Product supplement no. 9-I
To prospectus dated December 1, 2005 and prospectus supplement dated December 1, 2005 Registration Statement No. 333-130051 Dated January 18, 2006 Rule 424(b)(2)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Principal Protected Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index

General

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. may offer and sell principal protected notes linked to a Basket consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index from time to time. This product supplement no. 9-I describes terms that will apply generally to the principal protected notes, and supplements the terms described in the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus. A separate term sheet or pricing supplement, as the case may be, will describe terms that apply specifically to the notes, including any changes to the terms specified below. We refer to such term sheets and pricing supplements generally as terms supplements. If the terms described in the relevant terms supplement are inconsistent with those described herein or in the accompanying prospectus supplement or prospectus, the terms described in the relevant terms supplement shall control.

• The notes are the senior unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• Payment is linked to a Basket consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index as described below.

• Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, full principal protection if the notes are held to maturity.

• Cash payment at maturity of principal plus the Additional Amount.

• The Additional Amount will depend on the Basket Return and the specific terms of the notes as set forth in the relevant terms supplement. Unless otherwise specified, the Additional Amount per $1,000 principal amount note will equal (A) $1,000 x the Basket Return x the Participation Rate, but will not be less than zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable) or greater than the Maximum Return, if applicable, or (B) an amount calculated according to the formula in clause A, unless the Basket Closing Level exceeds a specified level (which we refer to as the Knock-Out Level) on one of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement, in which case the Additional Amount will equal $1,000 x the Knock-Out Rate, or (C) if the Ending Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Starting Basket Level, a fixed amount specified in the relevant terms supplement (which amount we refer to as the Fixed Payment) and otherwise zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable).

• In addition to a cash payment at maturity of principal plus the Additional Amount, if any, the notes may pay interest prior to maturity, as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

• For important information about tax consequences, see “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” beginning on page PS-31.

• Minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.

• Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing in the Basket, any of the Basket Indices or any of their component stocks.

• The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.

Key Terms

Basket:	Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Basket will be composed of three indices (each a “Basket Index” and together the “Basket Indices”) with the following initial weights:
	Basket Index	Weight
	AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index (“HKX”)	1/3
	MSCI Taiwan Index (“TWY”)	1/3
	MSCI Singapore Index (“SGY”)	1/3
Payment at Maturity:	Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, at maturity you will receive a cash payment for each $1,000 principal amount note of $1,000 plus the Additional Amount, which may be zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable).
Additional Amount (Notes with neither a Knock-Out Level nor a Fixed Payment):	For notes with neither a Knock-Out Level nor a Fixed Payment, the Additional Amount per $1,000 principal amount note paid at maturity will equal, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, $1,000 x the Basket Return x the Participation Rate; provided that the Additional Amount will not be less than zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable) or greater than the Maximum Return, if applicable.

Additional Amount (Notes with a Knock-Out Level):	For notes with a Knock-Out Level, the Additional Amount per $1,000 principal amount note paid at maturity will equal, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement:
	(1)	If the Basket Closing Level is less than the Knock-Out Level on each of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement, $1,000 x the Basket Return x the Participation Rate; provided that the Additional Amount will not be less than zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable) or greater than the Maximum Return, if applicable; or
	(2)	If the Basket Closing Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level on any of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement, which we refer to as a Knock-Out Event, $1,000 x the Knock-Out Rate.
Additional Amount (Notes with a Fixed Payment):	For notes with a Fixed Payment, the Additional Amount per $1,000 principal amount note paid at maturity will equal:
	(1)	If the Ending Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Starting Basket Level, an amount specified in the relevant terms supplement; or
	(2)	If the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level, zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable).
Minimum Return:	If applicable, then the Additional Amount will equal at least the amount specified as the Minimum Return in the relevant terms supplement.
Maximum Return:	If applicable, then the Additional Amount will equal no more than the amount specified as the Maximum Return in the relevant terms supplement.
Other Terms:	If applicable, the Partial Principal Protection Percentage, Participation Rate, Knock-Out Level, Knock-Out Rate, Knock-Out Event, Fixed Payment, Interest Rate, Interest Period, Interest Determination Dates and/or Interest Payment Date(s) will be set forth in the relevant terms supplement.
Basket Return:	Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement:

Ending Basket Level – Starting Basket Level

Starting Basket Level

Starting Basket Level:	Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, set equal to 100 on the pricing date or such other relevant date or dates as specified in the relevant terms supplement.
Ending Basket Level:	The Basket Closing Level on the Observation Date or the arithmetic average of the Basket Closing Levels on each of the Averaging Dates, or such other date or dates as specified in the relevant terms supplement.
Basket Closing Level:	Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Basket Closing Level will be calculated as follows: 100 x [1 + (AMEX Hong Kong Return + MSCI Taiwan Return + MSCI Singapore Return)/3] Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the AMEX Hong Kong Return, MSCI Taiwan Return and MSCI Singapore Return are the performance of the respective Basket Indices, expressed as a percentage, from the closing level on the pricing date or other relevant date or dates specified in the terms supplement to the closing level on the Observation Date (or the arithmetic average of the closing levels on each of the Averaging Dates) or on any trading day specified in the relevant terms supplement (for notes with a Knock-Out Level). For additional information, see “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity.”
Basket Valuation Dates:	The Basket Closing Level will be calculated on a single date, which we refer to as an Observation Date, or on several dates, each of which we refer to as an Averaging Date, as specified in the relevant terms supplement. We refer to such dates generally as Basket Valuation Dates in this product supplement. For notes with a Knock-Out Level, the relevant terms supplement may specify any trading day during the term of the notes as a Basket Valuation Date. Any Basket Valuation Date is subject to postponement in the event of a market disruption event and as described under “General Terms of the Notes — Payment at Maturity.”
Maturity Date:	As specified in the relevant terms supplement. The maturity date of the notes is subject to postponement in the event of a market disruption event and as described under “General Terms of the Notes — Payment at Maturity.”

Investing in the Principal Protected Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-6.

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 product supplement no. 9-I, the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus, or any related terms supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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.

JPMorgan

January 18, 2006

 

We are offering to sell, and are seeking offers to buy, the notes only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. Neither this product supplement no. 9-I nor the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement constitutes an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any notes by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this product supplement no. 9-I nor the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement nor any sale made hereunder implies that there has been no change in our affairs or that the information in this product supplement no. 9-I and accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement is correct as of any date after the date hereof.

You must (i) comply with all applicable laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction in connection with the possession or distribution of this product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement and the purchase, offer or sale of the notes and (ii) obtain any consent, approval or permission required to be obtained by you for the purchase, offer or sale by you of the notes under the laws and regulations applicable to you in force in any jurisdiction to which you are subject or in which you make such purchases, offers or sales; neither we nor the agents shall have any responsibility therefor.

The notes are not and will not be authorized by the Comisión Nacional de Valores for public offer in Argentina and may thus not be offered or sold to the public at large or to sectors or specific groups thereof by any means, including but not limited to personal offerings, written materials, advertisements or the media, in circumstances which constitute a public offering of securities under Argentine Law No. 17,811, as amended.

The notes have not been and will not be registered with the “Comissão de Valores Mobiliários” – the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) and accordingly, the notes may not be sold, promised to be sold, offered, solicited, advertised and/or marketed within the Federative Republic of Brazil in an offering that can be construed as a public offering under CVM Instruction n^o 400, dated December 29, 2003, as amended from time to time.

The notes have not been registered with the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros in Chile and may not be offered or sold publicly in Chile. No offer, sales or deliveries of the notes, or distribution of this product supplement no. 9-I or the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement may be made in or from Chile except in circumstances which will result in compliance with any applicable Chilean laws and regulations.

The notes have not been, and will not be, registered with the National Registry of Securities maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission nor with the Mexican Stock Exchange and may not be offered or sold publicly in the United Mexican States. This product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement may not be publicly distributed in the United Mexican States.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

			Page
Description of Notes		PS-1
Risk Factors		PS-6
Use of Proceeds	PS-13
The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index	PS-14
The MSCI Taiwan Index	PS-19
The MSCI Singapore Index	PS-23
General Terms of the Notes	PS-27
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences	PS-31
Underwriting	PS-35
Benefit Plan Investor Considerations	PS-37

In making your investment decision, you should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in the terms supplement relevant to your investment, this product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus with respect to the notes offered by the relevant terms supplement and this product supplement no. 9-I and with respect to JPMorgan Chase & Co. We have not authorized anyone to give you any additional or different information. The information in the relevant terms supplement, this product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus may only be accurate as of the dates of each of these documents, respectively.

The notes described in the relevant terms supplement and this product supplement no. 9-I are not appropriate for all investors, and involve important legal and tax consequences and investment risks, which should be discussed with your professional advisers. You should be aware that the regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the laws of certain jurisdictions (including regulations and laws that require brokers to ensure that investments are suitable for their customers) may limit the availability of the notes. The relevant terms supplement, this product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

In this product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus, “we,” “us” and “our” refer to JPMorgan Chase & Co., unless the context requires otherwise.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

The following description of the terms of the notes supplements the description of the general terms of the debt securities set forth under the headings “Description of Notes” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and “Description of Debt Securities” in the accompanying prospectus. A separate terms supplement will describe the terms that apply specifically to the notes, including any changes to the terms specified below. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this product supplement no. 9-I have the meanings assigned in the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and the relevant terms supplement. The term “note” refers to each $1,000 principal amount of our Principal Protected Notes Linked to a Basket Consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index.

General

The Principal Protected Notes are senior unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase & Co. that are linked to a Basket consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index. The notes are a series of securities referred to in the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and the relevant terms supplement. The notes will be issued by JPMorgan Chase & Co. under an indenture dated May 25, 2001, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, between us and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly Bankers Trust Company), as trustee.

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the notes will not pay interest or a fixed amount at maturity. Instead, at maturity you will receive a payment in cash, the amount of which will vary depending upon the performance of the Basket over the term of the notes, calculated in accordance with the applicable formula as set out below. Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, we will pay you at maturity at least the principal amount of $1,000 for each $1,000 principal amount note and, if specified in the relevant terms supplement, accrued and unpaid interest.

The notes are not bank deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.

The notes are our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank pari passu with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.

The notes will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. The principal amount and issue price of each note is $1,000, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. The notes will be represented by one or more permanent global notes registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, as described under “Description of Notes — Forms of Notes” in the prospectus supplement and “Forms of Securities — Global Securities” in the prospectus.

The specific terms of the notes will be described in the relevant terms supplement accompanying this product supplement no. 9-I. The terms described in that document supplement those described herein and in the accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement. If the terms described in the relevant terms supplement are inconsistent with those described herein or in the accompanying prospectus or prospectus supplement, the terms described in the relevant terms supplement shall control.

Payment at Maturity

The maturity date for the notes will be set forth in the relevant terms supplement and is subject to adjustment if the final Basket Valuation Date is postponed as described below. We will specify, if applicable, the Partial Principal Protection Percentage, Participation Rate, Minimum Return, Maximum Return, Knock-Out Level, Knock-Out Rate and Fixed Payment and the applicable terms of any such Minimum Return, Maximum Return, Knock-Out Level or Fixed Payment in the relevant terms supplement.

 

PS-1

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, your return on the notes will be linked to the performance during the life of the notes of an equally weighted Basket consisting of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index.

