Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 197-A-I dated August 25, 2010

Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 197-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated May 31, 2011; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

      $
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar due June 15, 2012

General

Key Terms

Basket:

An equally weighted basket of two currencies (each a “Reference Currency,” and together, the “Reference Currencies”) that measures the performance of the Reference Currencies relative to the U.S. dollar (the “Base Currency”)

Reference Currencies:

The following table sets forth the Reference Currencies, the Starting Spot Rate for each Reference Currency, the applicable Reuters Page and the weighting of each Reference Currency:

  

Reference Currency

Starting Spot
Rate

Reuters Page

Reference
Currency
Weight

 

 

Russian ruble (RUB)

 

EMTA

50%

 

Norwegian krone (NOK)

 

WMRSPOT05

50%

The Starting Spot Rate of each Reference Currency is expressed in terms of a number of units of Reference Currency per U.S. dollar, based on (a) the applicable rates displayed on the applicable Reuters page at the same approximate time that the Spot Rate for such Reference Currency on any date is to be determined as specified under “Additional Key Terms — Spot Rate” in this term sheet or (b) such exchange rates determined by reference to certain intra-day trades, in each case, as determined by the calculation agent in good faith and a commercially manner. Although the calculation agent will make all determinations and will take all actions in relation to establishing the Starting Spot Rate of each Reference Currency in good faith, such discretion could have an impact (positive or negative) on the value of your notes. The calculation agent is under no obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the notes in taking any actions, including the determination of the Starting Spot Rate of each Reference Currency, that might affect the value of your notes. For information about the risks related to this discretion, see “Selected Risk Considerations — Potential Conflicts” on page TS-4 of this term sheet.

Payment at Maturity:

If the Ending Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Starting Basket Level, at maturity, you will receive a cash payment, for each $1,000 principal amount note, that will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 × (the greater of (a) the Digital Return and (b) the Basket Return)]

If the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level by less than 10%, you will receive the principal amount of your notes at maturity.

If the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level by 10% or more, you will lose 1% of the principal amount of your notes for every 1% that the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level, and your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 + ($1,000 × Basket Return)

You will lose some or all of your initial investment at maturity if the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level by 10% or more.

Digital Return:

At least 8.00%. The actual Digital Return will be determined on the pricing date and will not be less than 8.00%.

Contingent Buffer Amount:

10%

Basket Return:

Ending Basket Level – Starting Basket Level
                Starting Basket Level

 

In no event, however, will the Basket Return be less than -100%.

Starting Basket Level:

Set equal to 100 on the pricing date

Ending Basket Level:

The Basket Closing Level on the Observation Date

Basket Closing Level:

The Basket Closing Level on any currency business day will be calculated as follows:

100 × [1 + (RUB Return × 50%) + (NOK Return × 50%)]

The RUB Return and NOK Return are the Reference Currency Returns of the Russian ruble and the Norwegian krone, respectively. Because the Reference Currency Returns are expressed as the Starting Spot Rate minus the Ending Spot Rate, divided by the Starting Spot Rate, the Reference Currency Return with respect to each Reference Currency is effectively capped at 100%, with no limit on the downside.

Please see “Additional Key Terms — Reference Currency Return,” “How Do Currency Exchange Rates Work?” and “Selected Risk Considerations — Your Notes Are Subject to an Embedded Maximum Payment at Maturity” and “What is the Basket Return, Assuming a Range of Performances for the Reference Currencies?” in this term sheet for more information.

Observation Date:

June 12, 2012*

Maturity Date:

June 15, 2012*

CUSIP:

48125XTN6

*

Subject to postponement in the event of a market disruption event and as described under “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity” and “Description of Notes — Postponement of a Calculation Date” in the accompanying product supplement no. 197-A-I

Investing in the Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-7 of the accompanying product supplement no. 197-A-I and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page TS-4 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, which includes our affiliates’ expected cost of providing such hedge as well as the profit our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in providing such hedge. For additional related information, please see “Use of Proceeds” beginning on page PS-15 of the accompanying product supplement no. 197-A-I.

