Product supplement no. 210-A-I To prospectus dated November 21, 2008 and prospectus supplement dated November 21, 2008 |
Registration Statement No. 333-155535 Dated May 24, 2011 Rule 424(b)(2) |
General
Index: | The relevant terms supplement will specify the Index (the Index) |
Payment at |
Payment at maturity will reflect the performance of the Index, converted into U.S. dollars, subject to the Index Adjustment Factor. Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows: $1,000 × (1 + Index Return) × Index Adjustment Factor You will lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Index Return is not sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor. |
Index Adjustment |
A percentage that will not be more than 100%, as specified in the relevant terms supplement. If an Index Adjustment Factor is not specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Index Adjustment Factor will be deemed to equal 100%. |
Index Return: |
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement: Ending Index Level Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) |
Initial Index Level: |
The Adjusted Index Level on the pricing date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or the arithmetic average of the Adjusted Index Levels on each of the Initial Averaging Dates, if so specified in the relevant terms supplement. |
Ending Index Level: |
The Adjusted Index Level on the Observation Date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or the arithmetic average of the Adjusted Index Levels on each of the Ending Averaging Dates, if so specified in the relevant terms supplement. |
Adjusted Closing |
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, on any trading day, the Index closing level on such trading day multiplied by the Exchange Rate on such trading day. |
Investing in the Return Notes involves a number of risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page PS-5.
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. 210-A-I, the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus, or any related index supplement or terms supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The notes are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.
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Exchange Rate: |
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, on any trading day, the spot rate in the interbank market of U.S. dollars per one unit of the Underlying Currency, expressed as either (i) the number of U.S. dollars per one unit of the Underlying Currency or (ii) one divided by the amount of Underlying Currency per U.S. dollar, in each case as reported by Reuters Group PLC (Reuters) on the relevant page or by Bloomberg, L.P. (Bloomberg) on the relevant page as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or any substitute Reuters or Bloomberg page; provided that if the Underlying Currency is U.S. dollars, the Exchange Rate will be equal to 1.0. The relevant terms supplement will specify the approximate time of the day at which the relevant page will be consulted to determine the Exchange Rate. If a currency disruption event has occurred or is continuing or a Currency Succession Event has occurred, the method of determining the Exchange Rate may be modified. See General Terms of Notes Currency Disruption Events and General Terms of Notes Currency Succession Events. |
Underlying |
The currency in which the Index (or any relevant successor index) is denominated, as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or any relevant Successor Currency. See General Terms of Notes Currency Succession Events. |
Strike Level: |
The relevant terms supplement may specify an Index level other than the Initial Index Level to be used for calculating the Index Return and the amount payable at maturity, if any, which we refer to as the Strike Level. The Strike Level may be based on and/or expressed as a percentage of the Adjusted Index Level as of a specified date, or may be determined without regard to the Adjusted Index Level as of a particular date. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify that a Strike Level equal to 95% of the Initial Index Level will be used to calculate the Index Return. |
Initial Averaging |
As specified, if applicable, in the relevant terms supplement. Any Initial Averaging Date is subject to postponement in the event of certain market disruption events and currency disruption events and as described under Description of Notes Postponement of a Determination Date. |
Index Valuation |
The Ending Index Level will be calculated on either a single date, which we refer to as the Observation Date, or on several dates, each of which we refer to as an Ending Averaging Date, as specified in the relevant terms supplement. We refer to such dates generally as Index Valuation Dates in this product supplement. Any Index Valuation Date is subject to postponement in the event of certain market disruption events and currency disruption events and as described under Description of Notes Postponement of a Determination Date. |
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 currency disruption events and as described under Description of Notes Payment at Maturity. |
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We have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in the terms supplement relevant to your investment, any related index supplement, this product supplement no. 210-A-I and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus with respect to the notes offered by the relevant terms supplement, any related index supplement, and this product supplement no. 210-A-I and with respect to JPMorgan Chase & Co. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This product supplement no. 210-A-I, together with the relevant terms supplement, any related index supplement and the accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement, contains the terms of the notes and supersedes all other prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials including preliminary or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for implementation, sample structures, fact sheets, brochures or other educational materials of ours. The information in the relevant terms supplement, any related index supplement, this product supplement no. 210-A-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. 210-A-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 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, 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, any related index supplement, this product supplement no. 210-A-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. 210-A-I, any related index supplement, the relevant terms supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus, we, us and our refer to JPMorgan Chase & Co., unless the context requires otherwise.
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 to specific issuances of the notes, including any changes to the terms specified below. A separate index supplement or the relevant terms supplement will describe any index not described in this product supplement to which the notes are linked. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this product supplement no. 210-A-I have the meanings assigned in the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus, the relevant terms supplement and any related index supplement. The term note refers to each $1,000 principal amount of our Return Notes Linked to an Index, Converted into U.S. Dollars.
General
The Return Notes are senior unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Chase & Co. that are linked to an index, converted into U.S. dollars, as specified in the relevant terms supplement (the Index). The notes are a series of debt securities referred to in the accompanying prospectus supplement, prospectus and the relevant terms supplement, as well as any related index 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 do not pay interest and do not guarantee any return of principal at, or prior to, 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. At maturity you will receive a payment in cash, the amount of which will vary depending on the performance of the Index, converted into U.S. dollars, the amount of the Index Adjustment Factor and whether the notes have a Strike Level. Any payment on the notes is subject to the credit risk of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The notes are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed 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 terms of specific issuances of the notes will be described in the relevant terms supplement accompanying this product supplement no. 210-A-I and any related index supplement. The terms described in that document supplement those described herein and in any related index supplement, the accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement. If the terms described in the relevant terms supplement are inconsistent with those described herein or in any related index supplement, the accompanying prospectus or prospectus supplement, the terms described in the relevant terms supplement will control.
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Payment at Maturity
The maturity date for the notes will be set forth in the relevant terms supplement and is subject to adjustment if such day is not a business day or if the final Index Valuation Date is postponed as described under Postponement of a Determination Date below.
The amount you will receive at maturity will reflect the performance of the Index, converted into U.S. dollars, subject to the Index Adjustment Factor. Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, your payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note will be calculated as follows:
$1,000 × (1 + Index Return) × Index Adjustment Factor
You will lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Index Return is not sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor.
The Index Adjustment Factor is a percentage that will not be more than 100%, as specified in the relevant terms supplement. If an Index Adjustment Factor is not specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Index Adjustment Factor will be deemed to equal 100%.
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Index Return, as calculated by the calculation agent, is the percentage change in the Adjusted Index Level calculated by comparing the Ending Index Level to the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable). The relevant terms supplement will specify the manner in which the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) and the Ending Index Level will be determined. The Index Return, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, is calculated as follows:
Index Return = | Ending Index Level Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) |
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Initial Index Level means the Adjusted Index Level on the pricing date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or the arithmetic average of the Adjusted Index Levels on each of the Initial Averaging Dates, if so specified in the relevant terms supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Ending Index Level means the Adjusted Index Level on the Observation Date or such other date as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or the arithmetic average of the Adjusted Index Levels on each of the Ending Averaging Dates, if so specified in the relevant terms supplement.
The relevant terms supplement may specify an Index level other than the Initial Index Level, which we refer to as the Strike Level, to be used for calculating the Index Return and the amount payable at maturity, if any. The Strike Level may be based on and/or expressed as a percentage of the Adjusted Index Level as of a specified date, or may be determined without regard to the Adjusted Index Level as of a particular date. For example, the relevant terms supplement may specify that a Strike Level equal to 95% of the Initial Index Level will be used to calculate the Index Return.
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Adjusted Closing Level on any trading day will be the Index closing level on such trading day multiplied by the Exchange Rate on such trading day.
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Exchange Rate on any trading day will be the spot rate in the interbank market of U.S. dollars per one unit of the Underlying Currency, expressed as either (i) the number of U.S. dollars per one unit of the Underlying Currency or (ii) one divided by the amount of Underlying Currency per U.S. dollar, in each case as reported by
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Reuters Group PLC (Reuters) on the relevant page or by Bloomberg, L.P. (Bloomberg) on the relevant page, as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or any substitute Reuters or Bloomberg page; provided that if the Underlying Currency is U.S. dollars, the Exchange Rate will be equal to 1.0. The relevant terms supplement will specify the approximate time of the day at which the relevant page will be consulted to determine the Exchange Rate. If a currency disruption event has occurred or is continuing or a Currency Succession Event has occurred, the method of determining the Exchange Rate may be modified. See General Terms of Notes Currency Disruption Events and General Terms of Notes Currency Succession Events.
The Underlying Currency is the currency in which the Index (or any relevant successor index) is denominated, as specified in the relevant terms supplement, or any relevant Successor Currency. See General Terms of Notes Currency Succession Events.
The Index closing level on any trading day will equal the official closing level of the Index or any successor index thereto (as described under General Terms of Notes Discontinuation of the Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation) published following the regular official weekday close of trading on that trading day. In certain circumstances, the Index closing level will be based on the alternative calculation of the Index described under General Terms of Notes Discontinuation of the Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation.
A trading day is, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, a day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which trading is generally conducted on (i) the relevant exchanges (as defined below) for securities underlying the Index or the relevant successor index, if applicable, and (ii) the exchanges on which futures or options contracts related to the Index or the relevant successor index, if applicable, are traded, other than a day on which trading on such relevant exchange or exchange on which such futures or options contracts are traded is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time.
A currency business day, is a day on which (a) dealings in foreign currency in accordance with the practice of the foreign exchange market occur in The City of New York and the principal financial center for the Underlying Currency as specified in the relevant terms supplement, (b) banking institutions in The City of New York and such principal financial center for the Underlying Currency are not otherwise authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close and, (c) if specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (TARGET2) is open, each as determined by the calculation agent.
