Term Sheet
To product supplement B dated September 28, 2012,
prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2012 and
prospectus dated September 28, 2012
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Term Sheet No. 2220B
Registration Statement No. 333-184193
Dated September 30, 2014; Rule 433
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Structured
Investments
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Deutsche Bank AG
$ Digital Return Notes Linked to the EURO STOXX® Banks Index due October 21*, 2015
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The notes are designed for investors who seek a return at maturity linked to the performance of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index (the “Underlying”). If the Final Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Level, investors will be entitled to receive at maturity a return on the notes equal to the Digital Return of 14.90%. If the Final Level is less than the Initial Level, but greater than or equal to the Trigger Level (85.00% of the Initial Level), investors will receive at maturity the Face Amount per $1,000 Face Amount of notes. However, if the Final Level is less than the Trigger Level, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, investors will lose 1.00% of the Face Amount for every 1.00% by which the Final Level is less than the Initial Level. The notes do not pay any coupons or dividends and investors should be willing to lose a significant portion or all of their initial investment if the Final Level is less than the Trigger Level. Any payment on the notes is subject to the credit of the Issuer.
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Senior unsecured obligations of Deutsche Bank AG due October 21*, 2015†
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Minimum purchase of $10,000. Minimum denominations of $1,000 (the “Face Amount”) and integral multiples thereof.
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The notes are expected to price on or about October 3*, 2014 (the “Trade Date”) and are expected to settle on or about October 8*, 2014 (the “Settlement Date”).
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Issuer:
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Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
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Issue Price:
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100% of the Face Amount
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Underlying:
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The EURO STOXX® Banks Index (Ticker: SX7E)
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Digital Return:
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14.90%, which reflects the maximum return on the notes. The actual Digital Return will be set on the Trade Date and will not be less than 14.90%. Accordingly, the maximum Payment at Maturity will not be less than $1,149.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes.
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Payment at Maturity:
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· If the Final Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Level, you will be entitled to receive a cash payment at maturity per $1,000 Face Amount of notes equal to the Face Amount plus the product of the Face Amount and the Digital Return, calculated as follows:
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$1,000 + ($1,000 x Digital Return)
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· If the Final Level is less than the Initial Level but greater than or equal to the Trigger Level, you will be entitled to receive a cash payment at maturity per $1,000 Face Amount of notes equal to the Face Amount.
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· If the Final Level is less than the Trigger Level, you will be entitled to receive a cash payment at maturity per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, calculated as follows:
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$1,000 + ($1,000 x Underlying Return)
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If the Final Level is less than the Trigger Level, you will be fully exposed to the negative Underlying Return and, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, you will lose 1.00% of the Face Amount for every 1.00% by which the Final Level is less than the Initial Level. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment at maturity. Any payment at maturity is subject to the credit of the Issuer.
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Trigger Level:
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85.00% of the Initial Level
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Underlying Return:
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The performance of the Underlying from the Initial Level to the Final Level, calculated as follows:
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Final Level – Initial Level
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Initial Level
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The Underlying Return may be positive, zero or negative.
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Initial Level:
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The closing level of the Underlying on the Trade Date
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Final Level:
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The arithmetic average of the closing levels of the Underlying on each of the five Averaging Dates
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Trade Date:
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October 3*, 2014
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Settlement Date:
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October 8*, 2014
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Averaging Dates†:
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October 12*, 2015, October 13*, 2015, October 14*, 2015, October 15*, 2015 and October 16*, 2015
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Maturity Date†:
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October 21*, 2015
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Listing:
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The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.