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, at maturity you will receive a cash payment for each $1,000 principal amount note of $1,000 plus the Additional Amount as described below, which amount may be zero unless a Minimum Return applies. Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, you will not receive less than $1,000 for each $1,000 principal amount note if you hold the notes to maturity.

For notes with neither a Knock-Out Level nor a Fixed Payment, the “Additional Amount” per $1,000 principal amount note paid at maturity will equal, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, $1,000 x the Basket Return x the Participation Rate; provided that the Additional Amount will not be less than zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable) or greater than the Maximum Return, if applicable.

The "Partial Principal Protection Percentage" will be a percentage less than 100%, as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “Participation Rate” will be a percentage, which may be more or less than 100%, as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “Minimum Return” will be a fixed dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount note as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “Maximum Return” will be a fixed dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount note as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

For notes with a Knock-Out Level, the “Additional Amount” per $1,000 principal amount note paid at maturity will equal, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement:

(1) if the Basket Closing Level is less than the Knock-Out Level on each of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement, $1,000 x the Basket Return x the Participation Rate; provided that the Additional Amount will not be less than zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable) or greater than the Maximum Return, if applicable; or

(2) if the Basket Closing Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level on any of the trading days specified by the relevant terms supplement, which we refer to as a “Knock-Out Event,” $1,000 x the Knock-Out Rate.

The “Knock-Out Level” will be a percentage of the Starting Basket Level or a fixed level of the Basket as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “Knock-Out Rate” will be a percentage as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

A “Knock-Out Event” occurs when the Basket Closing Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level on any of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement. For example, the terms supplement may specify a single Basket Valuation Date as the only trading day on which a Knock-Out Event can occur, or the terms supplement may specify that a Knock-Out Event can occur on any trading day during the term of the notes.

For notes with a Fixed Payment, the “Additional Amount” per $1,000 principal amount note paid at maturity will equal:

(1) if the Ending Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Starting Basket Level, the Fixed Payment; or

(2) if the Ending Basket Level is less than the Starting Basket Level, zero (or the Minimum Return, if applicable).

The “Fixed Payment” is a fixed dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount note as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

 

PS-2

The “Basket Return,” as calculated by the calculation agent, is the percentage change of the Basket comparing the Ending Basket Level to the Starting Basket Level. The Basket Return, unless otherwise specified in the applicable terms supplement, is calculated as follows:

Basket Return =	Ending Basket Level – Starting Basket Level
	Starting Basket Level

The “Starting Basket Level” will be set to equal 100 on the pricing date, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. The “Ending Basket Level” is equal to the Basket Closing Level on the Observation Date or an arithmetic average of the Basket Closing Levels on each of the Averaging Dates or such other date or dates as specified in the applicable terms supplement.

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the “Basket Closing Level” will be calculated as follows:

100 x [1 + (AMEX Hong Kong Return + MSCI Taiwan Return + MSCI Singapore Return)/3]

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the AMEX Hong Kong Return, MSCI Taiwan Return and MSCI Singapore Return are the performance of the respective Basket Indices, expressed as a percentage, from the closing level on the pricing date to the closing level on the Observation Date (or the arithmetic average of the closing levels on each of the Averaging Dates) or on any trading day specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “AMEX Hong Kong Return” is calculated as follows, unless otherwise specified in the applicable terms supplement:

AMEX Hong Kong Return =	AMEX Hong Kong Ending Level – AMEX Hong Kong Starting Level
	AMEX Hong Kong Starting Level

where the “AMEX Hong Kong Starting Level” is the closing level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on the pricing date and the “AMEX Hong Kong Ending Level” is the closing level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on the Observation Date (or the arithmetic average of the closing levels of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on each of the Averaging Dates) or on any trading day specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “MSCI Taiwan Return” is calculated as follows, unless otherwise specified in the applicable terms supplement:

MSCI Taiwan Return =	MSCI Taiwan Ending Level – MSCI Taiwan Starting Level
	MSCI Taiwan Starting Level

where the “MSCI Taiwan Starting Level” is the closing level of the MSCI Taiwan Index on the pricing date and the “MSCI Taiwan Ending Level” is the closing level of the MSCI Taiwan Index on the Observation Date (or the arithmetic average of the closing levels of the MSCI Taiwan Index on each of the Averaging Dates) or on any trading day specified in the relevant terms supplement.

The “MSCI Singapore Return” is calculated as follows, unless otherwise specified in the applicable terms supplement:

MSCI Singapore Return =	MSCI Singapore Ending Level – MSCI Singapore Starting Level
	MSCI Singapore Starting Level

where the “MSCI Singapore Starting Level” is the closing level of the MSCI Singapore Index on the pricing date and the “MSCI Singapore Ending Level” is the closing level of the MSCI Singapore Index on the Observation Date (or the arithmetic average of the closing levels of the MSCI Singapore Index on each of the Averaging Dates) or on any trading day specified in the relevant terms supplement.

 

PS-3

With respect to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, the “closing level” on any trading day will equal the official closing level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, respectively, or in each case, any successor index thereto (as described below) published following the regular official weekday close of trading for each such Basket Index on that trading day. In certain circumstances, the “closing level” will be based on the alternate calculation of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index described under “The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index — Discontinuation of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation,” “The MSCI Taiwan Index — Discontinuation of the MSCI Taiwan Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation” and “The MSCI Singapore Index — Discontinuation of the MSCI Singapore Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation,” respectively.

With respect to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, a “trading day” is, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, a day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which trading is generally conducted on (i) the relevant exchanges (as defined below) for securities underlying the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, respectively, and (ii) the exchanges on which futures or options contracts related to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, respectively, are traded, other than a day on which trading on such relevant exchange or exchange on which such futures or options contracts are traded is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time.

The Basket Valuation Date(s) will be specified in the applicable terms supplement and any such date is subject to adjustment as described below. If a Basket Valuation Date is not a trading day or if there is a market disruption event on such day, the applicable Basket Valuation Date will be postponed to the immediately succeeding trading day during which no market disruption event shall have occurred; provided that the Basket Closing Level for a Basket Valuation Date will not be determined on a date later than the tenth scheduled trading day after the final Basket Valuation Date, and if such day is not a trading day, or if there is a market disruption event on such date, the calculation agent will determine the Index closing level of each Basket Index for the Basket Valuation Date on such date in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating such Index closing level last in effect prior to commencement of the market disruption event (or prior to the non-trading day), using the closing price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, the calculation agent’s good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation or non-trading day) on such tenth scheduled trading day of each security most recently constituting each of the Basket Indices.

The maturity date will be specified in the applicable terms supplement. If, due to a market disruption event or otherwise, the final Basket Valuation Date is postponed so that it falls less than three business days prior to the scheduled maturity date, the maturity date will be the third business day following that final Basket Valuation Date, as postponed, unless otherwise specified in the applicable terms supplement. We describe market disruption events under “General Terms of the Notes — Market Disruption Events.”

We will irrevocably deposit with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) no later than the opening of business on the applicable date or dates funds sufficient to make payments of the amount payable at maturity and on the interest payment dates, if any, with respect to the notes on such date. We will give DTC irrevocable instructions and authority to pay such amount to the holders of the notes entitled thereto.

A “business day” is, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, any day other than a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close or a day on which transactions in dollars are not conducted.

 

PS-4

Subject to the foregoing and to applicable law (including, without limitation, United States federal laws), we or our affiliates may, at any time and from time to time, purchase outstanding notes by tender, in open market or by private agreement.

Interest Payments

If the relevant terms supplement specifies that the notes will bear interest, the notes will bear interest at the rate per annum as specified in such terms supplement. Under these circumstances, interest will accrue from the issuance date of the notes to but excluding the maturity date. Interest will be paid in arrears on each date specified in the relevant terms supplement (each such date an “interest payment date”) to and including the maturity date, to the holders of record at the close of business on the date 15 calendar days prior to that interest payment date, whether or not such fifteenth calendar day is a business day, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. Interest on the notes will be calculated based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. If any day on which a payment of interest or principal is due is not a business day, the payment will be made with the same force and effect on the next succeeding business day, but no additional interest will accrue as a result of the delayed payment, and the next interest payment period will commence as if the payment had not been delayed. If the maturity date is adjusted as the result of a market disruption event, the payment of interest due on the maturity date will be made on the maturity date as adjusted, with the same force and effect as if the maturity date had not been adjusted, but no additional interest will accrue or be payable as a result of the delayed payment.

 

PS-5

RISK FACTORS

Your investment in the notes will involve certain risks. The notes may not pay interest or guarantee any return on principal prior to maturity unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the Basket or the Basket Indices. In addition, your investment in the notes entails other risks not associated with an investment in conventional debt securities.You should consider carefully the following discussion of risks before you decide that an investment in the notes is suitable for you.

The notes differ from conventional debt securities.

The notes combine features of equity and debt. The terms of the notes differ from those of conventional debt securities in that we may not pay interest on the notes or, if we do pay interest, a significant portion of your total payment at maturity may be based on the performance of the Basket rather than the interest rate we will pay you. Where the relevant terms supplement does not provide for interest payments, if the Ending Basket Level does not exceed, or in certain cases, equal, the Starting Basket Level, and if the Basket Closing Level is less than the Knock-Out Level, if any, on each of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement, at maturity you will receive only $1,000 (plus the Minimum Return, if any) for each $1,000 principal amount note, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. Therefore, the return on your investment in the notes may be less than the amount that would be paid on an ordinary debt security. The return at maturity of only the applicable principal amount of each note (plus the Minimum Return, if any) will not compensate you for any loss in value due to inflation and other factors relating to the value of money over time.

The notes may not pay more than the applicable principal amount, and accrued and unpaid interest, if applicable, at maturity.

If the Ending Basket Level is less than, or, in certain cases, equal to the Starting Basket Level, and the Basket Closing Level is less than the Knock-Out Level, if any, on all of the trading days specified in the relevant terms supplement, you will receive only the applicable interest payments, if any, set forth in the terms supplement and, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, $1,000 (plus the Minimum Return, if any) for each $1,000 principal amount note you hold at maturity. This will be true even if the value of the Basket was higher than the Starting Basket Level at some time during the life of the notes but later fell below the Starting Basket Level. Because the notes may accrue interest at an interest rate lower than that payable for other debt securities issued by us with a comparable maturity, the return on your investment in the notes may be less than the amount that would be paid on a conventional debt security of comparable maturity. This return may not fully compensate you for any loss in value due to inflation and other factors relating to the value of money over time.

The appreciation potential of the notes will be limited by the Knock-Out Level, if applicable.

If the notes have a Knock-Out Level, the appreciation potential of the notes is limited by the Knock-Out Level and the corresponding maximum Basket Return. For example, if the Knock-Out Level equals 125% of the Starting Basket Level, the appreciation potential of the notes is limited to 24.99%. Once the Basket Closing Level equals or exceeds the Knock-Out Level, the appreciation potential of the notes is limited to the Knock-Out Rate, even if the Basket Return is greater than the Knock-Out Rate. For notes with a Knock-Out Level, if the Basket Closing Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level on any trading day specified in the relevant terms supplement, the return on the notes will equal the Knock-Out Rate multiplied by the applicable principal amount of the notes and will not be determined by reference to the Basket Return. This return may not compensate you for any loss in value due to inflation and other factors relating to the value of money over time. Therefore, your return may be less than the return you would have otherwise received if you had invested directly in the Basket Indices or the stocks underlying the Basket Indices. Under these circumstances, your return will not reflect any potential increase in the Ending Basket Level, as compared to the Starting Basket Level, of greater than the Knock-Out Rate.

