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Summary Prospectus    February 28, 2011

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JPMorgan Emerging Economies Fund

Class/Ticker:     A/JEEAX     C/JEECX      Select/JEESX

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Statement of Additional Information, online at www.jpmorganfunds.com/funddocuments. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-480-4111 or by sending an e-mail request to Funds.Website.Support@jpmorganfunds.com or by asking any financial intermediary that offers shares of the Fund. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated February 28, 2011, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

What is the goal of the Fund?

The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A Shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the J.P. Morgan Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in “How to Do Business with the Funds — SALES CHARGES” on page 76 of the prospectus and in “PURCHASES, REDEMPTIONS AND EXCHANGES” in Appendix A to Part II of the Statement of Additional Information.

 

SHAREHOLDER FEES (Fees paid directly from your investment)
     Class A   Class C   Select
Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases as % of the Offering Price   5.25%   NONE   NONE
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) as % of Original Cost of the Shares   NONE   1.00%   NONE
    (under
$1 million)
     
Redemption Fee on Shares Held Less than 60 Days as a % of Amount Redeemed/ Exchanged   2.00   2.00   2.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)

 
     Class A     Class C     Select
Class
 
Management Fees     1.00     1.00     1.00
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees     0.25        0.75        NONE   
Other Expenses     2.74        2.74        2.74   

Shareholder Service Fees

    0.25        0.25        0.25   

Remainder of Other Expenses

    2.49        2.49        2.49   
                         
Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
    3.99        4.49        3.74   
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements1     (2.14     (2.14     (2.14
                         
Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements1
 

 

1.85

  

 

 

2.35

  

 

 

1.60

  

 

1 The Fund’s adviser, administrator and the distributor (the Service Providers) have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses of Class A, Class C and Select Class Shares (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expenses on interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses and expenses related to the Board of Trustees’ deferred compensation plan) exceed 1.85%, 2.35% and 1.60%, respectively, of their average daily net assets. This contract cannot be terminated prior to 3/1/12, at which time the Service Providers will determine whether or not to renew or revise it.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements shown in the table through 2/29/12 and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.

 

 

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IF YOU SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST WOULD BE:  
     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
CLASS A SHARES ($)     703        1,491        2,295        4,376   
CLASS C SHARES ($)     338        1,165        2,101        4,483   
SELECT CLASS SHARES ($)     163        946        1,749        3,847   

 

IF YOU DO NOT SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST
WOULD BE:
 
     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
CLASS A SHARES ($)     703        1,491        2,295        4,376   
CLASS C SHARES ($)     238        1,165        2,101        4,483   
SELECT CLASS SHARES ($)     163        946        1,749        3,847   

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the Fund’s most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 156% of the average value of its portfolio.

What are the Fund’s main investment strategies?

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of the value of its Assets in equity securities of emerging markets companies and other investments that are tied economically to emerging markets. “Assets” means net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes. Emerging markets include most countries in the world except Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States, and most of the countries of Western Europe. An emerging market company is one: that is organized under the laws of, or has a principal place of business in an emerging market; where the principal securities market is in an emerging market; that derives at least 50% of its total revenues or profits from goods that are produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in an emerging market; or at least 50% of the assets of which are located in an emerging market.

The Fund is not required to allocate its investments in any set percentages in any particular countries. The Fund is not constrained by capitalization or style limits and will invest across sectors. The Fund will invest in securities across all market capitalizations, although the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies of one particular market capitalization category.

The Fund may overweight or underweight countries relative to its benchmark, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets (EM) Index. The Fund emphasizes securities that are ranked as undervalued, while underweighting or avoiding securities that appear overvalued.

The Fund may invest in securities denominated in U.S. dollars, major reserve currencies and currencies of other countries in which it can invest. The Fund typically maintains full currency exposure to those markets in which it invests. However, the Fund may hedge a portion of its foreign currency exposure into the U.S. dollar.

The Fund may utilize currency forwards to reduce currency deviations, where practical, for the purpose of risk management. The Fund may use exchange-traded futures for the efficient management of cash flows. The Fund may also use participatory notes in the management of portfolio assets.

Investment Process: The adviser believes that emerging markets are generally inefficient as demonstrated by the high and variable volatility of many emerging markets and individual companies in these markets. Corporate disclosure and transparency can vary widely thereby exacerbating the inefficiency of these markets and offering opportunities to experienced, well-informed active investors.

In managing the Fund, the adviser adheres to a disciplined process for stock selection and portfolio construction. A proprietary multi-factor model is used to quantitatively rank securities in the Fund’s investment universe which the adviser uses to select securities. Securities held in the Fund that the adviser believes have become over-valued and/or whose factor signals have deteriorated materially may be sold and are generally replaced with more attractive securities, on the basis of the adviser’s disciplined investment process.

The portfolio construction process controls for sector and industry weights, number of stocks held, and position size. Risk or factor exposures are actively managed through portfolio construction.

The Fund has access to the adviser’s currency specialists in determining the extent and nature of the Fund’s exposure to various foreign currencies.

