424B2 1 e30300_424b2.htm PRODUCT SUPPLEMENT

Product supplement no. 116-I
To prospectus dated December 1, 2005 and
prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006

Registration Statement No. 333-130051
Dated February 11, 2008
Rule 424(b)(2)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Reverse Exchangeable Notes Linked to the Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund

General

  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. may offer and sell reverse exchangeable notes linked to the Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund, which we refer to as the Index Fund, from time to time. This product supplement no. 116-I describes the terms that will apply generally to the 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 will control.
  • The notes are the senior unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • We will pay interest at the interest rate specified in the relevant terms supplement. However, the notes do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity. Instead, the payment at maturity will be based on the performance of the Index Fund during the term of the notes. In addition, under the circumstances described below, for each note, instead of the principal amount of the notes, you may receive at maturity, in addition to any accrued and unpaid interest, the Cash Value (as defined below) based on the Final Share Price of one share of the Index Fund. The Cash Value will be less than the principal amount of your notes and may be zero.
  • For important information about tax consequences, see “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” beginning on page PS-29.
  • Minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.
  • The issuer of the Index Fund is not an affiliate of ours and is not receiving any of the proceeds of any note offering. The obligations under the notes are our obligations only and the issuer of the Index Fund will have no obligations of any kind under the notes. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing in the Index Fund or the Financial Select Sector Index, which we refer as the Tracking Index, or any of the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index.
  • The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.

Key Terms

Index Fund:

Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund. See “The Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund.” The Index Fund may be changed in certain circumstances. See “General Terms of Notes — Alternative Calculation of Price and Closing Price.”

Tracking Index:

The Financial Select Sector Index.

Interest Payment:

The notes will bear interest at a rate per annum specified in the relevant terms supplement. For each interest period, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, for each $1,000 principal amount note, the interest payment will be calculated as follows: $1,000 x interest rate x (number of days in the interest period/360), where the number of days will be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days with twelve months of 30 days each. Interest will accrue from, and including, the issue date of the notes to, but excluding, the maturity date. Interest will be paid in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates as set forth in the relevant terms supplement. See “Description of Notes — Interest Payments.”

Payment at Maturity:

Payment at maturity will be based on the performance of the Index Fund.

 

You will receive $1,000 for each $1,000 principal amount note, plus any accrued and unpaid interest at maturity, unless:

 

(i) the Final Share Price is less than the Initial Share Price; and

 

(ii) (a) for notes with continuous Index Fund monitoring, at any time during the Monitoring Period, the price of one share of the Index Fund quoted on the Relevant Exchange has declined, as compared to the Initial Share Price, by more than the Protection Amount, or (b) for notes with daily Index Fund monitoring, on any day during the Monitoring Period, the closing price of one share of the Index Fund has declined, as compared to the Initial Share Price, by more than the Protection Amount.

 

The relevant terms supplement will specify whether continuous or daily Index Fund monitoring is applicable to the notes or, alternatively, may specify another method for monitoring the shares of the Index Fund. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify weekly Index Fund monitoring for purposes of determining whether the price of one share of the Index Fund has declined from the Initial Share Price by more than the Protection Amount.

 

If the conditions described in (i) and (ii) are both satisfied, at maturity you will receive, instead of the principal amount of your notes, the Cash Value, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Cash Value will be less than the principal amount of your notes and may be zero. Accordingly, you may lose some or all of your principal.

Monitoring Period:

As specified in the relevant terms supplement. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify that the Monitoring Period consists of each day from the pricing date to, and including, the Observation Date or the final Averaging Date.

Cash Value:

The amount in cash equal to the product of (1) $1,000 divided by the Initial Share Price and (2) the Final Share Price. The Cash Value is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

Protection Amount:

As specified in the relevant terms supplement. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify that the Protection Amount is equal to 20% of the Initial Share Price. The Protection Amount is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

Initial Share Price:

The closing price of one share of the Index Fund on the pricing date, or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, divided by the Share Adjustment Factor. The Initial Share Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

Final Share Price:

The closing price of one share of the Index Fund on the Observation Date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or the arithmetic average of the closing prices of one share of the Index Fund on each of the Averaging Dates. The closing price of one share of the Index Fund on an Averaging Date used to determine the Final Share Price may be subject to adjustment. See “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity” and “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

Share Adjustment Factor:

Unless otherwise specified in the terms supplement, the Share Adjustment Factor will be set initially at 1.0, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

Valuation Date(s):

The Final Share Price will be determined either on a single date, which we refer to as the Observation Date, or over 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 Valuation Dates in this product supplement. Any Valuation Date is subject to postponement in the event of certain market disruption events and as described under “Description of 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 certain market disruption events and as described under “Description of Notes — Payment at Maturity.”

Investing in the Reverse Exchangeable 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. 116-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

February 11, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Description of Notes

1

Risk Factors

6

Use of Proceeds

14

The Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund

15

General Terms of Notes

22

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

29

Underwriting

34

Benefit Plan Investor Considerations

42

       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. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus with respect to the notes offered by the relevant terms supplement and this product supplement no. 116-I and with respect to JPMorgan Chase & Co. This product supplement no. 116-I, together with the relevant terms supplement and the accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement, contain the terms of the notes and supersede all other prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials including preliminary or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for implementation, sample structures, fact sheets, brochures or other educational material of ours. The information in the relevant terms supplement, this product supplement no. 116-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. 116-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. 116-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. 116-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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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. 116-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. 116-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. 116-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. 116-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.

Argentina

The notes have not been and will not be authorized by the Comisión Nacional de Valores (the “CNV”) for public offer in Argentina and therefore may 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, the internet or the media, in circumstances which constitute a public offering of securities under Argentine Law No. 17,811, as amended (the “Argentine Public Offering Law”).

The Argentine Public Offering Law does not expressly recognize the concept of private placement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to the general rules on public offering and the few existing judicial and administrative precedents, the following private placement rules have been outlined:

  (i)    target investors should be qualified or sophisticated investors, capable of understanding the risk of the proposed investment.

  (ii)    investors should be contacted on an individual, direct and confidential basis, without using any type of massive means of communication.

  (iii)    the number of contacted investors should be relatively small.

  (iv)    investors should receive complete and precise information on the proposed investment.

  (v)    any material, brochures, documents, etc, regarding the investment should be delivered in a personal and confidential manner, identifying the name of the recipient.

  (vi)    the documents or information mentioned in item (v) should contain a legend or statement expressly stating that the offer is a private offer not subject to the approval or supervision of the CNV, or any other regulator in Argentina.

  (vii)    the aforementioned documents or materials should also contain a statement prohibiting the re-sale or re-placement of the relevant securities within the Argentine territory or their sale through any type of transaction that may constitute a public offering of securities pursuant to Argentine law.

The Bahamas

The notes have not been and shall not be offered or sold in or into The Bahamas except in circumstances that do not constitute a ‘public offering’ according to the Securities Industry Act, 1999.

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The offer of the notes, directly or indirectly, in or from within The Bahamas may only be made by an entity or person who is licensed as a Broker Dealer by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas.

Persons deemed “resident” in The Bahamas pursuant to the Exchange Control Regulations, 1956 must receive the prior approval of the Central Bank of The Bahamas prior to accepting an offer to purchase any notes.

Bermuda

This product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement have not been registered or filed with any regulatory authority in Bermuda. The offering of the notes pursuant to this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and any terms supplement to persons resident in Bermuda is not prohibited, provided we are not thereby carrying on business in Bermuda.

Brazil

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 and will not be sold, promised to be sold, offered, solicited, advertised and/or marketed within the Federal Republic of Brazil, except in circumstances that cannot be construed as a public offering or unauthorized distribution of securities under Brazilian laws and regulations. The notes are not being offered into Brazil. Documents relating to an offering of the notes, as well as the information contained herein and therein, may not be supplied or distributed to the public in Brazil nor be used in connection with any offer for subscription or sale of the notes to the public in Brazil.

British Virgin Islands

The notes may not be offered in the British Virgin Islands unless we or the person offering the notes on our behalf is licensed to carry on business in the British Virgin Islands. We are not licensed to carry on business in the British Virgin Islands. The notes may be offered to British Virgin Islands “business companies” (from outside the British Virgin Islands) without restriction. A British Virgin Islands “business company” is a company formed under or otherwise governed by the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (British Virgin Islands).

Cayman Islands

This product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement, and the notes offered hereby and thereby have not been, and will not be, registered under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, nor has any regulatory authority in the Cayman Islands passed comment upon or approved the accuracy or adequacy of this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement. The notes have not been, and will not be, offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the Cayman Islands.

Chile

None of the Agents, we or the notes have been registered with the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros de Chile (Chilean Securities and Insurance Commission) pursuant to Ley No. 18,045 de Mercado de Valores (the “Chilean Securities Act”), as amended, of the Republic of Chile and, accordingly, the notes have not been and will not be offered or sold within Chile or to, or for the account of benefit of persons in Chile except in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in a public offering and/or securities intermediation in Chile within the meaning of the Chilean Securities Act.

None of the Agents is a bank or a licensed broker in Chile, and therefore each Agent has not and will not conduct transactions or any business operations in any of such qualities, including the marketing, offer and sale of the notes, except in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in a “public offering” as such term is defined in Article 4 of the Chilean Securities Act, and/or have not resulted and will not result in the intermediation of securities in Chile within the meaning of Article 24 of the Chilean Securities Act and/or the breach of the brokerage restrictions set forth in Article 39 of Decree with Force of Law No. 3 of 1997.

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The notes will only be sold to specific buyers, each of which will be deemed upon purchase:

  (i)    to be a financial institution and/or an institutional investor or a qualified investor with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the risks and merits of an investment in the notes;

  (ii)    to agree that it will only resell the notes in the Republic of Chile in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations; and that it will deliver to each person to whom the notes are transferred a notice substantially to the effect of this selling restriction;

  (iii)    to acknowledge receipt of sufficient information required to make an informed decision whether or not to invest in the notes; and

  (iv)    to acknowledge that it has not relied upon advice from any Agent and/or us, or its or our respective affiliates, regarding the determination of the convenience or suitability of notes as an investment for the buyer or any other person; and has taken and relied upon independent legal, regulatory, tax and accounting advice.

Colombia

The notes have not been and will not be registered in the National Securities Registry of Colombia (Registro Nacional de Valores y Emisores) kept by the Colombian Financial Superintendency (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia) or in the Colombian Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia).

Therefore, the notes shall not be marketed, offered, sold or distributed in Colombia or to Colombian residents in any manner that would be characterized as a public offering, as such is defined in article 1.2.1.1 of Resolution 400, issued on May 22, 1995 by the Securities Superintendency General Commission (Sala General de la Superintendencia de Valores), as amended from time to time.

If the notes are to be marketed within Colombian territory or to Colombian residents, regardless of the number of persons to which said marketing is addressed to, any such promotion or advertisement of the notes must be made through a local financial entity, a representative’s office, or a local correspondent, in accordance with Decree 2558, issued on June 6, 2007 by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia, as amended from time to time.

Therefore, the notes should not be marketed within Colombian territory or to Colombian residents, by any given means, that may be considered as being addressed to an indeterminate number of persons or to more than ninety-nine (99) persons, including but not limited to: (i) any written material or other means of communication, such as subscription lists, bulletins, pamphlets or advertisements; (ii) any offer or sale of the notes at offices or branches open to the public; (iii) use of any oral or written advertisements, letters, announcements, notices or any other means of communication that may be perceived to be addressed to an indeterminate number of persons for the purpose of marketing and/or offering the notes; or (iv) use (a) non-solicited emails or (b) email distributions lists to market the notes.

El Salvador

The notes may not be offered to the general public in El Salvador, and according to Article 2 of the Ley de Mercado de Valores (Securities Market Law) of the Republic of El Salvador, Legislative Decree number 809 dated 16 February 1994, published on the Diario Oficial (Official Gazette) number 73-BIS, Number 323, dated 21 April 1994, and in compliance with the aforementioned regulation, each Agent has represented and agreed that it will not make an invitation for subscription or purchase of the notes to indeterminate individuals, nor will it make known this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement in the territory of El Salvador through any mass media communication such as television, radio, press, or any similar medium, other than publications of an international nature that are received in El Salvador, such as internet access or foreign cable advertisements, which are not directed to the Salvadoran public. The offering of the notes has not been registered with an authorized stock exchange in the Republic of El Salvador. Any negotiation for the purchase or sale

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of notes in the Republic of El Salvador shall only be negotiated on an individual basis with determinate individuals or entities in strict compliance with the aforementioned Article 2 of the Salvadoran Securities Market Law, and shall in any event be effected in accordance with all securities, tax and exchange control of the Dominican Republic, Central America, and United States Free Trade Agreements, and other applicable laws or regulations of the Republic of El Salvador.