 

PS-6

The appreciation potential of the notes will be limited by the Fixed Payment, if applicable.

If the notes have a Fixed Payment, the appreciation potential of the notes is limited to the appreciation represented by such Fixed Payment, even if the appreciation in the Basket would, but for the Fixed Payment, result in the payment of a greater Additional Amount at maturity. If the Ending Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Starting Basket Level, the return on the notes will equal the Fixed Payment and will not be determined by reference to the Basket Return. This return will be limited regardless of the appreciation of the Basket, which may be significant. Therefore, under certain circumstances, your return may be less than the return you would have otherwise received if you had invested directly in the Basket Indices individually, the stocks composing the Basket Indices or contracts relating to the Basket Indices.

The appreciation potential of the notes will be limited by the Maximum Return, if applicable.

If the notes have a Maximum Return, the appreciation potential of the notes is limited to the fixed dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount note specified in the applicable terms supplement as the Maximum Return. The Additional Amount will equal no more than the Maximum Return. Accordingly, the appreciation potential of the notes will be limited to the Maximum Return even if the Additional Amount calculated with reference to the Basket Return and Participation Rate would be greater than the Maximum Return.

The Ending Basket Level may be less than the Basket level at other times during the term of the notes.

Because the Ending Basket Level is calculated based on the Basket Closing Level on one or more Basket Valuation Dates near the end of the term of the notes, the level of the Basket at various other times during the term of the notes could be higher than the Ending Basket Level. This difference could be particularly large if there is a significant increase in the level of the Basket after the Basket Valuation Dates or if there is a significant decrease in the level of the Basket during the latter portion of the term of the notes or if there is significant volatility in the Basket level during the term of the notes (especially on dates near the Basket Valuation Date(s)). For example, if the Basket levels steadily increase during the initial term of the notes and then steadily decrease back to the Starting Basket Level, the Ending Basket Level may be significantly less than if it were calculated on a date earlier than the Basket Valuation Date(s). Under these circumstances, you may receive a lower payment at maturity than you would have received if you had invested in the Basket Indices, component stocks of the Basket Indices or contracts related to the Basket Indices for which there is an active secondary market.

Changes in the value of the Basket Indices may offset each other.

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the notes are linked to an equally weighted Basket composed of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index. Price movements in the Basket Indices may not correlate with each other. At a time when the value of one or more of the Basket Indices increases, the value of the other Basket Indices may not increase as much or may even decline in value. Therefore, in calculating the Ending Basket Level, increases in the value of one or more of the Basket Indices may be moderated, or more than offset, by lesser increases or declines in the level of the other Basket Indices. For example, a 10% appreciation of each of the MSCI Taiwan Index and the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index from the pricing date to the Basket Valuation Date(s) would be completely offset by a 20% decline in the MSCI Singapore Index from the pricing date to the Basket Valuation Date(s). There can be no assurance that the Ending Basket Level will be higher than the Starting Basket Level. Unless the relevant terms supplement provides for interest payments, a Partial Principal Protection Percentage, a Knock-Out feature and/or a Minimum Return, if the Basket Return is flat or negative, you will only receive the principal amount of your notes at maturity.

 

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If the Participation Rate is less than 100%, the Additional Amount will be limited by the Participation Rate.

If the Participation Rate is less than 100% and the Ending Basket Level exceeds the Starting Basket Level, the Additional Amount you receive at maturity will equal only a percentage, as specified in the relevant terms supplement, of the Basket performance above the Starting Basket Level. Under these circumstances, the Additional Amount you receive at maturity will not fully reflect the performance of the Basket.

Your return on the notes will not reflect dividends on the common stocks of the companies in the Basket.

Your return on the notes will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned the common stocks of the companies included in the Basket Indices and received the dividends paid on those stocks. This is because the calculation agent will calculate the amount payable to you at maturity by reference to the Ending Basket Level. The Ending Basket Level reflects the prices of the common stocks in the Basket Indices without taking into consideration the value of dividends paid on those stocks.

The notes are designed to be held to maturity.

The notes are not designed to be short-term trading instruments. The price at which you will be able to sell your notes prior to maturity may be at a substantial discount from the principal amount of the notes, even in cases where the Basket has appreciated since the date of the issuance of the notes. The potential returns described in any terms supplement assume that your notes are held to maturity.

Secondary trading may be limited.

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the notes will not be listed on an organized securities exchange. There may be little or no secondary market for the notes. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell the notes easily.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. may act as a market maker for the notes, but is not required to do so. Because we do not expect that other market makers will participate significantly in the 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 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. is willing to buy the notes. If at any time J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. does not act as a market maker, it is likely that there would be little or no secondary market for the notes.

Prior to maturity, the value of the notes will be influenced by many unpredictable factors.

Many economic and market factors will influence the value of the notes. We expect that, generally, the level of the Basket Indices and interest rates on any day will affect the value of the notes more than any other single factor. However, you should not expect the value of the notes in the secondary market to vary in proportion to changes in the level of the Basket. The value of the notes will be affected by a number of other factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:

• the expected volatility in the Basket Indices;

• the time to maturity of the notes;

• the dividend rate on the common stocks underlying the Basket Indices;

• interest and yield rates in the market generally as well as in each of the markets of the securities composing the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index;

 

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• economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events that affect the stocks represented in the Basket Indices or stock markets generally and which may affect the Basket Return;

• the exchange rate and the volatility of the exchange rate between the dollar, the Hong Kong dollar, the new Taiwan dollar and the Singapore dollar; and

• our creditworthiness.

You cannot predict the future performance of any or all of the Basket Indices based on their historical performance. The Ending Basket Level may be flat or negative as compared to the Starting Basket Level, in which event you will only receive the principal amount of your notes at maturity unless the relevant terms supplement provides for interest payments, a Partial Principal Protection Percentage, a Minimum Return or includes a Knock-Out feature.

The Basket Return for the notes will not be adjusted for changes in exchange rates that might affect the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index.

Although the stocks composing the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index are traded in currencies other than U.S. dollars, and the notes, which are linked to the Basket Indices, are denominated in U.S. dollars, the amount payable on the notes at maturity will not be adjusted for changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and each of the currencies in which the stocks composing the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index are denominated. Changes in exchange rates, however, may reflect changes in various non-U.S. economies that in turn may affect the Basket Return for the notes. The amount we pay in respect of the notes (including the Additional Amount, if any) on the maturity date will be determined solely in accordance with the procedures described in “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity” and “Description of Notes — Interest Payments,” if applicable.

The inclusion in the original issue price of each agent’s commission and the cost of hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates is likely to adversely affect the value of the notes prior to maturity.

While the payment at maturity will be based on the applicable principal amount of your notes as described in the applicable terms supplement, the original issue price of the notes includes each agent’s commission and the cost of hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates. Such cost 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. As a result, assuming no change in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. will be willing to purchase notes from you in secondary market transactions, if at all, will likely be lower than the original issue price. In addition, any such prices may differ from values determined by pricing models used by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as a result of such compensation or other transaction costs.

AMEX may adjust the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index in a way that affects its level, and AMEX has no obligation to consider your interests.

The American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”), the publisher of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, is responsible for calculating and maintaining the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. AMEX can add, delete or substitute the stocks underlying the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or make other methodological changes that could change the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. You should realize that the changing of companies included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index may affect the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index as a newly added company may perform significantly better or worse than the company or companies it replaces. Additionally, AMEX may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or dissemination of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of the notes. AMEX has no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. See “The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index.”

 

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MSCI may adjust the MSCI Taiwan Index in a way that affects its level, and MSCI has no obligation to consider your interests.

Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”) is responsible for calculating and maintaining the MSCI Taiwan Index. MSCI can add, delete or substitute the stocks underlying the MSCI Taiwan Index or make other methodological changes that could change the level of the MSCI Taiwan Index. You should realize that the changing of companies included in the MSCI Taiwan Index may affect the MSCI Taiwan Index as a newly added company may perform significantly better or worse than the company or companies it replaces. Additionally, MSCI may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or dissemination of the MSCI Taiwan Index. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of the notes. MSCI has no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising the MSCI Taiwan Index. See “The MSCI Taiwan Index.”

MSCI may adjust the MSCI Singapore Index in a way that affects its level, and MSCI has no obligation to consider your interests.

MSCI is also responsible for calculating and maintaining the MSCI Singapore Index. MSCI can add, delete or substitute the stocks underlying the MSCI Singapore Index or make other methodological changes that could change the level of the MSCI Singapore Index. You should realize that the changing of companies included in the MSCI Singapore Index may affect the MSCI Singapore Index as a newly added company may perform significantly better or worse than the company or companies it replaces. Additionally, MSCI may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or dissemination of the MSCI Singapore Index. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of the notes. MSCI has no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising the MSCI Singapore Index. See “The MSCI Singapore Index.”

We are not affiliated with any company included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index. You will have no shareholder rights in issuers of stock which compose the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index.

We are not affiliated with any of the companies whose stock is represented in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index. As a result, we will have no ability to control the actions of such companies, including actions that could affect the value of the stocks underlying the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index or your notes. None of the money you pay us will go to AMEX or MSCI or any of the companies included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index and none of those companies will be involved in the offering of the notes in any way. Neither they nor we will have any obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the notes in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of your notes.

As a holder of the notes, you will not have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or other rights that holders of the securities composing the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index would have.

We or our affiliates may have adverse economic interests to the holders of the notes.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and other affiliates of ours trade the stocks underlying the Basket Indices and other financial instruments related to the Basket Indices and their component stocks on a regular basis, for their accounts and for other accounts under their management. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and these affiliates may also issue or underwrite or assist unaffiliated entities in the issuance or underwriting of other securities or financial instruments linked to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index. To the extent that we or one of our affiliates serves as issuer, agent or underwriter for such securities or financial instruments, our or their interests with respect to such products may be adverse to those of the holders of the notes. Any of

 

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these trading activities could potentially affect the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index and, accordingly, could affect the value of the notes and any Additional Amount payable to you at maturity.

We or our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in business with companies whose stock is included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, including extending loans to, or making equity investments in, or providing advisory services to them, including merger and acquisition advisory services. In the course of this business, we or our affiliates may acquire non-public information about the companies, and we will not disclose any such information to you. In addition, one or more of our affiliates may publish research reports or otherwise express views about companies whose stock is included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index. Any prospective purchaser of notes should undertake an independent investigation of each company in the Basket Indices as in its judgment is appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to an investment in the notes.

Additionally, we or one of our affiliates may serve as issuer, agent or underwriter for additional issuances of notes with returns linked or related to changes in the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index or the stocks that compose the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index. By introducing competing products into the marketplace in this manner, we or one or more of our affiliates could adversely affect the value of the notes.

