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Summary Prospectus    November 1, 2016, as supplemented April 10, 2017    LOGO

JPMorgan Intrepid Sustainable Equity Fund

(formerly JPMorgan Intrepid Advantage Fund)

Class/Ticker:     A/JICAX     C/JICCX     I*/JIISX

  * Formerly, Select Class Shares.

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 November 1, 2016, as supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

What is the goal of the Fund?

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

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 “Investing with J.P. Morgan Funds — SALES CHARGES AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY COMPENSATION” on page 115 and in “Financial Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waivers” in Appendix A 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   Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases, Shown 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     Class I  
Management Fees1     0.50     0.50     0.50
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees     0.25       0.75       NONE  
Other Expenses     1.05       1.06       1.00  

Shareholder Service Fees

    0.25       0.25       0.25  

Remainder of Other Expenses

    0.80       0.81       0.75  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1     1.80       2.31       1.50  
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements1,2     (0.75     (0.76     (0.70
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements1,2     1.05       1.55       0.80  

 

1 As of November 1, 2016, The Fund’s advisory fee was reduced to 0.50%; therefore, the Management fees, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements have been restated to reflect the current fees.

 

2 The Fund’s adviser and/or its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses other than certain money market fund fees as described below, dividend and interest expenses related to short sales, interest, taxes, expenses related to litigation and potential litigation, and extraordinary expenses) exceed 1.05%, 1.55% and 0.80% of the average daily net assets of Class A, Class C and Class I Shares, respectively. The Fund may invest in one or more money market funds advised by the adviser or its affiliates (affiliated money market funds). The Fund’s adviser, shareholder servicing agent and/or administrator have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in an amount sufficient to offset the respective net fees each collects from the affiliated money market funds on the Fund’s investment in such money market funds. These waivers are in effect through 10/31/17, at which time the adviser and/or its affiliates will determine whether to renew or revise them.

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

 

 

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operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements shown in the fee table through 10/31/17 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 ($)     626       992       1,382       2,471
CLASS C SHARES ($)     258       649       1,166       2,587
CLASS I SHARES ($)     82     405     752     1,731

 

IF YOU DO NOT SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST
WOULD BE:
 
     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
CLASS A SHARES ($)     626       992       1,382       2,471
CLASS C SHARES ($)     158       649       1,166       2,587
CLASS I SHARES ($)     82     405     752     1,731

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 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

What are the Fund’s main investment strategies?

In managing the Fund, the adviser identifies companies that, in the adviser’s opinion, generally approach environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices in a thoughtful manner while also having attractive value, quality and momentum characteristics. The Fund seeks to invest in companies that, on a combined basis, appear attractive when considering all of these financial and sustainability characteristics.

The Fund defines ESG characteristics as follows:

 

 

Environmental — companies that actively strive to reduce the negative impact of their business operations on the environment. In this context, the adviser analyzes factors such as the company’s likely impact on climate change, natural resource use, pollution and the use of clean technology

 

Social — companies that consider the social impact of their business internally and externally. In this context, the adviser reviews considerations such as worker safety, product safety

   

and integrity, healthier products, impact on the community and human rights

 

Governance — companies that embrace corporate governance principles. In reviewing governance characteristics, the adviser considers issues such as board accountability and diversity, shareholder rights, executive compensation, business ethics and government and public policy

The Fund defines value, quality and momentum characteristics as follows:

 

 

Value — attractive valuations to identify underappreciated stocks

 

Quality — companies with conservative management teams and high quality earnings

 

Momentum — companies which have improving business fundamentals and which the market views positively

The Fund primarily invests in large-cap and mid-cap common stocks, and under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the equity securities of companies meeting the Fund’s sustainability criteria. The Fund’s sustainability criteria are based on a proprietary ESG scoring methodology which includes qualitative factors and the adviser’s subjective judgment. Because investing on the basis of sustainability/ESG criteria involves qualitative and subjective analysis, there can be no assurance that the methodology utilized by, or determinations made by, the adviser will align with the beliefs or values of a particular investor.

Derivatives, which are instruments that have a value based on another instrument, exchange rate or index, may be used as substitutes for securities in which the Fund can invest. The Fund may use futures contracts to gain or reduce exposure to its index, maintain liquidity and minimize transaction costs. In managing cash flows, the Fund buys futures contracts to invest incoming cash in the market or sells futures contracts in response to cash outflows, thereby gaining market exposure while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity.

Investment Process: The Fund has an actively managed strategy that employs an investment process based on behavioral finance principles. Behavioral finance theorizes that investors behave irrationally in systematic and predictable ways because human psychology affects investment decision-making. This investor behavior results in market inefficiencies that persist over time. The Fund seeks to capitalize on these market anomalies through a disciplined and dispassionate investment process. With respect to the Fund, the adviser utilizes the behavioral finance principles which identify companies with attractive value, quality and momentum characteristics.

In choosing securities to purchase, the Fund’s adviser evaluates and internally ranks companies across industries on the

 

 

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combined ESG criteria and value, quality and momentum characteristics. The Fund seeks to invest in those companies that, on a combined basis, appear attractive based on all of these financial and sustainability characteristics. The strategy also seeks to avoid those companies that, based on the Fund’s ESG scoring methodology, rank among the worst based on each of the ESG criteria individually, but does not automatically exclude companies in particular industries such as tobacco, alcohol or gambling. When evaluating companies to determine whether they have attractive characteristics, the adviser compares companies within similar industries to determine which securities to purchase within those industries. The adviser may vary the weightings of particular ESG and value, quality and momentum characteristics by industry because, in the adviser’s judgment, certain characteristics are more relevant for certain industries. For example, an environmental characteristic such as land use may be more relevant for energy companies than for technology companies.