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CUSIP/ISIN:
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25152RRE5 / US25152RRE52
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Price to Public(1)
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Fees(1)(2)
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Proceeds to Issuer
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Per note
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$1,000.00
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$10.00
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$990.00
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Total
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$
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$
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$
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Product supplement B dated September 28, 2012:
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Prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2012:
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Prospectus dated September 28, 2012:
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Hypothetical Underlying Return (%)
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Hypothetical Return (%)
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Payment at Maturity ($)
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100.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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90.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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80.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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70.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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60.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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50.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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40.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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30.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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20.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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15.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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5.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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0.00%
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14.90%
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$1,149.00
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-5.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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-10.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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-15.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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-20.00%
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-20.00%
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$800.00
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-25.00%
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-25.00%
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$750.00
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-30.00%
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-30.00%
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$700.00
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-40.00%
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-40.00%
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$600.00
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-50.00%
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-50.00%
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$500.00
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-60.00%
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-60.00%
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$400.00
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-70.00%
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-70.00%
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$300.00
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-80.00%
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-80.00%
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$200.00
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-90.00%
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-90.00%
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$100.00
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-100.00%
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-100.00%
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$0.00
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POTENTIAL POSITIVE RETURN ON THE NOTES IS FIXED AND LIMITED — If the Final Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Level, your return on the notes will be limited to the Digital Return of 14.90%, resulting in a maximum Payment at Maturity of $1,149.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, regardless of the increase in the level of the Underlying, which may be significant. Any payment on the notes is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due.
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LIMITED PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS — If the Final Level is less than the Initial Level, but greater than or equal to the Trigger Level, you will receive at maturity the Face Amount per $1,000 Face Amount of notes. However, if the Final Level is less than the Trigger Level, which is 85.00% of the Initial Level, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, you will lose 1.00% of the Face Amount for every 1.00% by which the Final Level is less than the Initial Level. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the notes.
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RETURN LINKED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EURO STOXX® BANKS INDEX — The return on the notes, which may be positive, zero or negative, is linked to the performance of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index as described herein. The EURO STOXX® Banks Index is a free float market capitalization index which currently includes 28 stocks of banks that are market sector leaders mainly from twelve countries in the Eurozone: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. This is only a summary of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index. For more information on the EURO STOXX® Banks Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see “The EURO STOXX® Banks Index” in this term sheet.
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TAX CONSEQUENCES — In the opinion of our special tax counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, which is based on prevailing market conditions, it is more likely than not that the notes will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as prepaid financial contracts that are not debt. Generally, if this treatment is respected, (i) you should not recognize taxable income or loss prior to the taxable disposition of your notes (including at maturity) and (ii) the gain or loss on your notes should be capital gain or loss and should be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the notes for more than one year. The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or a court might not agree with this treatment, however, in which case the timing and character of income or loss on your notes could be materially and adversely affected.
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YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES MAY RESULT IN A LOSS — The notes do not pay any coupons or dividends and do not guarantee any return of your investment. The return on the notes at maturity is linked to the performance of the Underlying and will depend on whether, and the extent to which, the Underlying Return is positive, zero or negative. If the Final Level is less than the Trigger Level, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, you will lose 1.00% of the Face Amount for every 1.00% by which the Final Level is less than the Initial Level. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment at maturity. Any payment on the notes is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due.
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YOUR MAXIMUM GAIN ON THE NOTES IS LIMITED TO THE DIGITAL RETURN — If the Final Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Level, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, you will receive at maturity the Face Amount plus the product of the Face Amount and the Digital Return of 14.90%, regardless of the increase in the level of the Underlying, which may be significant. Accordingly, the maximum Payment at Maturity will be $1,149.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes. You will receive a return reflecting the Digital Return only if the Final Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Level. The level of the Underlying at various times during the term of the notes could be higher than the closing levels of the Underlying on the Averaging Dates. Because the Digital Return is a fixed amount, you may receive a lower payment at maturity than you would if you had invested directly in the stocks composing the Underlying.
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THE NOTES DO NOT PAY ANY COUPONS — Unlike ordinary debt securities, the notes do not pay any coupons and do not guarantee any return of your initial investment at maturity.