We may have hedged our obligations under the notes through certain affiliates, who would expect to make a profit on such hedge. Because hedging our obligations entails risk and may be influenced by market forces beyond our or our affiliates’ control, such hedging may result in a profit that is more or less than expected, or it may result in a loss.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., one of our affiliates, will act as the calculation agent. The calculation agent will determine, among other things, the Ending Basket Level, the Basket Return, the Additional Amount, if any, we will pay you at maturity and the Basket Closing Level, including the AMEX Hong Kong Return, the AMEX Hong Kong Ending Level, the MSCI Taiwan Return, the MSCI Taiwan Ending Level, the MSCI Singapore Return and the MSCI Singapore Ending Level as well as whether the Basket Closing Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level, for notes with a Knock-Out feature, on any trading day during the term of the notes as specified in the applicable terms supplement, whether the Ending Basket Level is equal to or greater than the Starting Basket Level and, if the notes bear interest, the amount of interest payable, if any, on any interest payment date. The calculation agent will also be responsible for determining whether a market disruption event has occurred, whether any of the Basket Indices have been discontinued, whether there has been a material change in the method of calculation of any of the Basket Indices and, if the notes bear interest, whether a day is an interest payment date. In performing these duties, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. may have interests adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes, which may affect your return on the notes, particularly where J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as the calculation agent, is entitled to exercise discretion.

Market disruptions may adversely affect your return.

The calculation agent may, in its sole discretion, determine that the markets have been affected in a manner that prevents it from properly valuing the Basket Closing Level or the Basket Return on any Basket Valuation Date and calculating the Additional Amount, if any, that we are required to pay you. These events may include disruptions or suspensions of trading in the markets as a whole. If the calculation agent, in its sole discretion, determines that any of these events prevents us or any of our affiliates from properly hedging our obligations under the notes, it is possible that one or more of the Basket Valuation Dates and the maturity date will be postponed and your return will be adversely affected. See “General Terms of the Notes — Market Disruption Events.”

 

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The notes will be contingent payment debt instruments for United States federal income tax purposes.

The notes will generally be treated as “contingent payment debt instruments” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, you will generally be required to recognize interest income in each year at a comparable yield, even though we may not make any payments with respect to the notes until maturity. Interest included in income will increase your basis in the notes and the scheduled amount of stated interest, if any, will reduce your basis in the notes. Generally, amounts received at maturity in excess of your basis will be treated as additional interest income while any loss will be treated as an ordinary loss, which will be deductible against other income (e.g., employment and interest income). You are urged to review carefully the section entitled “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” and consult your tax adviser regarding your particular circumstances.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. employees holding the notes must comply with policies that limit their ability to trade the notes and may affect the value of their notes.

If you are an employee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. or one of its affiliates, you may only acquire the notes for investment purposes and you must comply with all of our internal policies and procedures. Because these policies and procedures limit the dates and times that you may transact in the notes, you may not be able to purchase any notes described in the relevant terms supplement from us and your ability to trade or sell any such notes in the secondary market may be limited.

An investment in the notes is subject to risks associated with non-U.S. securities markets.

The underlying stocks that constitute the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and the MSCI Singapore Index have been issued by non-U.S. companies. Investments in securities indexed to the value of such non-U.S. equity securities involve risks associated with the securities markets in those countries, including risks of volatility in those markets, governmental intervention in those markets and cross shareholdings in companies in certain countries. Also, there is generally less publicly available information about companies in some of these jurisdictions than about U.S. companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the SEC, and generally non-U.S. companies are subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements and securities trading rules different from those applicable to U.S. reporting companies.

The prices of securities in non-U.S. jurisdictions may be affected by political, economic, financial and social factors in such markets, including changes in a country’s government, economic and fiscal policies, currency exchange laws or other foreign laws or restrictions. Moreover, the economies in such countries may differ favorably or unfavorably from economies in the United States in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources and self sufficiency. Such countries may be subjected to different and, in some cases, more adverse economic environments.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes and, in part, by us or by one or more of our affiliates in connection with hedging our obligations under the notes. The original issue price of the notes includes each agent’s commissions (as shown on the cover page of the relevant terms supplement) paid with respect to the notes which commissions include the reimbursement of certain issuance costs and the cost of hedging our obligations under the notes. The cost of hedging includes the projected profit that our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in hedging our obligations under the notes. Because hedging our obligations entails risk and may be influenced by market forces beyond our or our affiliates’ control, such hedging may result in a profit that is more or less than expected, or could result in a loss. See also “Use of Proceeds” in the accompanying prospectus.

On or prior to the date of the relevant terms supplement we, through our affiliates or others, may hedge some or all of our anticipated exposure in connection with the notes by taking positions in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index, the stocks underlying the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index, or instruments whose value is derived from the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index or their underlying stocks. While we cannot predict an outcome, such hedging activity could potentially increase the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index, and therefore effectively establish a higher level that the Basket must achieve for you to receive at maturity of the notes more than the applicable principal amount of your notes (other than an interest payment or payment of the Minimum Return, if applicable). From time to time, prior to maturity of the notes, we may pursue a dynamic hedging strategy which may involve taking long or short positions in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index, the stocks underlying the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index, or instruments whose value is derived from the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index and/or the MSCI Singapore Index or their underlying stocks. Although we have no reason to believe that any of these activities will have a material impact on the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index, the MSCI Singapore Index or the value of the notes, we cannot assure you that these activities will not have such an effect.

We have no obligation to engage in any manner of hedging activity and will do so solely at our discretion and for our own account. No note holder shall have any rights or interest in our hedging activity or any positions we may take in connection with our hedging activity.

 

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THE AMEX HONG KONG 30 INDEX

All information regarding the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index (“AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index”) set forth in this product supplement, including, without limitation, its make-up, method of calculation, and changes in its components, has been derived from publicly available information. Such information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, the American Stock Exchange LLC (“AMEX” or the “American Stock Exchange”). The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is calculated, maintained and published by the American Stock Exchange. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information.

The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets under the ticker symbol “HKX.”

AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index Composition and Maintenance

The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is a capitalization weighted stock index that measures the market value performance (share price times the number of shares outstanding) of selected stocks listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. (the “HKSE”). The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index currently is based on the capitalization of 30 stocks actively traded on the HKSE and is designed to represent a substantial segment of the Hong Kong stock market. The primary trading market for all of these stocks is either Hong Kong or London. Sectors comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index consist primarily of finance, property development, utilities and conglomerates, and also includes hotel/leisure, property investment, airlines and transportation.

The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index will contain at least 30 stocks at all times. In addition, the stocks must meet certain listing and maintenance standards as discussed below. The American Stock Exchange may change the composition of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index at any time in order to more accurately reflect the composition and track the movement of the Hong Kong stock market. Any replacement stock must also meet the stock listing and maintenance standards as discussed below. Further, the American Stock Exchange may replace stocks in the event of certain corporate events, such as takeovers or mergers, that change the nature of the security. The American Stock Exchange selects stocks composing the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on the basis of their market weight, trading liquidity and representation of the business industries reflected on the HKSE. The American Stock Exchange requires that each stock be one issued by an entity with major business interests in Hong Kong, be listed for trading on the HKSE and have its primary trading market located in a country with which the American Stock Exchange has an effective surveillance sharing agreement. The American Stock Exchange will remove any stock failing to meet the above listing and maintenance criteria within 30 days after such failure occurs. Additional qualification criteria for the inclusion and maintenance of stocks include the following standards: all stocks selected for inclusion in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index must have, and thereafter maintain, (1) an average daily capitalization, as calculated by the total number of shares outstanding times the latest price per share (in Hong Kong dollars), measured over the prior 6-month period, of at least H.K.$3,000,000,000; (2) an average daily closing price, measured over the prior 6-month period, not lower than H.K.$2.50; (3) an average daily trading volume, measured over the prior 6-month period, of more than 1,000,000 shares per day, although up to, but no more than, three stocks may have an average daily trading volume, measured over the prior 6-month period, of less than 1,000,000 shares per day, but in no event less than 500,000 shares per day; and (4) a minimum “free float” value (total freely tradable outstanding shares minus insider holdings), based on a monthly average measured over the prior 3-month period, of U.S.$238,000,000, although up to, but no more than, three stocks may have a free float value of less than U.S.$238,000,000 but in no event less than U.S.$150,000,000, measured over the same period.

The American Stock Exchange reviews and applies the above qualification criteria relating to the stocks comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on a quarterly basis, conducted on the last business day in January, April, July and October. Any stock failing to meet the above listing and maintenance criteria will be reviewed on the second Friday of the second month following the quarterly review to again determine compliance with the above criteria. Any stock failing this second review will be

 

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replaced by a “qualified” stock effective upon the close of business on the following Friday, provided, however, that if such Friday is not a business day in The City of New York, the replacement will be effective at the close of business on the first preceding business day in The City of New York. The American Stock Exchange will notify its membership immediately after it determines to replace a stock.

AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index Calculation

The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is a capitalization-weighted index. A company’s market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the company’s current share price (in Hong Kong dollars). For valuation purposes, one AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index unit (1.0) is assigned a fixed value of one U.S. dollar. The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index measures the average changes in price of the stocks comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, weighted according to the respective market capitalizations, so that the effect of a percentage price change in a stock will be greater the larger the stock’s market capitalization. The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index was established by the American Stock Exchange on June 25, 1993, on which date the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index value was set at 350.00.

The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is calculated by (i) aggregating the market capitalization of each stock comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index and (ii) dividing such sum by an adjusted base market capitalization or divisor. On June 25, 1993, the market value of the underlying stocks was approximately H.K.$1,152,829,149,500 and the divisor used to calculate the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index was 3,293,797,570. The American Stock Exchange selected that particular divisor number in order, among other things, to ensure that the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index was set at a general price level consistent with other well recognized stock market indices. The divisor is subject to periodic adjustments as set forth below. The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is calculated once each day by the American Stock Exchange based on the most recent official closing prices of each of the stocks comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index reported by the HKSE. Pricing of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is disseminated before the opening of trading via the Consolidated Tape Authority Network-B and continuously during each business day in The City of New York. The dissemination value, however, will remain the same throughout the trading day because the trading hours of the HKSE do not overlap with trading hours in The City of New York. Accordingly, updated price information will be unavailable.

In order to maintain continuity in the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index in the event of certain changes due to non-market factors affecting the stocks comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, such as the addition or deletion of stocks, substitution of stocks, stock dividends, stock splits, distributions of assets to stockholders or other capitalization events, the divisor used in calculating the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is adjusted in a manner designed to prevent any instantaneous change or discontinuity in the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index and in order that the value of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index immediately after such change will equal the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index immediately prior to the change. Thereafter, the divisor remains at the new value until a further adjustment is necessary as the result of another change. Nevertheless, changes in the identities and characteristics of the stocks comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index may significantly affect the behavior of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index over time.

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd.

Trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. (the “HKSE”) is fully electronic through an Automatic Order Matching and Execution System. The system is an electronic order book in which orders are matched and executed instantaneously if there are matching orders in the book, and on the basis of time/price priority. On-line real-time order entry and execution have eliminated the previous limitations of telephone-based trading. Trading takes place through trading terminals on the trading floor. There are no market-makers on the HKSE, but exchange dealers may act as dual capacity broker-dealers. Trading is undertaken from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and then from 2:30 p.m. to 3:55 p.m. (Hong Kong time) every Hong Kong day except Saturdays, Sundays and other days on which the HKSE

 

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is closed. Hong Kong time is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Savings Time and 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Settlement of trade is required within 48 hours and is conducted by electronic book-entry delivery through the Central Clearing and Settlement System.

