Term sheet
To prospectus dated November 21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 206-A-I dated March 4, 2011

  Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No. 206-A-I
Registration Statement No. 333-155535
Dated May 16, 2011; Rule 433

Structured 
Investments 

      $
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts due June 1, 2012

General

Key Terms

Basket:

The Basket will be composed of three equally weighted components (each a “Component” and together the “Components”). The Components and their weights in the Basket are as follows:

 

Components

Component
Weighting

Contract Price/Commodity
Price on the Pricing Date

 

Brent crude oil futures contracts (as referenced in the relevant definition of “Contract Price” below) (“Brent Crude Futures Contracts,” Bloomberg symbol “CO1” or “CO2”)

1/3

 

 

Grade A Copper (“Copper,” Bloomberg symbol “LOCADY”)

1/3

 

 

Corn futures contracts (as referenced in the relevant definition of “Contract Price” below) (“Corn Futures Contracts,” Bloomberg symbol “C 1” or “C 2”)

1/3

 

Upside Leverage Factor:

At least 1.5. The Upside Leverage Factor will be set on the pricing date and will not be less than 1.5.

Automatic Call:

If the Basket Closing Level on the Review Date is greater than or equal to the Call Level, the notes will be automatically called for a cash payment as described below.

Call Level:

100% of the Starting Basket Level

Payment if Called:

For every $1,000 principal amount note, you will receive one payment of $1,000 plus a call premium amount of at least $60.00* (equal to the call premium of at least 6.00%* × $1,000) if called on the Review Date

*The actual call premium amount and call premium will be determined on the pricing date but will not be less than $60.00 and 6.00%, respectively.

Payment at Maturity:

If the notes have not been automatically called and the Ending Basket Level is greater than the Starting Basket Level, you will receive at maturity a cash payment that provides you with a return per $1,000 principal amount note equal to the Basket Return multiplied by the Upside Leverage Factor, subject to a Maximum Total Return on the notes of at least 30.00%**. For example, assuming the Maximum Total Return is 30.00%** and the Upside Leverage Factor is 1.5, if the Basket Return is equal to or greater than 20%, you will receive the Maximum Total Return on the notes of 30.00%**, which entitles you to a maximum payment at maturity of $1,300** for every $1,000 principal amount note that you hold. Accordingly, if the Basket 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 × Basket Return × Upside Leverage Factor)

** The actual Maximum Total Return on the notes and the actual maximum payment at maturity will be set on the pricing date and will not be less than 30.00% and $1,300 per $1,000 principal amount note, respectively.

If the Ending Basket Level is equal to or less than the Starting Basket Level by up to 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 more than 10%, you will lose 1.1111% of the principal amount of your notes for every 1% that the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level by more than 10%. Under these circumstances, your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 x (Basket Return + 10%) x 1.1111]

If the notes have not been automatically called, 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 more than 10%.

Buffer:

10.00%

Downside Leverage Factor:

1.1111

Basket Return:

The performance of the Basket from the Starting Basket Level to the Ending Basket Level calculated as follows:

 

Ending Basket Level – Starting Basket Level
Starting Basket Level

See “Additional Key Terms” in this term sheet for more information.

Review Date:

November 21, 2011

Call Settlement Date:

The third business day after the Review Date specified above

Observation Date:

May 29, 2012

Maturity Date:

June 1, 2012

Other Key Terms:

See “Additional Key Terms” on page TS-1 of this term sheet

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 Determination Date — E. Notes linked to a Basket of Components” in the accompanying product supplement no. 206-A-I or early acceleration in the event of a commodity hedging disruption event as described under “General Terms of Notes — Consequences of a Commodity Hedging Disruption Event — C. Early Acceleration of Payment on the Notes” in the accompanying product supplement no. 206-A-I and in “Selected Risk Considerations — We May Accelerate Your Notes If a Commodity Hedging Disruption Event Occurs” in this term sheet.

