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Term sheet
To prospectus
dated November
21, 2008,
prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 and
product supplement no. 20-A-IV dated April 15, 2010
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Term Sheet to
Product Supplement No.
20-A-IV
Registration Statement No.
333-155535
Dated February 18, 2011; Rule 433
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Structured
Investments
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$
Semi-Annual Review Notes Linked to the Russell 2000
®
Index due March 18, 2013
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General
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The notes
are designed for investors who seek early exit prior to maturity at a premium
if, on any one of the four Review Dates, the Russell 2000
®
Index is
at or above the Call Level applicable to that Review Date. If the notes are
not automatically called, Investors will receive their principal back at
maturity if the Ending Index Level is not less than the Initial Index level by
more than 30%, but will lose some or all of their principal if the Ending Index
Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%. Investors in the
notes should be willing to accept this risk of loss and be willing to forgo
interest and dividend payments, in exchange for the opportunity to receive a
premium payment if the notes are automatically called.
Any payment on the
notes is subject to the credit risk of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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The first
Review Date, and therefore the earliest date on which an automatic call may be
initiated, is September 12,
2011.
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Senior
unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase & Co. maturing March 18, 2013
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Minimum
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof
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The notes
are expected to price on or about March 11, 2011 and are expected to settle on or about
March 16, 2011.
Key Terms
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Index:
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The Russell 2000
®
Index (the Index)
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Automatic Call:
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If the Index closing
level on any Review Date is greater than or equal to the Call Level, the
notes will be automatically called for a cash payment per note that will vary
depending on the applicable Review Date and call premium and that will be payable
on the applicable Call Settlement Date.
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Call Level:
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100% of the Initial
Index Level for each Review Date
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Payment if Called:
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For every $1,000 principal amount
note, you will receive one payment of $1,000 plus a call premium amount, calculated
as follows:
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between 2.00%
*
and 2.50%
*
x $1,000 if automatically called on the first Review Date
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between 4.00%
*
and 5.00%
*
x $1,000 if automatically called on the second Review Date
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between 6.00%
*
and 7.50%
*
x $1,000 if automatically called on the third Review Date
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between 8.00%
*
and 10.00%
*
x $1,000 if automatically called on the final Review Date
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*
The actual call premiums applicable to the first,
second, third and final Review Dates will be determined on the pricing date
and will be within the respective ranges specified above.
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Payment at Maturity:
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If the notes are not automatically called and if the Ending
Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by not more than 30%, you
will receive the principal amount of your notes at maturity.
If the
Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%, you
will lose 1.4286% of the principal amount of your notes for every 1% that the
Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%,
and your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be
calculated as follows:
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$1,000 + [$1,000 x (Index Return + 30%) x 1.4286]
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If the notes are not automatically
called, you will lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Ending
Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%.
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Buffer Amount:
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30%
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Index Return:
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The
performance of the Index from the Initial Index Level to the Ending Index
Level calculated as follows:
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Ending Index Level Initial Index Level
Initial Index Level
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Initial Index Level:
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The Index closing level on the
pricing date, which is expected to be on or about March 11, 2011
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Ending Index Level:
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The Index closing level
on the final Review Date
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Review Dates
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September 13,
2011 (first
Review Date), March 14, 2012 (second Review Date), September 12, 2012 (third Review Date) and March 13, 2013 (final Review Date)
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Call Settlement Dates
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September 16,
2011 (first Call Settlement Date), March 19, 2012 (second Call Settlement
Date), September 17, 2012 (third Call Settlement Date) and March 18, 2013
(final Call Settlement Date, which is also the Maturity Date), each of which
is the third business day after the applicable Review Date specified above,
except that the final Call Settlement Date is the Maturity Date
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Maturity Date
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March 18, 2013
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CUSIP:
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48125XFE1
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Subject to postponement in the event
of a market disruption event and as described under Description of Notes Payment
at Maturity or Description of Notes Automatic Call, as applicable, in
the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV.
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Investing in the Semi-Annual
Review Notes involves a number of risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page
PS-5 of the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV and Selected Risk
Considerations beginning on page TS-2 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.
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Price to Public (1)
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Fees and Commissions (2)
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Proceeds to Us
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Per note
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$
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$
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$
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Total
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$
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$
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$
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(1)
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The price to the
public includes the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes
through one or more of our affiliates.