Due to the time differences between New York City and Hong Kong, on any normal trading day, trading on the HKSE, as of the date of this product supplement, will cease at 12:30 a.m. or 3:55 a.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Using the last reported closing prices of the stocks underlying the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on the HKSE, the closing level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on any such trading day generally will be calculated, published and disseminated by the American Stock Exchange in the United States shortly before the opening of trading on the American Stock Exchange in New York on the same calendar day.

The HKSE has adopted certain measures intended to prevent any extreme short-term price fluctuations resulting from order imbalances or market volatility. Where the HKSE considers it necessary for the protection of the investor or the maintenance of an orderly market, it may at any time suspend dealings in any securities or cancel the listing of any securities in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, whether requested by the listed issuer or not. The HKSE may also do so where: (1) an issuer fails, in a manner which the HKSE considers material, to comply with the HKSE Listing Rules or its Listing Agreements; (2) the HKSE considers there are insufficient securities in the hands of the public; (3) the HKSE considers that the listed issuer does not have a sufficient level of operations or sufficient assets to warrant the continued listing of the issuer’s securities; or (4) the HKSE considers that the issuer or its business is no longer suitable for listing. Investors should also be aware that the HKSE may suspend the trading of individual stocks in certain limited and extraordinary circumstances, until certain price-sensitive information has been disclosed to the public. Trading will not be resumed until a formal announcement has been made. Trading of a company’s shares may also be suspended if there is unusual trading activity in such shares.

An issuer may apply for suspension of its own accord. A suspension request will normally only be acceded to in the following circumstances: (1) where, for a reason acceptable to the HKSE, price-sensitive information cannot at that time be disclosed; (2) where the issuer is subject to an offer, but only where terms have been agreed in principle and require discussion with, and agreement by, one or more major shareholders (suspensions will only normally be appropriate where no previous announcement has been made); (3) to maintain an orderly market; (4) where there is an occurrence of certain levels of notifiable transactions, such as substantial changes in the nature, control or structure of the issuer, where publication of full details is necessary to permit a realistic valuation to be made of the securities concerned, or the approval of shareholders is required; (5) where the issuer is no longer suitable for listing, or becomes a “cash” company; or (6) for issuers going into receivership or liquidation. As a result of the foregoing, variations in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index may be limited by suspension of trading of individual stocks which comprise the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index which may, in turn, adversely affect the value of the notes.

License Agreement with the American Stock Exchange

We have entered into an agreement with AMEX providing us and certain of our affiliates or subsidiaries identified in that agreement with a non-exclusive license and, for a fee, with the right to use the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, which is owned and published by AMEX, in connection with certain securities, including the notes.

The notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the American Stock Exchange (including its affiliates). The American Stock Exchange has not passed on the legality or suitability of, or the accuracy or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to the notes. The American Stock Exchange makes no representation or warranty, express or implied to the owners of the notes or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the notes particularly, or the ability of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index to track general stock market performance. The American Stock Exchange has no relationship to JPMorgan Chase & Co. other than the licensing of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index and the related trademarks for use in connection with the notes, which index is determined, composed and calculated by the American Stock Exchange

 

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without regard to JPMorgan Chase & Co. or the notes. The American Stock Exchange has no obligation to take the needs of JPMorgan Chase & Co. or the owners of the notes into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. The American Stock Exchange is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the notes to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the notes are to be converted into cash. The American Stock Exchange has no liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the notes.

The American Stock Exchange is under no obligation to continue the calculation and dissemination of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index and the method by which the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is calculated and the name “AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index” may be changed at the discretion of the American Stock Exchange. No inference should be drawn from the information contained in this product supplement that the American Stock Exchange makes any representation or warranty, implied or express, to you or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the notes in particular or the ability of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index to track general stock market performance. The American Stock Exchange has no obligation to take into account your interest, or that of anyone else having an interest in determining, composing or calculating the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. The American Stock Exchange is not responsible for, and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices for or quantities of, the notes or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the notes are to be settled in cash. The American Stock Exchange has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the notes. The use of and reference to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index in connection with the notes have been consented to by the American Stock Exchange.

The American Stock Exchange disclaims all responsibility for any inaccuracies in the data on which the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index is based, or any mistakes or errors or omissions in the calculation or dissemination of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index.

Discontinuation of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation

If AMEX discontinues publication of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index and AMEX or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index (such index being referred to herein as an “AMEX Hong Kong successor index”), then the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index closing level will be determined by reference to the level of such AMEX Hong Kong successor index at the close of trading on the relevant exchange or market for the AMEX Hong Kong successor index on the Basket Valuation Dates.

Upon any selection by the calculation agent of an AMEX Hong Kong successor index, the calculation agent will cause written notice thereof to be promptly furnished to the trustee, to us and to the holders of the notes.

If AMEX discontinues publication of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on a Basket Valuation Date, and the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, that no AMEX Hong Kong successor index is available at such time, then the calculation agent will determine the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index closing level on such date. The AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index closing level will be computed by the calculation agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index last in effect prior to such discontinuation, using the closing price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close of the principal trading session on such date of each security most recently comprising the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index. Notwithstanding these alternative arrangements, discontinuation of the publication of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index on the relevant exchange may adversely affect the value of the notes.

 

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If at any time the method of calculating the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or an AMEX Hong Kong successor index, or the level thereof, is changed in a material respect, or if the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or an AMEX Hong Kong successor index is in any other way modified so that the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index had such changes or modifications not been made, then the calculation agent will, at the close of business in New York City on each date on which the AMEX Hong Kong Index closing level is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the calculation agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of a stock index comparable to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the calculation agent will calculate the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index closing level with reference to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or an AMEX Hong Kong successor index is modified so that the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index is a fraction of what it would have been if there had been no such modification (e.g., due to a split in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index), then the calculation agent will adjust its calculation of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index in order to arrive at a level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index or such AMEX Hong Kong successor index as if there had been no such modification (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).

 

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THE MSCI TAIWAN INDEX

We have derived all information regarding the MSCI Taiwan Index (“MSCI Taiwan Index”) contained in this product supplement, including, without limitation, its make-up, method of calculation and changes in its components, from publicly available information. Such information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”). The MSCI Taiwan Index is calculated, maintained and published by MSCI. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information.

The MSCI Taiwan Index is a free float adjusted market capitalization index of securities listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The MSCI Taiwan Index is reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets under the ticker symbol “TWY.”

MSCI Taiwan Index Selection Criteria

MSCI targets an 85% free float adjusted market representation level within each industry group in Taiwan. The security selection process within each industry group is based on analysis of the following:

• Each company’s business activities and the diversification that its securities would bring to the index.

• The size of the securities based on free float adjusted market capitalization. All other things being equal, MSCI targets for inclusion the most sizable securities in an industry group. In addition, securities that do not meet the minimum size guidelines are not considered for inclusion. Though the following limits are subject to revision, as of the date of this product supplement, a security will be eligible for inclusion in the MSCI Taiwan Index if it achieves a free float adjusted market capitalization of U.S.$400 million and will be eligible for deletion if such capitalization falls below U.S.$200 million as of the yearly review. If, however, the free float adjusted market capitalization level falls significantly below the free float adjusted market capitalization level for deletions prior to a yearly review, for example during a quarterly review, then the security may be deleted prior to such yearly review.

• The liquidity of the securities. All other things being equal, MSCI targets for inclusion the most liquid securities in an industry group. In addition, securities that have inadequate liquidity are not considered for inclusion. MSCI does not define absolute minimum or maximum liquidity levels for stock inclusion or exclusion from the MSCI Taiwan Index but considers each stock’s relative standing within Taiwan and between cycles. A useful measure to compare liquidity within the same market is the Annualized Traded Value Ratio (“ATVR”), which screens out extreme daily trading volumes and takes into account the difference in market capitalization size. The ATVR Ratio of each security is calculated via the following 3-step process:

• First, monthly median traded values are computed using the daily median traded value, multiplied by the number of days in the month that the security traded. The daily traded value of a security is equal to the number of shares traded during the day, multiplied by the closing price of that security. The daily median traded value is the median of the daily traded values in a given month.

• Second, the monthly median traded value ratio is obtained by dividing the monthly median traded value of a security by its free float adjusted security market capitalization at the end of the month.

• Third, the ATVR is obtained by multiplying the average of the monthly median trade value ratios of the previous 12 months—or the number of months for which this data is available—by 12.

Only securities of companies with an estimated overall or security free float greater than 15% are generally considered for inclusion in the MSCI Taiwan Index.

 

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For securities not subject to foreign ownership limitations, the free float of a security is estimated as its total number of shares outstanding less shareholdings classified as strategic and/or non-free float. For securities subject to foreign ownership limitations, the estimated free float available to foreign investors is equal to the lesser of (a) the total number of shares outstanding less shareholdings classified as strategic or non-free float and (b) foreign ownership limitation adjusted for non-free float stakes held by foreign investors.

MSCI free float adjusts the market capitalization of each security using an adjustment factor referred to as the Foreign Inclusion Factor (“FIF”). Securities not subject to foreign ownership limitations have a FIF equal to (a) the estimated free float, rounded up to the closest 5%, if the securities have a free float greater than 15% or (b) the estimated free float, rounded to the closest 1%, if the securities have a free float less than 15%. For securities subject to foreign ownership limitations, the FIF is equal to the lesser of (a) the estimated free float available to foreign investors (i) rounded up to the closest 5%, if the free float is greater than 15% or (ii) rounded to the closest 1%, if the free float is less than 15% and (b) foreign ownership limitation rounded to the closest 1%.

The free float adjusted market capitalization of a security is calculated as the product of the FIF and the security’s full market capitalization.

MSCI Taiwan Index Calculation

The MSCI Taiwan Index is computed generally by multiplying the previous day’s index level by the free float adjusted market capitalization level of each share in the MSCI Taiwan Index on the prior day divided by the free float adjusted market capitalization level of each share in the MSCI Taiwan Index on the current day. The numerator is adjusted market capitalization, but the denominator is unadjusted, meaning that the price adjustment factor is applied to the numerator, but not to the denominator.

MSCI Taiwan Index Maintenance

There are three broad categories of MSCI Taiwan Index maintenance:

• An annual full country index review that reassesses the various dimensions of the equity universe in Taiwan;

• Quarterly index reviews, aimed at promptly reflecting other significant market events; and

• Ongoing event-related changes, such as mergers and acquisitions, which are generally implemented in the index rapidly as they occur.

During the annual review, additions or deletions of securities are made (i) following the re-appraisal of the free float adjusted industry group representation within a country relative to an 85% target, (ii) following an update of the minimum size guidelines for additions and deletions and (iii) based on a company’s and/or security’s free float of less than 15% that has decreased in size in terms of free float adjusted market capitalization due to reduction in free float or due to performance and that no longer meet certain criteria.

During a quarterly index review, securities may be added to or deleted from the MSCI Taiwan Index for a variety of reasons, including the following:

• Additions or deletions of securities, due to one or more industry groups having become significantly over- or under-represented as a result of mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and other major market events affecting that industry group.

• Additions or deletions resulting from changes in industry classification, significant increases or decreases in free float and relaxation/removal or decreases of foreign ownership limits not implemented immediately.

 

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• Additions of large companies that did not meet the minimum size criterion for early inclusion at the time of their initial public offering or secondary offering.

