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Summary Prospectus    February 29, 2012, as supplemented September 4, 2012    LOGO

JPMorgan Latin America Fund

Class/Ticker:     A/JLTAX     C/JLTCX     Select/JLTSX

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, dated February 29, 2012, as supplemented, and Statement of Additional Information, dated February 29, 2012, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

What is the goal of the Fund?

The Fund will seek 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 73 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)
       

 

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

    0.75        0.75        0.76   

Shareholder Service Fees

    0.25        0.25        0.25   

Remainder of Other Expenses

    0.50        0.50        0.51   

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

    0.01        0.01        0.01   
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

    2.01        2.51        1.77   
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements1     (0.30     (0.30     (0.31
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements1     1.71        2.21        1.46   
1 The Fund’s adviser, administrator and 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 relating to short sales, interest, taxes, expenses related to litigation and potential litigation, extraordinary expenses and expenses related to the Board of Trustees’ deferred compensation plan) exceed 1.70%, 2.20% and 1.45%, respectively, of their average daily net assets. This contract cannot be terminated prior to 3/1/14, 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 2/28/14 and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.

 

IF YOU SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST WOULD BE:  
     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
CLASS A SHARES ($)     690        1,095        1,525        2,717   
CLASS C SHARES ($)     324        753        1,309        2,823   
SELECT CLASS SHARES ($)     149        527        930        2,058   

 

IF YOU DO NOT SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST
WOULD BE:
 
     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
CLASS A SHARES ($)     690        1,095        1,525        2,717   
CLASS C SHARES ($)     224        753        1,309        2,823   
SELECT CLASS SHARES ($)     149        527        930        2,058   

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

 

 

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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 53% of the average value of its portfolio.

What are the Fund’s main investment strategies?

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its Assets in securities of Latin American issuers and other investments that are tied economically to

Latin America. “Assets” means net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes. Latin America includes, but is not limited to, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Panama and Venezuela. The Fund will invest primarily in foreign companies of various sizes, including foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies.

The Fund’s adviser considers a number of factors to determine whether an investment is tied economically to Latin America including: the source of government guarantees (if any); the primary trading market; the issuer’s domicile, sources of revenue, and location of assets; whether the investment is included in an index representative of a particular country in Latin America or the Latin American region; and whether the investment is exposed to the economic fortunes and risks of a particular country in Latin America or the Latin American region.

The Fund may overweight or underweight countries relative to its benchmark, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets (EM) Latin America Index (net of foreign withholding taxes).

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 may from time to time hedge a portion of its foreign currency exposure into the U.S. dollar.

Investment Process: The adviser focuses on active and fundamental research, relying less on published data and more on subjective analysis conducted primarily through company visits by locally-based country specialists.

In managing the Fund, the adviser seeks to add value primarily through stock selection decisions. Thus, decisions about country weightings are secondary to those about the individual stocks, which make up the portfolio. The portfolio manager is primarily responsible for implementing the recommendations of our country specialists, who make their recommendations based on the stock ranking system.

The primary emphasis in selecting securities for the Fund is on bottom-up stock research conducted by country specialists, while macro research is used as a framework for the analysis.

The Fund will sell securities if the adviser believes the issuer of such securities no longer meets certain growth criteria, if certain political and economic events occur, or if it believes that more attractive opportunities are available.

The Fund is non-diversified.

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.

 

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.

General Market Risk. Economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact markets or issuers in other countries or regions.

Foreign Securities and Emerging Market Risks. Investments in foreign issuers and foreign securities (including depositary receipts) 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.” Events and evolving conditions in certain economies or markets may alter the risks associated with investments tied to countries or regions that historically were perceived as comparatively stable becoming riskier and more volatile.

Latin American Market Risk. The economies of countries in Latin America are all considered emerging market economies. High interest, inflation (in some cases substantial and prolonged),

 

 

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and unemployment rates generally characterize each economy. Because commodities such as agricultural products, minerals, and metals represent a significant percentage of exports of many Latin American countries, the economies of those countries are particularly sensitive to fluctuations in commodity prices. Investments in the region may also be subject to currency risks, such as restrictions on the flow of money in and out of the country, extreme volatility relative to the U.S. dollar, and devaluation, all of which could decrease the value of the Fund.

Governments of many Latin American countries exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector, and any such exercise could have a significant effect on companies in which the Fund invests. Other Latin American market risks include foreign exchange controls, difficulties in pricing securities, defaults on sovereign debt, difficulties in enforcing favorable legal judgments in local courts and political and social instability.

Because the Fund concentrates in a single region of the world, the Fund’s performance may be more volatile than that of a fund that invests globally. If Latin American securities fall out of favor, it may cause the Fund to underperform funds that do not concentrate in a single region of the world.

Smaller Cap Company Risk. Investments in securities of smaller companies may be riskier and more volatile and vulnerable to economic, market and industry changes than securities of larger, more established companies. As a result, share price changes may be more sudden or erratic than the prices of other equity securities, especially over the short term.

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. Certain derivatives are synthetic instruments that attempt to replicate the performance of certain reference assets. With regard to such derivatives, the Fund does not have a claim on the reference assets and is subject to enhanced counterparty risk.

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 will have a significant impact on the value of any investments denominated in that currency. Currency markets generally are not as regulated as securities markets.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. Since the Fund is nondiversified, it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer or group of issuers than a diversified fund would. This increased concentration in fewer issuers may result in the Fund’s shares being more sensitive to economic results of those issuing the securities.

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 four 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) Latin America Index (net of foreign withholding taxes) and the Lipper Latin American Funds Average, an average based on the total returns of all mutual funds within the Fund’s designated category as determined by Lipper. Unlike the other index, the Lipper average includes the expenses of the mutual funds included in the average. 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 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      44.20%   
Worst Quarter    4th quarter, 2008      –38.26%   

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(For periods ended December 31, 2011)

 
     Past
1 Year
    Life of Fund
Since 2/28/07
 
CLASS A SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     (24.77 )%      4.09
Return After Taxes on Distributions     (24.78     3.49   
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares     (16.06     3.19   
CLASS C SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     (21.98     4.74   
SELECT CLASS SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     (20.40     5.51   
MSCI EMERGING MARKETS LATIN AMERICA INDEX      

(Net of Foreign Withholding Taxes)

     
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses or Taxes, Except Foreign Withholding Taxes)     (19.35     7.07   
LIPPER LATIN AMERICAN FUNDS AVERAGE      
(Reflects No Deduction for Taxes)     (21.31     4.33   

After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A Shares, and after-tax returns for these 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
Luis Carrillo   2007   

Managing Director

Sebastian Luparia   2007   

Managing Director

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, in which case you may be subject to federal income tax upon withdrawal from the tax-advantaged account.

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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