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Term Sheet product supplement B dated July 31, 2015, prospectus supplement dated July 31, 2015 and prospectus dated July 31, 2015 |
Term Sheet No. 2515B Registration Statement No. 333-206013 Dated August 12, 2015; Rule 433
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Deutsche Bank AG $ Capped Knock-Out Notes Linked to an Equally Weighted Basket of Equity Indices due February 23, 2017 |
General
| · | The notes are designed for investors who seek a return at maturity linked to the performance of an equally weighted basket (the “Basket”) of four sector-specific equity indices derived from the S&P 500® Index. If the Final Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Basket Level, investors will receive at maturity a return on the notes equal to the Basket Return, subject to the Maximum Return of 15.00%. If the Final Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level but greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level (82.00% of the Initial Basket Level), for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, investors will receive at maturity the Face Amount. However, if the Final Basket Level is less than the Knock-Out Level, a Knock-Out Event occurs and, 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 Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level. The notes do not pay any coupons or dividends and investors should be willing to lose a significant portion or all of their investment if a Knock-Out Event occurs. Any payment on the notes is subject to the credit of the Issuer. |
| · | Senior unsecured obligations of Deutsche Bank AG due February 23, 2017 |
| · | Minimum purchase of $10,000. Minimum denominations of $1,000 (the “Face Amount”) and integral multiples thereof. |
| · | The notes are expected to price on or about August 14, 2015 (the “Trade Date”) and are expected to settle on or about August 19, 2015 (the “Settlement Date”). |
Key Terms
| Issuer: | Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch | |||
| Issue Price: | 100% of the Face Amount | |||
| Basket: | The notes are linked to a basket consisting of the Financials Select Sector Index, the Technology Select Sector Index, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index and the Health Care Select Sector Index (each, a “Basket Component” and collectively, the “Basket Components”). | |||
| Basket Components | Ticker Symbol | Basket Component Weighting | Initial Index Level† | |
| Financials Select Sector Index (the “Financials Index”) | IXM | 25.00% | ||
| Technology Select Sector Index (the “Technology Index”) | IXT | 25.00% | ||
| Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index (the “Consumer Index”) | IXY | 25.00% | ||
| Health Care Select Sector Index (the “Health Care Index”) | IXV | 25.00% | ||
| †The Initial Index Level for each Basket Component will be set on the Trade Date. | ||||
| Knock-Out Event: | A Knock-Out Event occurs if the Final Basket Level is less than the Knock-Out Level. | |||
| Knock-Out Level: | 82.00% of the Initial Basket Level | |||
| Maximum Return: | 15.00%. The actual Maximum Return will be determined on the Trade Date, and will not be less than 15.00%. | |||
| Payment at Maturity: | · If the Final Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Basket Level, you will receive a cash payment at maturity per $1,000 Face Amount of notes calculated as follows: | |||
| $1,000 + ($1,000 x the lesser of (i) Basket Return and (ii) Maximum Return) | ||||
| · If the Final Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level, but a Knock-Out Event has not occurred (meaning the Final Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level), you will receive a cash payment at maturity equal to the Face Amount per $1,000 Face Amount of notes. | ||||
| · If a Knock-Out Event has occurred (meaning the Final Basket Level is less than the Knock-Out Level), you will receive a cash payment at maturity per $1,000 Face Amount of notes calculated as follows: | ||||
| $1,000 + ($1,000 x Basket Return) | ||||
| If a Knock-Out Event has occurred, 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 Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket 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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Investing in the notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of the accompanying product supplement, page PS-5 of the accompanying prospectus supplement and page 12 of the accompanying prospectus and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page 8 of this term sheet.
The Issuer’s estimated value of the notes on the Trade Date is approximately $957.00 to $977.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, which is less than the Issue Price. Please see “Issuer’s Estimated Value of the Notes” on page 2 of this term sheet for additional information.