Hong Kong

The notes may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of any document, other than to persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as principal or agent, or in circumstances that do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong. Each Agent has not issued and will not issue any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the notes, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to notes which are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made thereunder.

Jersey

Each Agent has represented to and agreed with us that it will not circulate in Jersey any offer for subscription, sale or exchange of any notes which would constitute an offer to the public for the purposes of Article 8 of the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958.

Mexico

The notes have not been, and will not be, registered with the Mexican National Registry of Securities maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission nor with the Mexican Stock Exchange and therefore, may not be offered or sold publicly in the United Mexican States. This product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement may not be publicly distributed in the United Mexican States. The notes may be privately placed in Mexico among institutional and qualified investors, pursuant to the private placement exemption set forth in Article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law.

The Netherlands

An offer to the public of any notes which are the subject of the offering and placement contemplated by this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement may not be made in The Netherlands and each Agent has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of such notes to the public in The Netherlands, unless such an offer is made exclusively to one or more of the following categories of investors in accordance with the Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht, the “FMSA”):

1.       Regulated Entities: (a) any person or entity who or which is subject to supervision by a regulatory authority in any country in order to lawfully operate in the financial markets (which includes: credit institutions, investment firms, financial institutions, insurance companies, collective investment schemes and their management companies, pension funds and their management companies, commodity dealers) (“Supervised Entities”); and (b) any person or entity who or which engages in a regulated activity on the financial markets but who or which is not subject to supervision by a regulatory authority because it benefits from an exemption or dispensation (“Exempt Entities”);

2.       Investment Funds and Entities: any entity whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities (which includes, without limitation, hedge funds);

3.       Governmental institutions: the Dutch State, the Dutch Central Bank, Dutch regional, local or other decentralized governmental institutions, international treaty organizations and supranational organizations;

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4.       Self-certified Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (“SMEs”): any company having its registered office in The Netherlands which does not meet at least two of the three criteria mentioned in (6) below and which has (a) expressly requested the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the “AFM”) to be considered as a qualified investor, and (b) been entered on the register of qualified investors maintained by the AFM;

5.       Self-certified Natural Persons: any natural person who is resident in The Netherlands if this person meets at least two (2) of the following criteria:

  (i)   the investor has carried out transactions of a significant size on securities markets at an average frequency of, at least, ten (10) per quarter over the previous four (4) quarters;

  (ii)   the size of the investor’s securities portfolio exceeds €500,000;

  (iii)   the investor works or has worked for at least one (1) year in the financial sector in a professional position which requires knowledge of investment in securities,

provided this person has:

  (a)   expressly requested the AFM to be considered as a qualified investor; and

  (b)   been entered on the register of qualified investors maintained by the AFM;

6.       Large Enterprises: any company or legal entity which meets at least two of the following three criteria according to its most recent consolidated or non-consolidated annual accounts:

  (a)   an average number of employees during the financial year of at least 250;

  (b)   total assets of at least €43,000,000; or

  (c)   an annual net turnover of at least €50,000,000.

7.       Discretionary individual portfolio managers: any portfolio manager in The Netherlands who or which purchases the notes for the account of clients who are not Qualified Investors on the basis of a contract of agency that allows for making investment decisions on the client’s behalf without specific instructions of or consultation with any such client;

8.       Minimum consideration: any person or entity for a minimum consideration of €50,000 or more (or equivalent in foreign currency) for each offer of notes; or

9.       Fewer than 100 Offerees: fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than Qualified Investors).

For the purposes of this provision, the expression:

  (a)   an “offer to the public” in relation to any notes means making a sufficiently determined offer as meant in Section 217(1) of Book 6 of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) addressed to more than one person to conclude a contract to purchase or otherwise acquire notes, or inviting persons to make an offer in respect of such notes;

  (b)   “Qualified Investors” means the categories of investors listed under (1) up to and including (6) above.

Zero Coupon Notes may not, directly or indirectly, as part of their initial distribution (or immediately thereafter) or as part of any re-offering be offered, sold, transferred or delivered in The Netherlands. For purposes of this paragraph “Zero Coupon Notes” are notes (whether in definitive or in global form) that are in bearer form and that constitute a claim for a fixed sum against us and on which interest does not become due prior to maturity or on which no interest is due whatsoever.

Panama

The notes have not been and will not be registered with the National Securities Commission of the Republic of Panama under Decree Law No. 1 of July 8, 1999 (the “Panamanian Securities Law”) and may not be publicly offered or sold within Panama, except in certain limited transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Panamanian Securities Law. The notes do not benefit from the tax incentives provided by the Panamanian Securities Law and are not subject to regulation or supervision by the National Securities Commission of the Republic of Panama.

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Peru

The notes have been and will be offered only to institutional investors (as defined by the Peruvian Securities Market Law — “Ley de Mercado de Valores” enacted by Legislative Decree No. 861 — Unified Text of the Law approved by Supreme Decree No. 093-2002-EF) and not to the public in general or a segment of it. The placement of the notes shall comply with article 5 of the Peruvian Securities Market Law.

Singapore

Neither this product supplement no. 116-I nor the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement has been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this product supplement no. 116-I, the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement, and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Switzerland

The notes have not been and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Switzerland, and this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement do not constitute a public offering prospectus as that term is understood pursuant to article 652a or article 1156 of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations.

We have not applied for a listing of the notes on the SWX Swiss Exchange or on any other regulated securities market and, consequently, the information presented in this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement does not necessarily comply with the information standards set out in the relevant listing rules.

The notes do not constitute a participation in a collective investment scheme in the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes and are not licensed by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission. Accordingly, neither the notes nor holders of the notes benefit from protection under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes or supervision by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission.

Uruguay

The offering of notes in Uruguay constitutes a private offering and each Agent has agreed that the notes and us will not be registered with the Central Bank of Uruguay pursuant to section 2 of Uruguayan law 16.749.

Venezuela

The notes comprising this offering have not been registered with the Venezuelan National Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Valores) and are not being publicly offered in Venezuela. No document related to the offering of the notes shall be interpreted to constitute a public offer of securities in Venezuela. This document has been sent exclusively to clients of the Agents and the information contained herein is private, confidential and for the exclusive use of the addressee. Investors wishing to acquire the notes may use only funds located outside of Venezuela, which are not of mandatory sale to the Central Bank of Venezuela (Banco Central de Venezuela) or are not otherwise subject to restrictions or limitations under the exchange control regulation currently in force in Venezuela.

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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. 116-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 Reverse Exchangeable Notes linked to the Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund.

General

       The Reverse Exchangeable Notes are senior unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase & Co. that are linked to the Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund, which we refer to as the Index Fund. 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.

       The notes offer a higher interest rate than the current dividend yield on the Index Fund or than the yield that we believe would be payable on a conventional debt security with the same maturity issued by us or an issuer with a comparable credit rating. However, the notes do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity; therefore, you must be aware of the risk that you may lose some or all of the principal amount of your notes at maturity. Regardless of whether you receive at maturity your principal amount or the Cash Value (as described under “— Payment at Maturity”), you will be entitled to periodic interest payments on the principal amount of your notes as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

       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 The Depository Trust Company, or 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. 116-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 will control.

Payment at Maturity

       Your principal is protected against a decline in the value of the Index Fund up to the Protection Amount. You will receive $1,000 for each $1,000 principal amount note, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, at maturity, unless:

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(i) the Final Share Price is less than the Initial Share Price; and

(ii) (a) for notes with continuous Index Fund monitoring, at any time during the Monitoring Period, the price of one share of the Index Fund quoted on the Relevant Exchange has declined, as compared to the Initial Share Price, by more than the Protection Amount, or (b) for notes with daily Index Fund monitoring, on any day during the Monitoring Period, the closing price of one share of the Index Fund has declined, as compared to the Initial Share Price, by more than the Protection Amount.

The relevant terms supplement will specify whether continuous or daily Index Fund monitoring is applicable to the notes or, alternatively, may specify another method for monitoring the shares of the Index Fund. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify weekly Index Fund monitoring for purposes of determining whether the price of one share of the Index Fund has declined from the Initial Share Price by more than the Protection Amount.

       If the conditions described in (i) and (ii) are both satisfied, at maturity you will receive, instead of the principal amount of your notes, the Cash Value, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Cash Value will be less than the principal amount of your notes and may be zero. Accordingly, you may lose some or all of your principal. See “Risk Factors” for further information.

       The “Protection Amount” will be specified in the relevant terms supplement. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify that the Protection Amount is equal to 20% of the Initial Share Price. The Protection Amount is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the “Cash Value” will be the amount in cash equal to the product of (1) $1,000 divided by the Initial Share Price and (2) the Final Share Price. The Cash Value is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, “Initial Share Price” means the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on the pricing date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, divided by the Share Adjustment Factor. The Initial Share Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the “Share Adjustment Factor” shall be set initially at 1.0, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, “Final Share Price” means the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on the Observation Date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or the arithmetic average of the closing prices of one share of the Index Fund on each of the Averaging Dates. The relevant terms supplement will specify the manner in which the Final Share Price is determined. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the relevant terms supplement specifies that the Final Share Price will be determined based on the arithmetic average of the closing prices of one share of the Index Fund on each of the Averaging Dates and an adjustment to the Share Adjustment Factor would have become effective in accordance with “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments” after the first Averaging Date but on or prior to the final Averaging Date, then the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on each Averaging Date occurring prior to the effective date of such adjustment to be used to determine the Final Share Price will be deemed to equal such closing price divided by the Share Adjustment Factor, as adjusted (assuming that the Share Adjustment Factor prior to such adjustment is equal to 1.0).

  PS-2  

       The “Monitoring Period” will be specified in the relevant terms supplement. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify that the Monitoring Period consists of each day from the pricing date to, and including, the Observation Date or the final Averaging Date.

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, “pricing date” means the day we price the notes for initial sale to the public.

       “Relevant Exchange” means, with respect to the Index Fund or any successor index fund (as defined under “General Terms of Notes — Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price”), the primary exchange or market for trading for the shares of the Index Fund (or any successor index fund) or any security (or any combination thereof) then included in the Tracking Index (or any tracking index related to the successor index fund).

       The “price” of one share of the Index Fund (or any successor index fund, as defined under “General Terms of Notes — Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price”) or one unit of any other security for which a price must be determined on any trading day (as defined below) means:

  • if the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the highest intraday bid price on such day on the principal U.S. securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on which the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading;

  • if the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but is included in the OTC Bulletin Board Service (the “OTC Bulletin Board”) operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”), the highest reported bid price reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on such day;

  • if the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund) is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated, the price calculated pursuant to the alternative methods of calculation of price described under “General Terms of Notes — Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price”; or

  • if a bid price is not available pursuant to the preceding bullet points, the mean, as determined by the calculation agent, of the bid prices for the shares of the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) obtained from as many recognized dealers in such security, but not exceeding three, as will make such bid prices available to the calculation agent. Bids of any of our affiliates may be included in the calculation of such mean, but only to the extent that any such bid is not the highest of the bids obtained,

in each case subject to the provisions of “General Terms of Notes — Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price.” The term OTC Bulletin Board will include any successor service thereto.

       The “closing price” of one share of the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or one unit of any other security for which a closing price must be determined) on any trading day means:

  • if the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the last reported sale price, regular way (or, in the case of The NASDAQ Stock Market, the official closing price), of the principal trading session on such day on the principal U.S. securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act, on which the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading;

  • if the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but is included in the OTC Bulletin Board, the last reported sale price of the principal trading session on the OTC Bulletin Board on such day; or
  PS-3  

  • if the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund) is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated, the closing price calculated pursuant to the alternative methods of calculating closing price described under “General Terms of Notes — Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price”; or

  • if, because of a market disruption event (as defined under “General Terms of Notes — Market Disruption Events”) or otherwise, the last reported sale price (or official closing price, as applicable) for the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) is not available pursuant to the preceding bullet points, the mean, as determined by the calculation agent, of the bid prices for the shares of the Index Fund (or any such successor index fund or such other security) obtained from as many recognized dealers in such security, but not exceeding three, as will make such bid prices available to the calculation agent. Bids of any of our affiliates may be included in the calculation of such mean, but only to the extent that any such bid is not the highest or the lowest of the bids obtained,

in each case subject to the provisions of “General Terms of Notes — Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price.”