The Initial Averaging Dates, if applicable, will be specified in the relevant terms supplement, and any such date is subject to adjustment as described under Postponement of a Determination Date below. The Index Valuation Date(s), which will be either a single date, which we refer to as the Observation Date, or several dates, each of which we refer to as an Ending Averaging Date, will be specified in the relevant terms supplement, and any such date is subject to adjustment as described under Postponement of a Determination Date below.
The maturity date will be specified in the relevant terms supplement and is subject to adjustment as described below. 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, a currency disruption event or otherwise, the final Index 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 Index 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 and currency disruption events under General Terms of Notes Currency Disruption Events.
We will irrevocably deposit with DTC no later than the opening of business on the applicable date funds sufficient to make payments of the amount payable, if any, with respect to the notes on such date. We will give DTC irrevocable instructions and authority to pay such amount to the holders of the notes entitled thereto.
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Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, a business day is 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.
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.
Postponement of a Determination Date
In this product supplement, we refer to each Initial Averaging Date and each Index Valuation Date as a Determination Date.
If a Determination Date is not a trading day or there is a market disruption event on such Determination Date (any such day, a Market Disrupted Day) or if such Determination Date is not a currency business day or there is a currency disruption event on such Determination Date (any such day, a Currency Disrupted Day), the applicable Determination Date will be postponed to the latest date on which the Index closing level or the Exchange Rate used to determine the Adjusted Closing Level for such Determination Date, as postponed, is determined, as described below:
(a) | if the applicable Determination Date is being postponed due to a Market Disrupted Day, the calculation agent will use the Index closing level and the Exchange Rate on the immediately succeeding business day that is not a Market Disrupted Day to calculate the Adjusted Closing Level for such Determination Date, provided that if such business day is a Currency Disrupted Day, the calculation agent will use the Exchange Rate on the immediately succeeding business day that is not a Currency Disrupted Day instead; and | |
(b) | if the applicable Determination Date is being postponed due to a Currency Disrupted Day (but not a Market Disrupted Day), the calculation agent will use the Index closing level on the originally scheduled Determination Date and the Exchange Rate on the immediately succeeding business day that is not a Currency Disrupted Day to calculate the Adjusted Closing Level for such Determination Date. |
In no event, however, will any Determination Date be postponed more than eight scheduled trading days following the date originally scheduled to be such Determination Date.
If a Determination Date has been postponed to the eighth scheduled trading day following the originally scheduled Determination Date and such day is a Market Disrupted Day, the calculation agent will determine the Index closing level for such Determination Date on such eighth scheduled trading day in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating such closing level last in effect prior to the applicable Disrupted Day, using the closing price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation or non-trading day) on such eighth scheduled trading day of each security most recently constituting the Index.
If a Determination Date has been postponed to the eighth scheduled trading day following the originally scheduled Determination Date and such day is a Currency Disrupted Day, the calculation agent will determine the Exchange Rate on such eighth scheduled trading day in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, taking into account the latest available quotation for such Exchange Rate and any other information that it deems relevant.
A scheduled trading day is, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, a day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which (i) the relevant exchanges (as defined below) for securities underlying the Index or the relevant successor index, if applicable, and (ii) the exchanges on which futures or options contracts related to the Index or the relevant successor index, if applicable, are traded are scheduled to open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
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RISK FACTORS
Your investment in the notes will involve certain risks. The notes do not pay interest or guarantee any return of principal at, or prior to, maturity. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing in the Index, the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or any of the equity securities underlying the 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.
Risks Relating to the Notes Generally
The notes do not pay interest or guarantee the return of your investment.
The notes do not pay interest and may not return any of your investment. The amount payable at maturity, if any, will reflect the performance of the Index, converted into U.S. dollars, subject to the Index Adjustment Factor. This amount will be determined pursuant to the terms described in this product supplement no. 210-A-I and the relevant terms supplement. If the Ending Index Level is not greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) by a percentage sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor, which will reduce your return, or if the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable), you will lose some or all of your investment in the notes.
Even if the Ending Index Level is greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable), you may receive less than the principal amount of your notes due to the Index Adjustment Factor.
Because the Index Adjustment Factor reduces the Index Return, if the Ending Index Level is not greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) by a percentage sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor, you will lose some or all of your investment in the notes.
The Index Adjustment Factor will reduce any positive Index Return and magnify any negative Index Return.
Because the Index Adjustment Factor will be a percentage that is less than 100%, its effect on the calculation of your payment at maturity is to reduce any positive Index Return and to magnify any negative Index Return. If the Index Return is negative, for each 1% that the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable), you will lose more than 1% of your investment in the notes, provided that the payment at maturity will not be less than zero.
The notes are subject to the credit risk of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The notes are subject to the credit risk of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and our credit ratings and credit spreads may adversely affect the market value of the notes. Investors are dependent on JPMorgan Chase & Co.s ability to pay all amounts due on the notes at maturity or on any other relevant payment dates, and therefore investors are subject to our credit risk and to changes in the markets view of our creditworthiness. Any decline in our credit ratings or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking our credit risk is likely to affect adversely the value of the notes.
Our offering of the notes does not constitute an expression of our view about, or a recommendation of, the Index, the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or the equity securities included in the Index.
You should not take our offering of the notes as an expression of our views about how the Index, the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or the equity securities included in the Index will perform in the future or as a recommendation to invest (directly or indirectly, by taking a long or short
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position) in the Index, the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or the equity securities included in the Index, including through an investment in the notes. As a global financial institution, we and our affiliates may, and often do, have positions (long or short) in the Index, the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar and equity securities included the Index that conflict with an investment in the notes. See We or our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to those of the holders of the notes as a result of our hedging and other trading activities and Use of Proceeds and Hedging in this product supplement for some examples of potential conflicting positions we may have. You should undertake an independent determination of whether an investment in the notes is suitable for you in light of your specific investment objectives and financial resources.
We or our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to those of the holders of the notes as a result of our hedging and other trading activities.
In anticipation of the sale of the notes, we expect to hedge our obligations under the notes through certain affiliates or unaffiliated counterparties by taking positions in instruments the value of which is derived from the Index, the equity securities that compose the Index, the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar. We may also adjust our hedge by, among other things, purchasing or selling instruments the value of which is derived from the Index, the equity securities that compose the Index, the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar at any time and from time to time, and close out or unwind our hedge by selling any of the foregoing on or before any Index Valuation Date. We cannot give you any assurances that our hedging will not negatively affect the level of the Index, the Exchange Rate or the performance of the notes. See Use of Proceeds and Hedging below for additional information about our hedging activities.
This hedging activity may present a conflict of interest between your interest as a holder of the notes and the interests our affiliates have in executing, maintaining and adjusting hedge transactions. These hedging activities could also affect the price at which JPMS is willing to purchase your notes in the secondary market.
Our hedging counterparties expect to make a profit. Because hedging our obligations entails risk and may be influenced by market forces beyond our control, such hedging may result in a profit that is more or less than expected, or it may result in a loss. It is possible that such hedging could result in substantial returns for us or our affiliates while the value of the notes declines.
JPMS and other affiliates of ours also trade the equity securities underlying the Index, the Underlying Currency, the U.S. dollar and other financial instruments related to the Index and the equity securities that compose the Index, the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar on a regular basis (taking long or short positions or both), for their accounts, for other accounts under their management and to facilitate transactions, including block transactions, on behalf of customers. While we cannot predict an outcome, any of these hedging activities or other trading activities of ours could potentially increase the Index closing level or the Exchange Rate on the pricing date or any Initial Averaging Dates, as applicable, and/or decrease the Index closing level or the Exchange Rate on any Index Valuation Date, which could adversely affect your payment at maturity.
We or our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to those of the holders of the notes as a result of our business activities.
We or our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in business with companies the equity securities of which are included in the Index, including extending loans to, or making equity investments in, or providing advisory services to them, including merger and acquisition advisory
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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, we or one or more of our affiliates may publish research reports or otherwise express views about the companies the equity securities of which are included in the Index. Any prospective purchaser of notes should undertake an independent investigation of each company the equity securities of which are included in the 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 the equity securities of which are included in the Index or future price movements of the equity securities that compose the Index.
Additionally, we or one of our affiliates may serve as issuer, agent or underwriter for issuances of other securities or financial instruments with returns linked or related to changes in the level of the Index or the equity securities that compose the 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. 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 or one of our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in trading activities related to the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar. These trading activities could potentially affect the Exchange Rate, which would affect the value of the notes. In the course of our or our affiliates currency trading activities, we or our affiliates may acquire material nonpublic information with respect to currency exchange rates, and we will not disclose any such information to you. In addition, one or more of our affiliates may produce and/or publish research reports, or otherwise express views, with respect to expected movements in currency exchange rates. We do not make any representation or warranty to any purchaser of notes with respect to any matters whatsoever relating to future currency exchange rate movements and any prospective purchaser of the notes should undertake an independent investigation of the Underlying Currency and the Exchange Rate as, in its judgment, is appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to an investment in the notes.
We or our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to those of the holders of the notes due to J.P. Morgan Security LLCs role as calculation agent.
