Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 96-A-III dated September 29, 2010

Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 96-A-III
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated December 8, 2010; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

      $
Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index due December 30, 2025

General

Key Terms

Maturity Date:

If the notes have not been redeemed, December 30, 2025, or if such day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day

Payment at Maturity:

If the notes have not been redeemed, at maturity you will receive a cash payment for each $1,000 principal amount note of $1,000 plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

Redemption Feature:

At our option, we may redeem the notes, in whole but not in part, on the 30th calendar day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing December 30, 2015 (each, a “Redemption Date”) by providing at least 5 business days’ notice; provided, however, that if any Redemption Date is not a business day, then such Redemption Date shall be the following business day. If the notes are redeemed, you will receive on the applicable Redemption Date a cash payment equal to $1,000 for each $1,000 principal amount note redeemed. Any accrued and unpaid interest on notes redeemed will be paid to the person who is the holder of record of such notes at the close of business on the 15th calendar day prior to the applicable Redemption Date.

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 × (number of days in the Interest Period / 360),

where the number of days in the Interest Period will be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days with twelve months of thirty days each.

Interest Rate:

With respect to each Interest Period, a rate per annum, calculated as follows:

  Interest Factor × Variable Days

Actual Days
, where
    

From (and including)

To (but excluding)

“Interest Factor”

 

December 30, 2010

December 30, 2015

7.75% per annum

 

December 30, 2015

December 30, 2020

8.25% per annum

 

December 30, 2020

December 30, 2025

8.75% per annum

  “Variable Days” is the actual number of calendar days during such Interest Period on which the Accrual Provision is satisfied, and “Actual Days” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the actual number of calendar days in the Interest Period.
  The Interest Rate may not equal the Interest Factor during any Interest Period. The Interest Rate will depend on the number of calendar days during any given Interest Period on which the Accrual Provision is satisfied and may be zero.

Interest Period:

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

Other Key Terms:

Please see “Additional Key Terms” in this term sheet for other key terms.

Investing in the Callable Range Accrual Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-18 of the accompanying product supplement no. 96-A-III and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page TS-1 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

Fees and Commissions (1)

Proceeds to Us


Per note

At variable prices

$

$


Total

At variable prices

$

$


(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, would agree to purchase the notes from us at 100% of the principal amount of the notes minus a commission of $50.00 per $1,000 principal amount note, or 5.00% of the principal amount. 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 $50.00 and will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. JPMS may allow selling concessions to other affiliated or unaffiliated dealers of up to $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. In no event will the commission received by JPMS, which includes concessions that may be allowed to other dealers, exceed $70.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) beginning on page PS-47 of the accompanying product supplement no. 96-A-III.

(3)

JPMS proposes to offer the notes from time to time for resale in one or more negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at varying prices to be determined at the time of each sale, which may be at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing prices or at negotiated prices, provided that such prices will not be less than $970.00 per $1,000 principal amount note and not more than $1,000.00 per $1,000-principal amount note. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) beginning on page PS-47 of the accompanying product supplement no. 96-A-III.

JPMS or another affiliate of ours may use this term sheet in market resale transactions or market-making transactions in the notes.

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.

December 8, 2010

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. 96-A-III 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. 96-A-III dated September 29, 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. 96-A-III, 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.

Additional Key Terms

Interest Payment Dates:

Interest on the notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on the 30th calendar day of March, June, September and December of each year (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing March 30, 2011, up to and including the Interest Payment Date corresponding to the Maturity Date, or, if the notes have been redeemed, the applicable Redemption Date. See “Selected Purchase Considerations — Quarterly Interest Payments” in this term sheet for more information.

Accrual Provision:

For each Interest Period, the Accrual Provision shall be deemed to have been satisfied on each calendar day during such Interest Period on which both (a) the Six-Month USD LIBOR, as determined on the Accrual Determination Date relating to such calendar day, is less than or equal to the LIBOR Strike and (b) the Index Level, as determined on the Accrual Determination Date relating to such calendar day, is greater than or equal to the Index Strike. If the Six-Month USD LIBOR determined on any Accrual Determination Date relating to a calendar day is greater than the LIBOR Strike and/or the Index Level as determined on the Accrual Determination Date relating to such calendar day is less than the Index Strike, then the Accrual Provision shall be deemed not to have been satisfied for such calendar day.

