497K 1 d372364d497k.htm JPMORGAN TRUST I JPMORGAN TRUST I
Summary Prospectus    July 1, 2016, as supplemented April 10, 2017    LOGO

JPMorgan Tax Aware Income Opportunities Fund

Class/Ticker:     A/JTAAX     C/JTACX     I*/JTASX

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

 

What is the goal of the Fund?

The Fund seeks to provide total return.

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 $100,000 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 31 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 as a % of the Offering Price   3.75%   NONE   NONE
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) as a % 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 Fees     0.40     0.40     0.40
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees     0.25       0.75       NONE  
Other Expenses     0.48       0.50       0.49

Shareholder Service Fees

    0.25       0.25       0.25

Remainder of Other Expenses

    0.23       0.25       0.24
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses     1.13       1.65       0.89
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements¹     (0.38     (0.40     (0.39 )
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement¹     0.75       1.25       0.50

 

 

1 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 0.75%, 1.25% and 0.50% 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 10/31/18, 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 operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements shown in the table through 10/31/18 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 ($)     449       646       901       1,631  
CLASS C SHARES ($)     227       440       820       1,885  
CLASS I SHARES ($)     51       204       415       1,022  

 

IF YOU DO NOT SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST
WOULD BE:
 
     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
CLASS A SHARES ($)     449       646       901       1,631  
CLASS C SHARES ($)     127       440       820       1,885  
CLASS I SHARES ($)     51       204       415       1,022  

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 133% of the average value of its portfolio.

What are the Fund’s main investment strategies?

The Fund has an absolute return orientation and is not managed relative to an index. The Fund attempts to achieve a positive total return in diverse market environments over time. In buying and selling investments for the Fund, the adviser uses an opportunistic strategy that combines security selection, trading strategies and derivatives to allocate its investments with an absolute return orientation. “Tax Aware Income” in the Fund’s name refers to the Fund’s strategy of investing in municipal securities, the interest from which is expected to be exempt from federal income tax. “Opportunities” in the Fund’s name refers to the Fund’s strategy of achieving returns from opportunistic trading in addition to the use of derivative strategies to manage the impact of movement in interest rates and credit spreads and to adjust exposure to individual securities. As part of its principal investment strategy, the Fund may actively engage in short-term trading to take advantage of opportunities in the municipal market.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its Assets in municipal securities. “Assets” means net assets plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes. Municipal securities are debt securities of any maturity issued

by states, territories and possessions of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and their respective authorities, political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax. The securities are issued to raise funds for various public and private purposes. Municipal securities include private activity and industrial development bonds, tax anticipation notes and participations in pools of municipal securities. Municipal securities also include variable rate demand obligations issued by states, territories and possessions of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and their respective authorities, political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax.

The Fund invests in investment grade securities or the unrated equivalent as well as in below investment grade securities (also known as junk bonds). Investment grade securities carry a minimum rating of Baa3, BBB–, or BBB– by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (Moody’s), Standard & Poor’s Corporation (S&P), or Fitch Ratings (Fitch), respectively, or the equivalent by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or are unrated but deemed by the adviser to be of comparable quality. A “junk bond” is a debt security that is rated below investment grade. Junk bonds also include unrated securities that the adviser believes to be of comparable quality to debt securities that are rated below investment grade. Junk bonds are also called “high yield bonds” and “non-investment grade bonds.” These securities generally are rated in the fifth or lower rating categories (for example, BB+ or lower by S&P and Ba1 or lower by Moody’s). These securities generally offer a higher yield than investment grade securities, but involve a high degree of risk. A security’s quality is determined at the time of purchase and securities that are rated investment grade or the unrated equivalent may be downgraded or decline in credit quality such that subsequently they would be deemed to be below investment grade.

As part of its absolute return oriented strategy, the Fund will use a combination of investment techniques including security selection and trading and derivatives strategies.

