Pricing Supplement
To underlying supplement No. 1 dated October 1, 2012,
product supplement AF dated September 28, 2012,
prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2012 and
prospectus dated September 28, 2012
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Pricing Supplement No. 2139AF
Registration Statement No. 333-184193
Dated August 6, 2014; Rule 424(b)(2)
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Deutsche Bank
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Structured
Investments
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Deutsche Bank AG
$1,000,000 Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due August 10, 2017
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The notes are designed for investors who seek a return at maturity of 1.372 times the potential positive performance (if any) of the S&P 500® Index (the “Underlying”). However, if the Final Level is less than the Initial 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 and investors should be willing to lose some or all of their investment if the Final Level is less than the Initial 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 maturing August 10, 2017†
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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 priced on August 6, 2014 (the “Trade Date”) and are expected to settle on August 11, 2014 (the “Settlement Date”).
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Issuer:
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Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
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Underlying:
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The S&P 500® Index (Ticker: SPX)
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Issue Price:
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100% of the Face Amount
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Upside Leverage Factor:
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1.372
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Payment at Maturity:
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· If the Final Level is greater than the Initial 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 x Upside Leverage Factor)
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· If the Final Level is equal to the Initial Level, you will be entitled to receive a cash payment at maturity equal to $1,000 per $1,000 Face Amount of notes.
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· If the Final Level is less than the Initial 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 Initial 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. Accordingly, you will lose some or all of your investment at maturity. Any payment at maturity is subject to the credit of the Issuer.
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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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1,920.24, equal to 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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August 6, 2014
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Settlement Date:
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August 11, 2014
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Averaging Dates†:
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August 1, 2017, August 2, 2017, August 3, 2017, August 4, 2017 and August 7, 2017
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Maturity Date†:
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August 10, 2017
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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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25152RNQ2 / US25152RNQ29
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Subject to postponement as described under “Description of Securities – Adjustments to Valuation Dates and Payment Dates” in the accompanying product supplement.
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Price to Public
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Fees(1)
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Proceeds to Issuer
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Per note
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$1,000.00
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$20.00
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$980.00
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Total
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$1,000,000.00
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$20,000.00
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$980,000.00
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Title of Each Class of Securities Offered
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Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
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Amount of Registration Fee
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Notes
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$1,000,000.00
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$128.80
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Underlying supplement No. 1 dated October 1, 2012:
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Product supplement AF dated September 28, 2012:
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Prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2012:
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Hypothetical Underlying Return (%)
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Hypothetical Return on Notes (%)
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Payment at Maturity ($)
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100.00%
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137.20%
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$2,372.00
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90.00%
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123.48%
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$2,234.80
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80.00%
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109.76%
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$2,097.60
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70.00%
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96.04%
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$1,960.40
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60.00%
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82.32%
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$1,823.20
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50.00%
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68.60%
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$1,686.00
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40.00%
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54.88%
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$1,548.80
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30.00%
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41.16%
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$1,411.60
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20.00%
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27.44%
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$1,274.40
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10.00%
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13.72%
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$1,137.20
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7.50%
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10.29%
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$1,102.90
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5.00%
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6.86%
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$1,068.60
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2.50%
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3.43%
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$1,034.30
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1.00%
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1.37%
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$1,013.72
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0.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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-5.00%
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-5.00%
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$950.00
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-10.00%
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-10.00%
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$900.00
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-20.00%
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-20.00%
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$800.00
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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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UNCAPPED APPRECIATION POTENTIAL – The notes provide the opportunity to enhance returns by multiplying a positive Underlying Return by the Upside Leverage Factor of 1.372. Because the notes are our senior unsecured obligations, payment of any amount at maturity is subject to our ability to meet our obligations as they become due.
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FULL DOWNSIDE EXPOSURE – If the Final Level is less than 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 some or all of your investment at maturity.
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RETURN LINKED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE S&P 500® INDEX — The return on the notes, which may be positive, zero or negative, is linked to the performance of the S&P 500® Index. The S&P 500® Index is intended to provide a performance benchmark for the U.S. equity markets. The calculation of the level of the S&P 500® Index is based on the relative value of the aggregate market value of the common stocks of 500 companies as of a particular time as compared to the aggregate average market value of the common stocks of 500 similar companies during the base period of the years 1941 through 1943. On March 11, 2014, the sponsor of the S&P 500® Index announced that the sponsor will start including, on a case by case basis, multiple share class lines in the S&P 500® Index. This will result in the S&P 500® Index including more than 500 component shares while continuing to include only 500 component companies. The sponsor expects to revise the S&P 500® Index’s methodology to fully reflect a multiple share class structure by September 2015. This is only a summary of the S&P 500® Index. For more information on the S&P 500® Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see the section entitled “The S&P Indices – The S&P 500® Index” in the accompanying underlying supplement No. 1 dated October 1, 2012.
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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 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 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. Any payment at maturity is subject to our ability to meet our obligations as they become due.
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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 the 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 pricing supplement) 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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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, you will not have voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights that holders of the stocks composing the Underlying would have.
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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 a comparable change 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 pricing supplement. 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 pricing supplement 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 pricing supplement) 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
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LACK OF LIQUIDITY — The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. We or our affiliates intend to offer to purchase the notes in the secondary market 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 trade or sell the notes easily. Because other dealers are not likely to make a secondary market for the notes, the price at which you may be able to trade or 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 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.
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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 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
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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 duties, 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, the Final Level, the Underlying Return and the amount, if any, that we will pay you at maturity. 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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