LIBOR Strike:

6.50%

Index Strike:

900

Six-Month USD LIBOR:

For each Accrual Determination Date, the Six-Month USD LIBOR refers to the London Interbank Offer Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars with a Designated Maturity of six months that appears on Reuters page “LIBOR01” under the heading “6Mo” (or any successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Accrual Determination Date, as determined by the calculation agent. If on such Accrual Determination Date, the Six-Month USD LIBOR cannot be determined by reference to Reuters page “LIBOR01” (or any successor page), then the calculation agent will determine the Six-Month USD LIBOR in accordance with the procedures set forth in the accompanying product supplement no. 96-A-III under “Description of Notes — Interest — The Underlying Rates and Levels — LIBOR Rate.”

Index Level:

On any Trading Day, the official closing level of the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”) published following the regular official weekday close of trading for the S&P 500® Index on Bloomberg Professional® Service page “SPX Index HP” on such Trading Day. If a market disruption event exists with respect to the S&P 500® Index on any Accrual Determination Date, the Index Level on the immediately preceding Accrual Determination Date for which no market disruption event occurs or is continuing will be the Index Level for such disrupted Accrual Determination Date (and will also be the Index Level for the originally scheduled Accrual Determination Date). In certain circumstances, the Index Level will be based on the alternative calculation of the S&P 500® Index as described under “General Terms of Notes — Discontinuation of an Equity Index; Alteration of Method Calculation” in the accompanying product supplement no. 96-A-III.

Accrual Determination Date:

For each calendar day during an Interest Period, the second Trading Day prior to such calendar day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all calendar days in the Exclusion Period, the Accrual Determination Date will be the first Trading Day that precedes such Exclusion Period.

Exclusion Period:

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



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Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index

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Trading Day:

A day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which (a) trading is generally conducted on (i) the relevant exchanges for securities underlying the S&P 500® Index or the relevant successor index, if applicable, and (ii) the exchanges on which futures or options contracts related to the S&P 500® Index or the relevant successor index, if applicable, are traded, other than a day on which trading on such relevant exchange or exchange on which such futures or options contracts are traded is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time, and (b) commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London.

Business Day:

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

CUSIP:

48124A5K9

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. 96-A-III dated September 29, 2010.


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Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index

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Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index

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Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index

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

The following examples illustrate how to calculate the Interest Rate on the notes for three hypothetical Interest Periods. For purposes of the following examples, we have assumed that there are 90 days in the applicable Interest Period and that the Six-Month USD LIBOR is less than or equal to the LIBOR Strike of 6.50% per annum. The hypothetical Six-Month USD LIBOR, Index Levels and Interest Rates in the following examples are for illustrative purposes only and may not correspond to the actual Six-Month USD LIBOR, Index Levels 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: For an Interest Period during which the 7.75% Interest Factor applies, the Index Level is greater than or equal to the Index Strike on 70 calendar days during the Interest Period. Because the Accrual Provision is satisfied for 70 calendar days and the applicable Interest Factor is 7.75%, the Interest Rate for the Interest Period is 6.03% per annum, calculated as follows:

7.75% × ( 70 / 90 ) = 6.03% per annum

Example 2: For an Interest Period during which the 8.25% Interest Factor applies, the Index Level is greater than or equal to the Index Strike on 50 calendar days during the Interest Period. Because the Accrual Provision is satisfied for 50 calendar days and the applicable Interest Factor is 8.25%, the Interest Rate for the Interest Period is 4.58% per annum, calculated as follows:

8.25% × ( 50 / 90 ) = 4.58% per annum

Example 3: The Index Level is less than the Index Strike on each calendar day during the Interest Period. Regardless of the Interest Factor, because the Accrual Provision is not satisfied on any calendar day, the Interest Rate for the Interest Period is 0.00% per annum.


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Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index

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Historical Information

The graph below sets forth the daily historical Six-Month USD LIBOR for the period from January 4, 2005 through December 7, 2010. The Six-Month USD LIBOR on December 7, 2010 was 0.45719%.

We obtained the Six-Month USD LIBOR 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 historical levels of the LIBOR should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the Six-Month USD LIBOR on any of the Accrual Determination Dates. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the LIBOR will result in any positive interest payments.

The following graph sets forth the historical performance of the S&P 500® Index based on the daily Index closing levels from January 3, 2005 through December 7, 2010. The Index closing level on December 7, 2010 was 1223.75.

We obtained the Index Levels 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 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 Level on any of the Accrual Determination Dates. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Index will result in any positive interest payments.


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Callable Range Accrual Notes linked to the Six-Month USD LIBOR and the S&P 500® Index

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