Term Sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 187-A-I dated April 12. 2010

Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 187-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated April 13, 2010; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

      $
Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

General

Key Terms

Index:

The J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index (the “Contag Beta FE ER Index” or the “Underlying”).

Upside Leverage Factor:

3

Payment at Maturity:

If the Ending Underlying Value is greater than the Initial Underlying Value, you will receive a cash payment that provides you with a return per $1,000 principal amount note equal to the Underlying Return multiplied by three, subject to the Maximum Total Return on the notes of between 15.00% and 25.00%*. For example, assuming the Maximum Total Return is 15.00%*, if the Underlying Return is greater than or equal to 5.00%, you will receive the Maximum Total Return on the notes of 15.00%*, which entitles you to a maximum payment at maturity of $1,150 for every $1,000 principal amount note that you hold. Accordingly, if the Underlying Return is positive, your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows, subject to the Maximum Total Return:

 

$1,000 + [$1,000 x (Underlying Return x 3)]

 

* The Maximum Total Return on the notes will be set on the pricing date and will not be less than 15.00% or greater than 25.00%, and accordingly, the actual maximum payment at maturity will not be less than $1,150 or greater than $1,250 per $1,000 principal amount note.

 

Your investment will be fully exposed to any decline in the Underlying. If the Ending Underlying Value is less than the Initial Underlying Value, you will lose 1% of the principal amount of your notes for every 1% that the value of the Underlying declines below the Initial Underlying Value. Accordingly, if the Underlying Return is negative, your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:

 

$1,000 + ($1,000 x Underlying Return)

 

You will lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Ending Underlying Value is less than the Initial Underlying Value.

Underlying Return:

Ending Underlying Value – Initial Underlying Value
                    Initial Underlying Value

Initial Underlying Value:

The Underlying closing value on the pricing date, which is expected to be on or about April 30, 2010

Ending Underlying Value:

The Underlying closing value on the Observation Date

Observation Date:

May 9, 2011

Maturity Date:

May 12, 2011

CUSIP:

 

Subject to postponement in the event of a market disruption event and as described under “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity” in the accompanying product supplement no. 187-A-I or early acceleration in the event of a hedging disruption event as described under "General Terms of Notes—Consequences of a Commodity Hedging Disruption Event" in the accompanying product supplement no. 187-A-I and in "Selected Risk Considerations—Commodity Futures Contracts Are Subject to Uncertain Legal and Regulatory Regimes" in this term sheet.

Investing in the Return Enhanced Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-6 of the accompanying product supplement no. 187-A-I and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page TS-3 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 and fees and commissions include the expected cost of hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates. This hedging cost includes the profit our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in providing such hedge. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., which we refer to as JPMSI, acting as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., will receive a commission of approximately 0.15% of the Principal Amount per note. For additional related information, please see “Use of Proceeds” beginning on page PS-19 of product supplement no. 187-A-I.

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 13, 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. 187-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. 187-A-I dated April 12, 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. 187-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.

J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index

The J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index, is a notional rules-based proprietary index developed by J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. (“JPMSL”), which is intended to capture the return of the synthetic exposure to a notional basket consisting of 24 commodities, each of which is represented by a commodity futures contract selected by a methodology developed by JPMSL, which we refer to as the “Selection Methodology.” The Selection Methodology uses, along with other criteria, the slope of the futures curve for each eligible commodity to select the futures contract for each eligible commodity with the highest level of backwardation (or in the absence of backwardation, the least amount of contango). “Backwardation” refers to the situation where the futures contracts for a commodity with a delivery month further in time have lower contract prices than futures contracts for the same commodity with a delivery month closer in time. If there is no futures contract for one or more eligible commodities with backwardation, the Selection Methodology will select the futures contract with the lowest level of contango for any such commodities. “Contango” refers to the situation where the futures contracts for a commodity with a delivery month further in time have higher contract prices than futures contracts for the same commodity with a delivery month closer in time.

The J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index is an excess return index. An excess return index reflects synthetic exposure to uncollateralized positions in the futures contracts underlying such index, including the appreciation (or depreciation) of the applicable futures contract(s) and profit or loss realized when rolling such contracts.

The weights assigned to the commodities represented in the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index are based on the Contract Production Weights of the S&P GSCI™ Excess Return Index. For more information on how the commodity weights of the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index are defined, please see “The J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Indices — Calculation and Publication of the Index Level — Commodity Weights” and “Background on the S&P GSCI™ Excess Return, the S&P GSCI™ Light Energy Index Excess Return and the S&P GSCI™ Sub-Indices” in the accompanying product supplement.