By acquiring the notes, you will be bound by, and deemed to consent to, the imposition of any Resolution Measure (as defined below) by our competent resolution authority, which may include the write down of all, or a portion, of any payment on the notes. If any Resolution Measure becomes applicable to us, you may lose some or all of your investment in the notes. Please see “Resolution Measures” on page 3 of this term sheet for more information.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the notes or passed upon the accuracy or the adequacy of this term sheet or the accompanying underlying supplement, product supplement, prospectus supplement or prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
| Price to Public(1) | Fees(1)(2) | Proceeds to Issuer | |
| Per note | $1,000.00 | $12.50 | $987.50 |
| Total | $ | $ | $ |
(1) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which we refer to as JPMS LLC, or one of its affiliates will act as placement agents for the notes. The placement agents will forgo fees for sales to fiduciary accounts. The total fees represent the amount that the placement agents receive from sales to accounts other than such fiduciary accounts. The placement agents will receive a fee from the Issuer that will not exceed $12.50 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes.
(2) Please see “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” in this term sheet for more information about fees.
The notes are not bank deposits or savings accounts and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other U.S. or foreign governmental agency or instrumentality.
JPMorgan
Placement Agent
August 12, 2015
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| Basket Return: | The performance of the Basket from the Initial Basket Level to the Final Basket Level, calculated as follows: |
| Final Basket Level – Initial Basket Level | |
| Initial Basket Level | |
| The Basket Return may be positive, zero or negative. | |
| Initial Basket Level: | Set equal to 100 on the Trade Date |
| Final Basket Level: | The arithmetic average of the Basket Levels on the Averaging Dates |
| Basket Level: | The Basket Level on each Averaging Date will be calculated as follows: |
| 100 × [1 + (Financials Index return x 25.00%) + (Technology Index return x 25.00%) + (Consumer Index return x 25.00%) + (Health Care Index return x 25.00%)] | |
| The Financials Index return, Technology Index return, Consumer Index return and Health Care Index return refer to the Basket Component Return for the Financials Index return, Technology Index return, Consumer Index return and Health Care Index return, respectively. | |
| Basket Component Return: | With respect to each Basket Component, the Basket Component Return, expressed as a percentage, will equal: |
| Final Index Level – Initial Index Level | |
| Initial Index Level | |
| Initial Index Level: | With respect to each Basket Component, the closing level of such Basket Component on the Trade Date, as set forth in the table above |
| Final Index Level: | With respect to each Basket Component, the closing lrice of such Basket Component on the applicable Averaging Date |
| Trade Date2: | August 14, 2015 |
| Settlement Date2: | August 19, 2015 |
| Averaging Dates1, 2: | February 13, 2017, February 14, 2017, February 15, 2017, February 16, 2017 and February 17, 2017 |
| Maturity Date1, 2: | February 23, 2017 |
| Listing: | The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 25152RM42 / US 25152RM421 |
1 Subject to adjustment as described under “Description of Securities — Adjustments to Valuation Dates and Payment Dates” in the accompanying product supplement.
2 In the event that we make any change to the expected Trade Date or Settlement Date, the Averaging Dates and Maturity Date may be changed so that the stated term of the notes remains the same.
Issuer’s Estimated Value of the Notes
The Issuer’s estimated value of the notes is equal to the sum of our valuations of the following two components of the notes: (i) a bond and (ii) an embedded derivative(s). The value of the bond component of the notes is calculated based on the present value of the stream of cash payments associated with a conventional bond with a principal amount equal to the Face Amount of notes, discounted at an internal funding rate, which is determined primarily based on our market-based yield curve, adjusted to account for our funding needs and objectives for the period matching the term of the notes. 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. The value of the embedded derivative(s) is calculated based on our internal pricing models using relevant parameter inputs such as expected interest and dividend rates and mid-market levels of price and volatility of the assets underlying the notes or any futures, options or swaps related to such underlying assets. Our internal pricing models are proprietary and rely in part on certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect.
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 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 will 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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Resolution Measures
On May 15, 2014, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union published a directive for establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms (commonly referred to as the “Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive”). The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive requires each member state of the European Union to adopt and publish by December 31, 2014 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. Germany has adopted the Recovery and Resolution Act (Sanierungs- und Abwicklungsgesetz, or “Resolution Act”), which became effective on January 1, 2015. The Resolution Act may result in the notes being subject to any Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority if we become, or are deemed by our competent supervisory authority to have become, “non-viable” (as defined under the then applicable law) and are unable to continue our regulated banking activities without a Resolution Measure becoming applicable to us. By acquiring the notes, you will be bound by and deemed to consent to the provisions set forth in the accompanying prospectus, which we have summarized below.