• Replacement of companies which are no longer suitable industry representatives.

• Deletion of securities whose issuing company and/or security free float has fallen to less than 15% and which do not meet certain criteria.

• Deletion of securities that have become very small or illiquid.

• Replacement of securities (additions or deletions) resulting from the review of price source for constituents with both domestic and foreign board quotations.

License Agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

We have entered into an agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”) providing us and certain of our affiliates or subsidiaries identified in that agreement with a non-exclusive license and, for a fee, with the right to use the MSCI Taiwan Index, which is owned and published by MSCI, in connection with certain securities, including the notes.

The notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by MSCI. Neither MSCI nor any other party makes any representation or warranty, express or implied to the owners of the notes or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the notes particularly, or the ability of the MSCI Taiwan Index to track general stock market performance. MSCI is the licensor of certain trademarks, service marks and trade names of MSCI and of MSCI Taiwan Index which index is determined, composed and calculated by MSCI without regard to the issuer of these notes. MSCI has no obligation to take the needs of the issuer of these notes or the owners of these notes into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the MSCI Taiwan Index. MSCI is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the notes to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the notes are to be converted into cash. Neither MSCI nor any other party has an obligation or liability to owners of these notes in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the notes.

ALTHOUGH MSCI SHALL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE MSCI INDEXES FROM SOURCES THAT MSCI CONSIDERS RELIABLE, NEITHER MSCI NOR ANY OTHER PARTY GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NEITHER MSCI NOR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, LICENSEE’S CUSTOMERS AND COUNTERPARTIES, OWNERS OF OR THE PRODUCTS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIGHTS LICENSED HEREUNDER OR FOR ANY OTHER USE. NEITHER MORGAN STANLEY NOR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND MSCI HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL MSCI OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Discontinuation of the MSCI Taiwan Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation

If MSCI discontinues publication of the MSCI Taiwan Index and MSCI or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued MSCI Taiwan Index (such index being referred to herein as a “MSCI Taiwan successor index”), then the MSCI Taiwan Index closing level will be determined by reference to the level of such MSCI Taiwan successor index at the close of trading on the relevant exchange or market for the MSCI Taiwan successor index on the Basket Valuation Dates.

 

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Upon any selection by the calculation agent of a MSCI Taiwan successor index, the calculation agent will cause written notice thereof to be promptly furnished to the trustee, to us and to the holders of the notes.

If MSCI discontinues publication of the MSCI Taiwan Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on a Basket Valuation Date, and the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, that no MSCI Taiwan successor index is available at such time, then the calculation agent will determine the MSCI Taiwan Index closing level on such date. The MSCI Taiwan Index closing level will be computed by the calculation agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the MSCI Taiwan Index last in effect prior to such discontinuation, using the closing price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close of the principal trading session on such date of each security most recently comprising the MSCI Taiwan Index. Notwithstanding these alternative arrangements, discontinuation of the publication of the MSCI Taiwan Index on the relevant exchange may adversely affect the value of the notes.

If at any time the method of calculating the MSCI Taiwan Index or a MSCI Taiwan successor index, or the level thereof, is changed in a material respect, or if the MSCI Taiwan Index or a MSCI Taiwan successor index is in any other way modified so that the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the level of the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index had such changes or modifications not been made, then the calculation agent will, at the close of business in New York City on each date on which the MSCI Taiwan Index closing level is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the calculation agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of a stock index comparable to the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the calculation agent will calculate the MSCI Taiwan Index closing level with reference to the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the MSCI Taiwan Index or a MSCI Taiwan successor index is modified so that the level of the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index is a fraction of what it would have been if there had been no such modification (e.g., due to a split in the MSCI Taiwan Index), then the calculation agent will adjust its calculation of the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index in order to arrive at a level of the MSCI Taiwan Index or such MSCI Taiwan successor index as if there had been no such modification (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).

 

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THE MSCI SINGAPORE INDEX

We have derived all information contained in this product supplement regarding the MSCI Singapore Index (“MSCI Singapore Index”), including, without limitation, its make-up, method of calculation and changes in its components, from publicly available information. Such information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, the Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”). The MSCI Singapore Index is calculated, maintained and published by MSCI. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information.

The MSCI Singapore Index is reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets under the ticker symbol “SGY.”

MSCI Singapore Index Selection Criteria

MSCI targets an 85% free float adjusted market representation level within each industry group in Singapore. The security selection process within each industry group is based on analysis of the following:

• Each company’s business activities and the diversification that its securities would bring to the index.

• The size of the securities based on free float adjusted market capitalization. All other things being equal, MSCI targets for inclusion the most sizable securities in an industry group. In addition, securities that do not meet the minimum size guidelines are not considered for inclusion. Though the following limits are subject to revision, as of the date of this product supplement, a security will be eligible for inclusion in the MSCI Singapore Index if it achieves a free float adjusted market capitalization of U.S.$400 million and will be eligible for deletion if such capitalization falls below U.S.$200 million as of the yearly review. If, however, the free float adjusted market capitalization level falls significantly below the free float adjusted market capitalization level for deletions prior to a yearly review, for example during a quarterly review, then the security may be deleted prior to such yearly review.

• The liquidity of the securities. All other things being equal, MSCI targets for inclusion the most liquid securities in an industry group. In addition, securities that have inadequate liquidity are not considered for inclusion. MSCI does not define absolute minimum or maximum liquidity levels for stock inclusion or exclusion from the MSCI Singapore Index but considers each stock’s relative standing within Singapore and between cycles. A useful measure to compare liquidity within the same market is the Annualized Traded Value Ratio (“ATVR”), which screens out extreme daily trading volumes and takes into account the difference in market capitalization size. The ATVR Ratio of each security is calculated via the following 3-step process:

• First, monthly median traded values are computed using the daily median traded value, multiplied by the number of days in the month that the security traded. The daily traded value of a security is equal to the number of shares traded during the day, multiplied by the closing price of that security. The daily median traded value is the median of the daily traded values in a given month.

• Second, the monthly median traded value ratio is obtained by dividing the monthly median traded value of a security by its free float adjusted security market capitalization at the end of the month.

• Third, the ATVR is obtained by multiplying the average of the monthly median trade value ratios of the previous 12 months—or the number of months for which this data is available—by 12.

Only securities of companies with an estimated overall or security free float greater than 15% are generally considered for inclusion in the MSCI Singapore Index.

 

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For securities not subject to foreign ownership limitations, the free float of a security is estimated as its total number of shares outstanding less shareholdings classified as strategic and/or non-free float. For securities subject to foreign ownership limitations, the estimated free float available to foreign investors is equal to the lesser of (a) the total number of shares outstanding less shareholdings classified as strategic or non-free float and (b) foreign ownership limitation adjusted for non-free float stakes held by foreign investors.

MSCI free float adjusts the market capitalization of each security using an adjustment factor referred to as the Foreign Inclusion Factor (“FIF”). Securities not subject to foreign ownership limitations have a FIF equal to (a) the estimated free float, rounded up to the closest 5%, if the securities have a free float greater than 15% or (b) the estimated free float, rounded to the closest 1%, if the securities have a free float less than 15%. For securities subject to foreign ownership limitations, the FIF is equal to the lesser of (a) the estimated free float available to foreign investors (i) rounded up to the closest 5%, if the free float is greater than 15% or (ii) rounded to the closest 1%, if the free float is less than 15% and (b) foreign ownership limitation rounded to the closest 1%.

The free float adjusted market capitalization of a security is calculated as the product of the FIF and the security’s full market capitalization.

MSCI Singapore Index Calculation

The MSCI Singapore Index is computed generally by multiplying the previous day’s index level by the free float adjusted market capitalization level of each share in the MSCI Singapore Index on the prior day divided by the free float adjusted market capitalization level of each share in the MSCI Singapore Index on the current day. The numerator is adjusted market capitalization, but the denominator is unadjusted, meaning that the price adjustment factor is applied to the numerator, but not to the denominator.

MSCI Singapore Index Maintenance

There are three broad categories of MSCI Singapore Index maintenance:

• An annual full country index review that reassesses the various dimensions of the equity universe in Singapore;

• Quarterly index reviews, aimed at promptly reflecting other significant market events; and

• Ongoing event-related changes, such as mergers and acquisitions, which are generally implemented in the index rapidly as they occur.

During the annual review, additions or deletions of securities are made (i) following the re-appraisal of the free float adjusted industry group representation within a country relative to an 85% target, (ii) following an update of the minimum size guidelines for additions and deletions and (iii) based on a company’s and/or security’s free float of less than 15% that has decreased in size in terms of free float adjusted market capitalization due to reduction in free float or due to performance and that no longer meet certain criteria.

During a quarterly index review, securities may be added to or deleted from the MSCI Singapore Index for a variety of reasons, including the following:

• Additions or deletions of securities, due to one or more industry groups having become significantly over- or under-represented as a result of mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and other major market events affecting that industry group.

• Additions or deletions resulting from changes in industry classification, significant increases or decreases in free float and relaxation/removal or decreases of foreign ownership limits not implemented immediately.

 

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• Additions of large companies that did not meet the minimum size criterion for early inclusion at the time of their initial public offering or secondary offering.

• Replacement of companies which are no longer suitable industry representatives.

• Deletion of securities whose issuing company and/or security free float has fallen to less than 15% and which do not meet certain criteria.

• Deletion of securities that have become very small or illiquid.

• Replacement of securities (additions or deletions) resulting from the review of price source for constituents with both domestic and foreign board quotations.

License Agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

We have entered into an agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”) providing us and certain of our affiliates or subsidiaries identified in that agreement with a non-exclusive license and, for a fee, with the right to use the MSCI Singapore Index, which is owned and published by MSCI, in connection with certain securities, including the notes.

The notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by MSCI. Neither MSCI nor any other party makes any representation or warranty, express or implied to the owners of the notes or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the notes particularly, or the ability of the MSCI Singapore Index to track general stock market performance. MSCI is the licensor of certain trademarks, service marks and trade names of MSCI and of MSCI Singapore Index which index is determined, composed and calculated by MSCI without regard to the issuer of these notes. MSCI has no obligation to take the needs of the issuer of these notes or the owners of these notes into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the MSCI Singapore Index. MSCI is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the notes to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the notes are to be converted into cash. Neither MSCI nor any other party has an obligation or liability to owners of these notes in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the notes.

ALTHOUGH MSCI SHALL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE MSCI INDEXES FROM SOURCES THAT MSCI CONSIDERS RELIABLE, NEITHER MSCI NOR ANY OTHER PARTY GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NEITHER MSCI NOR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, LICENSEE’S CUSTOMERS AND COUNTERPARTIES, OWNERS OF OR THE PRODUCTS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIGHTS LICENSED HEREUNDER OR FOR ANY OTHER USE. NEITHER MORGAN STANLEY NOR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND MSCI HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL MSCI OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Discontinuation of the MSCI Singapore Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation

If MSCI discontinues publication of the MSCI Singapore Index and MSCI or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued MSCI Singapore Index (such index being referred to herein as a “MSCI Singapore successor index”), then the MSCI Singapore Index closing level will be determined by reference to the level of such MSCI Singapore successor index at the close of trading on the relevant exchange or market for the MSCI Singapore successor index on the Basket Valuation Dates.