The value of the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index is published each trading day under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “JCTABFEE”. For more information about the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index, see “The J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Indices” in the accompanying product supplement.

Selected Purchase Considerations


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

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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 Underlying, any futures contracts underlying the Underlying, or any futures contracts or exchange-traded or over-the-counter instruments based on, or other instruments linked to, the Underlying. These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement no. 187-A-I dated April 12, 2010.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

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JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

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Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

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What Is the Total Return on the Notes at Maturity Assuming a Range of Performance for the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index?

The following table illustrates the hypothetical total return at maturity on 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 an Initial Underlying Value of 370 and a Maximum Total Return on the notes of 20.00% (which is the midpoint of the range of 15.00% and 25.00%). The Maximum Total Return will be set on the pricing date and will not be less than 15.00% or greater than 25.00%. If the actual Maximum Total Return as determined on the pricing date is less than 20.00%, your maximum payment at maturity will be lower than the hypothetical maximum payment at maturity shown below. The hypothetical total returns set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual total returns applicable to a purchaser of the notes. The numbers appearing in the following table and examples have been rounded for ease of analysis.


Underlying
Closing Value

Underlying
Return

Total Return


666.00

80.00%

20.00%

610.50

65.00%

20.00%

555.00

50.00%

20.00%

518.00

40.00%

20.00%

499.50

35.00%

20.00%

481.00

30.00%

20.00%

444.00

20.00%

20.00%

407.00

10.00%

20.00%

394.67

6.67%

20.00%

388.50

5.00%

15.00%

379.25

2.50%

7.50%

373.70

1.00%

3.00%

370.00

0.00%

0.00%

351.50

-5.00%

-5.00%

333.00

-10.00%

-10.00%

296.00

-20.00%

-20.00%

259.00

-30.00%

-30.00%

222.00

-40.00%

-40.00%

185.00

-50.00%

-50.00%

148.00

-60.00%

-60.00%

111.00

-70.00%

-70.00%

74.00

-80.00%

-80.00%

37.00

-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 on the previous page are calculated.

Example 1: The value of the Underlying increases from the Initial Underlying Value of 370 to an Ending Underlying Value of 379.25. Because the Ending Underlying Value of 379.25 is greater than the Initial Underlying Value of 370 and the Underlying Return of 2.50% multiplied by 3 does not exceed the Maximum Total Return of 20.00%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,075 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 x (2.5% x 3)] = $1,075

Example 2: The value of the Underlying increases from the Initial Underlying Value of 370 to an Ending Underlying Value of 518. Because the Ending Underlying Value of 518 is greater than the Initial Underlying Value of 370 and the Underlying Return of 40% multiplied by 3 exceeds the Maximum Total Return of 20.00%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,200 per $1,000 principal amount note, the maximum payment on the notes.

Example 3: The value of the Underlying decreases from the Initial Underlying Value of 370 to an Ending Underlying Value of 296. Because the Ending Underlying Value of 296 is less than the Initial Underlying Value of 370, the Underlying Return is negative, and the investor receives a payment at maturity of $800 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + ($1,000 x - -20%) = $800


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

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Hypothetical Back-tested Data and Historical Information

The following graph sets forth the hypothetical back-tested performance of the Underlying based on the hypothetical back-tested weekly Underlying closing values from January 7, 2005 through May 22, 2009, and the historical performance of the Underlying based on the weekly Underlying closing values from May 29, 2009 through April 9, 2010. The Underlying was established on May 29, 2009. The Underlying closing value on April 12, 2010 was 371.4872. We obtained the Underlying closing values 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 hypothetical back-tested and historical values of the Underlying should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the Underlying closing value on the pricing date or the Observation Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Underlying will result in the return of any of your initial investment at maturity. The data for the hypothetical back-tested performance of the Underlying set forth in the following graph was calculated on materially the same basis on which the performance of the Underlying is now calculated but does not represent the actual historical performance of the Underlying.

The hypothetical historical values above have not been verified by an independent third party. The back-tested, hypothetical historical results above have inherent limitations. These back-tested results are achieved by means of a retroactive application of a back-tested model designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is made that an investment in the notes will or is likely to achieve returns similar to those shown.

Alternative modeling techniques or assumptions would produce different hypothetical historical information that might prove to be more appropriate and that might differ significantly from the hypothetical historical information set forth above. Hypothetical back-tested results are neither an indicator nor guarantee of future returns. Actual results will vary, perhaps materially, from the analysis implied in the hypothetical historical information that forms part of the information contained in the chart above.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the J.P. Morgan Contag Beta Full Energy Class A Excess Return Index due May 12, 2011

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