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(2)
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If the notes
priced today, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which we refer to as JPMS, acting
as agent for JPMorgan Chase & Co., would receive a commission of
approximately $35.00 per $1,000 principal amount note and would use a portion
of that commission to allow selling concessions to other affiliated or
unaffiliated dealers of approximately $15.00 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 unaffiliated
dealers, for assuming risks inherent in hedging our obligations under the
notes. The actual commission received by JPMS may be more or less than $35.00
and will depend on market conditions on the pricing date. In no event will
the commission received by JPMS, which includes concessions and other amounts
that may be allowed to other dealers, exceed $35.0
0
per $1,000 principal amount note.
See Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) beginning on page PS-50 of
the accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV.
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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.
February 18, 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. 20-A-IV 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. 20-A-IV dated April 15, 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. 20-A-IV,
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.
Selected
Purchase Considerations
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APPRECIATION
POTENTIAL
If the Index closing level is greater than or equal to the Call
Level on a Review Date, your investment will yield a payment per $1,000
principal amount note of $1,000 plus: (i) between 2.00%* and 2.50%* x $1,000 if
automatically called on the first Review Date (ii) between 4.00*% and 5.00%* x
$1,000 if automatically called on the second Review Date; (iii) between 6.00%* and
7.50%* x $1,000 if automatically called on the third Review Date; or (iv) between
8.00%* and 10.00* x $1,000 if automatically called on the final Review Date.
Because the notes are our senior unsecured obligations, payment of any amount
if called or at maturity is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as
they become due.
* The actual call premiums applicable to the first, second, third and final
Review Dates will be determined on the pricing date and will be within the respective
ranges specified.
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POTENTIAL
EARLY EXIT WITH APPRECIATION AS A RESULT OF AUTOMATIC CALL FEATURE
While
the original term of the notes is just under two years, the notes will be automatically
called before maturity if the Index closing level is at or above the relevant Call
Level on the applicable Review Date and you will be entitled to the applicable
payment corresponding to such Review Date as set forth on the cover of this
term sheet.
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LIMITED
PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS
If the notes are not automatically
called and the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by no
more than 30%, you will be entitled to receive the full principal amount of
your notes at maturity. If the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial
Index Level by more than 30%, for every 1% that the Ending Index Level is less
than the Initial Index level by more than 30%, you will lose an amount equal to
1.4286% of the principal amount of your notes.
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JPMorgan
Structured Investments
Semi-Annual Review Notes Linked to the Russell 2000
®
Index
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TS-1
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DIVERSIFICATION
OF THE RUSSELL 2000
®
INDEX
The return on the notes is
linked to the performance of the Russell 2000
®
Index. The Russell
2000
®
Index consists of the middle 2,000 companies included in the
Russell 3000E Index and, as a result of the index calculation
methodology, consists of the smallest 2,000 companies included in the Russell
3000
®
Index. The Russell 2000
®
Index is designed to track
the performance of the small capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market.
For additional information about the Index, see the information set forth under
The Russell 2000
®
Index in the accompanying product supplement no.
20-A-IV.
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CAPITAL
GAINS TAX TREATMENT
You should review carefully
the section entitled Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences in the
accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV. Subject to the limitations
described therein, and based on certain factual representations received from
us, in the opinion of our special tax counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell
LLP
, it is reasonable to treat the notes as open
transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Assuming this
characterization is respected, the gain or loss on your notes should be treated
as short-term capital gain or loss unless you hold your notes for more than a
year, in which case the gain or loss should be long-term capital gain or loss, whether
or not you are an initial purchaser of notes at the issue price. However, the
Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) or a court may not respect this
characterization or treatment of the notes, in which case the timing and
character of any income or loss on the notes could be significantly and
adversely affected. In addition, in 2007 Treasury and the IRS released a
notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of prepaid forward
contracts and similar instruments, which might include the notes. The notice
focuses in particular on whether to require holders of these instruments to
accrue income over the term of their investment. It also asks for comments on
a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with
respect to these instruments; the relevance of factors such as the nature of
the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; the degree, if
any, to which income (including any mandated accruals) realized by Non-U.S.