By acquiring the notes, you will be bound by and will be deemed to consent to the imposition of any Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority. Under the relevant resolution laws and regulations as applicable to us from time to time, the notes may be subject to the powers exercised by our competent resolution authority to: (i) write down, including to zero, any payment (or delivery obligations) on the notes; (ii) convert the notes into ordinary shares or other instruments qualifying as core equity tier 1 capital; and/or (iii) apply any other resolution measure, including (but not limited to) a transfer of the notes to another entity, an amendment of the terms and conditions of the notes or the cancellation of the notes. We refer to each of these measures as a “Resolution Measure.”
Furthermore, by acquiring the notes, you:
| · | are deemed irrevocably to have agreed, and you will agree: (i) to be bound by any Resolution Measure; (ii) that you will have no claim or other right against us arising out of any Resolution Measure; and (iii) that the imposition of any Resolution Measure will not constitute a default or an event of default under the notes, under the senior indenture dated November 22, 2006 among us, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as issuing agent, paying agent, authenticating agent and registrar, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”), or for the purpose of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”); |
| · | waive, to the fullest extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act and applicable law, any and all claims against the trustee and the paying agent for, agree not to initiate a suit against the trustee and the paying agent in respect of, and agree that neither the trustee nor the paying agent will be liable for, any action that the trustee or the paying agent takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the imposition of a Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority with respect to the notes; and |
| · | will be deemed irrevocably to have (i) consented to the imposition of any Resolution Measure as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the competent resolution authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the notes and (ii) authorized, directed and requested The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and any participant in DTC or other intermediary through which you hold such notes to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the imposition of any Resolution Measure with respect to the notes as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on your part or on the part of the trustee, paying agent, issuing agent, authenticating agent, registrar or calculation agent. |
This is only a summary, for more information please see the accompanying prospectus dated July 31, 2015, including the risk factor “The securities may become subordinated to the claims of other creditors, be written down, be converted or become subject to other resolution measures. You may lose part or all of your investment if any such measure becomes applicable to us.”
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Additional Terms Specific to the Notes
You should read this term sheet together with underlying supplement No. 1 dated August 3, 2015, product supplement B dated July 31, 2015, the prospectus supplement dated July 31, 2015 relating to our Series A global notes of which these notes are a part and the prospectus dated July 31, 2015. You may access these documents on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at.www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website):
| • | Underlying supplement No. 1 dated August 3, 2015: |
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159508/000095010315006144/dp58384_424b2-us1.htm
| • | Product supplement B dated July 31, 2015: |
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159508/000095010315006059/crt_dp58181-424b2.pdf
| • | Prospectus supplement dated July 31, 2015: |
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159508/000095010315006048/crt-dp58161_424b2.pdf
| • | Prospectus dated July 31, 2015: |
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159508/000119312515273165/d40464d424b2.htm
Our Central Index Key, or CIK, on the SEC website is 0001159508. As used in this term sheet, “we,” “us” or “our” refers to Deutsche Bank AG, including, as the context requires, acting through one of its branches.
This term sheet, together with the documents listed above, 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, brochures or other educational materials of ours. You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in this term sheet and in “Risk Factors” in the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, as the notes involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities. We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisers before deciding to invest in the notes.
Deutsche Bank AG has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this term sheet relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents relating to this offering that Deutsche Bank AG has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Deutsche Bank AG and this offering. You may obtain these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at.www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Deutsche Bank AG, any agent or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus, prospectus supplement, product supplement, underlying supplement and this term sheet if you so request by calling toll-free 1-800-311-4409.
You may revoke your offer to purchase the notes at any time prior
to the time at which we accept such offer by notifying the applicable agent. We reserve the right to change the terms of, or reject
any offer to purchase, the notes prior to their issuance. We will notify you in the event of any changes to the terms of the notes,
and you will be asked to accept such changes in connection with your purchase of any notes. You may also choose to reject such
changes, in which case we may reject your offer to purchase the notes.
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What Are the Possible Payments on the Notes at Maturity, Assuming a Range of Hypothetical Performances for the Basket?
