Term Sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 143-A-I dated July 7, 2009

  Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 143-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated July 8, 2009; Rule 433

     

Structured 
Investments 

     

$
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index due July 26, 2010

General

Key Terms

Index:

JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index (the “JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index” or the “Index”).

Payment at Maturity:

Payment at maturity will reflect the performance of the Index minus the Deduction Amount. Your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount notewill be calculated as follows :

 

$1,000 x (1 + Index Return) – Deduction Amount

In no event, however, will the payment at maturity be less than $0.

 

You may lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Ending Index Level declines from the Initial Index Level, or does not appreciate from the Initial Index Level by at least 0.55%.

Deduction Amount:

Not more than $5.50* for each $1,000 principal amount note.

* The actual Deduction Amount will be set on the pricing date and will not be greater than $5.50 for each $1,000 principal amount note.

Index Return:

Ending Index Level – Initial Index Level 
                Initial Index Level

Initial Index Level:

The closing level of the Index on July 16, 2009, subject to postponement in the same manner as the Observation Date. The Initial Index Level is not the closing level of the Index on the pricing date and will not be determined until after the pricing date.

Ending Index Level:

The closing level of the Index on the Observation Date.

Observation Date:

July 16, 2010

Maturity Date:

July 26, 2010

CUSIP:

48123L3W2

†  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. 143-A-I and “Supplemental Information Relating to Postponement of the Observation Date” in this term sheet 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. 143-A-I and in “Selected Risk Considerations — Commodity Futures Contracts Are Subject to Uncertain Legal and Regulatory Regimes” in this term sheet.
†† The pricing of the notes is subject to our special tax counsel delivering to us their opinion as described under “Selected Purchase Considerations — Capital Gains Tax Treatment.”

Investing in the Return Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-6 of the accompanying product supplement no. 143-A-I and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page TS-3 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, the prospectus supplement, product supplement no. 143-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 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) J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., which we refer to as JPMSI, acting as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., will receive a commission that will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. This commission will include the projected profits that our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming risks inherent in hedging our obligations under the notes. In no event will that commission, which will include structuring and development fees, exceed $12.50 per $1,000 principal amount note. See “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page PS-42 of the accompanying product supplement no. 143-A-I.

The notes are not bank deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank. The notes are not guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.

July 8, 2009


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. 143-A-I dated July 7, 2009. 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. 143-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 Postponement of the Observation Date

For purposes of the notes offered by this term sheet, the information set forth under “Description of Notes — Postponement of a Determination Date” in the accompanying product supplement no. 143-A-I is deemed to be replaced by the following:

“If the Observation Date is not a trading day or if there is a market disruption event on the Observation Date, the Observation Date will be postponed to the immediately succeeding trading day during which no market disruption event shall have occurred or be continuing; provided that the closing level of the Index on the Observation Date, as postponed, will be determined by the calculation agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the closing level of the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the market disruption event (or prior to the non-trading day), using (i) with respect to each futures contract included in the Index relating to a JPMCCI Exchange Commodity (as defined in the rules governing the Index (the “Index Rules”)) where no futures contract relating to such JPMCCI Exchange Commodity is affected by a non-trading day or a market disruption event on the originally scheduled Observation Date (an “Unaffected Contract”), the daily settlement price or fixing level, as applicable, on the originally scheduled Observation Date, and (ii) with respect to each futures contract included in the Index relating to a JPMCCI Exchange Commodity where at least one futures contract relating to such JPMCCI Exchange Commodity is affected by a non-trading day or a market disruption event on the originally scheduled Observation Date (an “Affected Contract” and such JPMCCI Exchange Commodity, an “Affected Commodity”), the daily settlement price or fixing level, as applicable, for such Affected Contract on the immediately succeeding trading day during which no market disruption event with respect to futures contract relating to such Affected Commodity shall have occurred or be continuing.

The Observation Date may be postponed as described above up to five scheduled trading days following the date originally scheduled to be the Observation Date. However, if the fifth scheduled trading day following the date originally scheduled to be the Observation Date is not a trading day or if there is a market disruption event on such fifth scheduled trading day, the calculation agent will determine the closing level of the Index for the Observation Date on the sixth scheduled trading day following the date originally scheduled to be the Observation Date in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the closing level of the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the market disruption event (or prior to the non-trading day), using (i) with respect to each Unaffected Contract, the daily settlement price or fixing level, as applicable, on the originally scheduled Observation Date, and (ii) with respect to each Affected Contract, the calculation agent’s good faith estimate of the daily settlement price or fixing level, as applicable, for such Affected Contract on such sixth scheduled trading day that would have prevailed but for such market disruption event (or non-trading day).

A “scheduled trading day” means a day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which the relevant exchange is scheduled to open for trading for its principal trading session.”


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

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What Is the Total Return on the Notes at Maturity Assuming a Range of Performance for the JPMCCI Aggregate Excess Return?

The following table and examples illustrate the hypothetical payments at maturity for each $1,000 principal amount note. The hypothetical payments at maturity set forth below assume an Initial Index Level of 175 and a Deduction Amount of $5.50 for each $1,000 principal amount note. The hypothetical payments at maturity set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual payment at maturity applicable to a purchaser of the notes. The numbers appearing in the following table and examples have been rounded for ease of analysis.