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, a “trading day” is a day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), the American Stock Exchange LLC (the “AMEX”), The NASDAQ Stock Market, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated and in the over-the-counter market for equity securities in the United States.

       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.

       The maturity date for the notes will be set forth in the relevant terms supplement. If the scheduled maturity date (as specified in the relevant terms supplement) is not a business day, then the maturity date will be the next succeeding business day following such scheduled maturity date. If, due to a market disruption event or otherwise, the final 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 the final Valuation Date, as postponed, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. We describe market disruption events under “General Terms of Notes — Market Disruption Events.”

       We will irrevocably deposit with 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 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.

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

Notes with a maturity of more than one year

       If a Valuation Date is not a trading day or if there is a market disruption event on such day, the applicable Valuation Date will be postponed to the immediately succeeding trading day during which no market disruption event shall have occurred or be continuing. In no event, however, will any Valuation Date be postponed more than ten business days following the date originally scheduled to be such Valuation Date. If the tenth business day following the date originally scheduled to be the applicable Valuation Date is not a trading day, or if there is a market disruption event on such date, the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on such Valuation Date will be deemed to be the closing price of the Index Fund last in effect prior to commencement of the market disruption event (or prior to the non-trading day).

  PS-4  

Notes with a maturity of not more than one year

       If a Valuation Date is not a trading day or if there is a market disruption event on such day, the applicable Valuation Date will be postponed to the immediately succeeding trading day during which no market disruption event shall have occurred or be continuing. In no event, however, will any Valuation Date be postponed more than ten business days following the date originally scheduled to be such Valuation Date; provided that no Valuation Date, as postponed, will produce a maturity date more than one year (counting for this purpose either the issue date or the maturity date, but not both) after the issue date (the last date that could serve as the final Valuation Date without causing the maturity date to be more than one year after the issue date, the “Final Disrupted Valuation Date”). If the tenth business day following the date originally scheduled to be the applicable Valuation Date is not a trading day, or if there is a market disruption event on such date, the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on such Valuation Date will be deemed to be the closing price of one share of the Index Fund last in effect prior to commencement of the market disruption event (or prior to the non-trading day). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Valuation Date has been postponed to the Final Disrupted Valuation Date (treating any such Valuation Date that is not the final Valuation Date as if it were the final Valuation Date) and such Final Disrupted Valuation Date is not a trading day, or if there is a market disruption event on such Final Disrupted Valuation Date, then the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on such Valuation Date will be deemed to be the closing price of one share of the Index Fund last in effect prior to commencement of the market disruption event (or prior to the non-trading day). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will any Valuation Date occur after the Final Disrupted Valuation Date.

Interest Payments

       For each interest period, unless otherwise specified in the terms supplement, for each $1,000 principal amount note, the interest payment will be calculated as follows:

$1,000 x interest rate x (number of days in the interest period / 360),

where the number of days will be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days with twelve months of thirty days each.

       The notes will bear interest at a rate per annum specified in the relevant terms supplement. Interest will accrue from, and including, the issue date of the notes to, but excluding, the maturity date. Interest will be paid in arrears on each 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. 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.

       The “interest rate” will be specified in the relevant terms supplement.

       An “interest period” is the period beginning on, and including, the issue date of the notes and ending on, but excluding, the first Interest Payment Date, and each successive period beginning on, and including, an Interest Payment Date and ending on, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or as specified in the relevant terms supplement.

       An “Interest Payment Date” will be as specified in the relevant terms supplement, provided that no Interest Payment Date will be more than twelve months after the immediately prior Interest Payment Date or issue date of the notes, as applicable. 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 Period will commence as if the payment had not been delayed.

  PS-5  

RISK FACTORS

       Your investment in the notes will involve certain risks. The notes pay interest as specified in the relevant terms supplement but do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the Index Fund, the Tracking Index, or any of the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index. 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.

Your investment in the notes may result in a loss.

       The notes do not guarantee any return of principal. Your return of principal is protected so long as the closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) or price (in the case of continuous monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund during the Monitoring Period is never less than the Initial Share Price by more than the Protection Amount or the Final Share Price is not less than the Initial Share Price. If the Final Share Price declines from the Initial Share Price and the closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) or price (in the case of continuous monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund during the Monitoring Period has declined, as compared to the Initial Share Price, by more than the Protection Amount, you will receive at maturity the Cash Value rather than the principal amount of your notes. The Cash Value will be less than the principal amount of your notes and may be zero. Accordingly, you may lose the entire principal amount of your notes.

Your Protection Amount may terminate on any day during the term of the notes.

       If, on any day during the Monitoring Period, the closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) or price (in the case of continuous monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund declines below the Initial Share Price minus the Protection Amount, you will be fully exposed to any depreciation in the Index Fund. We refer to this feature as a contingent buffer. Under these circumstances, and if the Final Share Price is less than the Initial Share Price, you will receive at maturity the Cash Value for each $1,000 principal amount note and, consequently, you will lose 1% of the principal amount of your investment for every 1% decline in the Final Share Price compared to the Initial Share Price. You will be subject to this potential loss of principal even if the price of one share of the Index Fund subsequently recovers such that the Index Fund closes at a level (in the case of daily monitoring) or trades (in the case of continuous monitoring) above the Initial Share Price minus the Protection Amount. If these notes had a non-contingent buffer feature, under the same scenario, you would have received the full principal amount of your notes plus accrued and unpaid interest at maturity. As a result, your investment in the notes may not perform as well as an investment in a security with a return that includes a non-contingent buffer.

Because you will not benefit from any appreciation in the price of the Index Fund above the Initial Share Price, you will not receive a payment at maturity with a value greater than your principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

       At maturity, you will receive a payment with a value no greater than the principal amount of your notes plus the final interest payment, and the total payment you receive over the term of the notes will not exceed the principal amount of your notes plus the interest payments paid during the term of the notes, regardless of any appreciation in the value of the Index Fund. Even if the Final Share Price exceeds the Initial Share Price, you will receive only the principal amount of your notes, regardless of any appreciation in the Index Fund.

Your return on your investment in the notes will be limited to the interest payments on the notes.

       The only return that you will receive on your investment in the notes will be the interest payments specified in the relevant terms supplement.

  PS-6  

You are exposed to the price risk of the Index Fund.

       You cannot predict the future performance of the Index Fund based on its historical performance. The closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) or price (in the case of continuous monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund may be below the Initial Share Price by more than the Protection Amount during the Monitoring Period and the Final Share Price may be less than the Initial Share Price, even though the Index Fund has not experienced such a price decrease in the past.

Your return on the notes will not reflect dividends on the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index.

       Your return on the notes will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index and received the dividends paid on those equity securities. This is because the calculation agent will calculate the amount payable to you at maturity by reference to the Final Share Price and the Protection Amount. The Final Share Price reflects the prices of the equity securities held by the Index Fund on the Valuation Date(s) without taking into consideration the value of dividends paid on those equity securities.

The closing price of the Index Fund on the pricing date may be significantly higher than the historical average trading price for the Index Fund.

       If the closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) or price (in the case of continuous monitoring) of the Index Fund is ever below the Initial Share Price by more than the Protection Amount during the Monitoring Period, one of the two triggers for receiving the Cash Value will have occurred. The reference price for determining whether such trigger has occurred is, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the closing price of the Index Fund on the pricing date divided by the Share Adjustment Factor (which we refer to as the Initial Share Price). The closing price of the Index Fund on the pricing date may be significantly higher than the historical average trading price for the Index Fund, which could increase the likelihood of the occurrence of such trigger. In addition, on the pricing date, stock prices generally in the market may be significantly higher than historical averages, which could increase the likelihood of subsequent declines in stock prices during the Monitoring Period.

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, if at all, may be at a substantial discount from the principal amount of the notes, even in cases where the price of one share of the Index Fund has appreciated since the pricing date. The potential returns described in the relevant 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 any securities exchange. There may be little or no secondary market for the notes. Even if there is a secondary market for the notes, 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. or another agent does not act as a market maker, it is likely that there would be little or no secondary market for the notes.

  PS-7  

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

       Many economic and market factors will influence the value of the notes. We expect that, generally, the price of the shares of the Index Fund 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 price of the shares of the Index Fund. The value of the notes will be affected by a number of other factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:

  • whether one share of the Index Fund closes (in the case of daily monitoring) or trades (in the case of continuous monitoring) below the Initial Share Price by more than the Protection Amount during the Monitoring Period;

  • the dividend rate paid on the equity securities held by the Index Fund (while not paid to holders of the notes, dividend payments on the equity securities held by the Index Fund may influence the price of the shares of the Index Fund and the market value of options on the Index Fund and therefore affect the market value of the notes);

  • the expected frequency and magnitude of changes in the price of the shares of the Index Fund (volatility);

  • economic, financial, political and regulatory or judicial events that affect the equity securities held by the Index Fund or stock markets generally, and that may affect the closing price or price of shares of the Index Fund on any day during the Monitoring Period, the Initial Share Price or the Final Share Price;

  •  the occurrence of certain events affecting the Index Fund that may or may not require an adjustment to the Share Adjustment Factor;

  • interest and yield rates in the market generally, as well as in the markets of those equity securities held by the Index Fund;

  • the time remaining to the maturity of the notes; and

  • our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated downgrades in our credit ratings.

       Some or all of these factors may influence the price that you will receive if you choose to sell your notes prior to maturity. The impact of any of the factors set forth above may enhance or offset some or all of any change resulting from another factor or factors. You cannot predict the future performance of the Index Fund based on its historical performance.

       While it is possible that the notes could trade above their principal amount prior to maturity, the likelihood of such an increase is limited by market factors and the fact that the amount payable at maturity will not exceed 100% of the principal amount of the notes. Even if the notes did trade above their principal amount prior to maturity, the only way to realize such a market premium would be to sell your notes in a secondary market transaction, if such a transaction were available. Moreover, if you sell your notes prior to maturity, you may have to sell them at a substantial discount from their principal amount if the market price of one share of the Index Fund is at, below or not sufficiently above the Initial Share Price.

The inclusion in the original issue price of each agent’s commission and the estimated 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, if any, will be based on the principal amount of your notes, the original issue price of the notes includes each agent’s commission and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates. Such estimated 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.

  PS-8  

If the price of the shares of the Index Fund changes, the market value of your notes may not change in the same manner.

       Owning the notes is not the same as owning shares of the Index Fund. Accordingly, changes in the price of one share of the Index Fund may not result in a comparable change in the market value of the notes. If the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on any trading day increases above the Initial Share Price, the value of the notes may not increase comparably, if at all. It is also possible for the price of the shares of the Index Fund to increase moderately while the value of the notes declines.

       When the closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) or price (in the case of continuous monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund on any trading day declines from the Initial Share Price by close to the Protection Amount for the first time, the price of the notes will likely decline at a greater rate than the market value of the shares of the Index Fund. During the Monitoring Period, if the shares of the Index Fund close or trade at prices that are less than the Initial Share Price by an amount that is close to or more than the Protection Amount, we expect the market value of the notes to decline to reflect, among a number of other factors, that your payment at maturity is more likely to be less than the principal amount of your notes.

The anti-dilution protection is limited.

       The calculation agent will make adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor, which will initially be set at 1.0, for certain events affecting the shares of the Index Fund. See “General Terms of Notes — Anti-Dilution Adjustments.” The calculation agent is not required, however, to make such adjustments in response to all events that could affect the shares of the Index Fund. If an event occurs that does not require the calculation agent to make an adjustment, the value of the notes may be materially and adversely affected.

There are risks associated with the Index Fund.

       Although shares of the Index Fund are listed for trading on the AMEX and a number of similar products have been traded on the AMEX and other securities exchanges for varying periods of time, there is no assurance that an active trading market will continue for the shares of the Index Fund or that there will be liquidity in the trading market.