The following table illustrates a range of hypothetical payments at maturity on the notes. The table and the hypothetical examples below reflect the Knock-Out Level of 82.00% of the Initial Basket Level and assume a Maximum Return of 15.00%. The actual Initial Basket Level and Knock-Out Level will be determined on the Trade Date. The table and hypothetical examples set forth below are for illustrative purposes only. The actual return applicable to a purchaser of the notes will be based on whether or not a Knock-Out Event occurs, which will depend on whether the Final Basket Level of the Basket is less than the Knock-Out Level, and the Basket Return, which will be based on the performance of the Basket Components as measured on the Averaging Dates. The numbers appearing in the table and examples below may have been rounded for ease of analysis. You should consider carefully whether the notes are suitable to your investment goals.
| Hypothetical Basket Return (%) |
Hypothetical Return on the Notes (%) |
Hypothetical Payment at Maturity ($) |
| 100.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 90.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 80.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 70.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 60.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 50.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 40.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 30.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 20.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 15.00% | 15.00% | $1,150.00 |
| 10.00% | 10.00% | $1,100.00 |
| 0.00% | 0.00% | $1,000.00 |
| -10.00% | 0.00% | $1,000.00 |
| -15.00% | 0.00% | $1,000.00 |
| -18.00% | 0.00% | $1,000.00 |
| -20.00% | -20.00% | $800.00 |
| -30.00% | -30.00% | $700.00 |
| -40.00% | -40.00% | $600.00 |
| -50.00% | -50.00% | $500.00 |
| -60.00% | -60.00% | $400.00 |
| -70.00% | -70.00% | $300.00 |
| -80.00% | -80.00% | $200.00 |
| -90.00% | -90.00% | $100.00 |
| -100.00% | -100.00% | $0.00 |
Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable at Maturity
The following hypothetical examples illustrate how the payments on the notes at maturity set forth in the table above are calculated.
Example 1: The Final Basket Level is greater than the Initial Basket Level, resulting in a Basket Return of 40.00%. Because the Final Basket Level is greater than the Initial Basket Level and the Basket Return is greater than the Maximum Return, the investor receives the Maximum Return on the notes. Accordingly, the investor receives a Payment at Maturity of $1,150.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, calculated as follows:
$1,000 + ($1,000 x the lesser of (i) Basket Return and (ii) Maximum Return)
$1,000 + ($1,000 x 15.00%) = $1,150.00
Example 2: The Final Basket Level is greater than the Initial Basket Level, resulting in a Basket Return of 10.00%. Because the Final Basket Level is greater than the Initial Basket Level and the Basket Return is less than the Maximum Return, the investor receives a Payment at Maturity of $1,100.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, calculated as follows:
$1,000 + ($1,000 x the lesser of (i) Basket Return and (ii) Maximum Return)
$1,000 + ($1,000 x 10.00%) = $1,100.00
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Example 3: The Final Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level but a Knock-Out Event has not occurred, resulting in a Basket Return of -10.00%. Because the Final Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Knock-Out Level, a Knock-Out Event has not occurred. Because the Final Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level but a Knock-Out Event has not occurred, the investor receives a Payment at Maturity of $1,000.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes.
Example 4: A Knock-Out Event has occurred and the Basket Return equals -50.00%. Because the Final Basket Level is less than the Knock-Out Level, a Knock-Out Event has occurred. Because a Knock-Out Event has occurred and the Basket Return is -50.00%, the investor receives a Payment at Maturity of $500.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, calculated as follows:
$1,000 + ($1,000 x Basket Return)
$1,000 + ($1,000 x -50.00%) = $500.00
Selected Purchase Considerations
| · | CAPPED APPRECIATION POTENTIAL — The notes are linked to the performance of the Basket and provide the opportunity to participate in any increase in the level of the Basket at maturity on an unleveraged basis, subject to the Maximum Return of 15.00%. Any payment on the notes is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due. |
| · | LIMITED PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS — If the Final Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level but a Knock-Out Event has not occurred, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, you will receive at maturity the Face Amount. However, if a Knock-Out Event has occurred, 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 Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the notes. |
| · | RETURN LINKED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF FOUR INDICES — The return on the notes, which may be positive, zero or negative, is linked to the performance of an equally weighted basket composed of the Financials Select Sector Index, the Technology Select Sector Index, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index and the Health Care Select Sector Index, as described herein. |
Financials Select Sector Index
The Financials Select Sector Index is intended to give investors an efficient, modified market capitalization-based way to track the movements of certain public companies that are components of the S&P 500® Index and are involved in the development and production of financial products. Companies in the index include a wide array of diversified financial services firms whose business lines range from investment management to commercial and business banking. This is only a summary of the Financials Select Sector Index. For more information on the Financials Select Sector Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see the section entitled “The S&P Select Sector Indices — The Financials Select Sector Index” in the accompanying underlying supplement No. 1 dated August 3, 2015.