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THE NOTES ARE SUBJECT TO OUR CREDITWORTHINESS — The notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer, Deutsche Bank AG, and are not, either directly or indirectly, an obligation of any third party. Any payment(s) to be made on the notes depends on the ability of Deutsche Bank AG to satisfy its obligations as they come due. An actual or anticipated downgrade in Deutsche Bank AG’s credit rating or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking our credit risk will likely have an adverse effect on the value of the notes. As a result, the actual and perceived creditworthiness of Deutsche Bank AG will affect the value of the notes and in the event Deutsche Bank AG were to default on its obligations, you might not receive any amount(s) owed to you under the terms of the notes and you could lose your entire investment.
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THE ISSUER’S ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE NOTES ON THE TRADE DATE WILL BE LESS THAN THE ISSUE PRICE OF THE NOTES — The Issuer’s estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date (as disclosed on the cover of this term sheet) is less than the Issue Price of the notes. The difference between the Issue Price and the Issuer’s estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date is due to the inclusion in the Issue Price of the agent’s commissions, if any, and the cost of hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates. Such hedging cost includes our or our affiliates’ expected cost of providing such hedge, as well as the profit we or our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in providing such hedge. The Issuer’s estimated value of the notes is determined by reference to an internal funding rate and our pricing models. The internal funding rate is typically lower than the rate we would pay when we issue conventional debt securities on equivalent terms. This difference in funding rate, as well as the agent’s commissions, if any, and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the notes, reduces the economic terms of the notes to you and is expected to adversely affect the price at which you may be able to sell the notes in any secondary market. In addition, our internal pricing models are proprietary and rely in part on certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect. If at any time a third party dealer were to quote a price to purchase your notes or otherwise value your notes, that price or value may differ materially from the estimated value of the notes determined by reference to our internal funding rate and pricing models. This difference is due to, among other things, any difference in funding rates, pricing models or assumptions used by any dealer who may purchase the notes in the secondary market.
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THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTMENTS IN NOTES LINKED TO THE VALUES OF EQUITY SECURITIES ISSUED BY NON-U.S. COMPANIES — The Underlying includes component stocks that are issued by companies incorporated outside of the U.S. Because the component stocks also trade outside the U.S., the notes are subject to the risks associated with non-U.S. securities markets. Generally, non-U.S. securities markets may be more volatile than U.S. securities markets, and market developments may affect non-U.S. securities markets differently than U.S. securities markets, which may adversely affect the value of the Underlying and the value of your notes. Furthermore, there are risks associated with investments in notes linked to the values of equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies. There is generally less publicly available information about non-U.S. companies than about those U.S. companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the SEC, and non-U.S. companies are subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements that differ from those applicable to U.S. reporting companies. In addition, the prices of equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies may be adversely affected by political, economic, financial and social factors that may be unique to the particular countries in which the non-U.S. companies are incorporated. These factors include the possibility of recent or future changes in a non-U.S. government’s economic and fiscal policies (including any direct or indirect intervention to stabilize the economy and/or securities market of the country of such non-U.S. government), the presence, and extent, of cross shareholdings in non-U.S. companies, the possible imposition of, or changes in, currency exchange laws or other non-U.S. laws or restrictions applicable to non-U.S. companies or investments in non-U.S. securities and the possibility of fluctuations in the rate of exchange between currencies. Moreover, certain aspects of a particular non-U.S. economy may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in important respects, such as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources and self-sufficiency. Specifically, the stocks included in the Underlying are issued by companies located in countries within the Eurozone, some of which are and have been experiencing economic stress.
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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTMENTS IN NOTES WITH CONCENTRATION IN THE BANKING SECTOR OF THE EUROZONE EQUITY MARKET — The stocks composing the Underlying are stocks of companies representing the banking sector of the Eurozone equity market. The stocks composing Underlying may be subject to increased price volatility as they are linked to a single industry and may be more susceptible to economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that industry. In particular, the banking industry is significantly affected by:
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current and future regulations affecting the banking industry;
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changes in capital requirements;
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international economic conditions, including interest rates;
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compliance costs in response to regulatory oversight; and
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current and future regulatory investigations of companies in the banking sector.