 

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Upon any selection by the calculation agent of a MSCI Singapore successor index, the calculation agent will cause written notice thereof to be promptly furnished to the trustee, to us and to the holders of the notes.

If MSCI discontinues publication of the MSCI Singapore Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on a Basket Valuation Date, and the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, that no MSCI Singapore successor index is available at such time, then the calculation agent will determine the MSCI Singapore Index closing level on such date. The MSCI Singapore Index closing level will be computed by the calculation agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the MSCI Singapore Index last in effect prior to such discontinuation, using the closing price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close of the principal trading session on such date of each security most recently comprising the MSCI Singapore Index. Notwithstanding these alternative arrangements, discontinuation of the publication of the MSCI Singapore Index on the relevant exchange may adversely affect the value of the notes.

If at any time the method of calculating the MSCI Singapore Index or a MSCI Singapore successor index, or the level thereof, is changed in a material respect, or if the MSCI Singapore Index or a MSCI Singapore successor index is in any other way modified so that the MSCI Singapore Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the level of the MSCI Singapore Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index had such changes or modifications not been made, then the calculation agent will, at the close of business in New York City on each date on which the MSCI Singapore Index closing level is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the calculation agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of a stock index comparable to the MSCI Singapore h Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the calculation agent will calculate the MSCI Singapore Index closing level with reference to the MSCI Singapore Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the MSCI Singapore Index or a MSCI Singapore successor index is modified so that the level of the MSCI Singapore Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index is a fraction of what it would have been if there had been no such modification (e.g., due to a split in the MSCI Singapore Index), then the calculation agent will adjust its calculation of the MSCI Singapore Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index in order to arrive at a level of the MSCI Singapore Index or such MSCI Singapore successor index as if there had been no such modification (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).

 

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GENERAL TERMS OF THE NOTES

Calculation Agent

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. will act as the calculation agent. The calculation agent will determine, among other things, the Ending Basket Level, the Basket Return, the Additional Amount, if any, we will pay you at maturity and the Basket Closing Level on any Basket Valuation Date, including the AMEX Hong Kong Return, the AMEX Hong Kong Ending Level, the MSCI Taiwan Return, the MSCI Taiwan Ending Level, the MSCI Singapore Return and the MSCI Singapore Ending Level as well as, if applicable, whether a Knock Out Event has occurred (for notes with a Knock-Out feature), whether the Ending Basket Level is equal to or greater than the Starting Basket Level and, if the notes bear interest, the amount of interest payable, if any, on any interest payment date. The calculation agent will also be responsible for determining whether a market disruption event has occurred, whether any of the Basket Indices have been discontinued, whether there has been a material change in the method of calculation of any of the Basket Indices and, if the notes bear interest, whether a day is an interest payment date. All determinations made by the calculation agent will be at the sole discretion of the calculation agent and will, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on you and on us. We may appoint a different calculation agent from time to time after the date of the relevant terms supplement without your consent and without notifying you.

The calculation agent will provide written notice to the trustee at its New York office, on which notice the trustee may conclusively rely, of the amount to be paid at maturity and each interest payment date, if applicable, on or prior to 11:00 a.m. on the business day preceding the maturity date and each interest payment date, if applicable.

All calculations with respect to the Ending Basket Level, the Basket Return or the Basket Closing Level (including the AMEX Hong Kong Return, the MSCI Taiwan Return, and the MSCI Singapore Return) will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth, with five one-millionths rounded upward (e.g., .876545 would be rounded to .87655); all dollar amounts related to determination of the Additional Amount payable at maturity, if any, per $1,000 principal amount note will be rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth, with five one hundred-thousandths rounded upward (e.g., .76545 would be rounded up to .7655); and all dollar amounts paid on the aggregate principal amount of notes per holder will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent rounded upward.

Market Disruption Events

Certain events may prevent the calculation agent from calculating the Basket Closing Level on any Basket Valuation Date and consequently the Basket Return and the Additional Amount, if any, that we will pay to you at maturity of the notes. These events may include disruptions or suspensions of trading on the markets as a whole. We refer to these events individually as a “market disruption event.”

With respect to any of the Basket Indices, a “market disruption event,” unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, means:

• a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of stocks then constituting 20 percent or more of the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index (or the relevant successor indices) on the relevant exchanges (as defined below) for such securities for more than two hours of trading during or during the one hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange; or

• a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of any relevant exchange as a result of which the reported trading prices for stocks then constituting 20 percent or more of the level of the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index (or the relevant successor indices) during the one hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange are materially inaccurate; or

 

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• the suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on any major securities market for trading in futures or options contracts related to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index (or the relevant successor indices) for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such market; or

• a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant futures or options contracts;

in each case as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion; and

• a determination by the calculation agent in its sole discretion that the event described above materially interfered with its ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge with respect to the notes.

For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event exists at any time, if trading in a security included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index is materially suspended or materially limited at that time, then the relevant percentage contribution of that security to the level of the disrupted index shall be based on a comparison of:

• the portion of the level of the disrupted index attributable to that security relative to

• the overall level of the disrupted index,

in each case immediately before that suspension or limitation.

For purposes of determining whether a market disruption event has occurred, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement:

• a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a market disruption event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange or market;

• limitations pursuant to the rules of any relevant exchange similar to NYSE Rule 80A (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by any other self-regulatory organization or any government agency of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80A as determined by the calculation agent) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading;

• a suspension of trading in futures or options contracts on the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index by the primary securities market trading in such contracts by reason of

• a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market,

• an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts, or

• a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts

will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index; and

• a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on any relevant exchange or on the primary market on which futures or options contracts related to the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index are traded will not include any time when such market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.

“Relevant exchange” means the primary organized exchange or market of trading for any security (or any combination thereof) then included in the AMEX Hong Kong 30 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index or the MSCI Singapore Index or any successor indices.

 

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Events of Default

Under the heading “Description of Debt Securities — Events of Default, Waiver, Debt Securities in Foreign Currencies” in the accompanying prospectus is a description of events of default relating to debt securities including the notes.

Alternate Additional Amount Calculation in Case of an Event of Default

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, in case an event of default with respect to the notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable per $1,000 principal amount note upon any acceleration of the notes will be equal to $1,000 (or a portion of $1,000 if there is only partial principal protection of the notes) plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the notes and the Additional Amount calculated as if the date of acceleration were the final Basket Valuation Date. If the notes have more than one Basket Valuation Date, then the business days immediately preceding the date of acceleration (in such number equal to the number of Basket Valuation Dates in excess of one) shall be the corresponding Basket Valuation Dates. In such case, any interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous interest payment date for which interest was paid.

If the maturity of the notes is accelerated because of an event of default as described above, we shall, or shall cause the calculation agent to, provide written notice to the trustee at its New York office, on which notice the trustee may conclusively rely, and to DTC of the cash amount due with respect to the notes as promptly as possible and in no event later than two business days after the date of acceleration.

Modification

Under the heading “Description of Debt Securities — Modification of the Indenture; Waiver of Compliance” in the accompanying prospectus is a description of when the consent of each affected holder of debt securities is required to modify the indenture.

Defeasance

The provisions described in the accompanying prospectus under the heading “Description of Debt Securities — Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” are not applicable to the notes, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.

Listing

The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.

Book-Entry Only Issuance — The Depository Trust Company

The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, will act as securities depositary for the notes. The notes will be issued only as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s nominee). One or more fully-registered global notes certificates, representing the total aggregate principal amount of the notes, will be issued and will be deposited with DTC. See the descriptions contained in the accompanying prospectus supplement under the headings “Description of Notes — Forms of Notes” and “The Depositary.”

Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent

Payment of amounts due at maturity on the notes will be payable and the transfer of the notes will be registrable at the principal corporate trust office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPMorgan Chase Bank”) in The City of New York.

 

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JPMorgan Chase Bank or one of its affiliates will act as registrar and transfer agent for the notes. JPMorgan Chase Bank will also act as paying agent and may designate additional paying agents.

Registration of transfers of the notes will be effected without charge by or on behalf of JPMorgan Chase Bank, but upon payment (with the giving of such indemnity as JPMorgan Chase Bank may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it.

Governing Law

The notes will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following is a general discussion of the principal U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of notes. This discussion applies to you if you are an initial holder of notes purchasing the notes at the issue price for cash and if you hold the notes as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

This summary is based on the Code, existing and proposed Treasury regulations, revenue rulings, administrative interpretations and judicial decisions, in each case as currently in effect, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This summary does not address all aspects of the U.S. federal income taxation of the notes that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances or if you are a holder of notes who is subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as:

• a financial institution;

• an insurance company;

• a tax-exempt entity, including an “individual retirement account” or “Roth IRA” as defined in Section 408 or 408A, respectively;

• a dealer in securities or foreign currencies;

• a person holding the notes as part of a hedging transaction, “straddle,” synthetic security, conversion transaction, or other integrated transaction, or who has entered into a “constructive sale” with respect to the notes;

• a U.S. Holder (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

• a trader in securities who elects to apply a mark-to-market method of tax accounting; or

• a partnership or other entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

As the law applicable to the U.S. federal income taxation of instruments such as the notes is technical and complex, the discussion below necessarily represents only a general summary. Moreover, the effects of any applicable state, local or foreign tax laws are not discussed. You are urged to consult your tax adviser concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of the notes, as well as any consequences under the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction.

The following discussion does not apply to notes with a Fixed Payment or notes that may pay less than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount note at maturity. Prospective holders of such notes will be provided with a supplemental disclosure statement in the applicable term sheet, describing the tax rules that apply to such notes.

Tax Treatment of the Notes

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable terms supplement, Davis Polk & Wardwell, our special tax counsel, is of the opinion that the notes will be treated as “contingent payment debt instruments” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell is conditioned on their receipt of certain factual representations from us at the time of the relevant offering.

Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders

The following discussion applies to you only if you are a “U.S. Holder” of notes. You are a U.S. Holder if you are a beneficial owner of a note for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is:

• a citizen or resident of the United States;

• a corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation created or organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; or

 

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• an estate or trust the income of which is subject to the United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

The notes will generally be subject to the original issue discount (“OID”) provisions of the Code and the Treasury regulations issued thereunder, and you will be required to accrue as interest income the OID on the notes as described below.

We are required to determine a “comparable yield” for the notes. The “comparable yield” is the yield at which we could issue a fixed rate debt instrument with terms similar to those of the notes, including the level of subordination, term, timing of payments and general market conditions, but excluding any adjustments for the riskiness of the contingencies or the liquidity of the notes. Solely for purposes of determining the amount of interest income that you will be required to accrue, we are also required to construct a “projected payment schedule” in respect of the notes representing a series of payments the amount and timing of which would produce a yield to maturity on the notes equal to the comparable yield.

We will provide, and you may obtain, the comparable yield for a particular offering of notes, and the related projected payment schedule, in the final terms supplement for such notes, which we will file with the SEC.

Neither the comparable yield nor the projected payment schedule constitutes a representation by us regarding the actual amount, if any, that we will pay on the notes.

For United States federal income tax purposes, you are required to use our determination of the comparable yield and projected payment schedule in determining interest accruals and adjustments in respect of a note, unless you timely disclose and justify the use of other estimates to the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). Regardless of your accounting method, you will be required to accrue as interest income OID on the notes at the comparable yield, adjusted upward or downward to reflect the difference, if any, between the actual and the projected amount of the contingent payment(s) on the notes (as described below).

