497K 1 d744040d497k.htm JPMORGAN TRUST I JPMorgan Trust I
Summary Prospectus    July 1, 2019
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund
Class/Ticker:     R6/JCDRX
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, 2019, as may be supplemented from time to time are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website www.jpmorganfunds.com and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website to access the report. If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action.
You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker dealer, bank, or retirement plan) or, if you are a direct investor, by going to www.jpmorganfunds.com/edelivery.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future reports free of charge. Contact your financial intermediary or, if you invest directly with the Fund, email us at funds.website.support@jpmorganfunds.com or call 1-800-480-4111. Your election to receive paper reports will apply to all funds held within your account(s).
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What is the goal of the Fund?
The Fund seeks to provide total return.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
“Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its ownership of shares in other investment companies, including affiliated money market funds, other mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and business development companies. The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the total returns of the Fund. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not direct costs of the Fund, are not used to calculate the Fund’s net asset value per share and are not included in the calculation of the ratio of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s prospectus.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value
of your investment)
  Class R6
Management Fees1 0.60%
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees NONE
Other Expenses 0.23
Service Fees NONE
Remainder of Other Expenses2 0.23
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.84
Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements3 (0.14)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements3 0.70
1 Management Fees have been restated to reflect current fees.
2 "Remainder of Other Expenses” has been calculated based on the actual other expenses incurred in the most recent fiscal year, except that these expenses have been adjusted to reflect the contractual change in administration fee effective 1/1/19.
3 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, expenses related to trustee elections, and extraordinary expenses) exceed 0.70% of the average daily net assets of Class R6 Shares. 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 6/30/20, at which time it will be determined whether such waivers will be renewed or revised. To the extent that the Fund engages in securities lending, affiliated money market fund fees and expenses resulting from the Fund’s investment of cash received from securities lending borrowers are not included in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and therefore, the above waivers do not apply to such investments.
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 $10,000 in the Fund for
the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements shown in the fee table through 6/30/20 and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST WOULD BE:
  1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
CLASS R6 SHARES ($) 72   254   452   1,024
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 72% of the average value of its portfolio.
What are the Fund’s main investment strategies?
The Fund invests primarily in corporate debt investments that the Fund’s adviser, J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (JPMIM or the adviser) believes have the potential to provide total return from countries whose economies or bond markets are less developed (emerging markets). Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its Assets in Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Investments. “Assets” means net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes.
“Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Investments” are debt instruments issued by corporate or other business organizations located in or tied economically to an emerging market. Emerging markets currently include most countries in the world except Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the U.S., the United Kingdom and most western European countries. An investment will be deemed to be tied economically to emerging markets if: (1) the issuer is organized under the laws of, or has a principal place of business in an emerging market; or (2) the principal listing of the issuer’s securities is in a market that is in an emerging market; or (3) the issuer 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 (4) the issuer has at least 50% of its assets located in an emerging market.
As part of its main investment strategies, the Fund invests in Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Investments structured as corporate bonds and debt securities, loan assignments and participations (Loans), commitments to purchase loan assignments (Unfunded Commitments), private placements, restricted securities, and variable and floating rate instruments. The Fund invests mainly in U.S. dollar denominated Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Investments but may, to a lesser extent, invest in non-dollar denominated investments. In addition to its investments in Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Investments, the
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Fund may invest in sovereign debt securities, obligations of supranational agencies and foreign municipal securities. Sovereign debt securities are securities that are issued or guaranteed by foreign sovereign governments or their agencies, authorities or political subdivisions or instrumentalities.
The Fund’s investments may be of any maturity. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest no more than 65% of its total assets in securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds) or the unrated equivalent.
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, options, swaps, and forwards including non-deliverable forwards. The Fund may also use such derivatives to seek to increase income or gain to the Fund and as part of the risk management process. Generally, the Fund uses futures including treasury futures and credit default swaps for hedging and to manage duration. In addition, the Fund uses foreign currency derivatives including forward foreign currency contracts to establish or adjust the Fund’s currency exposure and to manage currency risk. The Fund may use derivatives to hedge non-dollar investments back to the U.S. dollar but may not always do so.