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WE ARE ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE UP THE UNDERLYING — We are one of the companies that make up the Underlying. To our knowledge, we are not currently affiliated with any of the other companies the equity securities of which are represented in the Underlying. As a result, we will have no ability to control the actions of such other companies, including actions that could affect the value of the equity securities composing the Underlying, or your notes. None of the other companies represented in the Underlying will be involved in the offering of the notes in any way. Neither they nor we will have any obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the notes in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of your notes.
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THE UNDERLYING RETURN WILL NOT BE ADJUSTED FOR CHANGES IN THE EURO RELATIVE TO THE U.S. DOLLAR —The Underlying is composed of stocks denominated in Euros. Because the level of the Underlying is also calculated in Euros (and not in U.S. dollars), the performance of the Underlying will not be adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the Euro. Therefore, if the Euro strengthens or weakens relative to the U.S. dollar over the term of the notes, you will not receive any additional payment or incur any reduction in your return on the notes at maturity.
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INVESTING IN THE NOTES IS NOT THE SAME AS INVESTING IN THE STOCKS COMPOSING THE UNDERLYING — The return on your notes may not reflect the return you would realize if you had directly invested in the stocks composing the Underlying. For instance, your return on the notes is limited to the Maximum Return regardless of any increase in the prices of the stocks composing the Underlying, which could be significant.
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IF THE LEVEL OF THE UNDERLYING CHANGES, THE VALUE OF YOUR NOTES MAY NOT CHANGE IN THE SAME MANNER — Your notes may trade quite differently from the Underlying. Changes in the level of the Underlying may not result in comparable changes in the value of your notes.
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NO DIVIDEND PAYMENTS OR VOTING RIGHTS — As a holder of the notes, you will not have voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights that holders of component stocks included in the Underlying would have.
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THE UNDERLYING REFLECTS THE PRICE RETURN OF THE STOCKS COMPOSING THE UNDERLYING, NOT A TOTAL RETURN — The return on the notes is based on the performance of the Underlying, which reflects the changes in the market prices of the stocks composing the Underlying. It is not, however, linked to a “total return” version of the Underlying, which, in addition to reflecting those price returns, would also reflect all dividends and other distributions paid on the stocks composing the Underlying. The return on the notes will not include such a total return feature.
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PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE UNDERLYING IS NO GUIDE TO FUTURE PERFORMANCE — The actual performance of the Underlying over the term of the notes may bear little relation to the historical closing levels of the Underlying and may bear little relation to the hypothetical return examples set forth elsewhere in this term sheet. We cannot predict the future performance of the Underlying or whether the performance of the Underlying will result in the return of any of your investment.
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ASSUMING NO CHANGES IN MARKET CONDITIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS, THE PRICE YOU MAY RECEIVE FOR YOUR NOTES IN SECONDARY MARKET TRANSACTIONS WOULD GENERALLY BE LOWER THAN BOTH THE ISSUE PRICE AND THE ISSUER'S ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE NOTES ON THE TRADE DATE — While the payment(s) on the notes described in this term sheet is based on the full Face Amount of your notes, the Issuer's estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date (as disclosed on the cover of this term sheet) is less than the Issue Price of the notes. The Issuer's estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date does not represent the price at which we or any of our affiliates would be willing to purchase your notes in the secondary market at any time. Assuming no changes in market conditions or our creditworthiness and other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which we or our affiliates would be willing to purchase the notes from you in secondary market transactions, if at all, would generally be lower than both the Issue Price and the Issuer's estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date. Our purchase price, if any, in secondary market transactions would be based on the estimated value of the notes determined by reference to (i) the then-prevailing internal funding rate (adjusted by a spread) or another appropriate measure of our cost of funds and (ii) our pricing models at that time, less a bid spread determined after taking into account the size of the repurchase, the nature of the assets underlying the notes and then-prevailing market conditions. The price we report to financial reporting services and to distributors of our notes for use on customer account statements would generally be determined on the same basis. However, during the period of approximately three months beginning from the Trade Date, we or our affiliates may, in our sole discretion, increase the purchase price determined as described above by an amount equal to the declining differential between the Issue Price and the Issuer's estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date, prorated over such period on a straight-line basis, for transactions that are individually and in the aggregate of the expected size for ordinary secondary market repurchases.