Technology Select Sector Index
The Technology Select Sector Index is intended to give investors an efficient, modified market capitalization-based way to track the movements of certain public companies that are components of the S&P 500® Index and are involved in the development and production of technology products. Technology products include computers and peripherals, semiconductor equipment and products, telecommunications equipment, microcomputer components, integrated computer circuits and process monitoring systems. This is only a summary of the Technology Select Sector Index. For more information on the Technology Select Sector Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see the section entitled “The S&P Select Sector Indices — The Technology Select Sector Index” in the accompanying underlying supplement No. 1 dated August 3, 2015.
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index
The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index is intended to give investors an efficient, modified market capitalization-based way to track the movements of certain public companies that are components of the S&P 500® Index and are involved in the development and production of consumer discretionary products. Consumer discretionary products include automobiles and components, consumer durables and apparel, consumer services, media and retailing. This is only a summary of the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index. For more information on the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see the section entitled “The S&P Select Sector Indices — The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index” in the accompanying underlying supplement No. 1 dated August 3, 2015.
Health Care Select Sector Index
The Health Care Select Sector Index is intended to give investors an efficient, modified market capitalization-based way to track the movements of certain public companies that are components of the S&P 500® Index and are health care related firms. The Health Care Select Sector Index will only include companies involved in the health care equipment & services industry and the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences industry. This is only a summary of the Health Care Select Sector Index. For more information on the Health Care Select Sector Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see the
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section entitled “The S&P Select Sector Indices — The Health Care Select Sector Index” in the accompanying underlying supplement No. 1 dated August 3, 2015.
| · | 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. |
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. The notice focuses in particular on whether beneficial owners of these instruments should be required to accrue income over the term of their investment. It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments; the relevance of factors such as the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; the degree, if any, to which income (including any mandated accruals) realized by non-U.S. persons 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 a notional 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.
You should review carefully the section of the accompanying product supplement entitled “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.” The preceding discussion, when read in combination with that section, constitutes the full opinion of our special tax counsel regarding the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of the notes.
Under current law, the United Kingdom will not impose withholding tax on payments made with respect to the notes.
For a discussion of certain German tax considerations relating to the notes, you should refer to the section in the accompanying prospectus supplement entitled “Taxation by Germany of Non-Resident Holders.”
You should 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.
Selected Risk Considerations
An investment in the notes involves significant risks. Investing in the notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the stocks composing the Basket Components. In addition to these selected risk considerations, you should review the “Risk Factors” sections of the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus.
| · | YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES MAY RESULT IN A LOSS — The notes do not guarantee any return of your investment. The return on the notes at maturity is based on whether or not a Knock-Out Event occurs and the Basket Return. If the Final Basket Level is less than the Knock-Out Level, a Knock-Out Event occurs and your investment will be fully exposed to any decline in the level of the Basket as measured on the Averaging Dates. If a Knock-Out Event has occurred, 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 Basket Level is less than the Initial Basket Level. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the notes. Any payment on the notes is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due. |
| · | THE RETURN ON THE NOTES IS LIMITED BY THE MAXIMUM RETURN — If the Final Basket Level is greater than or equal to the Initial Basket Level, for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes, you will receive at maturity $1,000 plus an amount equal to $1,000 multiplied by the lesser of (i) the Basket Return and (ii) the Maximum Return of 15.00%. Consequently, the maximum Payment at Maturity will be $1,150.00 for each $1,000 Face Amount of notes you hold, regardless of any further increase in the level of the Basket, which may be significant. |
| · | 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. |
| · | THE NOTES ARE SUBJECT TO THE CREDIT OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG — The notes are senior unsecured obligations of 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 Deutsche Bank AG’s credit risk will likely have an adverse effect on the value of the notes. As a result, the actual |
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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 or become subject to a Resolution Measure, you might not receive any amount(s) owed to you under the terms of the notes and you could lose your entire investment.