       In addition, SSgA Funds Management, Inc., which we refer to as SSFM, is the Index Fund’s investment adviser. The Index Fund is subject to management risk, which is the risk that the SSFM’s investment strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints (as outlined under “Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund — Investment Objective and Strategy”), may not produce the intended results. For example, SSFM may invest up to 5% of the Index Fund’s assets in securities not included in the Tracking Index but which SSFM believes will help the Index Fund track the Tracking Index, as well as in certain futures, options, swap contracts and other derivatives, cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including affiliated money market funds).

The performance of the Index Fund may not correlate with the performance of the Tracking Index.

       The Index Fund uses an indexing strategy of “replication” (as described under “Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund — Investment Strategy — Replication”) to seek to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Tracking Index. The Index Fund will generally invest in all of the equity securities included in the Tracking Index. There may, however, be instances where SSFM may choose to overweight another stock in the Tracking Index, purchase securities not included in the Tracking Index that SSFM believes are appropriate to substitute for a security included in the Tracking Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques in seeking to track accurately the Tracking Index. The Index Fund will normally invest at least 95% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Tracking Index. The Index Fund may invest its remaining assets in money market instruments (including repurchase agreements and money market funds), convertible securities, structured notes and in options and futures contracts.

  PS-9  

Options and futures contracts (and convertible securities and structured notes) may be used by the Index Fund in seeking performance that corresponds to the Tracking Index and managing cash flows. Therefore, while the performance of the Index Fund is linked principally to the performance of the Tracking Index, the performance of the Index Fund is also generally linked in part to other securities or assets. In addition, the performance of the Index Fund will reflect additional transaction costs and fees that are not included in the calculation of the Tracking Index. Also, corporate actions with respect to the equity securities (such as mergers and spin-offs) may impact the variance between the Index Fund and the Tracking Index. Finally, because the shares of the Index Fund are traded on the AMEX and are subject to market supply and investor demand, the market value of one share of the Index Fund may differ from the net asset value per share of the Index Fund.

       For all of the foregoing reasons, the performance of the Index Fund may not correlate with the performance of the Tracking Index. Consequently, the return on the notes will not be the same as investing directly in the Index Fund or in the Tracking Index or in the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index, and will not be the same as investing in a debt security with a payment at maturity linked to the performance of the Tracking Index. See “The Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund.”

The policies of SSgA Funds Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the Index Fund and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as index compilation agent for the Tracking Index could affect the value and the amount payable on the notes.

       The policies of SSFM concerning the calculation of the Index Fund’s net asset value, additions, deletions or substitutions of equity securities held by the Index Fund and manner in which changes affecting the Tracking Index are reflected in the Index Fund could affect the market price of the shares of the Index Fund and, therefore, affect the amount payable on the notes at maturity, if any, and the value of the notes prior to maturity. The amount payable on the notes and its value could also be affected if SSFM changes these policies, for example, by changing the manner in which it calculates the Index Fund’s net asset value, or if SSFM discontinues or suspends calculation or publication of the Index Fund’s net asset value, in which case it may become difficult to determine the value of the note.

       In addition, the stocks included in the Tracking Index are selected by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, acting as index compilation agent (“Merrill Lynch”), in consultation with Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), from all of the companies represented by the S&P 500® Index. The Tracking Index is calculated and disseminated by the AMEX. Merrill Lynch, in consultation with S&P, can add, delete or substitute the stocks underlying the Tracking Index, which could change the value of the Tracking Index and consequently could affect the price of the shares of the Index Fund and, therefore, affect the amount payable on the notes at maturity, if any, and the value of the note prior to maturity.

We are currently one of the issuers of the equity securities held by the Index Fund and included in the Tracking Index, but, to our knowledge, we are not currently affiliated with any other company the equity securities of which are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index.

       We are currently one of the companies that make up the Index Fund and the Tracking Index, but, to our knowledge, we are not currently affiliated with any other issuers of the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index. As a result, we will have no ability to control the actions of the issuers of such equity securities, including actions that could affect the value of the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index or your notes. None of the money you pay us will go to SSFM, Merrill Lynch, S&P, the AMEX or any of the other issuers of the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index and none of those issuers will be involved in the offering of the notes in any way. Neither those issuers nor we will have any obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the notes in taking any actions that might affect the value of your notes.

  PS-10  

You will have no shareholder rights in the Index Fund or issuers of equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index.

       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 shares of the Index Fund or the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index would have.

The Index Fund is concentrated in the financial services sector.

       All or substantially all of the equity securities held by the Index Fund are issued by companies whose primary line of business is directly associated with the financial services sector, including the following sub-sectors: banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance and financial investment, and real estate, including real estate investment trusts. Because the value of the notes is linked to the performance of the Index Fund, an investment in these notes will be concentrated in the financial services sector. Financial services companies are subject to extensive government regulation which may limit both the amounts and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they can charge. Profitability is largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds, and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. Credit losses resulting from financial difficulties of borrowers can negatively impact the sector. Insurance companies may be subject to severe price competition. Adverse economic, business or political developments affecting real estate could have a major effect on the value of real estate securities (which include real estate investment trusts). As a result, the value of the notes may be subject to greater volatility and be more adversely affected by a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these industries than a different investment linked to securities of a more broadly diversified group of issuers.

The equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index are not necessarily representative of the financial services sector.

       The performance of the Index Fund or the Tracking Index may not correlate with the performance of the entire financial services sector. The Index Fund or the Tracking Index may decline in value even if the financial services sector as a whole rises in value, or rise in value even if the financial services sector as a whole declines in value. Furthermore, one or more of the issuers of the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index may engage in new lines of business or cease to be involved in the financial services sector.

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 may trade the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index and other financial instruments related to the Index Fund, the Tracking Index and the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index 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 with returns linked to the Index Fund or the Tracking 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 these trading activities could potentially affect the performance of the Index Fund or the level of the Tracking Index and, accordingly, could affect the value of the notes and the amount payable to you at maturity, if any.

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       We or our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in business with companies whose equity securities are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking 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 the companies whose equity securities are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index. Any prospective purchaser of notes should undertake an independent investigation of each company whose equity securities are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index as in its judgment is appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to an investment in the notes. We do not make any representation or warranty to any purchaser of a note with respect to any matters whatsoever relating to our business with companies whose equity securities are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index or future price movements of the equity securities are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index.

       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 price of the shares of the Index Fund or the level of the Tracking Index or the price of the equity securities are held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking 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 hedge or 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 Initial Share Price, the price of one share of the Index Fund quoted on the Relevant Exchange at any time or the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on any trading day, as applicable, in each case during the Monitoring Period; the Protection Amount; the Share Adjustment Factor; anti-dilution adjustments; the Final Share Price; the amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date and the amount we will pay you at maturity, as well as whether and how much the closing price or price, as applicable, of one share of the Index Fund during the Monitoring Period and the Final Share Price have declined from the Initial Share Price. The calculation agent will also be responsible for determining whether a market disruption event has occurred; which exchange traded fund will be substituted for the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) if the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated; whether the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to a successor index fund, if applicable) has been changed in a material respect; whether the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) has been modified so that the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the price of the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) had those modifications not been made; 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.

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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 determining the Final Share Price, the price (in the case of daily monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund at any time or the closing price (in the case of daily monitoring) of one share of the Index Fund on any trading day during the Monitoring Period and calculating the payment at maturity, 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 a Valuation Date and the maturity date will be postponed and your return will be adversely affected. See “General Terms of Notes — Market Disruption Events.”

The tax consequences of an investment in the notes are unclear.

       There is no direct legal authority as to the proper U.S. federal income tax characterization of the notes, and we do not intend to request a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) regarding the notes. Pursuant to the terms of the notes and subject to the discussion in the section entitled “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” we and you agree to characterize the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a unit comprising: (i) a cash-settled put option written by you to us with respect to the Index Fund and (ii) a deposit of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount note to secure your potential obligation under the put option. No assurance can be given that the IRS will accept, or that a court will uphold, this characterization. If the IRS were successful in asserting an alternative characterization or treatment for the notes, the timing and character of income on the notes could differ materially from our description herein. In addition, on December 7, 2007, the Treasury Department and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on a number of possible U.S. federal income tax treatments for “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments. While it is not clear whether the notes would be viewed as similar to the typical prepaid forward contract described in the notice, it is possible that any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the notes, possibly with retroactive effect. The notice focuses on a number of issues, the most relevant of which for holders of the notes are the character of income or loss (including whether the Put Premium might be currently included as ordinary income) and the degree, if any, to which income realized by Non-U.S. Holders should be subject to withholding tax. Both U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding all aspects of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the notes, including possible alternative treatments and the issues presented by this notice.

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.

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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. Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, these commissions will include the reimbursement of certain issuance costs and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes. The estimated 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, the actual cost of 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 Index Fund, the Tracking Index, the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index or instruments whose value is derived from the Index Fund, the Tracking Index or the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index. While we cannot predict an outcome, such hedging activity or other hedging or investment activities of ours could potentially increase the price or closing price of the Index Fund on any trading day as well as the Initial Share Price, and, therefore, effectively establish a higher price at which the Index Fund must trade for you to receive at maturity of the notes the principal amount of your notes (in addition to interest payments over the term of the notes). From time to time, prior to maturity of the notes, we may pursue a dynamic hedging strategy that may involve taking long or short positions in the Index Fund, the Tracking Index or the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index or instruments whose value is derived from the Index Fund, the Tracking Index or the equity securities held by the Index Fund or included in the Tracking Index. Although we have no reason to believe that any of these activities will have a material impact on the price of the shares of the Index Fund 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 will 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 FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR SPDR® FUND

       We have derived all information contained in this product supplement no. 116-I regarding the Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund (the “Index Fund”), 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 Select Sector SPDR® Trust (the “Trust”) and SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSFM”). The Index Fund is an investment portfolio managed by SSFM, the investment adviser to the Index Fund. The Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that trades on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) under the ticker symbol “XLF.” We make no representations or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information derived from these public sources.

       The Trust is a registered investment company that consists of nine separate investment portfolios (each, a “Select Sector SPDR® Fund”), including the Index Fund. Each Select Sector SPDR® Fund is an index fund that invests in a particular sector or group of industries represented by a specified Select Sector Index. The companies included in each Select Sector Index are selected on the basis of general industry classifications from a universe of companies defined by the S&P 500® Index. The Select Sector Indices (each, a “Select Sector Index”) upon which the Select Sector SPDR® Funds are based together comprise all of the companies in the S&P 500® Index. The investment objective of each Select Sector SPDR® Fund is to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in a particular sector or group of industries, as represented by a specified market sector index.

       Information provided to or filed with the SEC by the Trust pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, can be located by reference to SEC file numbers 333-57791 and 811-08837, respectively, through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. For additional information regarding the Trust or the Index Fund, please see the Trust’s Prospectus, dated January 31, 2008. In addition, information about the Trust, SSFM and the Index Fund may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents and the Trust website at http://www.sectorspdrs.com. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. Information contained in the Trust website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this product supplement no. 116-I or any terms supplement.

Investment Objective

       The Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the financial services sector, as represented by the Tracking Index. The Tracking Index measures the performance of the financial services sector of the U.S. equity market. The Tracking Index includes companies in the following sub-sectors: banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance and financial investment, and real estate, including real estate investment trusts.

Investment Strategy — Replication

       The Index Fund pursues the indexing strategy of “replication” in attempting to approximate the performance of Tracking Index. The Index Fund will generally invest in all of the equity securities included in the Tracking Index. There may, however, be instances where SSFM may choose to overweight another stock in the Tracking Index, purchase securities not included in the Tracking Index that SSFM believes are appropriate to substitute for a security included in the Tracking Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques in seeking to track accurately the Tracking Index. The Index Fund will normally invest at least 95% of its total

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assets in common stocks that comprise the Tracking Index. The Index Fund may invest its remaining assets in money market instruments (including repurchase agreements and money market funds), convertible securities, structured notes and in options and futures contracts. Options and futures contracts (and convertible securities and structured notes) may be used by the Index Fund in seeking performance that corresponds to the Tracking Index and managing cash flows. SSFM anticipates that, under normal circumstances, it may take approximately five business days for additions and deletions to the S&P 500® Index to be reflected in the portfolio composition of the Index Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Trust may change the Index Fund’s investment strategy and other policies without shareholder approval.