JPMS, one of our affiliates, will act as the calculation agent. The calculation agent will determine, among other things, the Initial Index Level, the Strike Level, if applicable, the Adjusted Closing Level, the Index closing level and the Exchange Rate on each Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, and each Index Valuation Date, the Ending Index Level, the Index Return and the amount, if any, that we will pay you at maturity. In addition, the calculation agent will determine whether there has been a market disruption event, a currency disruption event, a discontinuation of the Index or a Currency Succession Event and whether there has been a material change in the method of calculating the Index. The calculation agent will also be responsible for determining the Exchange Rate if the Exchange Rate is not available on Reuters or Bloomberg, as applicable, and for selecting a Successor Currency, if applicable. In performing these duties, JPMS may have interests adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes, which may affect your return on the notes, particularly where JPMS, as the calculation agent, is entitled to exercise discretion.
Changes in the level of the Index and the Exchange Rate may offset each other.
Movements in the Index and the Exchange Rate may not correlate with each other. At a time when the level of the Index or the Exchange Rate increases, the Exchange Rate or the level of the Index, respectively, may decline. Therefore, in calculating the Ending Index Level, increases in the level of the Index or the Exchange Rate may be moderated, or more than offset, by declines in the Exchange Rate or level of the Index, respectively. There can be no assurance that the Ending Index Level will be greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable). If the Ending Index
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Level is not greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) by a percentage sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor, which will reduce your return, or if the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable), you will lose some or all of your investment in the notes. See Risks Relating to the Underlying Currency for additional currency-related risks.
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 LLC, or JPMS 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 JPMS is willing to buy the notes. If at any time JPMS 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.
The inclusion in the original issue price of each agents commission and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes is likely to affect adversely the value of the notes prior to maturity.
While the payment at maturity, if any, will be based on the full principal amount of your notes as described in the relevant terms supplement, the original issue price of the notes includes each agents commission and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes. Such agents estimated cost includes 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 JPMS will be willing to purchase notes from you in secondary market transactions, if at all, will likely be lower than the original issue price. In addition, any such prices may differ from values determined by pricing models used by JPMS, as a result of such compensation or other transaction costs.
The Ending Index Level may be less than the Adjusted Closing Level at the maturity date of the notes or at other times during the term of the notes.
Because the Ending Index Level is calculated based on the Adjusted Closing Level on one or more Index Valuation Dates during the term of the notes, the Adjusted Closing Level at the maturity date or at other times during the term of the notes, including dates near the Index Valuation Date(s), could be higher than the Ending Index Level. This difference could be particularly large if there is a significant increase in the level of the Index and/or the Exchange Rate after the final Index Valuation Date, or if there is a significant decrease in the level of the Index and/or the Exchange Rate around the time of the Index Valuation Date(s), or if there is significant volatility in the Adjusted Closing Levels during the term of the notes (especially on dates near the Index Valuation Date(s)). For example, when the Index Valuation Date(s) are near the end of the term of the notes, if the Adjusted Closing Levels increase or remain relatively constant during the initial term of the notes and then decrease below the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable), the Ending Index Level may be significantly less than if it were calculated on a date earlier than the Index Valuation Date(s). Under these circumstances, you may receive a lower payment at maturity than you would have received if you had invested in the Index, the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or any of equity securities underlying the Index or contracts relating to the Index or the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar for which there is an active secondary market.
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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 to us or our affiliates prior to maturity, if at all, may be at a substantial discount from the principal amount of the notes, even in cases where the Index has appreciated since the pricing date. The potential returns described in the relevant terms supplement assume that your notes are held to maturity.
Prior to maturity, the value of the notes will be influenced by many unpredictable factors.
Many economic and market factors will influence the value of the notes. We expect that, generally, the level of the Index and the Exchange Rate on any day will affect the value of the notes more than any other single factor. However, you should not expect the value of the notes in the secondary market to vary in proportion to changes in the level of the Index or the Exchange Rate. The value of the notes will be affected by a number of other factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:
the actual and expected frequency and magnitude of changes in the Index and the Exchange Rate (i.e., volatility);
the time to maturity of the notes;
the dividend rate on the equity securities underlying the Index (while not paid to holders of the notes, dividend payments on the equity securities underlying the Index may influence the level of the Index and the market value of options on the Index and, therefore, affect the value of the notes);
interest and yield rates in the market generally as well as in each of the markets of the equity securities composing the Index;
correlation (or lack thereof) between the level of the Index and the Exchange Rate;
economic, financial, political, regulatory and judicial events that affect the equity securities included in the Index, stock markets generally, the value of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or currency markets generally or the economies of the originating countries of such currencies and that may affect the Index closing level on any Index Valuation Date or any Initial Averaging Date, if applicable; and
our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated downgrades in our credit ratings.
Some or all of these factors will influence the price 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 may have to sell your notes at a substantial discount from the principal amount if the Ending Index Level is at, below or not sufficiently above the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable).
You cannot predict the future performance of the Index based on its historical performance. The value of the Index may decrease such that you may not receive any return of your investment. If the Ending Index Level is not greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) by a percentage sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor, which will reduce your return, or if the Ending Index Level is less than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable), you will lose some or all of your investment in the notes. There can be no assurance that the level of the Index will not decrease so that at maturity you will not lose some or all of your investment.
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Furthermore, the return on your investment will be determined, in part, by changes in the Exchange Rate, which may result in the loss of some or all of your initial investment, even if the level of the Index has increased during the term of the notes.
The value of the Initial Index Level may be determined after the issue date of the notes.
If so specified in the relevant terms supplement, the Initial Index Level will be determined based on the arithmetic average of the Adjusted Closing Levels on the Initial Averaging Dates specified in that relevant terms supplement. One or more of the Initial Averaging Dates specified may occur on or following the issue date of the notes; as a result, the Initial Index Level may not be determined, and you may therefore not know the value of such Initial Index Level, until after the issue date. Similarly, the global note certificate representing the notes, which will be deposited with DTC on the issue date as described under General Terms of Notes Book-Entry Only Issuance The Depository Trust Company, will not set forth the value of the Initial Index Level for the Index. If the Adjusted Closing Levels on the Initial Averaging Dates that occur after the issue date are higher than the Adjusted Closing Level on the issue date, this may establish higher levels that the Index and the Exchange Rate must achieve for you to obtain a positive return on your investment or avoid a loss of principal at maturity.
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 Adjusted Closing Level, the Index closing level or the Exchange Rate on any Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, or any Index Valuation Date, or the Index Return, and calculating the amount that we are required to pay you, if any, at maturity. 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 any Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, or any Index Valuation Date and the maturity date will be postponed and your return will be adversely affected. See General Terms of Notes Market Disruption Events and General Terms of Notes Currency Disruption Events.
Historical performance of the Index and the Exchange Rate should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the Index or the Exchange Rate during the terms of the notes.
The actual performance of the Index and the Exchange Rate over the term of the notes, as well as the amount payable at maturity, may bear little relation to the historical performance of the Index and the Exchange Rate. The trading prices of the equity securities will determine the level of the Index, and the value of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar will determine the Exchange Rate. As a result, it is impossible to predict whether the level of the Index or the Exchange Rate will rise or fall.
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. The IRS might not accept, and a court might not uphold, the characterization and tax treatment of the notes described in Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences. 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 and adversely from our description herein. In addition, in 2007 Treasury and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of prepaid forward contracts and similar instruments, such as the notes. The notice focuses in particular on whether to require holders of these instruments to accrue income over the term of their investment. It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments; the relevance of factors such as the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; the degree, if any, to which
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income (including any mandated accruals) realized by Non-U.S. Holders should be subject to withholding tax; and whether these instruments are or should be subject to the constructive ownership regime, which very generally can operate to recharacterize certain long-term capital gain as ordinary income and impose an interest charge. While the notice requests comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the notes, possibly with retroactive effect. Both U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders should review carefully the section entitled Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences in this product supplement no. 210-A-I and consult their tax advisers regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the notes, including possible alternative treatments and the issues presented by this notice. Non-U.S. Holders should also note that they may be withheld upon unless they have submitted a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN or otherwise satisfied the applicable documentation requirements.
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.
Risks Relating to the Index
The sponsor of the Index (the Index Sponsor) may adjust the Index in a way that affects its level, and the Index Sponsor has no obligation to consider your interests.
The Index Sponsor is responsible for calculating and maintaining the Index. The Index Sponsor can add, delete or substitute the equity securities underlying the Index or make other methodological changes that could change the level of the Index. You should realize that the changing of equity securities included in the Index may affect the Index, as a newly added equity security may perform significantly better or worse than the equity security or securities it replaces. Additionally, the Index Sponsor may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or dissemination of the Index. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of the notes. The Index Sponsor has no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising the Index. See the relevant index description below or any related index supplement or the relevant terms supplement for additional information.
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, to our knowledge, we are not currently affiliated with any issuer the equity securities of which are included in the Index.
To our knowledge, we are not currently affiliated with any issuers the equity securities of which are included in the 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 included in the Index or your notes. None of the money you pay us will go to the Index Sponsor or any of the issuers of the equity securities included in the 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.
In the event we become affiliated with any issuer of the equity securities that are included in the Index, we will have no obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the notes in taking any action with respect to such issuer that might affect the value of your notes.
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If the Index is not a total return index, your return on the notes will not reflect dividends on the equity securities included in the Index.
If the Index is not a total return index, your return on the notes at maturity, if any, will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned the equity securities included in the 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, if any, on the notes by reference to the Ending Index Level. The Ending Index Level reflects the prices of the equity securities as calculated in the Index without taking into consideration the value of dividends paid on those equity securities.
You will have no shareholder rights in issuers of equity securities included in the 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 the equity securities composing the Index would have.
An investment in the notes is subject to risks associated with non-U.S. securities markets.