In deciding to buy and sell securities and investments for the Fund, the adviser combines top down macro-economic research with bottom up fundamental credit and country analysis. The adviser is value oriented and makes decisions to purchase and sell individual securities and instruments based on quantitative assessment of an issuer’s cash flows, debt structure, debt ratios and profitability and a qualitative assessment of how each issuer will perform relative to other issuers in the region. Generally, the adviser will sell a security when, based on fundamental credit analysis and the considerations described above, the adviser believes that there is better relative value available in the market in securities of comparable quality or when the adviser believes the issuer’s credit quality will deteriorate materially.
For temporary defensive purposes, any portion of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may use cash and cash equivalents including affiliated money market funds, and U.S. government securities to manage cash flows and to satisfy asset coverage requirements for its derivative positions.
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.
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 securities in general financial markets, a particular financial market or other asset classes, due to a number of factors, including inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters or events, terrorism, regulatory events and government controls.
Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risk. Investments in foreign currencies, foreign issuers and foreign securities are subject to additional risks, including political and economic risks, civil conflicts and war, greater volatility, expropriation and nationalization risks, sanctions or other measures by the United States or other governments, currency fluctuations, higher transaction costs, delayed settlement, possible foreign controls on investment, liquidity 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 countries 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.
European Market Risk. The Fund’s performance will be affected by political, social and economic conditions in Europe, such as growth of the economic output (the gross national product), the rate of inflation, the rate at which capital is reinvested into European economies, the success of governmental actions to reduce budget deficits, the resource self-sufficiency of European countries and interest and monetary exchange rates between European countries. European financial markets may experience volatility due to concerns about high government debt levels, credit rating downgrades, rising unemployment, the future of the euro as a common currency, possible restructuring of government debt and other government measures responding to those concerns and fiscal and monetary controls imposed on member countries of the European Union. The risk of investing in Europe may be heightened due to steps being taken by the
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United Kingdom to exit the European Union. There is considerable uncertainty relating to the potential consequences of such a withdrawal. The impact on the United Kingdom and European economies and the broader global economy could be significant, resulting in increased volatility and illiquidity, currency fluctuations, impacts on arrangements for trading and on other existing cross-border cooperation arrangements (whether economic, tax, fiscal, legal, regulatory or otherwise), and in potentially lower growth for companies in the United Kingdom, Europe and globally, which could have an adverse effect on the value of a Fund’s investments. In addition, if one or more other countries were to exit the European Union or abandon the use of the euro as a currency, the value of investments tied to those countries or the euro could decline significantly and unpredictably.
Interest Rate Risk. The Fund’s investments in bonds and other debt securities will change in value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of these investments generally declines. Securities with greater interest rate sensitivity and longer maturities generally are subject to greater fluctuations in value. The Fund may invest in variable and floating rate Loans and other variable and floating rate securities. Although these instruments are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than other fixed rate instruments, the value of variable and floating rate Loans and other securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates. The Fund may face a heightened level of interest rate risk due to certain changes in monetary policy, such as an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.
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. Prices of the Fund’s investments may be adversely affected if any of the issuers or counterparties it is invested in are subject to an actual or perceived deterioration in their credit quality. 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.
Prepayment Risk. The issuer of certain securities may repay principal in advance, especially when yields fall. Changes in the rate at which prepayments occur can affect the return on investment of these securities. When debt obligations are prepaid or 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 coupons, resulting in an unexpected capital loss.
High Yield Securities and Loan Risk. The Fund invests in instruments including junk bonds, Loans and instruments that are issued by companies that are highly leveraged, less creditworthy or financially distressed. These investments are considered to be speculative and may be subject to greater risk of loss, greater sensitivity to economic changes, valuation difficulties and potential illiquidity. Such investments may be 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, liquidity risks, prepayment risks, potentially less protection under the federal securities laws and lack of publicly available information.
