JPMorgan prices Step‑Up Auto Callable Notes
JPMorgan Chase Financial Company LLC priced $64,000 of Step-Up Auto Callable Notes linked to the S&P® Global 100 PR 5% Daily Risk Control 0.5% Deduction Index (USD) ER.
JPMorgan Chase Financial Company LLC priced $64,000 of Step-Up Auto Callable Notes linked to the S&P® Global 100 PR 5% Daily Risk Control 0.5% Deduction Index (USD) ER. The notes priced on May 26, 2026 and are expected to settle on or about May 29, 2026, mature on June 1, 2033, and may be automatically called beginning June 1, 2027.
The notes pay no interest, have a Participation Rate of 100%, and provide at-maturity upside equal to the Index Return times the Participation Rate if not called. Call Values step up each Review Date (101% to 106% of the Initial Value) with increasing Call Premium Amounts. The Initial Value on the Pricing Date was 123.35.
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Auto-call structure favors limited early-year returns versus full-index upside at maturity.
The notes offer a layered automatic-call schedule with Call Values rising from 101% to 106% and Call Premium Amounts from $107.50 to $645.00 per $1,000 note. If called, investors receive the applicable Call Premium Amount on the Call Settlement Date and forgo the maturity Index-linked payout.
Key dependency is the Index path: the volatility-targeting Index can be significantly uninvested and reflects a 0.50% daily deduction plus a notional financing cost. Timing not specified beyond explicit Review Dates; cash-flow treatment is issuer/guarantor credit-exposed.
Notes are expected to be treated as contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal tax purposes.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP opines the notes should be taxed as contingent payment debt instruments, requiring accrual of original issue discount at a comparable yield of 4.81%, producing a projected payment at maturity of $1,395.24 per $1,000 note for tax-accrual purposes.
Tax consequences may vary for non-initial purchasers and Non-U.S. Holders; Section 871(m) treatment was considered and, based on issuer determinations, is not expected to apply but the IRS could disagree.
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