(2)

Please see “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” in this term sheet for information about fees and commissions.

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.

May 31, 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. 197-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.

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. 197-A-I dated August 25, 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. 197-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” and “our” refer to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Additional Key Terms

Starting Spot Rate – Ending Spot Rate
Starting Spot Rate

Because the Reference Currency Returns are expressed as the Starting Spot Rate minus the Ending Spot Rate, divided by the Starting Spot Rate, the Reference Currency Return with respect to each Reference Currency is effectively capped at 100%, with no limit on the downside.

Please see “How Do Currency Exchange Rates Work?” and “Selected Risk Considerations — Your Notes Are Subject to an Embedded Maximum Payment at Maturity” and “What is the Basket Return, Assuming a Range of Performances for the Reference Currencies?” in this term sheet for more information.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-1

How Do Currency Exchange Rates Work?

Exchange rates reflect the amount of one currency that can be exchanged for a unit of another currency.

The Spot Rate for each of the Reference Currencies is expressed as the number of units of the applicable Reference Currency per U.S. dollar. As a result, a decrease in a Spot Rate from the pricing date to the Observation Date means that the relevant Reference Currency has appreciated / strengthened relative to the U.S. dollar from the pricing date to the Observation Date. This means that one unit of the relevant Reference Currency could purchase more U.S. dollars on the Observation Date than it could on the pricing date. Viewed another way, it would take fewer units of the relevant Reference Currency to purchase one U.S. dollar on the Observation Date than it did on the pricing date.

Example 1: The Russian ruble strengthens from the Starting Spot Rate of 28 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar to the Ending Spot Rate of 25.20 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar.

The Reference Currency Return is equal to 10.00%, calculated as follows:

(28.00 – 25.20) / 28.00 = 10.00%

Example 2: The Russian ruble strengthens from the Starting Spot Rate of 28 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar to the Ending Spot Rate of 0.0028 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar.

The Reference Currency Return is equal to 99.99%, which demonstrates the effective cap of 100% on the Reference Currency Return, calculated as follows:

(28.00 – 0.0028) / 28.00 = 99.99%

Conversely, an increase in the Spot Rate from the pricing date to the Observation Date means that the relevant Reference Currency has depreciated / weakened relative to the U.S. dollar from the pricing date to the Observation Date. This means that one unit of the relevant Reference Currency could purchase fewer U.S. dollars on the Observation Date than it could on the pricing date. Viewed another way, it would take more units of the relevant Reference Currency to purchase one U.S. dollar on the Observation Date than it did on the pricing date.

Example 3: The Russian ruble weakens from the Starting Spot Rate of 28 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar to the Ending Spot Rate of 30.80 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar.

The Reference Currency Return is equal to -10.00%, calculated as follows:

(28.00 – 30.80) / 28.00 = -10.00%

Example 4: The Russian ruble weakens from the Starting Spot Rate of 28 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar to the Ending Spot Rate of 112 Russian rubles per U.S. dollar.

The Reference Currency Return is equal to -150.00%, calculated as follows:

(28.00 – 112.00) / 28.00 = -300.00%

The hypothetical Reference Currency Returns set forth above assume a Starting Spot Rate of 28. The hypothetical Ending Spot Rates and Reference Currency Returns set forth above are for illustrative purposes only and have been rounded for ease of analysis.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-2

Selected Purchase Considerations


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-3

The discussion in the preceding paragraphs, when read in combination with the section entitled “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the accompanying product supplement, constitutes the full opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP regarding the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of notes.

Selected Risk Considerations

An investment in the notes involves significant risks. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the Reference Currencies, the U.S. dollar or the respective exchange rates between the Reference Currencies and the U.S. dollar or any contracts related to the Reference Currencies, the U.S. dollar or the respective exchange rates between the Reference Currencies and the U.S. dollar. These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement no. 197-A-I dated August 25, 2010.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-4

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-5

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-6

What Is the Payment at Maturity on the Notes, Assuming a Range of Performances for the Basket?

