JPMorgan offers buffered digital notes with 9.25% payout
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JPMorgan Chase Financial Company LLC is offering structured Buffered Digital Notes fully and unconditionally guaranteed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The notes pay a Contingent Digital Return of at least $1,000 × 9.25% at maturity if the Final Value of the least performing of three indices is >= its Initial Value or down by no more than a Buffer Amount of 25.00%.
Key terms: Pricing date on or about March 31, 2026, settlement on or about April 6, 2026, Observation Date April 30, 2027 and Maturity Date May 5, 2027. Minimum denomination is $1,000; CUSIP 46660RK60. The estimated value at pricing is approximately $987.30 per $1,000 note and will not be less than $900.00 per $1,000 note. Payments depend on the least performing of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector and the Russell 2000 and are subject to the credit risk of the issuer and guarantor.
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Product blends capped upside with a defined downside buffer and issuer credit exposure.
The notes offer a fixed capped payout of at least $1,000 × 9.25% if the least performing Index falls by no more than 25.00%, otherwise principal is reduced in proportion to shortfall beyond the buffer.
Primary dependencies are the final Index levels on the Observation Date and issuer/guarantor credit. Secondary market liquidity and the difference between estimated value and original issue price may depress resale proceeds prior to maturity.
Tax treatment could be uncertain; counsel treats notes as open transactions for U.S. federal tax purposes.
The pricing supplement states special tax counsel expects the notes to be treated as "open transactions" and not debt, which would generally yield long-term capital treatment for gains if held > one year.
However, the supplement warns the IRS may disagree and references Treasury consideration of similar instruments; investors should consult advisers due to potential alternative characterizations and Section 871(m) considerations for Non-U.S. Holders.
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