Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 3-A-I dated November 21, 2008

Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 3-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated April 6, 2010; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

      JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$
Floating Rate Notes Linked to the Consumer Price Index due April 28, 2020

General

Key Terms

Maturity Date:

April 28, 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/365).

Interest Rate:

With respect to each Initial Interest Period (which we expect to be from April 28, 2010 through but excluding April 28, 2011), a rate equal to 5.00% per annum. With respect to each Interest Period thereafter, a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) the CPI Rate on each applicable Determination Date plus 2.08%, and (b) the maximum Interest Rate of 8.50%. In no case will the Interest Rate for any monthly Interest Period be less than the minimum Interest Rate of 0.00%.

Initial Interest Rate:

5.00% per annum

Initial Interest Period(s):

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 April 28, 2011.

CPI Rate:

For any Interest Period (other than the Initial Interest Periods), the CPI Rate will be calculated as follows:

 

CPIt - CPIt-12

CPIt-12

where: CPIt is the CPI level for the second calendar month prior to the calendar month of the applicable Determination Date, which we refer to as the reference month; and
CPIt-12 is the CPI level for the twelfth month prior to the applicable reference month.

CPI or Consumer Price Index:

The non-seasonally adjusted U.S. City Average All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published on Bloomberg CPURNSA or any successor source.

Determination Dates:

Two business days immediately prior to the beginning of the applicable Interest Period after the Initial Interest Periods. For example, April 26, 2011 (which is two business days immediately prior to April 28, 2011) is the Determination Date of the CPI Rate with respect to interest due and payable on May 28, 2011. On the April 26, 2011 Determination Date, interest will be based on changes between the CPI level in February 2010 and February 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 monthly in arrears on the 28th calendar day of each month (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing May 28, 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, we will pay you the principal amount of your notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

CUSIP:

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Investing in the Floating Rate Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-4 of the accompanying product supplement no. 3-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, each prospectus supplement, product supplement no. 3-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. 3-A-I or the accompanying prospectus supplements 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 $22.00 per $1,000 principal amount note and would use a portion of that commission to pay selling concessions to other dealers of approximately $12.50 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 dealers, for assuming risks inherent in hedging our obligations under the notes. The actual commission received by JPMSI may be more or less than $22.00 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 $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. Please see “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page PS-15 of the accompanying product supplement no. 3-A-I.

The agent for this offering, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., which we refer to as 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.

April 6, 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. 3-A-I dated November 21, 2008. 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. 3-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. 3-A-I, in no event will the Interest Rate be greater than maximum Interest Rate of 8.50%.

   

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. 3-A-I:
“In such case, interest will be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days in such adjusted Interest Period and will be based on the CPI Rate on the Determination Date immediately preceding such adjusted Interest Period.”

Selected Purchase Considerations


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Floating Rate Notes Linked to the Consumer Price Index

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Selected Risk Considerations

What is the Consumer Price Index?

The CPI for purposes of the notes is the non-seasonally adjusted U.S. City Average All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, reported monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Labor Department (the “BLS”) and published on Bloomberg CPURNSA or any successor source. For additional information about the CPI see “Description of Notes — The Consumer Price Index” in the accompanying product supplement no. 3-A-I.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Floating Rate Notes Linked to the Consumer Price Index

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Hypothetical Interest Rates Based on Historical CPI Levels

Provided below are historical levels of the CPI as reported by the BLS for the period from January 2003 to March 2010. Also provided below are the hypothetical Interest Rates for hypothetical interest payments in the calendar months from January 2004 to May 2010 that would have resulted from the historical levels of the CPI presented below, based on the spread of 2.08%, the minimum Interest Rate of 0.00% and the maximum Interest Rate of 8.50% per annum. We obtained the historical information included below from Bloomberg Financial Markets and we make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of completeness of the information so obtained from Bloomberg Financial Markets.

The historical levels of the CPI should not be taken as an indication of future levels of the CPI, and no assurance can be given as to the level of the CPI for any reference month. The hypothetical Interest Rates that follow are intended to illustrate the effect of general trends in the CPI on the amount of interest payable to you on the notes and assume that the change in the CPI will be measured on a year-over-year basis. However, the CPI may not increase or decrease over the term of the notes in accordance with any of the trends depicted by the historical information in the table below, and the size and frequency of any fluctuations in the CPI level over the term of the notes, which we refer to as the volatility of the CPI, may be significantly different than the historical volatility of the CPI indicated in the table. Additionally, for ease of presentation, the hypothetical Interest Rates set forth below have only been calculated to the third decimal point and rounded to the nearest second decimal point, which is different from the rounding convention applicable to the notes. As a result, the hypothetical Interest Rates depicted in the table below should not be taken as an indication of the actual Interest Rates that will be paid with regard to the Interest Periods over the term of the notes.

Interest Calculation

Example 1: Since the Interest Period commencing April 28, 2010 has an Interest Rate of 5.00% (due to such Interest Period falling in the Initial Interest Periods), the interest payment per $1,000 principal amount note for the anticipated Interest Period from and including April 28, 2010 to but excluding May 28, 2010 will be $4.11. This monthly interest payment is calculated as follows:

$1,000 × 5.00% × (30/365) = $4.11

The example above is simplified and the calculation is rounded for ease of analysis.

Example 2: If April 26, 2010 were a Determination Date for an Interest Period other than an Initial Interest Period, the hypothetical Interest Rate would be 4.22% per annum, resulting in a hypothetical $3.47 interest payment per $1,000 principal amount note for the hypothetical Interest Period from and including April 28, 2010 to but excluding May 28, 2009. This monthly interest payment is calculated as follows:

$1,000 × 4.22% × (30/365) = $3.47

The Interest Rate of 4.22% per annum is calculated by adding 2.08% to the relevant CPI Rate. The CPI Rate is calculated based on the percent change in the CPI for the one year period from February 2009 (212.193) to February 2010 (216.741) as follows:

CPI Rate = 

216.741 – 212.193

212.193

  = 2.14% per annum

Adding 2.08% to the CPI Rate of 2.14% results in an anticipated Interest Rate applicable for that month of 4.22% per annum. The example above is simplified and the calculation is rounded for ease of analysis.

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.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Floating Rate Notes Linked to the Consumer Price Index

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