Holders should be subject to withholding tax; and whether these instruments are
or should be subject to the constructive ownership regime, which very
generally can operate to recharacterize certain long-term capital gain as
ordinary income and impose an interest charge. While the notice requests
comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, any Treasury
regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues
could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in
the notes, possibly with retroactive effect. Both U.S. and Non-U.S.
Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of an investment in the notes, including possible alternative
treatments and the issues presented by this notice. Non-U.S. Holders should
also note that they may be withheld upon unless they have submitted a properly
completed IRS Form W-8BEN or otherwise satisfied the applicable documentation
requirements.
The
discussion in the preceding paragraph, 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 Index or any of the equity securities included in the Index.
These risks are explained in more detail in the Risk Factors section of the
accompanying product supplement no. 20-A-IV dated April 15, 2010.
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YOUR
INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES MAY RESULT IN A LOSS
If the notes are not automatically
called and the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more
than 30%, you will lose 1.4286% of your principal amount for every 1% that the
Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level by more than 30%.
Accordingly, you could lose some or all of your initial investment.
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CREDIT
RISK OF JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
The notes are subject to the credit risk
of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and our credit ratings and credit spreads may
adversely affect the market value of the notes. Investors are dependent on JPMorgan
Chase & Co.s ability to pay all amounts due on the notes at maturity or
upon an automatic call, and therefore investors are subject to our credit risk
and to changes in the markets view of our creditworthiness. Any decline in
our credit ratings or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for
taking our credit risk is likely to affect adversely the value of the notes.
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POTENTIAL
CONFLICTS
We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection
with the issuance of the notes, including acting as calculation agent and
hedging our obligations under the notes. In performing these duties, the
economic interests of the calculation agent and other affiliates of ours are
potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the notes.
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TS-2
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LIMITED
RETURN ON THE NOTES
Your potential gain on the notes will be limited to
the call premium applicable for the Review Dates as set forth on the cover of
this term sheet, regardless of the appreciation in the Index, which may be
significant. Because the Index closing level at various times during the term
of the notes could be higher than on the Review Dates, you may receive a lower
payment if automatically called or at maturity, as the case may be, than you
would have if you had invested directly in the Index.
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REINVESTMENT
RISK
If your notes are automatically called
early, the term of the notes may be reduced to as short as six months. There
is no guarantee that you would be able to reinvest the proceeds from an
investment in the notes at a comparable return for a similar level of risk in
the event the notes are automatically called prior to the maturity date.
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RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL CAPITALIZATION STOCKS
The stocks that constitute
the Index are issued by companies with relatively small market capitalization.
The stock prices of smaller companies may be more volatile than stock prices of
large capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies may be less able
to withstand adverse economic, market, trade and competitive conditions
relative to larger companies. These companies tend to be less well-established
than large market capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies are
less likely to pay dividends on their stocks, and the presence of a dividend
payment could be a factor that limits downward stock price pressure under
adverse market conditions.
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CERTAIN
BUILT-IN COSTS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT ADVERSELY THE VALUE OF THE NOTES PRIOR TO
MATURITY
While the payment upon an automatic
call or at maturity described in this term sheet is based on the full principal
amount of your notes, the original issue price of the notes includes the
agents commission and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the
notes. As a result, and as a general matter, the price,
if any, at which JPMS will be willing to purchase notes from you in secondary
market transactions, if at all, will likely be lower than the original issue
price and any sale prior to the maturity date could result in a substantial
loss to you.
This secondary market price will also be affected by a
number of factors aside from the agents commission and hedging costs,
including those set forth under Many Economic and Market Factors Will Impact
the Value of the Notes below.
The notes are not designed to be short-term trading instruments. Accordingly,
you should be able and willing to hold the notes to maturity.
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NO
INTEREST OR DIVIDEND PAYMENTS OR VOTING RIGHTS
As a holder of the notes,
you will not receive interest payments, and you will not have voting rights or
rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights that
holders of securities composing the Index would have.
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LACK
OF LIQUIDITY
The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. JPMS
intends to offer to purchase the notes in the secondary market but is not
required to do so. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide
enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell the notes easily. Because other
dealers are not likely to make a secondary market for the notes, the price at
which you may be able to trade your notes is likely to depend on the price, if
any, at which JPMS is willing to buy the notes.