Investing in the Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-16 of the accompanying product supplement no. 206-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 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-40 of the accompanying product supplement no. 206-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 16, 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. 206-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. 206-A-I dated March 4, 2011. 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. 206-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 Basket Level:

Set equal to 100 on the pricing date

Ending Basket Level:

The Basket Closing Level on the Observation Date

Basket Closing Level:

On any trading day, the Basket Closing Level will be calculated as follows:

100 × [1 + (Brent Crude Futures Return × 1/3) + (Copper Return × 1/3) +
(Corn Futures Return × 1/3)]

The Component Return of each Component refers to its Contract Return (if it is a Commodity Futures Contract) or Commodity Return (if it is Copper).

Contract Return:

With respect to each Commodity Futures Contract:

 

Ending Contract Price – Initial Contract Price
Initial Contract Price

Initial Contract Price:

With respect to each Commodity Futures Contract, the Contract Price on the pricing date.

Ending Contract Price:

With respect to each Commodity Futures Contract, the Contract Price on the Observation Date.

Contract Price:

With respect to a Commodity Futures Contract on any trading day:

 

(a) if the Commodity Futures Contract is a Brent Crude Futures Contract, the official settlement price per barrel on ICE Futures Europe of the first nearby month futures contract for Brent crude oil, stated in U.S. dollars, as made public by ICE Futures Europe (Bloomberg Ticker: “CO1” <Comdty>), provided that if such date falls on the last trading day of such futures contract (all pursuant to the rules of ICE Futures Europe), then the second nearby month futures contract (Bloomberg Ticker: “CO2” <Comdty>) on such trading day, or

(b) if the Commodity Futures Contract is a Corn Futures Contract, the official settlement price per bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade (the “CBOT”) of the first nearby month futures contract for #2 Yellow Corn, stated in U.S. cents, as made public by the CBOT (Bloomberg Ticker: “C 1” <Comdty>), provided that if such date falls within the notice period for delivery of corn under such futures contract or on the last trading day of such futures contract (all pursuant to the rules of the CBOT), then the second nearby month futures contract (Bloomberg Ticker: “C 2” <Comdty>) on such trading day.

Commodity Return:

With respect to Copper:

 

Ending Commodity Price – Initial Commodity Price
Initial Commodity Price

Initial Commodity Price:

With respect to Copper, the Commodity Price on the pricing date.

Ending Commodity Price:

With respect to Copper, the Commodity Price on the Observation Date.

Commodity Price:

With respect to Copper, on any trading day, the official cash settlement price per metric ton of Grade A Copper, stated in U.S. dollars, as determined by the London Metal Exchange (the “LME”) and displayed on Bloomberg under the symbol “LOCADY” on such trading day

CUSIP:

48125XRP3

Supplemental Terms of the Notes

For purposes of the notes offered by this term sheet:

(1) the Review Date and the Observation Date are subject to postponement as described under “Description of Notes — Postponement of a Determination Date — E. Notes linked to a Basket of Components” in the accompanying product supplement no. 206-A-I; and

(2) the consequences of a commodity hedging disruption event are described under “General Terms of Notes — Consequences of a Commodity Hedging Disruption Event — C. Early Acceleration of Payment on the Notes.”


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-1

Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable upon Automatic Call or at Maturity

The following table illustrates the hypothetical simple total return (i.e., not compounded) on the notes that could be realized on the Call Settlement Date or at maturity for a range of movements in the Basket as shown under the column “Basket Level Appreciation/Depreciation at Review Date” and “Basket Return.” The following table assumes a Maximum Total Return of 30.00% and an Upside Leverage Factor of 1.5 and reflects the Buffer Amount of 10.00%. The actual Maximum Total Return and Upside Leverage Factor will be determined on the pricing date and will not be less than 30.00% and 1.5, respectively. There will be only one payment on the notes whether called or at maturity. An entry of “N/A” indicates that the notes would not be called on the Review Date and no payment would be made for that date. The hypothetical returns set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual total returns applicable to a purchaser of the notes.