The Fund has flexibility to focus in various industries or sectors based on the adviser’s analysis of market opportunities at a particular time.

The Fund will sell a stock if the adviser determines that the issuer no longer meets the Fund’s investment criteria or if the adviser believes that more attractive opportunities are available.

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 instruments 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.

The Fund is subject to the main risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and ability to meet its investment objective.

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. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform securities in comparison to general financial markets, a particular financial market or other asset classes, due to a number of factors, including inflation, interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters or events, terrorism, regulatory events and government controls.

Sustainability (ESG) Strategy Risk. The Fund’s ESG strategies could cause it to perform differently compared to funds that do not have such a policy. The criteria related to this ESG policy may result in the Fund’s forgoing opportunities to buy certain securities when it might otherwise be advantageous to do so, or selling securities for ESG reasons when it might be otherwise disadvantageous for it to do so. In addition, there is a risk that the companies identified by the ESG policy do not operate as expected when addressing ESG issues. There are significant differences in interpretations of what it means for a company to have positive ESG characteristics. While the adviser believes its definitions are reasonable, the portfolio decisions it makes may differ with other investors’ or advisers’ views.

Large Cap Company Risk. Because the Fund invests in large cap company securities, it may underperform other funds during periods when the Fund’s large cap securities are out of favor.

Mid Cap Company Risk. The Fund’s risks increase as it invests in smaller companies (primarily mid cap companies). Smaller companies may be less liquid, more volatile and more vulnerable to economic, market and industry changes than investments in larger, more established companies. The securities of smaller companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than securities of larger 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. These risks are higher for small cap companies.

Derivative Risk. Derivatives, including futures contracts, may be riskier than other types of investments and may increase the volatility of the Fund. Derivatives may be sensitive to changes in economic and market conditions and may create leverage, which could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Derivatives expose the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligations (and includes credit risk associated with the 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

 

 

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counterparty risk. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the security or other risk being hedged. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives expose the Fund to risks of mispricing or improper valuation.

Industry and Sector Focus Risk. At times the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular industry or sector. The prices of securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector may be more susceptible to fluctuations due to changes in economic or business conditions, government regulations, availability of basic resources or supplies, or other events that affect that industry or sector more than securities of issuers in other industries and sectors. To the extent that the Fund increases the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular industry or sector, its shares’ values may fluctuate in response to events affecting that industry or sector.

Transactions Risk. The Fund could experience a loss and its liquidity may be negatively impacted when selling securities to meet redemption requests by shareholders. The risk of loss increases if the redemption requests are unusually large or frequent or occur in times of overall market turmoil or declining prices. Similarly, large purchases of Fund shares may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash and is required to maintain a larger cash position than it ordinarily would.

 

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 I Shares (formerly, Select Class Shares) has varied from year to year for the past ten calendar years. The table shows the average annual total returns for the past one year, five years and ten years. The table compares that performance to the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 3000® Index and the Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index, an index based on the total returns of certain mutual funds within the Fund’s designated category as determined by Lipper. Unlike the other indexes, the Lipper index includes the fees and expenses of the mutual funds included in the index. As of 11/1/16, the Fund changed its investment strategies, and certain investment policies. In view of these changes, the Fund’s performance record prior to this period might be less pertinent for investors considering whether to purchase shares

of the Fund. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available by visiting www.jpmorganfunds.com or by calling 1-800-480-4111.

 

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Best Quarter    3rd quarter, 2009      18.50%  
Worst Quarter    4th quarter, 2008      –24.34%  

The Fund’s year-to-date total return through 9/30/16 was 4.97%.

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(For periods ended December 31, 2015)

 
     Past
1 Year
    Past
5 Years
    Past
10 Years
 
CLASS I SHARES        
Return Before Taxes     0.48     13.00     6.66
Return After Taxes on Distributions     0.02       12.72       6.23
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares     0.64       10.43       5.31
CLASS A SHARES        
Return Before Taxes     (5.02     11.51       5.82
CLASS C SHARES        
Return Before Taxes     (1.25     12.16       5.86
S&P 500 INDEX1        
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes)     1.38       12.57       7.31  
RUSSELL 3000 INDEX        
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes)     0.48       12.18       7.35
LIPPER LARGE-CAP CORE FUNDS INDEX        
(Reflects No Deduction for Taxes)     (0.67     10.97       6.35
 

 

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1 Effective 11/1/16, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the Russell 3000 Index to the S&P 500 Index because the adviser believes that the S&P 500 Index is a more appropriate comparison in light of the Fund’s new investment strategies, which were also adopted 11/1/16.

After-tax returns are shown only for the Class I Shares, and after-tax returns 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 your tax situation and may differ from those shown. 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
Garrett Fish   2012    Executive Director
Jason Alonzo   2005    Managing Director
Dennis S. Ruhl   2012    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

     $50  
For Class I 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:

 

 

Through your Financial Intermediary

 

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

 

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 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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