Some or all of the equity securities that compose the Index may have been issued by non-U.S. companies. Investments in securities linked to the value of such non-U.S. equity securities involve risks associated with the securities markets in those countries, including risks of volatility in those markets, governmental intervention in those markets and cross shareholdings in companies in certain countries. Also, there is generally less publicly available information about companies in some of these jurisdictions than about U.S. companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally non-U.S. companies are subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements and securities trading rules different from those applicable to U.S. reporting companies.
The prices of securities in non-U.S. markets may be affected by political, economic, financial and social factors in such markets, including changes in a countrys government, economic and fiscal policies, currency exchange laws or other laws or restrictions. Moreover, the economies of such countries may differ favorably or unfavorably from the economy of the United States in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources and self sufficiency. Such countries may be subjected to different and, in some cases, more adverse economic environments.
The economies of emerging market countries in particular face several concerns, including the relatively unstable governments that may present the risks of nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and prohibitions on the repatriation of assets, and which may have less protection of property rights than more developed countries. These economies may also be based on only a few industries, be highly vulnerable to changes in local and global trade conditions and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates. In addition, local securities markets may trade a small number of securities and may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of holdings difficult or impossible at times. The risks of the economies of emerging market countries are relevant where the Index includes equity securities traded in one or more emerging market countries.
Some or all of these factors may influence the Index closing level. 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 based on its historical performance. If the Ending Index Level is not greater than the Initial Index Level (or Strike Level, if applicable) by a percentage sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Index Adjustment Factor, you will lose some or all of your investment in the notes.
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Risks Relating to the Underlying Currency
Depreciation in the value of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar may adversely affect your return on the notes.
The return on the notes is based on the performance of the Index and the Exchange Rate. The Ending Index Level is determined based on the Adjusted Closing Level, which is the Index closing level, converted into U.S. dollars based on the Exchange Rate. Accordingly, any depreciation in the value of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar (or conversely, any appreciation in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the Underlying Currency) may adversely affect your return on the notes. If the Underlying Currency significantly depreciates relative to the U.S. dollar (or conversely, the U.S. dollar significantly appreciates relative to the Underlying Currency), the Index Return may be reduced, and any such reduction will have the effect of reducing or eliminating the amount payable in respect of the notes at maturity.
The notes are subject to currency exchange risk.
Foreign currency exchange rates vary over time, and may vary considerably during the term of the notes. The value of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar is at any moment a result of the supply and demand for these currencies. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates result over time from the interaction of many factors directly or indirectly affecting economic and political conditions in the Underlying Currencys country and the United States, and economic and political developments in other relevant countries.
Of particular importance to potential currency exchange risk are:
existing and expected rates of inflation;
existing and expected interest rate levels;
the balance of payments in the Underlying Currencys country and the United States and between each country and its major trading partners;
the monetary policies of Underlying Currencys country and the United States, especially as related to the supply of money; and
the extent of governmental surplus or deficit in the Underlying Currencys country and the United States.
All of these factors are, in turn, sensitive to the monetary, fiscal and trade policies pursued by the Underlying Currencys country and the United States and those of other countries important to international trade and finance.
The liquidity, trading value and amounts payable, if any, under the notes could be affected by the actions of the governments of the originating nation of the Underlying Currency and the United States.
Foreign exchange rates can either be fixed by sovereign governments or floating. Exchange rates of most economically developed nations are permitted to fluctuate in value relative to the value of other currencies. However, governments do not always allow their currencies to float freely in response to economic forces. Governments use a variety of techniques, such as intervention by their central bank or imposition of regulatory controls or taxes, to affect the trading value of their respective currencies. They may also issue a new currency to replace an existing currency or alter the exchange rate or relative exchange characteristics by devaluation or revaluation of a currency. Thus, a special risk in purchasing the notes is that their liquidity, trading value and amounts payable, if any, under the notes could be affected by the actions of sovereign governments which could change or interfere with
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theretofore freely determined currency valuation, fluctuations in response to other market forces and the movement of currencies across borders. Unless such an event constitutes a currency disruption event or a Currency Succession Event, there will be no adjustment or change in the terms of the notes in the event that exchange rates should become fixed, or in the event of any devaluation or revaluation or imposition of exchange or other regulatory controls or taxes or in the event of other developments affecting the Underlying Currency, the U.S. dollar or any other currency. In addition, the price of the notes and payment on the scheduled maturity date could also be adversely affected by delays in, or refusals to grant, any required governmental approval for conversions of the Underlying Currency and remittances abroad with respect to the Index or other de facto restrictions on the repatriation of U.S. dollars, such as a currency disruption event. See General Terms of Notes Currency Disruption Events and General Terms of Notes Currency Succession Events.
Even though the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar are traded around-the-clock, if a secondary market for the notes develops, the notes may trade only during regular hours in the United States.
The interbank market for the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar is a global, around-the-clock market and the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar value are quoted 24 hours a day. Therefore, the hours of trading for the notes, if any, may not conform to the hours during which the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar are traded. To the extent that U.S. markets are closed while the markets for other currencies remain open, significant price and rate movements may take place in the underlying foreign exchange markets, and thus in the level of the Index or the Exchange Rate, that will not be reflected immediately in the market price, if any, of the notes.
The absence of last-sale and other information about the Underlying Currency may affect the price of the notes.
There is no systematic reporting of last-sale information for foreign currencies. Reasonably current bid and offer information is available in certain brokers offices, in bank foreign currency trading offices and to others who wish to subscribe for this information, but this information will not necessarily be reflected in the value of the Exchange Rate used to calculate the Index Return and therefore your return on the notes. There is no regulatory requirement that those quotations be firm or revised on a timely basis. The absence of last-sale information and the limited availability of quotations to individual investors may make it difficult for many investors to obtain timely, accurate data about the state of the underlying foreign exchange markets.
In addition, certain relevant information relating to the originating country of the Underlying Currency may not be as well known or as rapidly or thoroughly reported in the United States as comparable United States developments. Prospective purchasers of the notes should be aware of the possible lack of availability of important information that can affect the value of the Underlying Currency and must be prepared to make special efforts to obtain that information on a timely basis.
Currency exchange risks can be expected to heighten in periods of financial turmoil.
In periods of financial turmoil, capital can move quickly out of regions that are perceived to be more vulnerable to the effects of the crisis than others with sudden and severely adverse consequences to the currencies of those regions. In addition, governments around the world, including the United States government and governments of other major world currencies, have recently made, and may be expected to continue to make, very significant interventions in their economies, and sometimes directly in their currencies. Such interventions affect currency exchange rates globally and, in particular, the value of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Further interventions, other government actions or suspensions of actions, as well as other changes in government economic policy or other financial or economic events affecting the currency markets, may cause currency exchange rates to fluctuate sharply in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on the value of the notes and your return on your investment in the notes at maturity.
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Changes in interest rates may affect the trading value of the notes.
We expect that changes in interest rates will affect the trading value of the notes. In general, assuming no change in the Index closing level, if interest rates in the United States increase or interest rates in the country issuing the Underlying Currency decrease, we expect the trading value of the notes will decrease. Conversely, in general, assuming no change in the Index closing level, if the interest rates in the United States decrease or interest rates in the country issuing the Underlying Currency increase, we expect that the trading value of the notes will increase.
If interest rates increase or decrease in markets based on the Underlying Currency, the trading value of the notes may be adversely affected. Interest rates may affect the economies of the country issuing the Underlying Currency or the United States, and, in turn, the Exchange Rates. Prior to maturity, the impact of interest rates in the United States and the interest rates in the country issuing the Underlying Currency may either offset or magnify each other.
Suspensions or disruptions of market trading in the currency markets may adversely affect the amount payable at maturity and/or the market value of the notes.
The currency markets are subject to temporary distortions or other disruptions due to various factors, including the participation of speculators and government regulation and intervention. These circumstances could affect the value of the Underlying Currency and the U.S. dollar and the Exchange Rate and, therefore, the amount we will pay you at maturity, if any, and in the market value of the notes.
The Underlying Currency and/or the U.S. dollar may be replaced by other currencies following a Currency Succession Event.
If the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar is lawfully eliminated and replaced with, converted into, redenominated as, or exchanged for, another currency; or any country or economic region, as applicable, in which the lawful currency is the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar (the Relevant Country) divides into two or more countries or economic regions, as applicable, each with a different lawful currency immediately after such event (each such event, a Currency Succession Event), the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar will be replaced with another currency (a Successor Currency). In the event of any such Currency Succession Event, you will become subject to the performance of the Successor Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or the performance of the Underlying Currency relative to the Successor Currency, as applicable. You should read General Terms of Notes Currency Succession Events in order to understand these and other adjustments that may be made to your notes. The occurrence of a Currency Succession Event and the consequent adjustments may materially and adversely affect the value of the notes.
If the notes are linked to an index not described in this product supplement, a separate index supplement or the relevant terms supplement may provide additional risk factors relating to such index.
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USE OF PROCEEDS AND HEDGING
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 agents commissions (as shown on the cover page of the relevant terms supplement) paid with respect to the notes and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes. We may have hedged our obligations under the notes through certain affiliates or unaffiliated counterparties.
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the original issue price of the notes 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, which in no event will exceed $35.00 per $1,000 principal amount note, 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 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, expect to hedge some or all of our anticipated exposure in connection with the notes. In addition, from time to time after we issue the notes, we, through our affiliates or others, may enter into additional hedging transactions and close out or unwind those we have entered into, in connection with the notes and possibly in connection with our or our affiliates exposure to the Index, the equity securities that compose the Index, the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar. To accomplish this, we, through our affiliates or others, may take positions in instruments the value of which is derived from the Index, the equity securities that compose the Index, the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar. 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 instruments described above.