As part of its derivatives strategies, the Fund may use “relative value” strategies. “Relative value” strategies seek to exploit pricing discrepancies between individual securities or market sectors. The Fund’s relative value strategies use combinations of securities and investments and include: (1) municipal security trades such as purchasing a credit default swap related to a municipal security or an index of municipal securities and selling a credit default swap on a similar municipal security or index of municipal securities, (2) long/short strategies such as selling a bond with one maturity and buying a bond with a different maturity to take advantage of the yield/return between the maturity dates, and (3) other combinations of fixed income securities and derivatives. Derivatives, which are instruments that

 

 

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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, options, swaps and credit default swaps individually or as part of its relative value strategies to manage duration, sector and yield curve exposure and credit and spread volatility. The Fund may also use these instruments to increase gain to the Fund or to hedge interest rate risk and volatility. The Fund’s derivative strategies will result in taxable income, including short-term gains.

The adviser uses security selection and/or derivatives to adjust Fund allocations among strategies or types of investments. For any and all strategies or types of investments, the Fund may use derivatives to obtain exposure. The Fund uses a flexible asset allocation approach that permits the adviser to invest in a single strategy or investment or only a few strategies or investments, consistent with the limitations identified above. Due to the Fund’s flexible allocation approach, the Fund’s risk exposure may vary and a risk associated with an individual strategy or investment may become more pronounced when the Fund utilizes a single strategy or investment or only a few strategies or investments.

The Fund may invest up to 50% of its total assets in securities that are rated below investment grade (junk bonds) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch or the equivalent by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or securities that are unrated but are deemed by the adviser to be of comparable quality. Although the Fund may invest up to 50% of its total assets in junk bonds if deemed advantageous by the adviser given current market conditions at the time of investment, the Fund will generally invest at least 50% of the Fund’s net assets in securities that, at the time of purchase, are rated investment grade or better or the unrated equivalent, meaning that such securities will carry a minimum rating of Baa, BBB–, or BBB– by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, respectively. A security’s quality is determined at the time of purchase and securities that are rated investment grade or the unrated equivalent may be downgraded or decline in credit quality such that subsequently they would be deemed to be below investment grade.

The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its Assets in a wide variety of taxable debt securities of issuers from the U.S. and other markets, both developed and emerging. Investments may be issued or guaranteed by entities including governments and their agencies, corporations, financial institutions and supranational organizations that the Fund believes have the potential to provide total return. The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate instruments (inverse floaters), corporate bonds, treasury and agency securities, asset-backed, mortgage-related and mortgage-backed securities. Mortgage-backed securities may be structured as collateralized mortgage obligations (agency and non-agency). The Fund expects to invest no more than 10% of its assets in “sub-prime” mortgage-related securities at the

time of purchase. The Fund also invests in inflation-linked securities such as Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS).

The Fund may invest in loan assignments and participations (Loans), and commitments to purchase loan assignments (Unfunded Commitments).

The Fund may also invest in common shares or preferred shares of unaffiliated closed-end funds. The Fund generally will limit its investments in a single closed-end fund to 5% of its total assets and in all registered investment companies including closed-end funds (other than money market funds) to 10% of its total assets.

The Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in order to gain exposure to particular foreign markets or asset classes. The ETFs in which the Fund may invest are registered investment companies that seek to track the performance of a particular market index or security. These indexes include not only broad-based market indexes but more specific indexes as well, including those relating to particular sectors, markets, regions or industries. Ordinarily, the Fund must limit its investments in any single ETF to 5% of its total assets and in all ETFs and other investment companies to 10% of its total assets. However, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued exemptive orders to many ETFs that allow any fund investing in such ETFs to disregard these 5% and 10% limitations. If the Fund invests in ETFs that have received such exemptive orders, it may invest any amount of its total assets in a single ETF or in multiple ETFs, although ordinarily the Fund will limit its investments to no more than 10% of its total assets in a single ETF.

As part of its principal investment strategy and for temporary defensive purposes, any portion of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in cash and cash equivalents.