Correlation

       The Tracking Index is a theoretical financial calculation, while the Index Fund is an actual investment portfolio. The performance of the Index Fund and the Tracking Index will vary somewhat due to transaction costs, asset valuations, market impact, corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs) and timing variances. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. Any correlation of less than 100% is called “tracking error.” The Index Fund, using a replication strategy, can be expected to have a lesser tracking error than a fund using representative sampling strategy. Representative sampling is a strategy in which a fund invests in a representative sample of securities in a tracking index.

Holdings Information

       As of February 7, 2008, the Index Fund included 92 companies. The Index Fund’s three largest holdings are Bank of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and American International Group, Inc. The following table summarizes the Index Fund’s holdings in individual companies as of such date.

Top holdings in individual securities as of February 7, 2008

Company


Percentage of
Total
Holdings


Bank of America Corporation

 

8.97

%

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

7.06

%

Citigroup Inc.

 

6.21

%

American International Group, Inc.

 

6.11

%

Wells Fargo & Company

 

4.79

%

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

3.53

%

Wachovia Corporation

 

3.24

%

U.S. Bancorp

 

2.63

%

American Express Company

 

2.53

%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

 

2.45

%


       The information above was compiled from the Trust website. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the information above. Information contained in the Trust website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this product supplement no. 116-I or any terms supplement.

Historical Performance of the Index Fund

       We will provide historical price information with respect to the shares of the Index Fund in the relevant terms supplement. You should not take any such historical prices as an indication of future performance.

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Hypothetical Returns on Your Notes

       The relevant terms supplement may include a table, chart or graph showing various hypothetical returns on your notes based on a range of hypothetical Final Share Prices, whether the closing price or price, as applicable, of one share of the Index Fund on any day during the Monitoring Period has declined, as compared to the Initial Share Price, by more than the Protection Amount and various key assumptions shown in the relevant terms supplement, in each case assuming the investment is held from the issue date until the scheduled maturity date.

       Any table, chart or graph showing hypothetical returns will be provided for purposes of illustration only. It should not be viewed as an indication or prediction of future investment results. Rather, it is intended merely to illustrate the impact that various hypothetical market values of the shares of the Index Fund on the scheduled Valuation Date(s) could have on the hypothetical returns on your note, if held to the scheduled maturity date, calculated in the manner described in the relevant terms supplement and assuming all other variables remained constant. Any payments at maturity listed in the relevant terms supplement will be entirely hypothetical. They will be based on Final Share Prices or closing prices or prices, as applicable, of one share of the Index Fund on any day during the Monitoring Period, in each case that may vary and on assumptions that may prove to be erroneous.

       The return on your note may bear little relation to, and may be much less than, the return that you might achieve were you to invest in the shares of the Index Fund directly. Among other things, the return on the shares of the Index Fund could include substantial dividend payments, which you will not receive as an investor in your note, and an investment in the shares of the Index Fund is likely to have tax consequences that are different from an investment in your note.

       We describe various risk factors that may affect the market value of your note, and the unpredictable nature of that market value, under “Risk Factors” above.

Disclaimer

       The notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Trust or SSFM. Neither the Trust nor SSFM makes any representations or warranties to the owners of the notes or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in the notes. Neither the Trust nor SSFM has any obligation or liability in connection with the operation, marketing, trading or sale of the notes.

The Financial Select Sector Index

       We have derived all information contained in this product supplement no. 116-I regarding the Tracking 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, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as index compilation agent (the “Index Compilation Agent”) or The AMEX, as index calculation agent (the “Index Calculation Agent”). We have not independently verified such information. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information.

       The Tracking Index is a modified market capitalization-based index, intended to provide an indication of the pattern of common stock price movements of companies that are components of the S&P 500® Index and are involved in the development or production of financial products. Companies in the Index include a wide array of diversified financial services firms whose business lines range from investment management to commercial and business banking. As of January 31, 2008, the Tracking Index included 92 component stocks.

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       The stocks included in the Tracking Index are selected by the Index Compilation Agent in consultation with Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) from the universe of companies represented by the S&P 500® Index. The composition and weighting of the stocks included in the Tracking Index will likely differ from the composition and weighting of stocks included in any similar S&P 500® sector index that is published and disseminated by S&P. The AMEX acts as the “Index Calculation Agent” in connection with the calculation and dissemination of the Tracking Index. S&P’s only relationship to the Index Compilation Agent is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of S&P and of the S&P 500® Index which is determined, composed and calculated by S&P without regard to the Index Compilation Agent or any Select Sector SPDR® Fund.

       As of December 31, 2007, the Tracking Index had a 17.63% weighting in the S&P 500® Index based on the capitalization of the constituent stocks.

Construction and Maintenance

       The Index Fund is developed and maintained in accordance with the following criteria:

  • Each of the component stocks in the Tracking Index (the “Component Stocks”) is a constituent company of the S&P 500® Index. 

  • Each stock in the S&P 500® Index is allocated to one and only one of the Select Sector Indices. 

  • The Index Compilation Agent assigns each constituent stock of the S&P 500® Index to a Select Sector Index. The Index Compilation Agent, after consultation with S&P, assigns a particular company’s stock to the Tracking Index on the basis of such company’s sales and earnings composition and the sensitivity of the company’s stock price and business results to the common factors that affect other companies in the Tracking Index. S&P has sole control over the removal of stocks from the S&P 500® Index and the selection of replacement stocks to be added to the S&P 500® Index. However, S&P plays only a consulting role in the assignment of the S&P 500® Index constituent stocks to the Tracking Index, that assignment being the sole responsibility of the Index Compilation Agent. 

  • The Tracking Index is calculated by the Index Calculation Agent using a modified “market capitalization” methodology. This design ensures that each of the Component Stocks within the Tracking Index is represented in a proportion consistent with its percentage with respect to the total market capitalization of the Tracking Index. Under certain conditions, however, the number of shares of a Component Stock within the Tracking Index may be adjusted to conform to Internal Revenue Code requirements.

  • The Tracking Index is weighted based on the market capitalization of each of the Component Stocks, subject to the following asset diversification requirements: (i) the market capitalization-based weighted value of any single Component Stock measured on the last day of a calendar quarter may not exceed 24.99% of the total value of the Tracking Index; and (ii) with respect to 50% of the total value of the Tracking Index, the market capitalization-based weighted value of the Component Stocks must be diversified so that no single Component Stock measured on the last day of a calendar quarter represents more than 4.99% of the total value of the Tracking Index.
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  • Rebalancing the Tracking Index to meet the asset diversification requirements will be the responsibility of the Index Calculation Agent. If shortly prior to the last business day of any calendar quarter (a “Quarterly Qualification Date”), a Component Stock (or two or more Component Stocks) approaches the maximum allowable value limits set forth above (the “Asset Diversification Limits”), the percentage that such Component Stock (or Component Stocks) represents in the Tracking Index will be reduced and the market capitalization based weighted value of such Component Stock (or Component Stocks) will be redistributed across the Component Stocks that do not closely approach the Asset Diversification Limits in accordance with the following methodology: First, each Component Stock that exceeds 24% of the total value of the Tracking Index will be reduced to 23% of the total value of the Tracking Index and the aggregate amount by which all Component Stocks exceed 24% will be redistributed equally across the remaining Component Stocks that represent less than 23% of the total value of the Tracking Index. If as a result of this redistribution, another Component Stock then exceeds 24%, the redistribution will be repeated as necessary. Second, with respect to the 50% of the value of the Tracking Index accounted for by the lowest weighted Component Stocks, each Component Stock that exceeds 4.8% of the total value of the Tracking Index will be reduced to 4.6% and the aggregate amount by which all Component Stocks exceed 4.8% will be distributed equally across all remaining Component Stocks that represent less than 4.6% of the total value of the Tracking Index. If as a result of this redistribution another Component Stock that did not previously exceed 4.8% of the Tracking Index value then exceeds 4.8%, the redistribution will be repeated as necessary until at least 50% of the value of the Tracking Index is accounted for by Component Stocks representing no more than 4.8% of the total value of the Tracking Index. If necessary, this reallocation process may take place more than once prior to a Quarterly Qualification Date to insure that the Tracking Index and the Index Fund portfolio based upon it conform to the requirements for qualification of the Index Fund as a regulated investment company.

  • The Index Compilation Agent at any time may determine that a Component Stock which has been assigned to one Select Sector Index has undergone such a transformation in the composition of its business that it should be removed from that Select Sector Index and assigned to a different Select Sector Index. In the event that the Index Compilation Agent notifies the Index Calculation Agent that a Component Stock’s Select Sector Index assignment should be changed, the Index Calculation Agent will disseminate notice of the change following its standard procedure for announcing index changes and will implement the change in the affected Select Sector Indices on a date no less than one week after the initial dissemination of information on the sector change to the maximum extent practicable. It is not anticipated that Component Stocks will change sectors frequently. Component Stocks removed from and added to the S&P 500® Index will be deleted from and added to the appropriate Select Sector Index on the same schedule used by S&P for additions and deletions from the S&P 500® Index insofar as practicable.

 Calculations

       With the exception of the weighting constraints described above, the Tracking Index is calculated using the same methodology utilized by S&P in calculating the S&P 500® Index. In particular:

       The Tracking Index is calculated using a base-weighted aggregate methodology; that means the level of the Tracking Index reflects the total market value of all of its Component Stocks relative to a particular base period.

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       Total market value of a company is determined by multiplying the price of the stock by the number of common shares outstanding. An indexed number is used to represent the results of the aggregate market value calculation in order to make the value easier to work with and track over time.

         The daily calculation of the Tracking Index is computed by dividing the total market value of the companies in the Tracking Index by a number called the Index Divisor (the “Index Advisor”). By itself, the Index Divisor is an arbitrary number. However, in the context of the calculation of the Tracking Index, it is the only link to the original base period value of the Tracking Index. The Index Divisor keeps the Tracking Index comparable over time and adjustments to the Index Divisor ensure that there are no changes in the Tracking Index level as a result of non-market forces (corporate actions, replacements of stocks in a Tracking Index, weighting changes, etc.).

       Four times a year on a Friday close to the end of each calendar quarter, the share totals of the companies in the S&P 500® Index are updated by S&P. This information is utilized to update the share totals of companies in the Tracking Index. After the totals are updated, the Index Divisor is adjusted to compensate for the net change in the market value of the Tracking Index.

       Once a week the database containing the current common shares outstanding for the S&P 500® Index companies is compared by S&P against the shares outstanding used to actually calculate the S&P 500® Index. Any difference of 5% or more is screened for review by S&P. If appropriate, a share change will be implemented by S&P after the close of trading on the following Wednesday. Preannounced corporate actions such as restructurings and recapitalizations can significantly change a company’s shares outstanding. Any changes over 5% are reviewed by S&P and, when appropriate, an immediate adjustment is made to the number of shares outstanding used to calculate the Tracking Index. Any adjustment made by S&P in shares outstanding will result in a corresponding adjustment to the Tracking Index.

       S&P will advise the Index Calculation Agent regarding the handling of non-routine corporate actions which may arise from time to time and which may have an impact on the calculation of the S&P 500® Index and, consequently, on the calculation of the Tracking Index. Corporate actions such as a merger or acquisition, stock splits, routine spin-offs, etc., which require adjustments in the Tracking Index calculation, will be handled by the Index Calculation Agent and Index Divisor adjustments, calculated when necessary, are handled by S&P in its maintenance of the S&P 500® Index. In the event a merger or acquisition changes the relative importance of a company’s participation in two or more sectors in a major way, the Select Sector Index assignment of the stock may change. In any event, a new Index Divisor for the affected Select Sector Indices will be disseminated promptly by the Index Calculation Agent.

 License Agreement with S&P

       J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. expects to enter into a non-exclusive license agreement with Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) for use of “SPDR®,” “Select Sector SPDR” and “Select Sector SPDRs” in connection with certain securities, including the notes.

       The notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., which we refer to as S&P. S&P 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 Select Sector SPDR® Funds to track general stock market performance. S&P’s only relationship to JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of S&P and of the S&P 500® Index which is determined, composed and calculated by S&P without regard to JPMorgan

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Chase & Co or the notes. S&P has no obligation to take the needs of JPMorgan Chase & Co or the holders of the notes into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500® Index. S&P is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing, price or quantity of the notes to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the amount due at maturity of the notes. S&P has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the notes.

