JPMorgan prices $1.391M accelerated barrier notes
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JPMorgan Chase Financial Company LLC priced $1,391,000 of uncapped accelerated barrier notes due April 22, 2031, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The notes pay at maturity based on the lesser performing of the Nasdaq-100 Futures Excess Index and the S&P 500® Futures Excess Return Index, with an upside leverage factor of 2.4825 and a barrier at 70.00% of each Index’s initial value. The notes were priced on April 17, 2026 and expected to settle on or about April 22, 2026. They are unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Financial, subject to the issuer’s and guarantor’s credit risk, have minimum denominations of $1,000, and are designed to deliver 2.4825× any appreciation of the lesser performing Index at maturity while exposing holders to significant principal loss if the lesser performing Index falls below the barrier.
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These notes offer leveraged upside on the lesser performing index while exposing holders to full downside below a 70% barrier.
The product couples an upside leverage factor of 2.4825 with a binary-style barrier: if either Index finishes below 70.00% of its Initial Value, the payoff converts to a linear loss tied to the Lesser Performing Index Return. The quoted estimated value at pricing was $968.80 per $1,000 note and the price to public was $1,000.
Key dependencies include final Index levels on the Observation Date (April 17, 2031), futures roll/negative roll returns, and issuer/guarantor credit. Secondary-market liquidity and bid prices are conditional on JPMS’s willingness to trade; initial repurchase support may decline over an initial period (shorter of six months and half the term).
Credit exposure and tax treatment are material considerations; tax opinion treats the notes as "open transactions" but the IRS may disagree.
The notes are unsecured obligations of JPMorgan Financial, guaranteed by JPMorgan Chase & Co.; payment depends on the issuer’s and guarantor’s creditworthiness. The pricing supplement relays a tax opinion that the notes may be treated as open transactions with long-term capital gain treatment if held >1 year, but warns potential IRS disagreement and Section 871(m) considerations for non-U.S. holders.
Investors should consult tax counsel about character and timing of income, withholding risks, and the possible effects of future regulatory guidance referenced in the supplement.
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