The table and examples below illustrate the hypothetical total return at maturity of the notes. The “total return” as used in this term sheet is the number, expressed as a percentage, that results from comparing the payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note to $1,000. The hypothetical total returns set forth below assume a Digital Return of 8.00% and reflect the Contingent Buffer Amount of 10%. The actual Digital Return will be set on the pricing date and will not be less than 8.00%. The hypothetical total returns set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual total return applicable to a purchaser of the notes. You should consider carefully whether the notes are suitable to your investment goals. The numbers appearing in the table and examples below have been rounded for ease of analysis.


Ending Basket
Level

Basket
Return

Total Return


180.00

80.00%

80.00%

170.00

70.00%

70.00%

160.00

60.00%

60.00%

150.00

50.00%

50.00%

140.00

40.00%

40.00%

130.00

30.00%

30.00%

120.00

20.00%

20.00%

110.00

10.00%

10.00%

105.00

5.00%

8.00%

100.00

0.00%

8.00%

97.50

-2.50%

0.00%

95.00

-5.00%

0.00%

90.01

-9.99%

0.00%

90.00

-10.00%

-10.00%

85.00

-15.00%

-15.00%

80.00

-20.00%

-20.00%

70.00

-30.00%

-30.00%

60.00

-40.00%

-40.00%

50.00

-50.00%

-50.00%

40.00

-60.00%

-60.00%

30.00

-70.00%

-70.00%

20.00

-80.00%

-80.00%

10.00

-90.00%

-90.00%

0.00

-100.00%

-100.00%


Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable at Maturity

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

Example 1: The level of the Basket increases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 105.

Because the Ending Basket Level of 105 is greater than the Starting Basket Level of 100, and the Basket Return of 5% is less than the Digital Return of 8.00%, you will receive the Digital Return of 8.00%. Accordingly, your payment at maturity is equal to $1,080 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + ($1,000 × 8.00%) = $1,080

Example 2: The level of the Basket increases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 130.

Because the Ending Basket Level of 130 is greater than the Starting Basket Level of 100 and the Basket Return of 30% is greater than the Digital Return of 8.00%, your payment at maturity is equal to $1,300 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 × (130 – 100)/100] = $1,300

Example 3: The level of the Basket decreases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 95.

Because the Ending Basket Level of 95 is less than the Starting Basket Level of 100 but not by more than the buffer amount of 10%, you will receive the principal amount of your notes at maturity.

Example 4: The level of the Basket decreases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 60.

Because the Ending Basket Level of 60 is less than the Starting Basket Level of 100 by more than the buffer amount of 10%, your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note is $600 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

 

$1,000 + ($1,000 × -40%) = $600

These returns and the payouts on the notes shown above do not reflect fees or expenses that would be associated with any sale in the secondary market. If these fees and expenses were included, the hypothetical total returns and payouts shown above would likely be lower.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-7

What Is the Basket Return, Assuming a Range of Performances for the Reference Currencies?

The examples below illustrate hypothetical Basket Returns, assuming a range of performances for the Reference Currencies. The hypothetical Basket Returns set forth below assume a Starting Spot Rate of 28 for the Russian ruble relative to the U.S. dollar and a Starting Spot Rate of 5.4 for the Norwegian krone relative to the U.S. dollar. The Basket Returns set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual Basket Returns applicable to the notes. You should consider carefully whether the notes are suitable to your investment goals. The numbers appearing in the examples below have been rounded for ease of analysis.

Example 1

Reference Currency

Reference
Currency
Weight

Hypothetical
Starting
Spot Rate

Hypothetical
Ending Spot
Rate

Reference
Currency
Return

Russian ruble

50%

28.00

22.40

20.00%

Norwegian krone

50%

5.40

4.86

10.00%

Basket Return:

15.00%

In this example, the Russian ruble appreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar by 20% and the Norwegian krone appreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar by 10%. Accordingly, the Reference Currency Returns for each Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar are 20% and 10%, respectively, and the Basket Return is 15%.