       S&P DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE S&P 500® INDEX OR THE SELECT SECTOR INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AND S&P SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. S&P MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., HOLDERS OF THE NOTES, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE S&P 500® INDEX OR THE SELECT SECTOR INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. S&P MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE S&P 500® INDEX OR THE SELECT SECTOR INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL S&P HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

       “STANDARD & POOR’S®”, “S&P®”, AND “S&P 500®” ARE TRADEMARKS OF THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LICENSED FOR USE BY J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. AND SUB-LICENSED FOR USE BY JP MORGAN CHASE & CO. J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. EXPECTS TO ENTER INTO A NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH STANDARD & POOR’S FOR USE OF “SPDR®”, “SELECT SECTOR SPDR” AND “SELECT SECTOR SPDRS” WHICH ARE ALSO TRADEMARKS OF THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY S&P AND S&P MAKES NO REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF PURCHASING ANY OF THE NOTES.

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GENERAL TERMS OF NOTES

Calculation Agent

       J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. will act as the calculation agent. The calculation agent will determine, among other things, the Initial Share Price, the price of one share of the Index Fund quoted on the Relevant Exchange at any time or the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on any day, as applicable, in each case during the Monitoring Period; the Protection Amount; the Share Adjustment Factor; anti-dilution adjustments; the Final Share Price; the amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date and the amount we will pay you at maturity, as well as whether and how much the closing price or price, as applicable, of one share of the Index Fund during the Monitoring Period and the Final Share Price have declined from the Initial Share Price. In addition, the calculation agent will also be responsible for whether a market disruption event has occurred; which exchange traded fund will be substituted for the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) if the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated; whether the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to a successor index fund, if applicable) has been changed in a material respect; whether the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) has been modified so that the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the price of the Index Fund (or successor index fund, if applicable) had those modifications not been made; 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 on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day preceding the maturity date and each Interest Payment Date, if applicable.

       All calculations with respect to the Initial Share Price, the closing price or price, as applicable, of one share of the Index Fund quoted on the Relevant Exchange during the Monitoring Period, the Final Share Price, the determination of the Cash Value payable at maturity, if applicable, per $1,000 principal amount note and the payment at maturity to a note holder will be rounded to the nearest one ten-thousandth, with five one hundred-thousandths rounded upward (e.g., .87645 would be rounded up to .8765); and all dollar amounts paid, if any, 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 price of one share of the Index Fund quoted on the Relevant Exchange at any time or the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on any trading day, as applicable, in each case during the Monitoring Period, or the Final Share Price and consequently, the amount, if any, that we will pay you at maturity. 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 the Index Fund (or any successor index fund or other security for which a closing price must be determined), a “market disruption event,” unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, means:

       (1)(A) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of the shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security) on the Relevant Exchange for such shares (or such successor index fund or such other security) for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such Relevant Exchange;
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       (B) a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the Relevant Exchange for the shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security) as a result of which the reported trading prices for such shares (or such successor index fund or such other security) during the last one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such Relevant Exchange are materially inaccurate; or

       (C) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to the shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security), if available, during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session in the applicable exchange or market,

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

       (2) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of equity securities then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) on the Relevant Exchanges for such securities for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such Relevant Exchange, in each case as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion; or

       (3) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on any major U.S. securities market for trading in futures or options contracts related to the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) or shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security) for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such market, in each case as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion; and

in each case, a determination by the calculation agent in its sole discretion that any event described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to unwind or adjust all or a material portion of the hedge position with respect to the notes.

       For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event exists with respect to the Index Fund (or the successor index fund), if trading in a security included in the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) is materially suspended or materially limited at that time, then the relevant percentage contribution of that security to the level of the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) shall be based on a comparison of (x) the portion of the level of the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) attributable to that security relative to (y) the overall level of the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund), in each case immediately before that suspension or limitation.

       For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event with respect to the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) has occurred, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement:

       (1) 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 the primary market for trading in futures or options contracts relating to the Index Fund (or such successor index or such other security) market;

       (2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant futures or options contract or exchange traded fund will not constitute a market disruption event;
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       (3) limitations pursuant to the rules of any Relevant Exchange similar to NYSE Rule 80B (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 80B as determined by the calculation agent) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading;

       (4) a suspension of trading in futures or options contracts on the Tracking Index or shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security) by the primary securities market trading in such contracts by reason of (a) a price change exceeding limits set by such securities exchange or market, (b) an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts or (c) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts, will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related to the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) or the shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security); and

       (5) 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 Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to the successor index fund) or the shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund or such other security) are traded will not include any time when such securities market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.

Anti-Dilution Adjustments

       The Share Adjustment Factor is subject to adjustment by the calculation agent as a result of the anti-dilution adjustments described in this section.

       No adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor will be required unless the Share Adjustment Factor adjustment would require a change of at least 0.1% in the Share Adjustment Factor then in effect. The Share Adjustment Factor resulting from any of the adjustments specified in this section will be rounded to the nearest one ten-thousandth with five one hundred-thousandths being rounded upward. The calculation agent will not be required to make any adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor after the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date.

       No adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor will be required other than those specified below. The required adjustments specified in this section do not cover all events that could affect the closing price of one share of the Index Fund on any trading day during the term of the notes.

       We will, within ten business days following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Share Adjustment Factor, or if we are not aware of this occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware, provide notice to the calculation agent, which will provide written notice to the trustee, which will provide notice to the holders of the notes of the occurrence of this event and, if applicable, a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the adjusted Share Adjustment Factor.

       Share Splits and Reverse Share Splits

       If the shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) are subject to a share split or reverse share split, then once such split has become effective, the Share Adjustment Factor will be adjusted so that the new Share Adjustment Factor will equal the product of:

  • the prior Share Adjustment Factor, and

  • the number of shares that a holder of one share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) before the effective date of the share split or reverse share split would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following the applicable effective date.
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       Share Dividends or Distributions

       If the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) is subject to a (i) share dividend, i.e., an issuance of additional shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) that is given ratably to all or substantially all holders of shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) or (ii) distribution of shares of the Index Fund as a result of the triggering of any provision of the corporate charter of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund), then, once the dividend or distribution has become effective and the shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) are trading ex-dividend, the Share Adjustment Factor will be adjusted so that the new Share Adjustment Factor shall equal the prior Share Adjustment Factor plus the product of:

  • the prior Share Adjustment Factor, and

  • the number of additional shares issued in the share dividend or distribution with respect to one share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund).

       Non-Cash Distributions

       If the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) distributes shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) to all or substantially all holders of shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) (other than (i) share dividends or distributions referred to under “—Share Dividends or Distributions” above and (ii) cash dividends referred under “—Cash Dividends or Distributions” below), then, once the distribution has become effective and the shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) are trading ex-dividend, the Share Adjustment Factor will be adjusted so that the new Share Adjustment Factor will equal the product of:

  • the prior Share Adjustment Factor, and

  • a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Market Price of one share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) and the denominator of which is the amount by which such Current Market Price exceeds the Fair Market Value of such distribution.

       The “Current Market Price” of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) means the closing price of one share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) on the trading day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date of the dividend or distribution requiring an adjustment to the Share Adjustment Factor.

       The “ex-dividend date,” with respect to a dividend or other distribution, means the first trading day on which transactions in the shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) trade on the Relevant Exchange without the right to receive that dividend or distribution.

       The “Fair Market Value” of any such distribution means the value of such distribution on the ex-dividend date for such distribution, as determined by the calculation agent. If such distribution consists of property traded on the ex-dividend date on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value will equal the closing price of such distributed property on such ex-dividend date.

       Cash Dividends or Distributions

       If the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) pays dividends or makes other distributions consisting exclusively of cash to all or substantially all holders of shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) during any fiscal quarter during the term of the notes, in an aggregate amount that, together with other such dividends or distributions made during such quarterly fiscal period, exceeds the Dividend Threshold, then, once the dividend or distribution has become effective and the shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) are trading ex-dividend, the Share Adjustment Factor will be adjusted so that the new Share Adjustment Factor will equal the product of:

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  • the prior Share Adjustment Factor, and

  • a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Market Price of one share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) and the denominator of which is the amount by which such Current Market Price exceeds the amount in cash per share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) distributes to holders of shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) in excess of the Dividend Threshold.

       “Dividend Threshold” means the amount of any cash dividend or cash distribution distributed per share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) that exceeds the immediately preceding cash dividend or other cash distribution, if any, per share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) by more than 10% of the closing price of one share of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) on the trading day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.

       The calculation agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor and of any related determinations and calculations, and its determinations and calculations with respect thereto will be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

       The calculation agent will provide information as to any adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor upon written request by any investor in the notes.

Alternate Calculation of Price and Closing Price

       If the Index Fund (or a successor index fund (as defined herein)) is de-listed from the AMEX (or any other Relevant Exchange), liquidated or otherwise terminated, the calculation agent will substitute an exchange traded fund that the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, is comparable to the discontinued Index Fund (or such successor index fund) (such index fund being referred to herein as a “successor index fund”). If the Index Fund (or a successor index fund) is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated and the calculation agent determines that no successor index fund is available, then the calculation agent will, in its sole discretion, calculate the appropriate price or closing price, as applicable, of the shares of the Index Fund by a computation methodology that the calculation agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index Fund. If a successor index fund is selected or the calculation agent calculates a price or closing price, as applicable, by a computation methodology that the calculation determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index Fund, that successor index fund or price or closing price, as applicable will be substituted for the Index Fund (or such successor index fund) for all purposes of the notes.

       Upon any selection by the calculation agent of a successor index fund, 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 at any time:

  • the Tracking Index (or the tracking index related to a successor index fund) is changed in a material respect, or

  • the Index Fund (or a successor index fund) in any other way is modified so that it does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the price of the shares of the Index Fund (or such successor index fund) had those changes or modifications not been made,
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then the calculation agent will, at the close of business in New York City on each date on which the price or closing price, as applicable, of the Index Fund is to be determined, make those calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the calculation agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a price or closing price, as applicable, of an exchange traded fund comparable to the Index Fund (or such successor index fund) as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the price or closing price with reference to the Index Fund (or such successor index fund), as adjusted. The calculation agent also may determine that no adjustment is required by the modification of the method of calculation.

       The calculation agent will be solely responsible for the method of calculating the price or closing price, as applicable, of the shares of the Index Fund (or any successor index fund) and of any related determinations and calculations, and its determinations and calculations with respect thereto will be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

       The calculation agent will provide information as to the method of calculating the price or closing price, as applicable, of the shares of the Index Fund (or the successor index fund) upon written request by any investor in the notes.

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.

Payment Upon 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 calculated as if the date of acceleration were the final Valuation Date, plus, if applicable, any accrued and unpaid interest on the notes. If the notes have more than one Valuation Date, then for each Valuation Date scheduled to occur after the date of acceleration, the trading days immediately preceding the date of acceleration (in such number equal to the number of Valuation Dates in excess of one) shall be the corresponding Valuation Dates, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. Upon any acceleration of the notes, 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.

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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

       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 The Bank of New York in The City of New York.

       The Bank of New York or one of its affiliates will act as registrar and transfer agent for the notes. The Bank of New York 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 The Bank of New York, but upon payment (with the giving of such indemnity as The Bank of New York 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

       Based on the advice of Davis Polk & Wardwell, our special tax counsel, the following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes. This summary applies to you only if you are an initial holder that purchased 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 does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income and estate taxation of the notes that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances, nor does it address all of your tax consequences if you are a holder of the notes who is subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as:

  • one of certain financial institutions;

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

  • a dealer in securities;

  • a “regulated investment company” as defined in Code Section 851;

  • a “real estate investment trust” as defined in Code Section 856;

  • a person holding the notes as part of a hedging transaction, straddle, conversion transaction, or integrated transaction, or entering 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.

       This summary is based on the Code, administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations as of the date of this product supplement, changes to any of which, subsequent to the date of this product supplement, may affect the tax consequences described herein possibly with retroactive effect. If you are considering the purchase of notes, you should consult your tax adviser concerning the application of U.S. federal income and estate tax laws to your particular situation (including the possibility of alternative characterizations of the notes), as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or foreign jurisdictions.

       This summary applies only to notes issued in compliance with certain guidelines provided to us by our special tax counsel. To the extent that this summary does not apply to a particular offering as a result of any deviation from those guidelines, disclosure regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of that offering will be included in the relevant terms supplement. Accordingly, you should read the relevant terms supplement for any other discussion regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a specific offering.

