JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 30, 2019

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RNS Number : 5582X

JPMorgan American IT PLC

30 April 2019

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					YES
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Chase Nominees Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Chase Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		30th April 2019
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30th April 2019
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
ORD GBP 0.05	7,842,850			0			7,842,850				7,842,850				3.6%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
7,842,850								3.6%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Chase Nominees Limited announces that J.P. Morgan Trustee & Administration Services Limited has a notifiable interest in 7,842,850 Ordinary shares. These shares are held on behalf of participants in the JPMorgan investment trust savings products.  J.P. Morgan Trustee & Administration Services Limited has a notifiable interest in these shares because, in certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations agreed with the Takeover Panel to ensure compliance with the Takeover Code, JPMorgan is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the Ordinary shares if the relevant plan participants do not do so. JPMorgan is now entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to these Ordinary shares, as these shares have not been voted by the participants in the JPMorgan investment trust savings products in respect of the Company's 2019 Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 2nd May 2019.  This entitlement will cease following the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting being held in 2019.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Alison Vincent
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7742 4000

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