Example 2

Reference Currency

Reference
Currency
Weight

Hypothetical
Starting
Spot Rate

Hypothetical
Ending Spot
Rate

Reference
Currency
Return

Russian ruble

50%

28.00

33.60

-20.00%

Norwegian krone

50%

5.40

5.94

-10.00%

Basket Return:

-15.00%

In this example, the Russian ruble depreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar by 20% and the Norwegian krone depreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar by 10%. Accordingly, the Reference Currency Returns for each Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar are -20% and -10%, respectively, and the Basket Return is -15%.

Example 3

Reference Currency

Reference
Currency
Weight

Hypothetical
Starting
Spot Rate

Hypothetical
Ending Spot
Rate

Reference
Currency
Return

Russian ruble

50%

28.00

0.01

99.96%

Norwegian krone

50%

5.40

27.00

-400.00%

Basket Return:

-100.00%

In this example, the Russian ruble appreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar by 99.96% and the Norwegian krone depreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar by -400%. Accordingly, the Reference Currency Returns for each Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar are -99.96% and -400%, respectively, and the Basket Return, which cannot be less than -100%, is -100%, resulting in the entire loss of your initial investment. This example demostrates (a) no Reference Currency Return will be equal to greater than 100% and (b) that depreciation by one Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar can result in a loss of some or all of your initial investment, even when the other Reference Currency appreciates significantly relative to the U.S. dollar.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-8

Historical Information

The first two graphs below show the historical weekly performance of each Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar, expressed in terms of the conventional market quotation (which is the amount of the applicable Reference Currency that can be exchanged for one U.S. dollar, which we refer to in this term sheet as the exchange rate) as shown on Bloomberg Financial Markets, from January 6, 2006 through May 27, 2011. The exchange rates of the Russian ruble and the Norwegian krone relative to the U.S. dollar, as shown on Bloomberg Financial Markets, on May 27, 2011 were 28.0197, and 5.4228, respectively. The Spot Rates of the Russian ruble and the Norwegian krone relative to the U.S. dollar on May 27, 2011, calculated in the manner set forth under “Additional Key Terms — Spot Rates” on page TS-1 of this term sheet, were 28.105, and 5.4318, respectively.

The final graph on the following page shows the weekly performance of the Basket from January 6, 2006 through May 27, 2011, assuming that the Basket Closing Level on January 6, 2006 was 100 and that the exchange rates of each Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar on the relevant dates were the Spot Rates on such dates. The exchange rates and the historical weekly Basket performance data in such graph were determined by using the rates reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets and may not be indicative of the Basket performance using the Spot Rates of the Reference Currencies relative to the U.S. dollar that would be derived from the applicable Reuters pages.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-9

We obtained the data needed to construct the graph that displays the weekly performance of the Basket from Bloomberg Financial Markets, and we obtained the exchange rates used to calculate the Spot Rates from Reuters Group PLC. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from Bloomberg Financial Markets or Reuters Group PLC. The historical performance of each Reference Currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the Basket should not be taken as indications of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the Spot Rate of any of the Reference Currencies on the pricing date or the Observation Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Basket will result in the return of any of your initial investment at maturity.

Supplemental Plan of Distribution

JPMS, acting as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., will receive a commission that will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. In no event will that commission exceed $10.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” beginning on page PS-29 of the accompanying product supplement no. 197-A-I.

For a different portion of the notes to be sold in this offering, an affiliated bank will receive a fee and another affiliate of ours will receive a structuring and development fee. In no event will the total amount of these fees exceed $10.00 per $1,000 principal amount note.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Digital Plus Contingent Buffered Notes Linked to the Performance of an Equally Weighted Basket of Two Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar

 TS-10