| · | THE NOTES MAY BECOME SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF OTHER CREDITORS, BE WRITTEN DOWN, BE CONVERTED OR BECOME SUBJECT TO OTHER RESOLUTION MEASURES. YOU MAY LOSE SOME OR ALL OF YOUR INVESTMENT IF ANY SUCH MEASURE BECOMES APPLICABLE TO US — On May 15, 2014, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union published the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive for establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms. The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive required each member state of the European Union to adopt and publish by December 31, 2014 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. To implement the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, Germany has adopted the Resolution Act, which became effective on January 1, 2015. The Resolution Act may result in the notes being subject to the powers exercised by our competent resolution authority to impose a Resolution Measure on us, which may include: writing down, including to zero, any payment on the notes; converting the notes into ordinary shares or other instruments qualifying as core equity tier 1 capital; or applying any other resolution measure, including (but not limited to) transferring the notes to another entity, amending the terms and conditions of the notes or cancelling of the notes. We expect additional Resolution Measures to become applicable to us when the European regulation of July 15, 2014 relating to the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund (commonly referred to as the “SRM Regulation”) becomes effective on January 1, 2016. On May 26, 2015, the German Federal Government published a draft bill of a Resolution Mechanism Act. One of this law’s primary purposes would be to conform German law to the SRM Regulation. In addition, the draft bill proposes that in the event of an insolvency proceeding, senior unsecured debt instruments would by operation of law rank junior to all other outstanding unsecured unsubordinated obligations, but in priority to all contractually subordinated instruments. The proposed subordination would not apply if the terms of the senior unsecured debt instruments provide that (i) the repayment amount depends on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a future event, or will be settled in kind, or (ii) the interest amount depends on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a future event, unless it depends solely on a fixed or variable reference interest rate and will be settled in cash. Instruments that are typically traded on money markets would not be subject to the proposed subordination. The proposed order of priorities would apply to insolvency proceedings commenced on or after January 1, 2016. If enacted, the proposed subordination of senior unsecured debt instruments could apply to the notes, which would most likely result in a larger share of loss being allocated to the notes in the event of an insolvency proceeding or the imposition of any Resolution Measures by the competent resolution authority. The final version of the Resolution Mechanism Act may provide for additional Resolution Measures that may become applicable to us. Imposition of a Resolution Measure would likely occur if we become, or are deemed by our competent supervisory authority to have become, “non-viable” (as defined under the then applicable law) and are unable to continue our regulated banking activities without a Resolution Measure becoming applicable to us. You may lose some or all of your investment in the notes if a Resolution Measure becomes applicable to us. |
By acquiring the notes, you would have no claim or other right against us arising out of any subordination or Resolution Measure, and we would have no obligation to make payments under the notes following the imposition of a Resolution Measure. In particular, the imposition of any Resolution Measure will not constitute a default or an event of default under the notes, under the Indenture or for the purpose of the Trust Indenture Act. Furthermore, because the notes are subject to any Resolution Measure, secondary market trading in the notes may not follow the trading behavior associated with similar types of securities issued by other financial institutions which may be or have been subject to a Resolution Measure.
In addition, by your acquisition of the notes, you waive, to the fullest extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act and applicable law, any and all claims against the trustee and the paying agent for, agree not to initiate a suit against the trustee and the paying agent in respect of, and agree that neither the trustee nor the paying agent will be liable for, any action that the trustee or the paying agent takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the imposition of a Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority with respect to the notes. Accordingly, you may have limited or circumscribed rights to challenge any decision of our competent resolution authority to impose any Resolution Measure.