Investment Process. In buying and selling investments for the Fund, the adviser uses an opportunistic strategy that combines security selection, trading strategies and derivatives to allocate its investments with an absolute return orientation (the return that an asset achieves over a certain period of time). The portfolio management team works on a collaborative basis to allocate the Fund’s investments among investment grade and non-investment grade municipal securities and to identify relative value and other trading strategies that are designed to increase gain and/or hedge against volatility and interest rate risk. The Fund uses a flexible asset allocation approach. Due to the Fund’s flexible allocation approach, the Fund’s risk exposure may vary and a risk associated with an individual strategy or type of investment may become more pronounced when the Fund utilizes a single strategy or type of investment or only a few strategies or types of investments.

As a result of the Fund’s investments in municipal securities, it will generate interest that is expected to be exempt from federal income tax. The opportunistic aspects of the Fund’s

 

 

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trading strategy, including the use of derivatives, will result in taxable income, including short-term gains.

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.

Interest Rate Risk. The Fund mainly invests in bonds and other debt securities. These securities will increase or decrease in value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of the Fund’s investments generally declines. Securities with greater interest rate sensitivity and longer maturities generally are subject to greater fluctuations in value. Longer maturity bonds and other debt securities will normally have more price volatility because of this risk than short term bonds and other debt securities. Given the historically low interest rate environment, risks associated with rising rates are heightened.

Municipal Obligations Risk. The risk of a municipal obligation generally depends on the financial and credit status of the issuer. Changes in a municipality’s financial health may make it difficult for the municipality to make interest and principal payments when due. Under some circumstances, municipal obligations might not pay interest unless the state legislature or municipality authorizes money for that purpose.

Municipal obligations may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. In addition, since some municipal obligations may be secured or guaranteed by banks and other institutions, the risk to the Fund could increase if the banking or financial sector suffers an economic downturn and/or if the credit ratings of the institutions issuing the guarantee are downgraded or at risk of being downgraded by a national rating organization. Such a downward revision or risk of being downgraded may have an adverse effect on the market prices of the securities and thus the value of the Fund’s investments.

In addition to being downgraded, an insolvent municipality may file for bankruptcy. The reorganization of a municipality’s debts

may significantly affect the rights of creditors and the value of the securities issued by the municipality and the value of the Fund’s investments.

Derivatives Risk. Derivatives, including futures contracts, options, swaps and credit default swaps, 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 the 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.

In addition to risks associated with derivatives in general, the Fund will also be subject to risks related to swap agreements. Because swap agreements are not exchange-traded, but are private contracts into which the Fund and a swap counterparty enter as principals, the Fund may experience a loss or delay in recovering assets if the counterparty defaults on its obligations. The Fund will segregate or earmark liquid assets at its custodian bank in an amount sufficient to cover its obligations under swap agreements.

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 in comparison to the 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.

Strategy Risk. The Fund may use security selection, opportunistic trading strategies and derivatives strategies to enhance returns. In addition to the risks described under “Derivatives Risk” and “High Portfolio Turnover Risk”, there is no guarantee that these strategies will succeed and their use may subject the Fund to greater volatility and loss. These strategies may also result in taxable income including short-term gains. Similarly, the Fund’s relative value and other strategies that combine derivatives and/or securities to manage duration, sector and yield curve exposure and credit and spread volatility and to gain exposure to municipal securities or markets may not be successful. Such strategies involve complex securities transactions that involve risks in addition to direct investments in

 

 

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securities including leverage risk and the risks described under “Derivatives Risk.”

Floating and Variable Rate Securities Risk. Floating and variable rate securities provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid on the securities. The rate adjustment intervals may be regular and range from daily up to annually, or may be based on an event, such as a change in the prime rate. Floating and variable rate securities may be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities, meaning that there may be limitations on the Fund’s ability to sell the securities at any given time. Such securities also may lose value.

Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in mortgage-related and asset-backed securities, including certain municipal housing authority obligations and so called “sub-prime” mortgages. The value of these securities will be influenced by the factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, significant changes in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid. These securities are also subject to prepayment and call risk. In periods of declining interest rates, the Fund may be subject to contraction risk which is the risk that borrowers will increase the rate at which they prepay the maturity value of mortgages and other obligations. When mortgages and other obligations are prepaid and when securities are called, the Fund may have to reinvest in securities with a lower yield or fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for securities with higher interest rates, resulting in an unexpected capital loss and/or a decrease in the amount of dividends and yield. In periods of rising interest rates, the Fund may be subject to extension risk which is the risk that the expected maturity of an obligation will lengthen in duration due to a decrease in prepayments. As a result, in certain interest rate environments, the Fund may exhibit additional volatility.

The risk of default, as described under “Credit Risk”, for “sub-prime” mortgages is generally higher than other types of mortgage-backed securities. The structure of some of these securities may be complex and there may be less available information than for other types of debt securities.

Debt Securities and Other Callable Securities Risk. As part of its main investment strategy, the Fund invests in debt securities. The issuers of these securities and other callable securities may be able to repay principal in advance, especially when interest rates fall. Changes in prepayment rates can affect the return on investment and yield of these securities. When debt obligations are prepaid and when securities are called, the Fund may have to

reinvest in securities with a lower yield. The Fund also may fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for securities with higher interest rates, resulting in an unexpected capital loss.

Credit Risk. The Fund’s investments are subject to the risk that issuers and/or counterparties will fail to make payments when due or default completely. If an issuer’s or a counterparty’s financial condition worsens, the credit quality of the issuer or counterparty may deteriorate. Credit spreads may increase, which may reduce the market values of the Fund’s securities. Credit spread risk is the risk that economic and market conditions or any actual or perceived credit deterioration may lead to an increase in the credit spreads (i.e., the difference in yield between two securities of similar maturity but different credit quality) and a decline in price of the issuer’s securities. The Fund may invest in municipal securities in the lowest investment grade category. Such securities are considered to have speculative characteristics similar to high yield securities.

High Yield Securities and Loan Risks. The Fund may invest in instruments including junk bonds, Loans and instruments that are issued by municipalities and companies that are highly leveraged, less creditworthy or financially distressed (also known as junk bonds). These investments are considered to be speculative and are subject to greater risk of loss, greater sensitivity to economic changes, valuation difficulties, and potential illiquidity. Such investments are subject to additional risks including subordination to other creditors, no collateral or limited rights in collateral, lack of a regular trading market, extended settlement periods, illiquidity risks, prepayment risks, potentially less protections under the federal securities laws, and lack of publicly available information. High yield securities and Loans that are deemed to be liquid at the time of purchase may become illiquid.

No active trading market may exist for some instruments and certain investments may be subject to restrictions on resale. In addition, the settlement period for Loans is uncertain as there is no standardized settlement schedule applicable to such investments. The inability to dispose of the Fund’s securities and other investments in a timely fashion could result in losses to the Fund. Because some instruments may have a more limited secondary market, liquidity risk is more pronounced for the Fund than for funds that invest primarily in other types of fixed income instruments or equity securities. When Loans and other instruments are prepaid, the Fund may have to reinvest in instruments with a lower yield or fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for these instruments, resulting in an unexpected capital loss and/or a decrease in the amount of dividends and yield. Certain Loans may not be considered securities under the federal securities laws and, therefore, investments in such Loans may not be subject to certain protections under those laws. In addition, the adviser may not

 

 

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have access to material non-public information to which other investors may have access.

Tax Aware Investing Risk. The Fund’s tax aware strategy may reduce your taxable income, but will not eliminate it. The Fund may invest all of its assets in municipal securities, the interest on which may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the Fund’s opportunistic and derivative strategies may generate short-term capital gains which alone or in conjunction with the Fund’s other investment strategies may result in distributions of taxable income.

Taxability Risk. The Fund’s investments in municipal securities rely on the opinion of the issuer’s bond counsel that the interest paid on those securities will not be subject to federal income tax. Tax opinions are generally provided at the time the municipal security is initially issued. However, after the Fund buys a security, the Internal Revenue Service may determine that a bond issued as tax-exempt should in fact be taxable and the Fund’s dividends with respect to that bond might be subject to federal income tax.

Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks. Investments in foreign currencies and foreign issuers are subject to additional risks, including political and economic risks, civil conflicts and war, greater volatility, sanctions or other measures by the United States or other governments, currency fluctuations, higher transaction costs, delayed settlement, possible foreign controls on investment, expropriation and nationalization risks, illiquidity risks, and less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of foreign markets. In certain markets where securities and other instruments are not traded “delivery versus payment,” the Fund may not receive timely payment for securities or other instruments it has delivered or receive delivery of securities paid for and may be subject to increased risk that the counterparty will fail to make payments or delivery when due or default completely. 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. These risks are magnified in “emerging markets.” Emerging market countries typically have less-established market economies than developed countries and may face greater social, economic, regulatory and political uncertainties. In addition, emerging markets typically present greater illiquidity and price volatility concerns due to smaller or limited local capital markets and greater difficulty in determining market valuations of securities due to limited public information on issuers.

Geographic Focus Risk. The Fund may focus its investments in one or more regions or small groups of countries. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be subject to greater volatility than a more geographically diversified fund.

ETF and Investment Company Risk. The Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies and ETFs. Shareholders bear both their proportionate share of Fund’s expenses and similar expenses of the underlying investment company or ETF when the Fund invests in shares of another investment company or ETF. The price movement of an index-based ETF may not track the underlying index and may result in a loss. ETFs may trade at a price below their net asset value (also known as a discount). If the Fund invests in closed-end investment companies, it may incur added expenses such as additional management fees and trading costs.

Inflation-Linked Security Risk. Unlike conventional bonds, the principal or interest of inflation-linked securities such as TIPS is adjusted periodically to a specified rate of inflation (e.g., the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U)). There can be no assurance that the inflation index used will accurately measure the real rate of inflation. These securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index.

Inverse Floater Risk. The market value of an inverse floater can be more volatile than that of a conventional fixed-rate bond having similar credit quality, maturity and redemption provisions. Inverse floaters involve complex transactions and involve risks in addition to risks associated with more conventional municipal obligations including leverage risk and the risks described under Derivatives Risk.

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.

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.

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.

 

 

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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 four calendar years. The table shows the average annual total returns over the past one year and life of the Fund. The table compares that performance to the Barclays U.S. 1-15 Year Blend (1-17) Municipal Bond Index, a broad-based securities market index, the iMoneyNet Tax-Free National Average and the Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Index. The Lipper index is based on the total return 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. 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.

 

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Best Quarter    2nd quarter, 2012      1.08%  
Worst Quarter    2nd quarter, 2013      –0.33%  

The Fund’s year-to-date return as of 3/31/16 was 0.27%.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(For periods ended December 31, 2015)

 
     Past
1 Year
    Life of
Fund
(since
3/1/11)
 
CLASS I SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     0.49     1.44
Return After Taxes on Distributions     0.15       1.21
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares     0.62       1.14
CLASS A SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     (3.40     0.55
CLASS C SHARES      
Return Before Taxes     (1.30     0.67
BARCLAYS U.S. 1-15 YEAR BLEND (1-17) MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX      
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes)     2.83       4.23
IMONEYNET TAX-FREE NATIONAL AVERAGE      
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes)     0.01       0.01
LIPPER GENERAL & INSURED MUNICIPAL DEBT FUNDS INDEX      
(Reflects No Deduction for Taxes)     3.42       6.37

After-tax returns are shown for only 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 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
William Eigen   2011    Managing Director
Richard Taormina   2011    Managing Director
Jennifer Tabak   2011    Managing Director
Nicholas Rabiecki   2011    Executive Director
Kevin M. Ellis   2014    Managing Director
 

 

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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’s distributions of interest on municipal bonds generally are not subject to federal income tax; however the Fund

may distribute taxable dividends, including distributions of short-term capital gains, and long-term capital gains. In addition, interest on certain bonds may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. To the extent that the Fund’s distributions are derived from interest on bonds that are not exempt from applicable state and local taxes, such distributions will be subject to such state and local taxes.

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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