While we cannot predict an outcome, any of these hedging activities or other trading activities of ours could potentially increase the Index closing level or the Exchange Rate on the pricing date or any Initial Averaging Dates, as applicable, and/or decrease the Index closing level or the Exchange Rate on any Index Valuation Date, which could adversely affect your payment at maturity. See Risk Factors We or our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to those of the holders of the notes as a result of our hedging and other trading activities above.
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. We may hedge our exposure on the notes directly or we may aggregate this exposure with other positions taken by us and our affiliates with respect to our exposure to specific levels and/or exchange rates. No note holder will have any rights or interest in our hedging activity or any positions we or any affiliated or unaffiliated counterparties may take in connection with our hedging activity.
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THE MDAX® INDEX
We have derived all information contained in this product supplement regarding the MDAX® 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, Deutsche Börse AG (Deutsche Börse or the Index Sponsor). We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. The MDAX® Index was developed by Deutsche Börse and is calculated, maintained and published by Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse has no obligation to continue to publish, and may discontinue the publication of, the MDAX® Index.
The MDAX® Index is reported by Bloomberg L.P. under the ticker symbol MDAX.
The MDAX® Index (the MDAX® or the Index) comprises 50 mid-cap issuers based in Germany from classic sectors (i.e., sectors other than technology sectors). These companies are selected from the continuously traded companies in the Prime Standard Segment that meet certain selection criteria. To be listed in the Prime Standard, a company must meet minimum statutory requirements, which include the regular publication of financial reports, and must satisfy additional transparency requirements. The reference date of the MDAX® is December 30, 1987.
The MDAX® is capital-weighted, meaning the weight of any individual issue is proportionate to its respective share in the overall capitalization of all Index component issuers. The weight of any single company is capped at 10% of the Index capitalization, measured quarterly. Weighting is based exclusively on the free float portion of the issued share capital of any class of shares involved. Both the number of shares included in the issued share capital and the free float factor are updated on one day each quarter (the chaining date). The MDAX® is a performance (i.e. total return) Index, which reinvests all income from dividend and bonus payments in the Index portfolio.
The Working Committee for Equity Indices and the Management Board of Deutsche Börse
The Working Committee for Equity Indices (the Committee) advises Deutsche Börse on all issues related to the MDAX®, recommending measures that are necessary in order to ensure the relevance of the Index range and the correctness and transparency of the Index calculation process. In accordance with the various rules, the Committee pronounces recommendations in respect of the composition of the MDAX®. However, any decisions on the composition of and possible modifications to the MDAX® are exclusively taken by the Management Board of Deutsche Börse (the Board). Such decisions are published in a press release and on Deutsche Börses publicly available website at www.deutsche-boerse.com in the evening after the Committee has concluded its meeting. Information contained in Deutsche Börses website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this product supplement or any relevant terms supplement. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of information contained on Deutsche Börses website.
The Committees meetings usually take place on the third trading day in each of March, June, September and December. The date for the respective next meeting is announced via a press release on Deutsche Börses website on the evening of the current meeting.
The so-called "equity index ranking" is published monthly by Deutsche Börse, containing all relevant data in respect of the key criteria order book turnover and market capitalization. This publication also serves the Committee as a basis for decision-making at its quarterly meetings. It is produced at the beginning of each month and published via the Internet.
Free Float
For the determination of the free float portion used to weight a companys class of shares in the MDAX® and for the ranking lists, the following definition applies:
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1. All shareholdings of an owner which, on an accumulated basis, account for at least 5% of a companys share capital attributed to a class of shares are considered to be non-free float. Shareholdings of an owner also include shareholdings:
held by the family of the owner as defined by section §15a of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG);
for which a pooling has been arranged in which the owner has an interest;
managed or kept in safe custody by a third party for account of the owner; and
held by a company which the owner controls as defined by section 22(3) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpUG).
2. The definition of non-free floatirrespective of the size of a shareholdingcovers any shareholding of an owner that is subject to a statutory or contractual qualifying period of at least six months with regard to its disposal by the owner. This applies only during the qualifying period. Shareholdings as defined by No. 1 above are counted as shareholdings for the calculation according to No. 1. Shares held by the issuing company (treasury shares) are always considered as block holdings and are not part of the free float of the share class.
3. As long as the size of such a shareholding does not exceed 25% of a companys share capital, the definition of free float includes all shareholdings held by:
asset managers and trust companies;
investment funds and pension funds; and
capital investment companies or foreign investment companies in their respective special fund assets.
with the purpose of pursuing short-term investment strategies. Such shares, for which the acquirer has at the time of purchase clearly and publicly stated that strategic goals are being pursued and that the intention is to actively influence the company policies and ongoing business of the company, are not considered as such a short-term investment. In addition, shares having been acquired through a public purchase offer will not be considered as short-term investment. This does not apply to shareholdings managed or held in safe custody according to No. 1, or to venture capital companies, or other assets serving similar purposes. The shareholdings as defined by No. 1 above are not counted as shareholdings for the calculation according to No. 1.
4. In case of an ongoing takeover, shares that are under the control of the overtaking companies via derivatives will also be considered for the determination of the stocks free float. The derivatives need to be subject to registration according to legislation in WpHG and WpUG.
The various criteria in Nos. 1 to 4 are also fully applied to classes of shares that are subject to restrictions of ownership.
Index Composition
Selection Criteria
To be included or to remain in the MDAX®, companies have to satisfy certain prerequisites. All classes of the companys shares must:
be listed in the Prime Standard segment on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange;
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be traded continuously on Deutsche Börses electronic trading system Xetra®;
show a free float portion of at least 10%; and
belong to a sector or subsector that is assigned to the Classic (i.e. non-technology) area.
If, for any company, more than one class of shares fulfils the above criteria, only the respective larger or more liquid class can be included in the MDAX®. Moreover, companies must either:
have their headquarters (or operating headquarters) in Germany; or
have a major share of the stock exchange turnover at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and their juristic headquarters in the European Union or in a European Free Trade Association state.
Operating headquarters is defined as the location of management or company administration, in part or in full. If a company has its operating headquarters in Germany, but not its registered office, this must be publicly identified by the company. The primary trading turnover requirement is met if at least 33% of aggregate turnover for each of the last three months took place on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, including Xetra®.
To preserve the character of the MDAX®, the Board reserves the right to exclude certain companies from the MDAX® in coordination with the Committee. One possible reason for such an exclusion could be that the applicable company is a foreign holding company with headquarters in Germany, but a clear focus of business activities abroad.
Companies that satisfied the prerequisites listed above are selected for inclusion in the MDAX® according to the following two key criteria:
order book turnover on Xetra® and in Frankfurt floor trading (within the preceding twelve months); and
free float market capitalization (determined using the average of the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the last 20 trading days prior to the last day of the month) as at a certain reporting date (last trading day of each month).
In addition, the following factors influence the decision-making process:
the free float;
market availability (measured on the basis of trading volumes, frequency of price determination, turnover or the Xetra® Liquidity Measure);
sector affiliation; and
the period during which a company has met the criteria for inclusion in, or elimination from, the Index (retroactive view).
Taking all these criteria into account, the Committee submits proposals to the Board to leave the current composition of the MDAX® unchanged or to effect changes. The final decision as to whether or not to replace an Index component issue is taken by the Board.
Adjustments to Index Composition
Ordinary adjustments are made each year in March and September, based on the following criteria:
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a company can be included in the MDAX® if it has a minimum turnover ranking of 60 and a minimum market capitalization ranking of 60; and
a company can be removed from the MDAX® if it has a turnover ranking worse than 60 or a market capitalization ranking worse than 60.
Replacements can take place if only one of the two criteria listed above is met.
Furthermore, under the fast-entry and fast-exit rules, which are applied in March, June, September and December:
a company can be included in the MDAX® if it has a minimum turnover ranking of 40 and a minimum market capitalization ranking of 40; and
a company can be removed from the MDAX® if it has a turnover ranking worse than 75 or a market capitalization ranking worse than 75.
Based on the rankings and further criteria involved, the Committee recommends in these cases ifand if so, against which issuersuch company is to be admitted to the MDAX®.
Finally, extraordinary adjustments to Index composition have to be performed, regardless of the fast-exit or fast-entry rules, upon occurrence of specific events, such as insolvency. In addition, a company can be removed immediately if its Index weight based on the actual market capitalization exceeds 10% and its annualized 30-day volatility exceeds 250%. The relevant figures are published by Deutsche Börse on a daily basis. The Board, in agreement with the Committee, may decide on the removal and may replace the company two full trading days after the announcement.
Adjustments are also necessary in two scenarios in the mergers and acquisitions context:
if an absorbing or emerging company meets basis criteria for inclusion in the Index, as soon as the free float of the absorbed company falls below 10%, the company is removed from the company under the ordinary or extraordinary adjustments described above; and
if an absorbing company is already included in the Index or does not meet the basis criteria for inclusion in the Index, as soon as the free float of the absorbed company falls below 10%, the company is removed from the Index under the ordinary or extraordinary adjustments described above. On the same date, the absorbed company is replaced by a new company after recommendation of the Committee.
The weight of the company represented in the Index is adjusted to the new number of shares on the quarterly date after the merger has taken place.
Index Calculation
The MDAX® is weighted by market capitalization; however, only freely available and tradable shares (free-float) are taken into account. The MDAX® is a performance (i.e. total return) Index, which reinvests all income from dividend and bonus payments in the Index portfolio.