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MANY
ECONOMIC AND MARKET FACTORS WILL IMPACT THE VALUE OF THE NOTES
In
addition to the level of the Index on any day, the value of the notes will be
affected by a number of economic and market factors that may either offset or
magnify each other, including:
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the
expected volatility of the Index;
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the
time to maturity of the notes;
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the
dividend rate on the equity securities underlying the Index;
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interest
and yield rates in the market generally;
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a
variety of economic, financial, political, regulatory and judicial events; and
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our
creditworthiness,
including actual or anticipated
downgrades in our credit ratings
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Index
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TS-3
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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 applicable Review
Date for a range of movements in the Index as shown under the column Index
Level Appreciation/Depreciation at Review Date. The following table assumes a Call level equal to the hypothetical
Initial Index Level of 800 on each of the Review Dates. The table assumes that
the call premiums used to calculate the call premium amount applicable to the
first, second, third and final Review Dates are 2.25%, 4.50%, 6.75% and 9.00%
(
the midpoints of the ranges specified
on the front cover), respectively, regardless of the appreciation of the
Index, which may be significant; the actual call premiums will be determined on
the pricing date.
If
the actual call premiums as determined on the Pricing Date are less than the
hypothetical percentages specified above, your total return and total payment
over the term of the notes will be less than the amounts indicated below.
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 applicable Review
Date and no payment would be made for such 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.
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Index
Closing
Level
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Index
Level
Appreciation/
Depreciation
at
Review
Date
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Total
Return
at
First
Review
Date
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Total
Return
at
Second
Review
Date
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Total
Return
at
Third
Review
Date
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Total
Return
at
Maturity
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1440.00
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80.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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1360.00
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70.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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1280.00
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60.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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1200.00
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50.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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1120.00
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40.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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1040.00
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30.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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960.00
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20.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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880.00
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10.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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800.00
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0.00%
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2.25%
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4.50%
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6.75%
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9.00%
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760.00
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-5.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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0.00%
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720.00
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-10.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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0.00%
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640.00
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-20.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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0.00%
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560.00
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-30.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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0.00%
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520.00
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-35.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-7.14%
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480.00
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-40.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-14.29%
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400.00
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-50.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-28.57%
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320.00
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-60.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-42.86%
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240.00
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-70.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-57.14%
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160.00
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-80.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-71.43%
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80.00
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-90.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-85.72%
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0.00
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-100.00%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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-100.00%
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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 the
Initial Index Level of 800 to an Index closing level of 880 on the first Review
Date.
Because the Index closing level on the first Review Date of 880 is
greater than the corresponding Call Level of 800, the notes are automatically
called, and the investor receives a single payment of $1,022.50 per $1,000
principal amount note.
Example 2: The level of the Index decreases from the
Initial Index Level of 800 to an Index closing level of 760 on the first Review
Date, 720 on the second Review Date, 640 on the third Review Date and 560 on
the final Review Date.
Because (a) the Index closing level on each of the
Review Dates (760, 720, 640 and 560) is less than the corresponding Call Level
of 800 and (b) the Ending Index level is not less than the Initial Index Level
by more than 30%, the notes are not automatically called and the payment at
maturity is the principal amount of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount note.
Example 3: The level of the
Index
decreases
from the Initial Index Level of 800 to an Index closing level of 720 on the
first Review Date, 640 on the second Review Date, 560 on the third Review Date
and 480 on the final Review Date.
Because (a) the Index closing level on each
of the Review Dates (720, 640, 560 and 480) is less than the corresponding Call
Level of 800 and (b) the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index
Level by more than 30%, the notes are not automatically called and the investor
receives a payment at maturity that is less than the principal amount for each
$1,000 principal amount note, calculated as follows:
$1,000 + [$1,000 x (-40%
+ 30%) x 1.4286] = $857.14
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Historical Information
The following graph sets forth the historical performance of the Index
based on the weekly historical Index closing levels from January 6, 2006 through February 11, 2011. The Index closing level on February 17, 2011 was 834.02. We obtained the Index closing levels 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 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 any Review Date. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of
the Index will result in the return of any of your initial investment.
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Structured Investments
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Index
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TS-5
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