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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. |
| · | INVESTING IN THE NOTES IS NOT THE SAME AS INVESTING IN THE STOCKS COMPOSING THE BASKET COMPONENTS — The return on the notes may not reflect the return you would have realized if you had directly invested in the stocks composing the Basket Components. For instance, your return on the notes is based on whether or not a Knock-Out Event occurs, in addition to the performance of the Basket. |
| · | IF THE LEVEL OF THE BASKET CHANGES, THE VALUE OF YOUR NOTES MAY NOT CHANGE IN THE SAME MANNER — Your notes may trade quite differently from the level of the Basket. Changes in the level of the Basket may not result in comparable changes in the value of your notes. |
| · | NO DIVIDEND PAYMENTS OR VOTING RIGHTS — As a holder of the notes, you will not have any voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights that holders of the stocks composing the Basket Components would have. |
| · | THE CORRELATION AMONG THE BASKET COMPONENTS COULD CHANGE UNPREDICTABLY — Correlation is the extent to which the levels of the Basket Components increase or decrease to the same degree at the same time. The value of the notes may be adversely affected by increased positive correlation between the Basket Components, in particular when the levels of Basket Components decrease. The value of the notes may also be adversely affected by increased negative correlation between the Basket Components, in which case any positive performance of one or more Basket Components could be entirely offset by the negative performance of one or more other Basket Components. |
| · | CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF THE BASKET COMPONENTS MAY OFFSET EACH OTHER — The notes are linked to an equally weighted basket consisting of four Basket Components that are sector-specific equity indices derived from the S&P 500® Index. Changes in the levels of the Basket Components may not correlate with each other. At a time when the levels of some of the Basket Components increase, the levels of other Basket Components may not increase as much or may decrease. Therefore, in calculating the Final Basket Level, increases in the closing levels of some of the Basket Components on the Averaging Dates may be moderated, offset or more than offset by lesser increases or decreases in the closing levels of the other Basket Components on the Averaging Dates. |
| · | The Basket COMPONENTS Reflect the Price Return of the Stocks Composing EACh Basket COMPONENT, Not THEIR Total Return INCLUDING ALL DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS — The Basket Components reflect the changes in the market prices of the stocks composing such Basket Components. The Basket Components are not, however, “total return” indices, which, in addition to reflecting the price returns of their respective component stocks, would also reflect the reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions paid on such component stocks. |
| · | THE SPONSOR OF A BASKET COMPONENT MAY ADJUST THE RELEVANT BASKET COMPONENT IN WAYS THAT AFFECT THE LEVEL OF SUCH BASKET COMPONENT, AND HAS NO OBLIGATION TO CONSIDER YOUR INTERESTS —The sponsor of a Basket Component (the “Index Sponsor”) is responsible for calculating and maintaining the relevant Basket Component. The Index Sponsor can add, delete or substitute the stocks composing the relevant Basket Component or make other methodological changes that could change the level of such Basket Component. You should realize that the changing of the stocks composing such Basket Component may affect such Basket Component, as a newly added stock may perform significantly better or worse than the stock it replaces. Additionally, the Index Sponsor may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or dissemination of the relevant Basket Component. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of, and your return on, the notes. The Index Sponsor has no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising the relevant Basket Component. |
| · | THE BASKET COMPONENTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE FOUR SECTOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES — The Basket Components are equity indices that track the performance of stocks included in the S&P 500® Index that are included in the financial, technology, consumer discretionary and health care industry sectors, respectively. Because the value of the |
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notes is determined by the performance of the Basket, an investment in the notes will be concentrated in those four industries. As a result, the value of the notes may be subject to greater volatility and be more adversely affected by a single positive or negative economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting those industries than a different investment linked to securities of a more broadly diversified group of issuers.
| · | PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE BASKET COMPONENTS IS NO GUIDE TO FUTURE PERFORMANCE — The actual performance of the Basket Components over the term of the notes may bear little relation to the historical closing levels of the Basket Components 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 Basket Components or whether the performance of the Basket Components will result in the return of any of your investment. |
| · | 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. |
In addition to the factors discussed above, the value of the notes and our purchase price in secondary market transactions after the Trade Date, if any, will vary based on many economic and market factors, including our creditworthiness, and cannot be predicted with accuracy. These changes may adversely affect the value of your notes, including the price you may receive in any secondary market transactions. Any sale prior to the Maturity Date could result in a substantial loss to you. The notes are not designed to be short-term trading instruments. Accordingly, you should be able and willing to hold your notes to maturity.