The Fund’s Main Investment Risks

The Fund is subject to management risk and may not achieve its objective if the adviser’s expectations regarding particular securities or markets are not met.

 

 

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An investment in this Fund or any other fund may not provide a complete investment program. The suitability of an investment in the Fund should be considered based on the investment objective, strategies and risks described in this prospectus, considered in light of all of the other investments in your portfolio, as well as your risk tolerance, financial goals and time horizons. You may want to consult with a financial advisor to determine if this Fund is suitable for you.

Equity Market Risk. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of changes in the broad market or changes in a company’s financial condition, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, sectors or industries selected for the Fund’s portfolio or the securities market as a whole, such as changes in economic or political conditions. When the value of the Fund’s securities goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value.

Foreign Securities and Emerging Market Risks. Investments in foreign issuers are subject to additional risks, including political and economic risks, civil conflicts and war, greater volatility, expropriation and nationalization risks, currency fluctuations, higher transaction costs, delayed settlement, possible foreign controls on investment, and less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of foreign markets. These risks are magnified in “emerging markets.”

Derivatives Risk. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Many derivatives create leverage thereby causing the Fund to be more volatile than it would be if it had not used derivatives. Derivatives also expose the Fund to counterparty risk (the risk that the derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligations), including credit risk of the derivative counterparty.

Preferred Stock Risk. Preferred stock generally has a preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuer’s common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an issuer’s capital structure. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.

Currency Risk. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of the Fund’s securities and the price of the Fund’s shares. Generally, when the value of the U.S. dollar rises in value relative to a foreign currency, an investment in that country loses value because that currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars. Devaluation of a currency by a country’s government or banking authority also may have a significant impact on the

value of any investments denominated in that currency. Currency markets generally are not as regulated as securities markets.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund will likely engage in active and frequent trading leading to increased portfolio turnover, higher transaction costs, and the possibility of increased capital gains, including short-term capital gains that will generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.

Redemption Risk. The Fund could experience a loss when selling securities to meet redemption requests by shareholders if the redemption requests are unusually large or frequent, occur in times of overall market turmoil or declining prices for the securities sold, or when the securities the Fund wishes to or is required to sell are illiquid.

 

Investments in the Fund are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.

You could lose money investing in the Fund.

The Fund’s Past Performance

This section provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares has varied from year to year for the past two calendar years. The table shows the average annual total returns over the past one year and the life of the Fund. The table compares that performance to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets (EM) Index (net of foreign withholding taxes), the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and the Lipper Emerging Markets Funds Index, an index based on the total returns of certain mutual funds within the Fund’s designated category as determined by Lipper. As of the date of this prospectus, the Fund’s benchmark has changed to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net of foreign withholding taxes), which reflects the deduction of foreign withholding taxes on dividends reinvested and more accurately reflects the expenses that an investor investing in the securities included in the benchmark would incur. The Fund’s former benchmark was the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which does not reflect the deduction of foreign withholding taxes on dividends reinvested. Unlike the other indexes, the Lipper index includes the expenses of the mutual funds included in the index. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available by visiting www.jpmorganfunds.com or by calling 1-800-480-4111. The performance figures in the bar chart do not reflect any deduction for the front-end sales charge which is assessed on

 

 

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Class A Shares. If the sales charge were reflected, the performance figures would have been lower.

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Best Quarter    2nd quarter, 2009      33.70%   
Worst Quarter    2nd quarter, 2010      -8.51%   

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN

(For periods ended December 31, 2010)

 
     Past
1 Year
    Life of
Fund Since
2/28/08
 
CLASS A SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     20.02     (0.52 )% 
Return After Taxes on Distributions     19.97        (0.91
Return After Taxes on Distributions
and Sale of Fund Shares
    13.02        (0.62
CLASS C SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     25.10        0.89   
SELECT CLASS SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     27.05        1.66   
MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX      
(Net of Foreign Withholding Taxes)      
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses or Taxes, Except Foreign Withholding Taxes)     18.88        1.86   
MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX      
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees,
Expenses or Taxes)
    19.20        2.15   
LIPPER EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS INDEX      
(Reflects No Deduction for Taxes)     20.14        0.71   

After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A Shares, and the after-tax return for the other classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and

the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Management

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

 

Portfolio Manager   Managed the
Fund Since
   Primary Title with
Investment Adviser
Anuj Arora   2008    Vice President
George Iwanicki   2008    Managing Director
Leon Eidelman   2008    Vice President

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase minimums

 

For Class A and Class C Shares   

To establish an account

     $1,000   

To add to an account

     $25   

For Select Class Shares

  

To establish an account

     $1,000,000   

To add to an account

     No minimum levels   

In general, you may purchase or redeem shares on any business day

 

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Through your Financial Intermediary

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By writing to J.P. Morgan Funds Services, P.O. Box 8528, Boston, MA 02266-8528

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After you open an account, by calling J.P. Morgan Funds Services at 1-800-480-4111

Tax Information

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) plan or other tax-advantaged investment plan.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

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