The Index Formula
The MDAX® is conceived according to the Laspeyres formula set out below:
Indext = | × Base |
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whereby:
cit | = | Adjustment factor of company i at time t | |
ffiT | = | Free float factor of share class I at time T | |
n | = | Number of shares in the Index | |
pi0 | = | Closing price of share i on the trading day before the first inclusion in the MDAX | |
piT | = | Price of share i at time t | |
qi0 | = | Number of shares of company i on the trading day before the first inclusion in the MDAX | |
qiT | = | Number of shares of company i at time T | |
t | = | Calculation time of the index | |
KT | = | MDAX® chaining factor valid as of chaining date T | |
T | = | Date of the last chaining |
The formula set out below is equivalent in analytic terms, but designed to achieve relative weighting:
Index calculation can be reproduced in simplified terms by using the expression Fi:
Multiply the current price by the respective Fi weighting factor;
Take the sum of these products; and
Divide this by the base value (A) which remains constant until a modification in the Index composition occurs.
The Fi factors provide information on the number of shares required from each company to track the underlying Index portfolio.
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Calculation Frequency
Index calculation is performed on every exchange trading day in Frankfurt, using prices traded on Deutsche Börses electronic trading system Xetra®, whereby the last determined prices are used. The MDAX® is calculated continuously once a second. The MDAX® is distributed as soon as current prices are available for 35 companies belonging to the Index. As long as opening prices for individual shares are not available, the particular closing prices of the previous day are taken instead for calculating the indices.
In the event of a suspension during trading hours, the last price determined before such a suspension is used for all subsequent computations. If such suspension occurs before the start of trading, the closing price of the previous day is taken instead. The official closing index level is calculated using the respective closing prices (or last prices) established on Xetra®.
Adjustments
The MDAX® is adjusted for exogenous influences (e.g. price-relevant capital changes) by means of certain correction factors, assuming a reinvestment according to the opération blanche. If the absolute amount of the accumulated distributions (dividends, bonus and special distributions, spin-offs or subscription rights on other security-classes) between two regular chaining dates accounts for more than 10% of the market capitalization of the distributing company on the day before the first distribution, the part of the distribution exceeding the 10% will not be reinvested in a single stock but in the overall Index portfolio per unscheduled chaining date.
Licensing Agreement with Deutsche Börse
The MDAX® Index is a registered trademark of Deutsche Börse. The notes are neither sponsored nor promoted, distributed or in any other manner supported by Deutsche Börse (the Licensor). Neither the publication of the Index by the Licensor nor the granting of a license regarding the Index as well as the Index trademark for the utilization in connection with the notes or other securities or financial products that are derived from the Index, represents a recommendation by the Licensor for a capital investment or contains in any manner a warranty or opinion by the Licensor with respect to the attractiveness on an investment in the notes.
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OTHER INDICES
If the notes are linked to an index not described in this product supplement or to an index described in this product supplement that changed its methodology in any material respect, a separate index supplement or the relevant terms supplement will provide additional information relating to such index.
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GENERAL TERMS OF NOTES
Calculation Agent
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one of our affiliates, will act as the calculation agent. The calculation agent will determine, among other things, the Initial Index Level, the Strike Level, if applicable, the Adjusted Closing Level, the closing level of the Index and the Exchange Rate on each Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, and each Index Valuation Date, the Ending Index Level, the Index Return and the amount, if any, that we will pay you at maturity. In addition, the calculation agent will determine whether there has been a market disruption event, a currency disruption event, a discontinuation of the Index or a Currency Succession Event and whether there has been a material change in the method of calculating the Index. The calculation agent will also be responsible for determining the Exchange Rate if the Exchange Rate is not available on Reuters or Bloomberg, as applicable, and for selecting a Successor Currency, if applicable. 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 on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day preceding the maturity date.
All calculations with respect to the Initial Index Level, the Strike Level, if applicable, the Ending Index Level, the Index Return or any Adjusted Closing Level or Index closing level will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth, with five one-millionths rounded upward (e.g., .876545 would be rounded to .87655); all calculations with respect to any Exchange Rate will be rounded to five significant figures, with fives rounded up (e.g., 0.00876545 would be rounded to 0.0087655, and 87.6545 would be rounded to 87.655); all dollar amounts related to determination of the payment per $1,000 principal amount note at maturity, if any, will be rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth, with five one hundred-thousandths rounded upward (e.g., .76545 would be rounded up to .7655); and all dollar amounts paid, 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 properly determining the Index closing level on any Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, or any Index Valuation Date, and consequently, calculating the Index Return and the amount that we are required to pay you, if any, at maturity. These events may include disruptions or suspensions of trading on the markets as a whole. We refer to each of these events individually as a market disruption event.
With respect to the Index or any relevant successor index, a market disruption event, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, means:
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 Index (or the relevant successor index) on the relevant exchange (as defined below) for such securities for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such relevant exchange;
a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of any relevant exchange as a result of which the reported trading prices for equity securities then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index (or the relevant successor index) during the one hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange are materially inaccurate;
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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 Index (or the relevant successor index) for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such exchange or market; or
a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant futures or options contracts;
in each case as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion; and
For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event with respect to the Index (or the relevant successor index) exists at any time, if trading in a security included in the Index (or the relevant successor index) is materially suspended or materially limited at that time, then the relevant percentage contribution of that security to the level of the Index (or the relevant successor index) will be based on a comparison of:
the portion of the level of the Index (or the relevant successor index) attributable to that security relative to
the overall level of the Index (or the relevant successor index),
in each case immediately before that suspension or limitation.
For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event with respect to the Index (or the relevant successor index) has occurred, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement:
a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a market disruption event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange, or the primary exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to the Index (or the relevant successor index);
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;
a suspension of trading in futures or options contracts on the Index (or the relevant successor index) by the primary exchange or market for trading in such contracts by reason of
a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market,
an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts, or
will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related to the Index (or the relevant successor index); and
a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on any relevant exchange or on the primary exchange or market on which futures or options contracts related to the Index (or the relevant successor index) are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
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Relevant exchange means, with respect to the Index or any relevant successor index, the primary exchange or market of trading for any security (or any combination thereof) then included in the Index or such successor index, as applicable.
Currency Disruption Events
Certain events may prevent the calculation agent from properly determining the Exchange Rate on any Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, or any Index Valuation Date, and consequently, calculating the Index Return and the amount that we are required to pay you, if any, at maturity. These events may include disruptions or suspensions of trading on the markets as a whole. We refer to each of these events individually as a currency disruption event.
A currency disruption event, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) | a Convertibility Event; | |
(b) | a Deliverability Event; | |
(c) | a Liquidity Event; | |
(d) | a Taxation Event; | |
(e) | a Discontinuity Event; or | |
(f) | a Price Source Disruption Event, |
in each case as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion and in the case of an event described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above, a determination by the calculation agent in its sole discretion that such event materially interferes with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge with respect to the notes.
Convertibility Event means an event that has the effect of preventing, restricting or delaying a market participant from:
(i) | converting the Underlying Currency into U.S. dollars through customary legal channels; or | |
(ii) | converting the Underlying Currency into U.S. dollars at a rate at least as favorable as the rate for domestic institutions located in the country or economic region the lawful currency of which is the Underlying Currency (the Underlying Currency Country). |
Deliverability Event means an event that has the effect of preventing, restricting or delaying a market participant from:
(i) | delivering the Underlying Currency from accounts inside the Underlying Currency Country to accounts outside the Underlying Currency Country; or | |
(ii) | delivering the Underlying Currency between accounts inside the Underlying Currency Country or to a party that is a non-resident of the Underlying Currency Country. |
Liquidity Event means the imposition by the Underlying Currency Country (or any political subdivision or regulatory authority thereof) or the United States (each Underlying Currency Country and the United States, a Relevant Country) (or any political subdivision or regulatory authority thereof) of any capital or currency controls (such as a restriction placed on the holding of assets in or transactions through any account in the Underlying Currency Country or the United States, as applicable, by a non-resident of the Underlying Currency Country or the United States), or the publication of any notice of an intention to do so, which the calculation agent determines in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner is likely to materially affect an investment in the Underlying Currency or U.S. dollars.
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Taxation Event means the implementation by the applicable Relevant Country (or any political subdivision or regulatory authority thereof), or the publication of any notice of an intention to implement, any changes to the laws or regulations relating to foreign investment in such Relevant Country, as applicable (including, but not limited to, changes in tax laws and/or laws relating to capital markets and corporate ownership), which the calculation agent determines in good faith in a commercially reasonable manner are likely to materially affect an investment in the Underlying Currency or U.S. dollars.
Discontinuity Event means the pegging or de-pegging of the Underlying Currency to the U.S. dollar or the controlled appreciation or devaluation by the Relevant Country (or any political subdivision or regulatory authority thereof) of the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar, as determined by the calculation agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Price Source Disruption Event means the non-publication or unavailability of the applicable spot rate for the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar on the applicable Reuters or Bloomberg page (or any substitute page) specified in the relevant terms supplement and at the applicable time specified in the relevant terms supplement for the determination of the Exchange Rate on any date of determination.
Discontinuation of the Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Index Sponsor or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued Index (such index being referred to herein as a successor index), then the Index closing level on any relevant Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, Index Valuation Date or any other relevant date on which the Index closing level is to be determined will be determined by reference to the level of such successor index at the close of trading on the relevant exchange for such successor index on such day.
Upon any selection by the calculation agent of a successor index, the calculation agent will cause written notice thereof to be promptly furnished to the trustee, to us and to the holders of the notes.