| · | 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 Basket has increased since the Trade Date. |
| · | MANY ECONOMIC AND MARKET FACTORS WILL AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE NOTES — While we expect that, generally, the level of the Basket 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: |
| · | the expected volatility of the Basket Components; |
| · | the time remaining to the maturity of the notes; |
| · | the market prices and dividend rates of the stocks composing the Basket Components; |
| · | the composition of the Basket Components; |
| · | interest rates and yields in the market generally; |
| · | geopolitical conditions and economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events that affect the Basket Components or the markets generally; |
| · | supply and demand for the notes; and |
| · | our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated downgrades in our credit ratings. |
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| · | TRADING AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS BY US, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. OR OUR OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE EQUITY AND EQUITY DERIVATIVE MARKETS MAY IMPAIR THE VALUE OF THE NOTES — We or our affiliates expect to hedge our exposure from the notes by entering into equity and equity derivative transactions, such as over-the-counter options, futures or exchange-traded instruments. We, JPMorgan Chase & Co. or our or its affiliates may also engage in trading in instruments linked or related to the Basket Components on a regular basis as part of our or their general broker-dealer and other businesses, for proprietary accounts, for other accounts under management or to facilitate transactions for customers, including block transactions. Such trading and hedging activities may affect the level of the Basket and, therefore, make it less likely that you will receive a positive return on your investment in the notes. It is possible that we, JPMorgan Chase & Co. or our or its affiliates could receive substantial returns from these hedging and trading activities while the value of the notes declines. We, JPMorgan Chase & Co. or our or its affiliates may also issue or underwrite other securities or financial or derivative instruments with returns linked or related to the Basket Components. To the extent we or our affiliates serve as issuer, agent or underwriter for such securities or financial or derivative instruments, our or our affiliates’ interests with respect to such products may be adverse to those of the holders of the notes. Introducing competing products into the marketplace in this manner could adversely affect the level of the Basket and 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. |
| · | WE, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. OR OUR 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 BASKET AND THE VALUE OF THE NOTES — We, JPMorgan Chase & Co. or our or its affiliates may publish research from time to time on financial markets and other matters that could adversely affect the level of the Basket and 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, JPMorgan Chase & Co. or our 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 Basket. |
| · | 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, prices 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 as well as, in some circumstances, the prices or levels related to the Basket that affect whether a Knock-Out Event has occurred. Any determination by the calculation agent could adversely affect the return on the notes. |
| · | 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. |
Use of Proceeds and Hedging
Part of the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the notes will be used in connection with hedging our obligations under the notes through one or more of our affiliates. The hedging or trading activities of our affiliates on or prior to the Trade Date or an Averaging Date could adversely affect the level of the Basket and, as a result, could decrease the amount you may receive on the notes at maturity.
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Historical Performance of the Basket
The following graph sets forth the historical performance of the Basket, retrospectively calculated from August 7, 2010 through August 7, 2015, assuming the level of the Basket on August 7, 2015 was 100 and the Basket Component Weightings were as specified in the Key Terms. The closing level of the Basket on any day during this period is calculated as if the level of the Basket were the Final Basket Level and such day were an Averaging Date (except that the Initial Basket Level would be 47.93 on August 7, 2010 if we assume the level of the Basket on August 7, 2015 was 100). For purposes of the notes and the determination of the Payment at Maturity, the Initial Basket Level will be set equal to 100 on the Trade Date. The hypothetical historical performance of the Basket should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the performance of the Basket on any day during the term of the notes, including on the Averaging Dates.
Historical Performance of the Basket Components
The following graphs set forth the historical performance of the Financials Select Sector Index, the Technology Select Sector Index, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index and the Health Care Select Sector Index based on their respective daily closing levels from August 7, 2010 through August 7, 2015. The closing level of the Financials Select Sector Index on August 7, 2015 was 250.84. The closing level of the Technology Select Sector Index on August 7, 2015 was 421.37. The closing level of the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index on August 7, 2015 was 786.59. The closing level of the Health Care Select Sector Index on August 7, 2015 was 755.19. We obtained the historical closing levels of the Basket Components below from Bloomberg L.P., and we have not participated in the preparation of, or verified, such information. The historical closing levels of the Basket Components should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the closing levels of the Basket Components on any of the Averaging Dates. We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Basket Components will result in the return of any of your initial investment.
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Supplemental Plan of Distribution
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and JPMS LLC or one of its affiliates will act as placement agents for the notes. The placement agents will receive a fee from the Issuer that will not exceed $12.50 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes, but will forgo any fees for sales to certain fiduciary accounts.
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