Index Closing Level

Index Return

$1,000 x
(1 + Index Return)

 

Deduction
Amount

 

Payment at
Maturity


315.0000

80.00%

$1,800.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,794.50

297.5000

70.00%

$1,700.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,694.50

280.0000

60.00%

$1,600.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,594.50

262.5000

50.00%

$1,500.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,494.50

245.0000

40.00%

$1,400.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,394.50

227.5000

30.00%

$1,300.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,294.50

210.0000

20.00%

$1,200.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,194.50

192.5000

10.00%

$1,100.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,094.50

183.7500

5.00%

$1,050.00

-

$5.50

=

$1,044.50

175.9625

0.55%

$1,005.50

-

$5.50

=

$1,000.00

175.4375

0.25%

$1,002.50

-

$5.50

=

$997.00

175.0000

0.00%

$1,000.00

-

$5.50

=

$994.50

157.5000

-10.00%

$900.00

-

$5.50

=

$894.50

140.0000

-20.00%

$800.00

-

$5.50

=

$794.50

122.5000

-30.00%

$700.00

-

$5.50

=

$694.50

105.0000

-40.00%

$600.00

-

$5.50

=

$594.50

87.5000

-50.00%

$500.00

-

$5.50

=

$494.50

70.0000

-60.00%

$400.00

-

$5.50

=

$394.50

52.5000

-70.00%

$300.00

-

$5.50

=

$294.50

35.0000

-80.00%

$200.00

-

$5.50

=

$194.50

17.5000

-90.00%

$100.00

-

$5.50

=

$94.50

0.0000

-100.00%

$0.00

-

$5.50

=

$0.00†††


†††   The payment at maturity will not be less than $0.

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 Index increases from an Initial Index Level of 175 to an Ending Index Level of 183.75. Because the Ending Index Level of 183.75 is greater than the Initial Index Level of 175, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,044.50 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 x (1 + 5%) – $5.50 = $1,044.50

Example 2: The level of the Index increases from an Initial Index Level of 175 to an Ending Index Level of 175.4375. Even though the Ending Index Level of 175.4375 is greater than the Initial Index Level of 175, because the Index Return is less than 0.55%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $997 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 x (1 + 0.25%) – $5.50 = $997

Example 3: The level of the Index decreases from an Initial Index Level of 175 to an Ending Index Level of 140. Because the Ending Index Level of 140 is less than the Initial Index Level of 175, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $794.50 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 x (1 + -20%) – $5.50 = $794.50

Example 4: The level of the Index decreases from an Initial Index Level of 175 to an Ending Index Level of 0. Because the Ending Index Level of 0 is less than the Initial Index Level of 175, and because the payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note may not be less than $0, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $0 per $1,000 principal amount note.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

 TS-2

JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

The JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index (“JPMCCI”) is a family of one hundred-five single commodity indices, twenty-one sector indices, three energy light indices and three aggregate commodity indices, including the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index (the “JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index”), that seeks to offer a diversified and representative approach to passive commodity investing. Unlike other commodity indices, which generally focus exposure at a single maturity (traditionally, the front month contract or a single deferred contract), JPMCCI seeks to track exposure along the entire futures curve (i.e., exposure to futures contracts with different maturities) in proportion to their open interest. The JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index covers 35 commodities.

JPMCCI, including the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index, uses open interest to determine the inclusion and relative weights of the individual commodities to arrive at a total market benchmark, which is based on the entire commodity curve. Each commodity’s monthly contract compositions are determined by reference to the historical distribution of the open interest of contracts across the futures curve for the relevant calendar month by reference to the preceding three years.

Although positions will be adjusted monthly, many contracts are deemed to be held in JPMCCI, including the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index, for multiple months because JPMCCI will synthetically own contracts at deferred points of the futures curve. Therefore, only a portion of JPMCCI’s nominal positions will roll each month. This is different from traditional commodities indices, which are generally deemed to have liquidated their current nominal holdings entirely after the end of the rolling period from one contract to another.

The value of the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index is published each trading day under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “JMCXER”.

Selected Purchase Considerations

Selected Risk Considerations

An investment in the notes involves significant risks. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index or in any futures contracts or exchange-traded or over-the-counter instruments based on, or other instruments linked to the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index. These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement no. 143-A-I.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

 TS-3

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

 TS-4

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

 TS-5

Hypothetical Back-tested Data and Historical Information

The following graph sets forth the hypothetical back-tested performance of the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index based on hypothetical back-tested weekly closing levels of the Index from January 2, 2004 through November 2, 2007, and the historical performance of the Index based on the weekly closing level of the Index from November 9, 2007 through July 2, 2009. The following graph shows the closing level of the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index through July 2, 2009. The Index was established on November 9, 2007. The closing level of the Index on July 7, 2009 was 173.0380. We obtained the closing levels of the Index 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 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 July 16, 2009 or the Observation Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Index will result in the return of any of your initial investment. The data for the hypothetical back-tested performance of JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index set forth in the following graph was calculated on materially the same basis on which the performance of the JPMCCI — Aggregate Excess Return Index is now calculated.

 

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.

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.

Supplemental Plan of Distribution

We expect that delivery of the notes will be made against payment for the notes on or about the settlement date set forth on the front cover of this term sheet, which will be the eleventh business day following the expected pricing date of the notes (this settlement cycle being referred to as T+11). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to that trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on the pricing date or the seven succeeding business days will be required to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisers.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Return Notes Linked to the JPMorgan Commodity Curve Index — Aggregate Excess Return Index

 TS-6