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THE NOTES WILL NOT BE LISTED AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED LIQUIDITY — The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. There may be little or no secondary market for the notes. We or our affiliates intend to act as market makers for the notes but are not required to do so and may cease such market making activities at any time. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to sell the notes when you wish to do so or at a price advantageous to you. Because we do not expect other dealers to make a secondary market for the notes, the price at which you may be able to sell your notes is likely to depend on the price, if any, at which we or our affiliates are willing to buy the notes. If, at any time, we or our affiliates do not act as market makers, it is likely that there would be little or no secondary market in the notes. If you have to sell your notes prior to maturity, you may not be able to do so or you may have to sell them at a substantial loss, even in cases where the level of the Underlying has increased since the Trade Date.
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MANY ECONOMIC AND MARKET FACTORS WILL AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE NOTES — While we expect that, generally, the level of the Underlying will affect the value of the notes more than any other single factor, the value of the notes prior to maturity will also be affected by a number of other factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:
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the expected volatility of the Underlying;
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the composition of the Underlying;
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the time remaining to the maturity of the notes;
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the market prices and dividend rates of the stocks composing the Underlying and changes that affect those stocks and their issuers;
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interest rates and yields in the market generally;
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geopolitical conditions and a variety of economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events that affect the Underlying or markets generally;
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supply and demand for the notes; and
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our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated downgrades in our credit ratings.
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TRADING AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS BY US OR OUR AFFILIATES IN THE EQUITY AND EQUITY DERIVATIVE MARKETS MAY IMPAIR THE VALUE OF THE NOTES — We or one or more of our affiliates expect to hedge our exposure from the notes by entering into equity and equity derivative transactions, such as over-the-counter options or exchange-traded instruments. Such trading and hedging activities may affect the Underlying and make it less likely that you will receive a positive return on your investment in the notes. It is possible that we or our affiliates could receive substantial returns from these hedging activities while the value of the notes declines. We or our affiliates may also engage in trading in instruments linked to the Underlying on a regular basis as part of our general broker-dealer and other businesses, for proprietary accounts, for other accounts under management or to facilitate transactions for customers, including block transactions. We or our affiliates may also issue or underwrite other securities or financial or derivative instruments with returns linked or related to the Underlying. By introducing competing products into the marketplace in this manner, we or our affiliates could adversely affect the value of the notes. Any of the foregoing activities described in this paragraph may reflect trading strategies that differ from, or are in direct opposition to, investors’ trading and investment strategies related to the notes.
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WE, OUR AFFILIATES OR OUR AGENTS, OR JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. OR ITS AFFILIATES, MAY PUBLISH RESEARCH, EXPRESS OPINIONS OR PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH INVESTING IN OR HOLDING THE NOTES. ANY SUCH RESEARCH, OPINIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE LEVEL OF THE UNDERLYING TO WHICH THE NOTES ARE LINKED OR THE VALUE OF THE NOTES — We, our affiliates or our agents, or JPMorgan Chase & Co. or its affiliates, may publish research from time to time on financial markets and other matters that could adversely affect the value of the notes, or express opinions or provide recommendations that are inconsistent with purchasing or holding the notes. Any research, opinions or recommendations expressed by us, our affiliates or our agents, or JPMorgan Chase & Co. or its affiliates, may not be consistent with each other and may be modified from time to time without notice. You should make your own independent investigation of the merits of investing in the notes and the Underlying to which the notes are linked.