 

Automatic Call

No Automatic Call


Basket
Closing Level

Basket Level
Appreciation/
Depreciation at
Review Date

Total Return at Call
Settlement Date

Basket
Return

Total
Return at
Maturity


180.00

80.00%

6.00%

80.00%

30.00%

170.00

70.00%

6.00%

70.00%

30.00%

160.00

60.00%

6.00%

60.00%

30.00%

150.00

50.00%

6.00%

50.00%

30.00%

140.00

40.00%

6.00%

40.00%

30.00%

130.00

30.00%

6.00%

30.00%

30.00%

120.00

20.00%

6.00%

20.00%

30.00%

110.00

10.00%

6.00%

10.00%

15.00%

105.00

5.00%

6.00%

5.00%

7.50%

102.50

2.50%

6.00%

2.50%

3.75%

100.00

0.00%

6.00%

0.00%

0.000%

95.00

-5.00%

N/A

-5.00%

0.000%

90.00

-10.00%

N/A

-10.00%

0.000%

80.00

-20.00%

N/A

-20.00%

-11.11%

70.00

-30.00%

N/A

-30.00%

-22.22%

60.00

-40.00%

N/A

-40.00%

-33.33%

50.00

-50.00%

N/A

-50.00%

-44.44%

40.00

-60.00%

N/A

-60.00%

-55.56%

30.00

-70.00%

N/A

-70.00%

-66.67%

20.00

-80.00%

N/A

-80.00%

-77.78%

10.00

-90.00%

N/A

-90.00%

-88.89%

0.00

-100.00%

N/A

-100.00%

-100.00%


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 a Basket Closing Level of 105 on the Review Date. Because the Basket Closing Level on the Review Date of 105 is greater than the Call Level of 100, the notes are automatically called on the Review Date, and the investor receives a single payment of $1,060 per $1,000 principal amount note on the Call Settlement Date.

Example 2: The notes have not been automatically called, and the level of the Basket increases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 102.50. Because the Ending Basket Level of 102.50 is greater than the Starting Basket Level of 100 and the Basket Return of 2.50% multiplied by 1.5 does not exceed the hypothetical Maximum Total Return of 30%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,037.50 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + ($1,000 × 2.50% × 1.5) = $1,037.50

Example 3: The notes have not been automatically called, and 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% multiplied by 1.5 exceeds the hypothetical Maximum Total Return of 30%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,300 per $1,000 principal amount note, the maximum payment on the notes.

Example 4: The notes have not been automatically called, and the level of the Basket decreases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 95. Although the Basket Return is negative, because the Ending Basket Level of 90 is less than the Starting Basket Level of 100 by not more than the Buffer Amount of 10%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount note.

Example 6: The notes have not been automatically called, and the level of the Basket decreases from the Starting Basket Level of 100 to an Ending Basket Level of 80. Because the Ending Basket Level of 80 is less than the Starting Basket Level of 100 by more than the Buffer Amount of 10%, the Basket Return is negative and the investor receives a payment at maturity of $888.89 per $1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:

$1,000 + [$1,000 × (-20% + 10%) × 1.1111] = $888.89


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-2

Selected Purchase Considerations


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-3

Selected Risk Considerations

An investment in the notes involves significant risks. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the Basket, any of the Components or any related futures contracts. These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement no. 206-A-I dated March 4, 2011.


JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-4

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-5

JPMorgan Structured Investments —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-6

Historical Information

The following graphs set forth the weekly historical performance of each Component, as well as the Basket as a whole, from January 6, 2006 through May 13, 2011. The graph of the historical Basket performance assumes the Basket Closing Level on January 6, 2006 was 100 and the weightings for each Component were as specified on the cover of this term sheet on that date. The Contract Prices or Commodity Prices, as applicable, of Brent Crude Futures Contracts, Copper and Corn Futures Contracts on May 13, 2011 were $113.83, $8,857 and 679¢, respectively.

We obtained the various closing levels and prices and other information below from Bloomberg Financial Markets and accordingly, we make no representation or warranty as to their accuracy or completeness. The historical price of each Component should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the price of any Component on the pricing date, the Review Date or the Observation Date.

 

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, which includes structuring and development fees, exceed $10.00 per $1,000 principal amount note. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” beginning on page PS-89 of the accompanying product supplement no. 206-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 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 —
Autocallable Buffered Return Enhanced Notes Linked an Equally Weighted Basket Consisting of Brent Crude Oil Futures Contracts, Grade A Copper and Corn Futures Contracts

 TS-7