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Tax Treatment of the Notes

       We and you agree (in the absence of an administrative determination or judicial ruling to the contrary) to characterize the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes as units comprising (i) a cash-settled put option written by you to us with respect to the Index Fund (a “Put Option”) and (ii) a deposit of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount note to secure your potential obligation under the Put Option (a “Deposit”). Under this characterization, we and you agree to treat a portion of each coupon payment made with respect to the notes as interest on the Deposit, and the remainder as a premium paid to you (the “Put Premium”) in consideration of your entry into the Put Option. We will specify in the relevant terms supplement the portion of each coupon payment that we will allocate to interest on the Deposit and to Put Premium, respectively. No statutory, judicial or administrative authority directly addresses the characterization of the notes (or similar instruments) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and no ruling is being requested from the IRS with respect to their proper characterization and treatment. While other characterizations of the notes could be asserted by the IRS, as discussed below, the following discussion assumes that this characterization and treatment of the notes is respected.

       Significant aspects of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the notes are uncertain, and no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree with the characterization and tax treatment described herein. As a result, if you are considering purchasing the notes, you should consult your tax adviser regarding the application of U.S. federal income and estate tax laws to your particular situation (including the possibility of alternative characterizations of the notes) and any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction.

Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders

       You are a “U.S. Holder” if you are a beneficial owner of notes 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 in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; or

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

Notes with a Term of not More than One Year

       Assuming the characterization of the notes described above is respected, and the term of the notes (including either the issue date or the maturity date but not both) from issuance to maturity (including the last possible date that the notes could be outstanding) is not more than one year, the following discussion applies.

    Tax Treatment Prior to Maturity

       Because the term of the notes is not more than one year, the Deposit will be treated as a short-term obligation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under the applicable Treasury regulations, the Deposit will be treated as being issued at a discount equal to the sum of all interest payments to be made with respect to the Deposit. Accordingly, accrual-method holders, and cash-method holders who so elect, should include the discount in income as it accrues on a straight-line basis, unless they elect to accrue the discount on a constant-yield method based on daily compounding. Cash-method holders who do not elect to accrue the discount in income currently should include interest paid on the Deposit upon its receipt. Additionally, cash-method holders who do not elect to accrue the discount in income currently will be required to defer deductions for any interest paid on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry the notes in an amount not exceeding the accrued discount until it is included in income.

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       Put Premium will be taken into account as described below.

   Sale or Exchange of the Notes

       Upon sale or exchange of the notes prior to maturity, you generally will be required to recognize an amount of short-term capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the proceeds received (including the sum of all payments received attributable to Put Premium) minus the amount of accrued but unpaid discount on the Deposit and (ii) the purchase price of the notes. This amount represents the net of the gain or loss attributable to the termination of the Put Option and the gain or loss attributable to the sale of the Deposit. You will recognize interest income with respect to accrued discount on the Deposit that you have not previously included in income. You should consult your tax adviser regarding the separate determination of gain or loss with respect to the Put Option and the Deposit.

     Tax Treatment at Maturity

       If the notes are held to maturity and the Put Option expires unexercised (i.e., you receive a cash payment at maturity equal to the amount of the Deposit plus the final coupon), you will recognize short-term capital gain equal to the sum of all Put Premium payments received.

       If the notes are held to maturity and the Put Option is exercised (i.e., you receive a payment at maturity equal to the Cash Value) plus any accrued and unpaid interest, you will be deemed to have applied the Deposit toward the cash settlement of the Put Option. In that case, you will recognize short-term capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the Cash Value received plus the total Put Premium received and (ii) the Deposit.

Notes with a Term of More than One Year

       Assuming the characterization of the notes described above is respected, and the term of the notes (including either the issue date or the maturity date but not both) from issuance to maturity (including the last possible date that the notes could be outstanding) is more than one year, the following discussion applies.

    Tax Treatment Prior to Maturity

       Interest paid with respect to the Deposit will be taxable to you as ordinary interest income at the time it accrues or is received, in accordance with your method of accounting for federal income tax purposes.

       Put Premium will be taken into account as described below.

    Sale or Exchange of the Notes

       Upon a sale or exchange of the notes prior to maturity, you will generally recognize capital gain or loss with respect to the Deposit and the Put Option. For the purpose of determining this gain or loss, you should apportion the amount realized on the sale or exchange of the notes between the Deposit and the Put Option based on their respective values on the date of sale or exchange. The amount of capital gain or loss on the Deposit will equal the amount realized that is attributable to the Deposit, less your tax basis in the Deposit, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the notes for more than one year. The amount realized that is attributable to the Put Option, together with the total Put Premium received over the term of the notes, will be treated as short-term capital gain.

       If the value of the Deposit on the date of sale or exchange exceeds the amount realized on the sale or exchange of the notes, you will be treated as having (i) sold or exchanged the Deposit for an amount equal to its value on that date and (ii) made a payment to the purchaser of the notes equal to the amount of the excess, in exchange for the purchaser’s assumption of the Put Option. In this case, you will recognize short-term capital gain or loss in respect of the Put Option in an amount equal to the total Put Premium received over the term of the notes, less the amount deemed to be paid by you in exchange for the purchaser’s assumption of the Put Option.

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    Tax Treatment at Maturity

       If the notes are held to maturity and the Put Option expires unexercised (i.e., you receive a cash payment at maturity equal to the amount of the Deposit plus the final coupon), you will recognize short-term capital gain equal to the sum of all Put Premium payments received.

       If the notes are held to maturity and the Put Option is exercised (i.e., you receive a cash payment at maturity equal to the Cash Value) plus any accrued and unpaid interest, you will be deemed to have applied the Deposit toward the cash settlement of the Put Option. In that case, you will recognize short-term capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the Cash Value received plus the total Put Premium received and (ii) the Deposit.

    Possible Alternative Tax Treatments of an Investment in the Notes

       Due to the absence of authorities that directly address the proper characterization of the notes and because we are not requesting a ruling from the IRS with respect to the notes, no assurance can be given that the IRS will accept, or that a court will uphold, the characterization and tax treatment of the notes described above. If the IRS were successful in asserting an alternative characterization or treatment of the notes, the timing and character of income on the notes could differ materially from our description above. For example, if the term of the notes from issue to maturity (including the last possible date that the notes could be outstanding) is more than one year, the IRS might treat the notes as “contingent payment debt instruments.” In that event, regardless of whether you are an accrual-method or cash-method taxpayer, you would be required to accrue into income original issue discount, or “OID,” on the notes at our “comparable yield” for similar noncontingent debt, determined at the time of the issuance of the notes, in each year that you hold the notes and any gain recognized at expiration or upon sale or other disposition of the notes would generally be treated as ordinary income. Additionally, if you were to recognize a loss above certain thresholds, you could be required to file a disclosure statement with the IRS.

       Other alternative U.S. federal income tax characterizations of the notes are possible. For instance, you could be required to include the full amount of the periodic payments on the notes as ordinary income in accordance with your method of accounting. In addition, on December 7, 2007, the Treasury Department and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments. While it is not clear whether the notes would be viewed as similar to the typical prepaid forward contract described in the notice, it is possible that any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the notes, possibly with retroactive effect. The notice focuses on a number of issues, the most relevant of which for U.S. Holders of the notes are the character of income or loss (including whether the Put Premium might be currently included as ordinary income).

       In addition, recently proposed legislation would generally require investors to accrue interest annually at a statutory rate on the adjusted purchase price of “prepaid derivative contracts,” such as the notes, acquired after the date the legislation is enacted. It is not possible to predict whether, when or in what form any such legislation might be enacted, and how it may apply to the Notes. Accordingly, you should consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the notes, including possible alternative treatments and the issues presented by the notice described above.

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Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders

       You are a “Non-U.S. Holder” if you are a beneficial owner of notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is:

  • a nonresident alien individual;

  • a foreign corporation; or

  • a foreign estate or trust.

       You are not a Non-U.S. Holder if you are 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 tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the sale, exchange or other disposition of the notes.

       Unless otherwise provided in the relevant terms supplement, based on the advice of our special tax counsel, we do not intend to withhold tax on the stated interest payments on the notes if you are a Non-U.S. Holder and certify on IRS Form W-8BEN, under penalties of perjury, that you are not a U.S. person and provide your name and address or otherwise satisfy applicable documentation requirements. However, on December 7, 2007, the Treasury Department and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on a number of possible U.S. federal income tax treatments for “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments. While it is not clear whether the notes would be viewed as similar to the typical prepaid forward contract described in the notice, it is possible that any Treasury regulations or other guidance issued after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the withholding tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the notes, possibly with retroactive effect.

       If you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, and if payments on the notes are effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business, although exempt from the withholding tax discussed above, you will generally be taxed in the same manner as a U.S. Holder, except that you will be required to provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI in order to claim an exemption from withholding. If this paragraph applies to you, you should consult your 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 a corporation.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

       You may be subject to information reporting, and you may also be subject to backup withholding at the rates specified in the Code on the amounts paid to you unless you provide proof of an applicable exemption or a correct taxpayer identification number and otherwise comply with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. If you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you will not be subject to backup withholding if you comply with the certification procedures described in the preceding section. Amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules are not an additional tax and may be refunded or credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.

Federal Estate Tax

       Individual Non-U.S. Holders, and entities the property of which is potentially includible in those individuals’ gross estates for U.S. federal estate tax purposes (for example, a trust funded by such an individual and with respect to which the individual has retained certain interests or powers), should note that, absent an applicable treaty benefit, the notes are likely to be treated as U.S. situs property, subject to U.S. federal estate tax. These individuals and entities should consult their tax advisers regarding the U.S. federal estate tax consequences of investing in the notes.

       THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO YOU OF OWNING THE NOTES ARE UNCLEAR. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISER REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, OWNING AND DISPOSING OF THE NOTES, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN U.S. FEDERAL OR OTHER TAX LAWS.

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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, as amended or supplemented, from time to time (each an “Agent,” and collectively with JPMSI, the “Agents”), each Agent participating in an offering of notes, 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 such 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, or we may pay other fees, 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 NASD Rule 2720 regarding a FINRA member firm’s underwriting of securities of an affiliate. In accordance with NASD Rule 2720, no underwriter may make sales in this offering to any discretionary account without the prior written approval of the customer.

       JPMSI or another Agent 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 or a dealer 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. 116-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. 116-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. 116-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.

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       Argentina

       The notes have not been and will not be authorized by the Comisión Nacional de Valores (the “CNV”) for public offer in Argentina and therefore may 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, the internet or the media, in circumstances which constitute a public offering of securities under Argentine Law No. 17,811, as amended (the “Argentine Public Offering Law”).

       The Argentine Public Offering Law does not expressly recognize the concept of private placement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to the general rules on public offering and the few existing judicial and administrative precedents, the following private placement rules have been outlined:

  (i)   target investors should be qualified or sophisticated investors, capable of understanding the risk of the proposed investment

  (ii)   investors should be contacted on an individual, direct and confidential basis, without using any type of massive means of communication.

  (iii)   the number of contacted investors should be relatively small.

  (iv)   investors should receive complete and precise information on the proposed investment.

  (v)   any material, brochures, documents, etc, regarding the investment should be delivered in a personal and confidential manner, identifying the name of the recipient.

  (vi)   the documents or information mentioned in item (v) should contain a legend or statement expressly stating that the offer is a private offer not subject to the approval or supervision of the CNV, or any other regulator in Argentina.

  (vii)   the aforementioned documents or materials should also contain a statement prohibiting the re-sale or re-placement of the relevant securities within the Argentine territory or their sale through any type of transaction that may constitute a public offering of securities pursuant to Argentine law.

       The Bahamas

       The notes have not been and shall not be offered or sold in or into The Bahamas except in circumstances that do not constitute a ‘public offering’ according to the Securities Industry Act, 1999.

       The offer of the notes, directly or indirectly, in or from within The Bahamas may only be made by an entity or person who is licensed as a Broker Dealer by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas.

       Persons deemed “resident” in The Bahamas pursuant to the Exchange Control Regulations, 1956 must receive the prior approval of the Central Bank of The Bahamas prior to accepting an offer to purchase any notes.

       Bermuda

       This product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement have not been registered or filed with any regulatory authority in Bermuda. The offering of the notes pursuant to this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and any terms supplement to persons resident in Bermuda is not prohibited, provided we are not thereby carrying on business in Bermuda.