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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST — We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection with the issuance of the notes, including acting as calculation agent, hedging our obligations under the notes and determining the Issuer’s estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date and the price, if any, at which we or our affiliates would be willing to purchase the notes from you in secondary market transactions. In performing these roles, our economic interests and those of our affiliates are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the notes. The calculation agent will determine, among other things, all values and levels required to be determined for the purposes of the notes on any relevant date or time. The calculation agent will also be responsible for determining whether a market disruption event has occurred. Any determination by the calculation agent could adversely affect the return on the notes.
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THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES ARE UNCERTAIN — There is no direct legal authority regarding the proper U.S. federal income tax treatment of the notes, and we do not plan to request a ruling from the IRS. Consequently, significant aspects of the tax treatment of the notes are uncertain, and the IRS or a court might not agree with the treatment of the notes as prepaid financial contracts that are not debt. If the IRS were successful in asserting an alternative treatment for the notes, the tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the notes could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, as described above under “Tax Consequences,” in 2007 the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments. 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 review carefully the section of the accompanying product supplement entitled “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” and consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the notes (including possible alternative treatments and the issues presented by the 2007 notice), as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.
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Index =
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free float market capitalization of the Banks Index
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Divisor
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Divisor
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Corporate
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Adjustment Formula
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Cash dividend (applied for return index only)
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adjusted price = closing price – dividend announced by company × (1 – withholding tax)
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Special Cash dividend (applied for price return index only)
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adjusted price = closing price – dividend announced by company × (1 – withholding tax)
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Split and Reverse Split
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adjusted price = closing price × A/B
new number of shares = old number of shares × B/A
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D
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Rights Offering
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If the subscription price is not available or equal to or greater than the closing price on the day before the effective date, then no adjustment is made. In case the share increase is larger or equal to 100% ( B/A ≥ 1) the adjustment of the shares and weightfactors are delayed until the new shares are listed.
adjusted price = (closing price × A + subscription price × B)/(A + B)
new number of shares = old number of shares × (A + B)/A
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n
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Stock Dividend
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adjusted price = closing price × A/(A + B)
new number of shares = old number of shares × (A + B)/A
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Stock Dividend (From Treasury Stock)
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Stock dividends from treasury stocks will be adjusted as cash dividends.
If treated as regular cash dividend, only the return indices are adjusted. If treated as extraordinary dividend, the price and the return indices are adjusted.
adjusted close = close – close x B/(A + B)
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Stock Dividend of a Different Company Security
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adjusted price = (closing price × A – price of different company security × B)/A
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Return of Capital and Share Consolidation
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adjusted price = [closing price – dividend announced by company × (1 – withholding tax)] × A/B
new number of shares = old number of shares × B/A
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Repurchase Shares/Self-
Tender
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adjusted price = (price before tender × old number of shares) – (tender price × number of tendered shares)
new number of shares
new number of shares = old number of shares – number of tendered shares
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Ñ
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Spinoff
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adjusted price = (closing price × A – price of spun-off shares × B)/A
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D
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Combination Stock
Distribution (Dividend or Split) and Rights Offering
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Shareholders receive B new shares from the distribution and C new shares from the rights
offering for every A shares held. If A is not equal to one, all of the following new number of shares formulas need to be divided by A.
If rights are applicable after stock distribution (one action applicable to other):
adjusted price = closing price × A + subscription price × C × (1 + B/A)
(A + B) × (1 + C/A)
new number of shares = old number of shares × [(A + B) × (1 + C/A)]/A
If stock distribution is applicable after rights (one action applicable to other):
adjusted price = closing price × A + subscription price × C
(A + C) × (1 + B/A)
new number of shares = old number of shares × [(A + C) × (1 + B/A)]
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Divisor
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Corporate
Action
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Adjustment Formula
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D
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Stock
Distribution and Rights (not mutually applicable)
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adjusted price = closing price × A + subscription price × C
A + B + C
new number of shares = old number of shares × (A + B + C)/A
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