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on, an Initial Averaging Date, if applicable, an Index Valuation Date or any other relevant date on which the Index closing level is to be determined, and the calculation agent determines, in its sole discretion, that no successor index for the Index is available at such time, or the calculation agent has previously selected a successor index and publication of such successor index is discontinued prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on, such Initial Averaging Date, Index Valuation Date or other relevant date, then the calculation agent will determine the Index closing level for such date. The Index closing level will be computed by the calculation agent in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index or successor index, as applicable, last in effect prior to such discontinuation, using the closing price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, the calculation agents good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close of the principal trading session on such date of each security most recently composing the Index or successor index, as applicable. Notwithstanding these alternative arrangements, discontinuation of the publication of the Index or its successor index, as applicable, may adversely affect the value of the notes.
If at any time the method of calculating the Index or a successor index, or the level thereof, is changed in a material respect, or if the Index or a successor index is in any other way modified so that the Index or such successor index does not, in the opinion of the calculation agent, fairly represent the level of the Index or such successor index had such changes or modifications not been made, then the calculation agent will, at the close of business in New York City on each date on which the Index closing level is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith
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judgment of the calculation agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of an index comparable to the Index or such successor index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the calculation agent will calculate the Index closing level with reference to the Index or such successor index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or such successor index is modified so that the level of the Index or such successor index is a fraction of what it would have been if there had been no such modification (e.g., due to a split in the Index), then the calculation agent will adjust its calculation of the Index or such successor index in order to arrive at a level of the Index or such successor index as if there had been no such modification (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).
Currency Succession Events
A Currency Succession Event means the occurrence of either of the following events:
(a) | the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar is lawfully eliminated and replaced with, converted into, redenominated as, or exchanged for, another currency; or | |
(b) | any Relevant Country divides into two or more countries or economic regions, as applicable, each with a different lawful currency immediately after such event. |
We refer to the Underlying Currency or the U.S. dollar with respect to which a Currency Succession Event has occurred as the Former Currency.
On and after the effective date of a Currency Succession Event, the Former Currency will be deemed to be replaced with:
(i) | in the case of clause (a) above, the currency that lawfully replaces the Former Currency, into which the Former Currency is converted or redenominated, or for which the Former Currency is exchanged, as applicable, or | |
(ii) | in the case of clause (b) above, a currency selected by the calculation agent from among the lawful currencies resulting from such division that the calculation agent determines in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner is most comparable to the Former Currency, taking into account the latest available quotation for the spot rate of the Former Currency relative to the U.S. dollar or the Underlying Currency relative to the U.S. dollar, as applicable, and any other information that it deems relevant. |
We refer to the replacement currency determined as described in clause (i) or (ii) above as a Successor Currency.
Upon the occurrence of a Currency Succession Event:
(x) | if the Former Currency is the Underlying Currency, the Exchange Rate for the Successor Currency on any currency business day prior to the Currency Succession Event will be equal to (A) the product of the prior Exchange Rate for the Former Currency on such currency business day and the official conversion rate for the Former Currency per one unit of Successor Currency (as publicly announced by the Underlying Currency Country) used by the Underlying Currency Country to set its official exchange rate for the U.S. dollar per one unit of Successor Currency on the effective date of such Currency Succession Event or (B) if the official conversion rate referred to in clause (A) immediately above is not publicly announced by the Underlying Currency Country, the product of the Exchange Rate for the Successor Currency on the effective date of such Currency Succession Event and a fraction, the numerator of which is the prior Exchange Rate for the Former Currency on such currency business day and the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate for the Former Currency on the currency business day immediately preceding the effective date of such Currency Succession Event; or |
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(y) | if the Former Currency is the U.S. dollar, the Exchange Rate for the Underlying Currency on any currency business day prior to the Currency Succession Event will be adjusted to be equal to (A) the product of the Exchange Rate for the Underlying Currency on such trading day and the official conversion rate for the Successor Currency per one unit of Former Currency (as publicly announced by the United States) used by the United States to set its official exchange rate for the Underlying Currency per one unit of Successor Currency on the effective date of such Currency Succession Event or (B) if the official conversion rate referred to in clause (A) immediately above is not publicly announced by the United States, the product of the Exchange Rate for the Underlying Currency (determined by reference to the spot rate of the Underlying Currency relative to the Successor Currency) on the effective date of such Currency Succession Event and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Exchange Rate for the Underlying Currency on such currency business day and the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate for the Underlying Currency (determined by reference to the spot rate of the Underlying Currency relative to the Former Currency) on the currency business day immediately preceding the effective date of such Currency Succession Event. |
Upon the occurrence of a Currency Succession Event, the calculation agent will select in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner a substitute Reuters or Bloomberg page for purposes of determining the Exchange Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, as a result of a Currency Succession Event, (1) in the case of a Former Currency that is the Underlying Currency, the Successor Currency is the U.S. dollar or, (2) in the case of a Former Currency that is the U.S. dollar, the Successor Currency is the Underlying Currency, in lieu of the adjustments described in the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Exchange Rate on each currency business day occurring on and after the effective date of such Currency Succession Event will be deemed to be equal to the Exchange Rate on the currency business day immediately preceding such effective date.
Events of Default
Under the heading Description of Debt Securities Events of Default and Waivers 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 determined by the calculation agent and will be an amount in cash equal to the amount payable at maturity per $1,000 principal amount note as described under the caption Description of Notes Payment at Maturity, calculated as if the date of acceleration were the final Index Valuation Date, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement. If the notes have more than one Index Valuation Date, then, for each Index 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 Index Valuation Dates in excess of one) will be the corresponding Index Valuation Dates, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.
If the maturity of the notes is accelerated because of an event of default as described above, we will, or will 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.
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Modification
Under the heading Description of Debt Securities Modification of the Indenture in the accompanying prospectus is a description of when the consent of each affected holder of debt securities is required to modify the indenture.
Defeasance
The provisions described in the accompanying prospectus under the heading Description of Debt Securities Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance are not applicable to the notes, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.
Listing
The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement.
Book-Entry Only Issuance The Depository Trust Company
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. (DTCs 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 Mellon in The City of New York.
The Bank of New York Mellon or one of its affiliates will act as registrar and transfer agent for the notes. The Bank of New York Mellon 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 Mellon, but upon payment (with the giving of such indemnity as The Bank of New York Mellon may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it.
Governing Law
The notes will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the notes. This summary applies to you if you are an initial holder of a note purchasing the note at its issue price for cash and if you hold the note as a capital asset 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 that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances or if you are a holder of a note who is subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as:
a financial institution;
a regulated investment company as defined in Code Section 851;
a real estate investment trust as defined in Code Section 856;
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 person holding a note as part of a hedging transaction, straddle, conversion transaction or integrated transaction, or who has entered into a constructive sale with respect to a note;
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. As the law applicable to the U.S. federal income taxation of instruments such as the notes is technical and complex, the discussion below necessarily represents only a general summary. Moreover, the effects of any applicable state, local or foreign tax laws are not discussed. You 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.
Tax Treatment of the Notes
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 IRS regarding the notes.
We intend to seek an opinion from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, our special tax counsel, which will be based upon the terms of the notes at the time of the relevant offering and certain factual representations to be received from us, regarding the treatment of the notes as open transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Whether our special tax counsel expresses an opinion regarding the characterization of the notes will be indicated in the relevant terms supplement. In either case, we and you will agree to treat the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes as open transactions. While other characterizations of the notes could be asserted by the IRS, as discussed below, the following discussion assumes that the notes are treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as open transactions with respect to the Index and not as debt instruments, unless otherwise indicated.
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In general, we will not attempt to ascertain whether any of the issuers of the component stocks of the Index would be treated as a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code or as a United States real property holding corporation (USRPHC) within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code. If any of the issuers of the component stocks were so treated, certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences might apply, to a U.S. Holder in the case of a PFIC and to a Non-U.S. Holder in the case of a USRPHC, upon the sale or exchange of a note (including redemption of a note at maturity). You should refer to information filed with the relevant governmental authority by the issuers of the component stocks and consult your tax adviser regarding the possible consequences to you if any of the issuers of the component stocks is or becomes a PFIC or USRPHC, as applicable. Depending on the nature of the component stocks in a particular offering, the relevant terms supplement may include further disclosure regarding these issues.
In addition, it is possible, due to the nature of the component stocks of the Index, that a particular offering of notes could under current law constitute constructive ownership transactions within the meaning of Section 1260 of the Code. Section 1260 very generally operates to recharacterize certain long-term capital gain as ordinary income and impose an interest charge. In this event, the relevant terms supplement will include disclosure regarding that issue. The remainder of this discussion assumes that the notes are not subject to the constructive ownership rules.
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders
You are a U.S. Holder if for U.S. federal income tax purposes you are a beneficial owner of a note that is:
a citizen or resident of the United States;
a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia; or
an estate or trust the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source.
Tax Treatment of the Notes
Tax Treatment Prior to Maturity. You should not recognize taxable income or loss over the term of the notes prior to maturity other than pursuant to a sale or exchange as described below.
Sale, Exchange or Redemption of a Note. Upon a sale or exchange of a note (including redemption at maturity), you should recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale or exchange and your tax basis in the note, which should equal the amount you paid to acquire the note. This gain or loss should be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the note for more than one year at that time. The deductibility of capital losses, however, is subject to limitations.
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 and adversely from our description herein. For example, the IRS might treat the notes as debt instruments issued by us, in which event the taxation of the notes would be governed by certain Treasury regulations relating to the taxation of contingent payment debt instruments 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. In this event, regardless of whether you are an accrual-method or cash-method
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taxpayer, you would be required to accrue into income original issue discount on your 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 your notes (even though you will not receive any cash with respect to the notes prior to maturity) and any income recognized upon a sale or exchange of your notes (including redemption at maturity) would generally be treated as interest 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 might also require you to include amounts in income during the term of your notes and/or might treat all or a portion of the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of your notes (including redemption at maturity) as ordinary income or loss or as short-term capital gain or loss, without regard to how long you held your notes. In addition, in 2007 Treasury and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of prepaid forward contracts and similar instruments, such as the notes. The notice focuses in particular on whether to require holders of these instruments to accrue income over the term of their investment. It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments; the relevance of factors such as the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; and whether these instruments are or should be subject to the constructive ownership regime described above. While the notice requests comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the notes, possibly with retroactive effect. 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 this notice.
Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders
You are a Non-U.S. Holder if for U.S. federal income tax purposes you are a beneficial owner of a note that is:
a nonresident alien individual;
a foreign corporation; or
a foreign estate or trust.
You are not a Non-U.S. Holder for purposes of this discussion 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 or exchange of a note (including redemption at maturity).
If you are a Non-U.S. Holder of a note and if the characterization of the notes as open transactions is respected, any income or gain from the note should not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax unless it is effectively connected with your conduct of a U.S. trade or business. However, among the issues addressed in the notice described above in Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders Possible Alternative Tax Treatments of an Investment in the Notes is the degree, if any, to which income with respect to instruments described therein, such as the notes, should be subject to U.S. withholding tax. It is possible that any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the withholding tax consequences of an investment in the notes, possibly with retroactive effect.
If the notes were recharacterized as indebtedness, any income or gain from a note nonetheless would not be subject to U.S. withholding tax, provided generally that the certification requirement described below has been fulfilled. Because the characterization of the notes is unclear, payments made to you with respect to a note may be withheld upon at a rate of 30% unless you have certified on IRS Form W-8BEN, under penalties of perjury, that you are not a United States person and provided your name and address or otherwise satisfied applicable documentation requirements.
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If you are engaged in a U.S. trade or business, and if income or gain from a note is effectively connected with your 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 in lieu of the certificate described in the preceding paragraph, you will be required to provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI in order to claim an exemption from withholding. 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 notes, including the possible imposition of a 30% branch profits tax if you are a corporation.
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, a note is 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 a note.
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 additional taxes and may be refunded or credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.
THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO YOU OF OWNING AND DISPOSING OF NOTES ARE UNCLEAR. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISER REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF OWNING AND DISPOSING OF 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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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION (CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)
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 LLC, as agent (an Agent or JPMS), 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 JPMS, the Agents), JPMS has agreed and any additional Agents will agree to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase the principal amount of notes set forth in the cover page of the relevant terms supplement. We will have the sole right to accept offers to purchase the notes and may reject any offer in whole or in part. Each Agent may reject, in whole or in part, any offer it solicited to purchase notes. We will pay an Agent, in connection with sales of these notes resulting from a solicitation that Agent made or an offer to purchase the Agent received, a commission as set forth in the relevant terms supplement. An Agent 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.
We may also sell notes to an Agent as principal for its own account at discounts to be agreed upon at the time of sale as disclosed in the relevant terms supplement. That Agent may resell notes to investors and other purchasers at a fixed offering price or at prevailing market prices, or prices related thereto at the time of resale or otherwise, as that Agent determines and as we will specify in the relevant terms supplement. An Agent may offer the notes it has purchased as principal to other dealers. That Agent may sell the notes to any dealer at a discount and, unless otherwise specified in the relevant terms supplement, the discount allowed to any dealer will not be in excess of the discount that Agent will receive from us. After the initial public offering of notes that the Agent is to resell on a fixed public offering price basis, the Agent may change the public offering price, concession and discount.
We own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding equity securities of JPMS. The net proceeds received from the sale of the notes will be used, in part, by JPMS or one of its affiliates in connection with hedging our obligations under the notes. The underwriting arrangements for this offering will comply with the requirements of FINRA Rule 5121 regarding a FINRA member firms underwriting of securities of an affiliate. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5121, neither JPMS nor any other affiliated Agent of ours may make sales in this offering to any of its discretionary accounts without the prior written approval of the customer.
JPMS 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, JPMS may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the notes. Specifically, JPMS 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. JPMS 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 JPMS 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, JPMS 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. JPMS is not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time.
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No action has been or will be taken by us, JPMS or any dealer that would permit a public offering of the notes or possession or distribution of this product supplement no. 210-A-I, any related index supplement 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. 210-A-I, any related index supplement 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. 210-A-I, any related index supplement 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 Agents or any dealers compliance with the applicable laws and regulations or obtaining any required consent, approval or permission. For additional information regarding selling restrictions, please see Notice to Investors in this product supplement.
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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NOTICE TO INVESTORS
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. 210-A-I nor any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I nor the related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and, any related index supplement, 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.
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 replacement 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. | |
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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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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.
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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; | |
(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 representatives 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.
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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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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.
European Economic Area
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each Agent has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this product supplement no. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, the accompanying prospectus, prospectus supplement and terms supplement to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the notes which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of such notes to the public in that Relevant Member State:
(a) at any time to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(b) at any time to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than 43,000,000; and (3) an annual net turnover of more than 50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(c) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Agent; or
(d) at any time in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of notes to the public in relation to any notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
This European Economic Area selling restriction is in addition to any other selling restrictions set out herein.
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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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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;
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;
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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 investors 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 clients 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
None of this product supplement no. 210-A-I, any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I, any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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. 210-A-I and any related index supplement, 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.
United Kingdom
Each Agent has represented and agreed that:
(a) it is a person whose ordinary activities involve it in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of its business and (ii) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the notes other than to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or as agent) for the purposes of their businesses or who it is reasonable to expect will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses where the issue of the notes would otherwise constitute a contravention of Section 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA) by the Issuer;
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(b) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to us; and
(c) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
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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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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the Code) prohibit ERISA Plans, as well as plans (including 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 Section 4975 of the Code (in either case, Parties in Interest) with respect to such Plans. As a result of our business, we, and our current and future affiliates, may be Parties in Interest with respect to many Plans. Where we (or our affiliate) are a Party in Interest with respect to a Plan (either directly or by reason of our ownership interests in our directly or indirectly owned subsidiaries), the purchase and holding of the notes by or on behalf of the Plan could be a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code, unless exemptive relief were available under an applicable exemption (as described below).
Certain prohibited transaction class exemptions (PTCEs) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor may provide exemptive relief for direct or indirect prohibited transactions resulting from the purchase or holding of the notes. Those class exemptions are PTCE 96-23 (for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), PTCE 95-60 (for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTCE 91-38 (for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (for certain transactions involving insurance company separate accounts) and PTCE 84-14 (for certain transactions determined by independent qualified asset managers). In addition, ERISA Section 408(b)(17) and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code may provide a limited exemption for the purchase and sale of the notes and related lending transactions, provided that neither the issuer of the notes nor any of its affiliates have or exercise any discretionary authority or control or render any investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan involved in the transaction and provided further that the Plan pays no more, and receives no less, than adequate consideration in connection with the transaction (the so-called service provider exemption). There can be no assurance that any of these statutory or class exemptions will be available with respect to transactions involving the notes.
Accordingly, the notes may not be purchased or held by any Plan, any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of any Plans 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 PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 or the service-provider exemption or there is some other basis on which the purchase and holding of the notes will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each purchaser or holder of the notes or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented by its purchase or holding of the notes that (a) it is not a Plan and 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.
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Certain governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) and non-U.S. plans (as described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) (Non-ERISA Arrangements) 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 regulations (Similar Laws). Accordingly, each such 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 these rules, it is particularly important that fiduciaries or other persons considering purchasing the notes on behalf of or with plan assets of any Plan consult with their counsel regarding the relevant provisions of ERISA, the Code or any Similar Laws and the availability of exemptive relief under PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1, 84-14, the service provider exemption or some other basis on which the acquisition and holding will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any applicable Similar Laws.
The notes are contractual financial instruments. The financial exposure provided by the notes is not a substitute or proxy for, and is not intended as a substitute or proxy for, individualized investment management or advice for the benefit of any purchaser or holder of the notes. The notes have not been designed and will not be administered in a manner intended to reflect the individualized needs and objectives of any purchaser or holder of the notes.
Each purchaser or holder of any notes acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) | the purchaser or holder or its fiduciary has made and shall make all investment decisions for the purchaser or holder and the purchaser or holder has not relied and shall not rely in any way upon us or our affiliates to act as a fiduciary or adviser of the purchaser or holder with respect to (A) the design and terms of the notes, (B) the purchaser or holders investment in the notes, or (C) the exercise of or failure to exercise any rights we have under or with respect to the notes; | |
(ii) | we and our affiliates have acted and will act solely for our own account in connection with (A) all transactions relating to the notes and (B) all hedging transactions in connection with our obligations under the notes; | |
(iii) | any and all assets and positions relating to hedging transactions by us or our affiliates are assets and positions of those entities and are not assets and positions held for the benefit of the purchaser or holder; | |
(iv) | our interests are adverse to the interests of the purchaser or holder; and | |
(v) | neither we nor any of our affiliates is a fiduciary or adviser of the purchaser or holder in connection with any such assets, positions or transactions, and any information that we or any of our affiliates may provide is not intended to be impartial investment advice. |
Each purchaser and holder of the notes has exclusive responsibility for ensuring that its purchase, holding and subsequent disposition of the notes does not violate the fiduciary or prohibited transaction rules of ERISA, the Code or any applicable Similar Laws. The sale of any notes to any Plan is in no respect a representation by us or any of our affiliates or representatives that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by Plans or Non-ERISA Arrangements generally or any particular Plan or Non-ERISA Arrangement, or that such an investment is appropriate for Plans or Non-ERISA Arrangements generally or any particular Plan or Non-ERISA Arrangement.
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