00

-30.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.00%

552.00

-31.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-1.43%

480.00

-40.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-14.29%

400.00

-50.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-28.57%

320.00

-60.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-42.86%

240.00

-70.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-57.14%

160.00

-80.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-71.43%

80.00

-90.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-85.72%

0.00

-100.00%

N/A

N/A

N/A

-100.00%


The following examples illustrate how the total returns set forth in the table above are calculated.

Example 1: The level of the Index increases from the Initial Index Level of 800 to an Index closing level of 880 on the first Review Date. Because the Index closing level on the first Review Date of 880 is greater than the corresponding Call Level of 800, the notes are automatically called, and the investor receives a single payment of $1,030 per $1,000 principal amount note.

Example 2: The level of the Index decreases from the Initial Index Level of 800 to an Index closing level of 760 on the first Review Date, 720 on the second Review Date, 640 on the third Review Date and 560 on the final Review Date. Because (a) the Index closing level on each of the Review Dates (760, 720, 640 and 560) is less than the corresponding Call Level of 800 and (b) the Ending Index level is not less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%, the notes are not automatically called and the payment at maturity is the principal amount of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount note.

Example 3: The level of the Index decreases from the Initial Index Level of 800 to an Index closing level of 720 on the first Review Date, 640 on the second Review Date, 560 on the third Review Date and 480 on the final Review Date. Because (a) the Index closing level on each of the Review Dates (720, 640, 560 and 480) is less than the corresponding Call Level of 800 and (c) the Ending Index Level is more than 30% below the Initial Index Level, the notes are not automatically called and the investor receives a payment at maturity that is less than the principal amount for each $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 x (-40% + 30%) x 1.4286] = $857.14


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Historical Information

The following graph sets forth the historical performance of the Index based on the weekly historical Index closing levels from January 7, 2005 through December 31, 2010. The Index closing level on January 5, 2011 was 795.09. We obtained the Index closing levels 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 historical levels of the Index should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the Index closing level on any Review Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Index will result in the return of any of your initial investment.


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