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       Brazil

       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 and will not be sold, promised to be sold, offered, solicited, advertised and/or marketed within the Federal Republic of Brazil, except in circumstances that cannot be construed as a public offering or unauthorized distribution of securities under Brazilian laws and regulations. The notes are not being offered into Brazil. Documents relating to an offering of the notes, as well as the information contained herein and therein, may not be supplied or distributed to the public in Brazil nor be used in connection with any offer for subscription or sale of the notes to the public in Brazil.

       British Virgin Islands

       The notes may not be offered in the British Virgin Islands unless we or the person offering the notes on our behalf is licensed to carry on business in the British Virgin Islands. We are not licensed to carry on business in the British Virgin Islands. The notes may be offered to British Virgin Islands “business companies” (from outside the British Virgin Islands) without restriction. A British Virgin Islands “business company” is a company formed under or otherwise governed by the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (British Virgin Islands).

       Cayman Islands

       This product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement, and the notes offered hereby and thereby have not been, and will not be, registered under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, nor has any regulatory authority in the Cayman Islands passed comment upon or approved the accuracy or adequacy of this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement. The notes have not been, and will not be, offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the Cayman Islands.

       Chile

       None of the Agents, we or the notes have been registered with the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros de Chile (Chilean Securities and Insurance Commission) pursuant to Ley No. 18,045 de Mercado de Valores (the “Chilean Securities Act”), as amended, of the Republic of Chile and, accordingly, the notes have not been and will not be offered or sold within Chile or to, or for the account of benefit of persons in Chile except in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in a public offering and/or securities intermediation in Chile within the meaning of the Chilean Securities Act.

       None of the Agents is a bank or a licensed broker in Chile, and therefore each Agent has not and will not conduct transactions or any business operations in any of such qualities, including the marketing, offer and sale of the notes, except in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in a “public offering” as such term is defined in Article 4 of the Chilean Securities Act, and/or have not resulted and will not result in the intermediation of securities in Chile within the meaning of Article 24 of the Chilean Securities Act and/or the breach of the brokerage restrictions set forth in Article 39 of Decree with Force of Law No. 3 of 1997.

       The notes will only be sold to specific buyers, each of which will be deemed upon purchase:

  (i)   to be a financial institution and/or an institutional investor or a qualified investor with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the risks and merits of an investment in the notes;

  (ii)   to agree that it will only resell the notes in the Republic of Chile in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations; and that it will deliver to each person to whom the notes are transferred a notice substantially to the effect of this selling restriction;

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  (iii)   to acknowledge receipt of sufficient information required to make an informed decision whether or not to invest in the notes; and

  (iv)   to acknowledge that it has not relied upon advice from any Agent and/or us, or its or our respective affiliates, regarding the determination of the convenience or suitability of notes as an investment for the buyer or any other person; and has taken and relied upon independent legal, regulatory, tax and accounting advice.

       Colombia

       The notes have not been and will not be registered in the National Securities Registry of Colombia (Registro Nacional de Valores y Emisores) kept by the Colombian Financial Superintendency (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia) or in the Colombian Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia).

       Therefore, the notes shall not be marketed, offered, sold or distributed in Colombia or to Colombian residents in any manner that would be characterized as a public offering, as such is defined in article 1.2.1.1 of Resolution 400, issued on May 22, 1995 by the Securities Superintendency General Commission (Sala General de la Superintendencia de Valores), as amended from time to time.

       If the notes are to be marketed within Colombian territory or to Colombian residents, regardless of the number of persons to which said marketing is addressed to, any such promotion or advertisement of the notes must be made through a local financial entity, a representative’s office, or a local correspondent, in accordance with Decree 2558, issued on June 6, 2007 by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia, as amended from time to time.

       Therefore, the notes should not be marketed within Colombian territory or to Colombian residents, by any given means, that may be considered as being addressed to an indeterminate number of persons or to more than ninety-nine (99) persons, including but not limited to: (i) any written material or other means of communication, such as subscription lists, bulletins, pamphlets or advertisements; (ii) any offer or sale of the notes at offices or branches open to the public; (iii) use of any oral or written advertisements, letters, announcements, notices or any other means of communication that may be perceived to be addressed to an indeterminate number of persons for the purpose of marketing and/or offering the notes; or (iv) use (a) non-solicited emails or (b) email distributions lists to market the notes.

       El Salvador

       The notes may not be offered to the general public in El Salvador, and according to Article 2 of the Ley de Mercado de Valores (Securities Market Law) of the Republic of El Salvador, Legislative Decree number 809 dated 16 February 1994, published on the Diario Oficial (Official Gazette) number 73-BIS, Number 323, dated 21 April 1994, and in compliance with the aforementioned regulation, each Agent has represented and agreed that it will not make an invitation for subscription or purchase of the notes to indeterminate individuals, nor will it make known this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement in the territory of El Salvador through any mass media communication such as television, radio, press, or any similar medium, other than publications of an international nature that are received in El Salvador, such as internet access or foreign cable advertisements, which are not directed to the Salvadoran public. The offering of the notes has not been registered with an authorized stock exchange in the Republic of El Salvador. Any negotiation for the purchase or sale of notes in the Republic of El Salvador shall only be negotiated on an individual basis with determinate individuals or entities in strict compliance with the aforementioned Article 2 of the Salvadoran Securities Market Law, and shall in any event be effected in accordance with all securities, tax and exchange control of the Dominican Republic, Central America, and United States Free Trade Agreements, and other applicable laws or regulations of the Republic of El Salvador.

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       Hong Kong

       The notes may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of any document, other than to persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as principal or agent, or in circumstances that do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong. Each Agent has not issued and will not issue any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the notes, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to notes which are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made thereunder.

       Jersey

       Each Agent has represented to and agreed with us that it will not circulate in Jersey any offer for subscription, sale or exchange of any notes which would constitute an offer to the public for the purposes of Article 8 of the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958.

       Mexico

       The notes have not been, and will not be, registered with the Mexican National Registry of Securities maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission nor with the Mexican Stock Exchange and therefore, may not be offered or sold publicly in the United Mexican States. This product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement may not be publicly distributed in the United Mexican States. The notes may be privately placed in Mexico among institutional and qualified investors, pursuant to the private placement exemption set forth in Article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law.

       The Netherlands

       An offer to the public of any notes which are the subject of the offering and placement contemplated by this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement may not be made in The Netherlands and each Agent has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of such notes to the public in The Netherlands, unless such an offer is made exclusively to one or more of the following categories of investors in accordance with the Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht, the “FMSA”):

       1.       Regulated Entities: (a) any person or entity who or which is subject to supervision by a regulatory authority in any country in order to lawfully operate in the financial markets (which includes: credit institutions, investment firms, financial institutions, insurance companies, collective investment schemes and their management companies, pension funds and their management companies, commodity dealers) (“Supervised Entities”); and (b) any person or entity who or which engages in a regulated activity on the financial markets but who or which is not subject to supervision by a regulatory authority because it benefits from an exemption or dispensation (“Exempt Entities”);

       2.       Investment Funds and Entities: any entity whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities (which includes, without limitation, hedge funds);

       3.       Governmental institutions: the Dutch State, the Dutch Central Bank, Dutch regional, local or other decentralized governmental institutions, international treaty organizations and supranational organizations;

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       4.       Self-certified Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (“SMEs”): any company having its registered office in The Netherlands which does not meet at least two of the three criteria mentioned in (6) below and which has (a) expressly requested the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the “AFM”) to be considered as a qualified investor, and (b) been entered on the register of qualified investors maintained by the AFM;

       5.       Self-certified Natural Persons: any natural person who is resident in The Netherlands if this person meets at least two (2) of the following criteria:

  (i)   the investor has carried out transactions of a significant size on securities markets at an average frequency of, at least, ten (10) per quarter over the previous four (4) quarters;

  (ii)   the size of the investor’s securities portfolio exceeds €500,000;

  (iii)   the investor works or has worked for at least one (1) year in the financial sector in a professional position which requires knowledge of investment in securities,

  provided this person has:

  (a)   expressly requested the AFM to be considered as a qualified investor; and

  (b)   been entered on the register of qualified investors maintained by the AFM;

       6.       Large Enterprises: any company or legal entity which meets at least two of the following three criteria according to its most recent consolidated or non-consolidated annual accounts:

  (a)   an average number of employees during the financial year of at least 250;

  (b)   total assets of at least €43,000,000; or

  (c)   an annual net turnover of at least €50,000,000.

       7.       Discretionary individual portfolio managers: any portfolio manager in The Netherlands who or which purchases the notes for the account of clients who are not Qualified Investors on the basis of a contract of agency that allows for making investment decisions on the client’s behalf without specific instructions of or consultation with any such client;

       8.       Minimum consideration: any person or entity for a minimum consideration of €50,000 or more (or equivalent in foreign currency) for each offer of notes; or

       9.       Fewer than 100 Offerees: fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than Qualified Investors).

       For the purposes of this provision, the expression:

  (a)   an “offer to the public” in relation to any notes means making a sufficiently determined offer as meant in Section 217(1) of Book 6 of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) addressed to more than one person to conclude a contract to purchase or otherwise acquire notes, or inviting persons to make an offer in respect of such notes;

  (b)   “Qualified Investors” means the categories of investors listed under (1) up to and including (6) above.

       Zero Coupon Notes may not, directly or indirectly, as part of their initial distribution (or immediately thereafter) or as part of any re-offering be offered, sold, transferred or delivered in The Netherlands. For purposes of this paragraph “Zero Coupon Notes” are notes (whether in definitive or in global form) that are in bearer form and that constitute a claim for a fixed sum against us and on which interest does not become due prior to maturity or on which no interest is due whatsoever.

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       Panama

       The notes have not been and will not be registered with the National Securities Commission of the Republic of Panama under Decree Law No. 1 of July 8, 1999 (the “Panamanian Securities Law”) and may not be publicly offered or sold within Panama, except in certain limited transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Panamanian Securities Law. The notes do not benefit from the tax incentives provided by the Panamanian Securities Law and are not subject to regulation or supervision by the National Securities Commission of the Republic of Panama.

       Peru

       The notes have been and will be offered only to institutional investors (as defined by the Peruvian Securities Market Law — “Ley de Mercado de Valores” enacted by Legislative Decree No. 861 — Unified Text of the Law approved by Supreme Decree No. 093-2002-EF) and not to the public in general or a segment of it. The placement of the notes shall comply with article 5 of the Peruvian Securities Market Law.

       Singapore

       Neither this product supplement no. 116-I nor the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement has been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this product supplement no. 116-I, the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus or terms supplement, and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

       Switzerland

       The notes have not been and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Switzerland, and this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement do not constitute a public offering prospectus as that term is understood pursuant to article 652a or article 1156 of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations.

       We have not applied for a listing of the notes on the SWX Swiss Exchange or on any other regulated securities market and, consequently, the information presented in this product supplement no. 116-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and terms supplement does not necessarily comply with the information standards set out in the relevant listing rules.

       The notes do not constitute a participation in a collective investment scheme in the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes and are not licensed by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission. Accordingly, neither the notes nor holders of the notes benefit from protection under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes or supervision by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission.

       Uruguay

       The offering of notes in Uruguay constitutes a private offering and each Agent has agreed that the notes and us will not be registered with the Central Bank of Uruguay pursuant to section 2 of Uruguayan law 16.749.

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       Venezuela

       The notes comprising this offering have not been registered with the Venezuelan National Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Valores) and are not being publicly offered in Venezuela. No document related to the offering of the notes shall be interpreted to constitute a public offer of securities in Venezuela. This document has been sent exclusively to clients of the Agents and the information contained herein is private, confidential and for the exclusive use of the addressee. Investors wishing to acquire the notes may use only funds located outside of Venezuela, which are not of mandatory sale to the Central Bank of Venezuela (Banco Central de Venezuela) or are not otherwise subject to restrictions or limitations under the exchange control regulation currently in force in Venezuela.

       Unless otherwise specified in the relevant 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 Employee 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 (in either case, “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 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, unless exemptive relief were available under an applicable exemption (as described below).

       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 Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA or 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 the statutory exemptions under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) are available 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 non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

       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 have represented by its purchase of the notes) that such purchase and holding is not prohibited under applicable Similar Laws.

       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.

       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 or plan subject to similar laws 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 such plans generally or any particular plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for plans generally or any particular plan.

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