In addition to interest accrued based upon the comparable yield as described above, you will be required to recognize interest income equal to the amount of any net positive adjustment, i.e., the excess of actual payments over projected payments, in respect of a note for a taxable year. A net negative adjustment, i.e., the excess of projected payments over actual payments, in respect of a note for a taxable year:

• will first reduce the amount of interest in respect of the note that you would otherwise be required to include in income in the taxable year; and

• to the extent of any excess, will give rise to an ordinary loss, but only to the extent that the amount of all previous interest inclusions under the note exceeds the total amount of your net negative adjustments treated as ordinary loss on the note in prior taxable years.

A net negative adjustment is not subject to the two percent floor limitation imposed on miscellaneous deductions. Any net negative adjustment in excess of the amounts described above will be carried forward to offset future interest income in respect of the note or to reduce the amount realized on a sale, exchange or retirement of the note.

Upon a sale, exchange or retirement of a note (including at its maturity), you generally will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount received from the sale, exchange or retirement and your adjusted tax basis in the note. Your adjusted tax basis in a note will equal the cost thereof, increased by the amount of interest income previously accrued by you in respect of the note (determined without regard to any of the positive or negative adjustments to interest accruals described above) and decreased by the amount of any prior projected payments in respect of the note. You generally will treat any gain as interest income and any loss as ordinary loss to the extent of previous interest inclusions (reduced by the total amount of net negative adjustments previously taken into account as ordinary losses), and the balance as capital loss. Such losses are not

 

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subject to the limitation imposed on miscellaneous itemized deductions under Section 67 of the Code. The deductibility of capital losses, however, is subject to limitations. Additionally, if you recognize a loss above certain thresholds, you may be required to file a disclosure statement with the IRS. You are urged to consult your tax adviser regarding these limitations and reporting obligations.

Special rules will apply if all remaining payments on the note become fixed more than six months prior to maturity. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a payment (including the Additional Amount) will be treated as fixed if (and when) all remaining contingencies with respect to it are remote or incidental within the meaning of the applicable Treasury regulations. Generally, in this case you would be required to make adjustments to account for the difference between the amount so treated as fixed and the projected payment in a reasonable manner over the remaining term of the note. Your tax basis in the note and the character of any gain or loss on the sale of the note would also be affected. You are urged to consult your tax adviser concerning the application of these special rules.

Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders

The following discussion applies to you only if you are a “Non-U.S. Holder” of notes. You are a “Non-U.S. Holder” if you are a beneficial owner of a note for U.S. federal income tax purposes, that is:

• a nonresident alien individual;

• a foreign corporation; or

• a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.

You are not a “Non-U.S. Holder” if you are a holder who is an individual present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition. In this case, you should consult your own tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the sale, exchange or other disposition of a note.

Payments to you on the notes, and any gain realized on a sale or exchange of the notes, will be exempt from U.S. federal income tax (including withholding tax) provided generally that you have fulfilled the certification requirement described below and such amounts are not effectively connected with your conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

The certification requirement referred to in the preceding paragraph will be fulfilled if you certify on IRS Form W-8BEN, under penalties of perjury, that you are not a United States person and provide your name and address or otherwise satisfy applicable documentation requirements.

If you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States and if the income on the note or the gain on the note, if any, is effectively connected with your conduct of such trade or business, although exempt from the withholding tax discussed above, you will generally be subject to regular U.S. income tax on such income or such gain in the same manner as if you were a U.S. Holder, except that in lieu of the certificate described in the preceding paragraph, you will be required to provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI in order to claim an exemption from withholding tax. If this paragraph applies to you, you are urged to consult your own tax adviser with respect to other U.S. tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the notes, including the possible imposition of a 30% branch profits tax.

If you are an individual, your notes will not be included in your estate for U.S. federal estate tax purposes, provided that interest on the notes is not then effectively connected with your conduct of a United States trade or business.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

The proceeds received from a sale, exchange or other disposition (including the payment at maturity) of notes will be subject to information reporting if you are not an “exempt recipient” (such as a domestic corporation) and may also be subject to backup withholding at a rate specified in the Code if you fail to provide certain identifying information (such as an accurate taxpayer identification

 

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number, if you are a U.S. Holder) or meet certain other conditions. If you are a Non-U.S. Holder and you comply with the identification procedures described in the preceding section, you will generally establish an exemption from backup withholding; however, we expect that the amount of OID paid to you at maturity (and possibly on a sale or exchange of a note) will be reported to you (and to the IRS).

Amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules are not additional taxes and may be refunded or credited against your United States federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.

 

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UNDERWRITING

Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Master Agency Agreement entered into between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as agent (an “Agent” or “JPMSI”), and certain other agents that may be party to the Master Agency Agreement from time to time (each an “Agent” and collectively with JPMSI, the “Agents”), each Agent, acting as principal for its own account, has agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell, the principal amount of notes set forth on the cover page of the relevant terms supplement. Each Agent proposes initially to offer the notes directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of the relevant terms supplement. JPMSI will allow a concession to other dealers in the amount set forth on the cover page of the relevant terms supplement. After the initial offering of the notes, the Agents may vary the offering price and other selling terms from time to time.

We own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding equity securities of JPMSI. The underwriting arrangements for this offering comply with the requirements of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD regarding an NASD member firm’s underwriting of securities of an affiliate. In accordance with Rule 2720, no underwriter may make sales in this offering to any discretionary account without the prior approval of the customer.

JPMSI may act as principal or agent in connection with offers and sales of the notes in the secondary market. Secondary market offers and sales will be made at prices related to market prices at the time of such offer or sale; accordingly, the Agents may change the public offering price, concession and discount after the offering has been completed.

In order to facilitate the offering of the notes, JPMSI may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the notes. Specifically, JPMSI may sell more notes than it is obligated to purchase in connection with the offering, creating a naked short position in the notes for its own account. JPMSI must close out any naked short position by purchasing the notes in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if JPMSI is concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the notes in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. As an additional means of facilitating the offering, JPMSI may bid for, and purchase, notes in the open market to stabilize the price of the notes. Any of these activities may raise or maintain the market price of the notes above independent market levels or prevent or retard a decline in the market price of the notes. JPMSI is not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time.

No action has been or will be taken by us, JPMSI or any dealer that would permit a public offering of the notes or possession or distribution of this product supplement no. 9-I or the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement, other than in the United States, where action for that purpose is required. No offers, sales or deliveries of the notes, or distribution of this product supplement no. 9-I or the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement or any other offering material relating to the notes, may be made in or from any jurisdiction except in circumstances which will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations and will not impose any obligations on us, the Agents or any dealer.

Each Agent has represented and agreed, and each dealer through which we may offer the notes has represented and agreed, that it (i) will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in force in each non-U.S. jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers the notes or possesses or distributes this product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement and (ii) will obtain any consent, approval or permission required by it for the purchase, offer or sale by it of the notes under the laws and regulations in force in each non-U.S. jurisdiction to which it is subject or in which it makes purchases, offers or sales of the notes. We shall not have responsibility for any Agent’s or any dealer’s compliance with the applicable laws and regulations or obtaining any required consent, approval or permission.

The notes are not and will not be authorized by the Comisión Nacional de Valores for public offer in Argentina and may thus not be offered or sold to the public at large or to sectors or specific groups

 

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thereof by any means, including but not limited to personal offerings, written materials, advertisements or the media, in circumstances which constitute a public offering of securities under Argentine Law No. 17,811, as amended.

The notes have not been and will not be registered with the “Comissão de Valores Mobiliários” – the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) and accordingly, the notes may not be sold, promised to be sold, offered, solicited, advertised and/or marketed within the Federative Republic of Brazil in an offering that can be construed as a public offering under CVM Instruction n^o 400, dated December 29, 2003, as amended from time to time.

The notes have not been registered with the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros in Chile and may not be offered or sold publicly in Chile. No offer, sales or deliveries of the notes, or distribution of this product supplement no. 9-I or the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement, may be made in or from Chile except in circumstances which will result in compliance with any applicable Chilean laws and regulations.

The notes have not been, and will not be, registered with the National Registry of Securities maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission nor with the Mexican Stock Exchange and may not be offered or sold publicly in the United Mexican States. This product supplement no. 9-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement may not be publicly distributed in the United Mexican States.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable terms supplement, the settlement date for the notes will be the third business day following the pricing date (which is referred to as a “T+3“ settlement cycle).

 

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BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR CONSIDERATIONS

A fiduciary of a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan subject to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), including entities such as collective investment funds, partnerships and separate accounts whose underlying assets include the assets of such plans (collectively, “ERISA Plans”) should consider the fiduciary standards of ERISA in the context of the ERISA Plans’ particular circumstances before authorizing an investment in the notes. Among other factors, the fiduciary should consider whether the investment would satisfy the prudence and diversification requirements of ERISA and would be consistent with the documents and instruments governing the ERISA Plan.

Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit ERISA Plans, as well as individual retirement accounts and Keogh plans subject to Section 4975 of the Code (together with ERISA Plans, “Plans”), from engaging in certain transactions involving the “plan assets” with persons who are “parties in interest” under ERISA or “disqualified persons” under the Code (“Parties in Interest”) with respect to such Plans. As a result of our business, we are a Party in Interest with respect to many Plans. Where we are a Party in Interest with respect to a Plan (either directly or by reason of ownership of our subsidiaries), the purchase and holding of the notes by or on behalf of the Plan would be a prohibited transaction under Section 406(a)(1) of ERISA and Section 4975(c)(1) of the Code, unless exemptive relief were available under an applicable administrative exemption (as described below) or there was some other basis on which the transaction was not prohibited.

Accordingly, the notes may not be purchased or held by any Plan, any entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of any Plan’s investment in the entity (a “Plan Asset Entity”) or any person investing “plan assets” of any Plan, unless such purchaser or holder is eligible for the exemptive relief available under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 issued by the U.S. Department of Labor or there was some other basis on which the purchase and holding of the notes is not prohibited. Each purchaser or holder of the notes or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented by its purchase of the notes that (a) its purchase and holding of the notes is not made on behalf of or with “plan assets” of any Plan or (b) its purchase and holding of the notes will not result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or there is some other basis on which such purchase and holding is not prohibited.

Employee benefit plans that are governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) and non-U.S. plans (as described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) are not subject to these “prohibited transaction” rules of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, but may be subject to similar rules under other applicable laws or documents (“Similar Laws”). Accordingly, each purchaser or holder of the notes shall be required to represent (and deemed to constitute a representation) that such purchase and holding is not prohibited under applicable Similar Laws or rules.

Due to the complexity of the applicable rules, it is particularly important that fiduciaries or other persons considering purchasing the notes on behalf of or with “plan assets” of any Plan consult with their counsel regarding the relevant provisions of ERISA, the Code or any Similar Laws and the availability of exemptive relief under PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 or some other basis on which the acquisition and holding is not prohibited.

Each purchaser and holder of the notes has exclusive responsibility for ensuring that its purchase and holding of the notes does not violate the fiduciary or prohibited transaction rules of ERISA, the Code or any Similar Laws. The sale of any notes to any Plan is in no respect a representation by us or any of our affiliates or representatives that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by Plans generally or any particular Plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for Plans generally or any particular Plan.

 

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