The Fund will not have direct recourse against the issuer of a loan participation. 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 Loans and other 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. Certain Loans may take more than seven days to settle. 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 and valuation 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 amounts 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 have access to material non-public information to which other investors may have access.
Derivatives Risk. The Fund may use derivatives, including options, futures contracts, foreign currency derivatives and swaps. Derivatives may be riskier than other 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. Certain derivatives also expose the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligation (including 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 are subject to enhanced 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.
Privately Placed Securities Risk. Privately placed securities generally are less liquid than publicly traded securities and the Fund may not always be able to sell such securities without experiencing delays in finding buyers or reducing the sale price for such securities. The disposition of some of the securities held by the Fund may be restricted under federal securities laws. As a result, the Fund may not be able to dispose of such investments at a time when, or at a price at which, it desires to do so and may have to bear expenses of registering these securities, if necessary. These securities may also be difficult to value.
Sovereign Debt Risk. The Fund may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by foreign governmental entities (known as sovereign debt securities). These investments are subject to the risk of payment delays or defaults, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political
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considerations, large debt positions relative to the country’s economy or failure to implement economic reforms. There is no legal or bankruptcy process for collecting sovereign debt.
Foreign Municipal Securities Risk. The risk of a foreign municipal security generally depends on the financial and credit status of the issuer, which in turn will depend on the local economic, regulatory, political and other factors and conditions. Changes in a municipality’s financial health may make it difficult for the municipality to make interest and principal payments when due. This could decrease the Fund’s income or hurt the ability to preserve capital and liquidity. Under some circumstances, municipal securities might not pay interest unless the applicable legislature or municipality authorizes money for that purpose. In addition, the issuer of the obligations may be unable or unwilling to make interest and principal payments when due. These securities are also subject to foreign and emerging markets risks based on the location of the issuer.
Government Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Notwithstanding that these securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, circumstances could arise that would prevent the payment of interest or principal. This would result in losses to the Fund.
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 R6 Shares has varied from year to year for the past five calendar years. The table shows average annual total returns for the past one year, five years and life of the Fund. The table compares that performance to the JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index Broad Diversified (CEMBI Broad
Diversified) and the JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index Diversified (CEMBI Diversified). Subsequent to the inception of the Fund on September 4, 2013 until August 29, 2014, the Fund did not experience any shareholder purchase and sale activity. If such shareholder activity had occurred, the Fund’s performance may have been impacted. 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.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RETURNS - CLASS R6 SHARES
Best Quarter 1st quarter, 2016 4.40%
Worst Quarter 2nd quarter, 2018 -3.90%
The Fund’s year-to-date total return through 3/31/19 was 5.46%.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(For periods ended December 31, 2018)
  Past
1 Year
  Past
5 Years
  Life of Fund
(since 09/04/2013)
CLASS R6 SHARES          
Return Before Taxes -5.33%   3.27%   3.78%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -7.46   1.14   1.63
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -3.05   1.57   1.95
JPMORGAN CORPORATE EMERGING MARKETS BOND INDEX BROAD DIVERSIFIED (CEMBI BROAD DIVERSIFIED)          
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes) -1.65   4.36   4.84
JPMORGAN CORPORATE EMERGING MARKETS BOND INDEX DIVERSIFIED (CEMBI DIVERSIFIED)          
(Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes) -1.72   4.60   5.17
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
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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
Pierre-Yves Bareau 2013 Managing Director
Scott McKee 2013 Managing Director
Eduardo Alhadeff 2013 Executive Director
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Purchase minimums
For Class R6 Shares
To establish an account  
For Direct Investors $15,000,000
For Discretionary Accounts $5,000,000
To add to an account No minimum levels
There is no minimum investment for other eligible Class R6 investors.
In general, you may purchase or redeem shares on any business day:
Through your Financial Intermediary or the eligible retirement plan or college savings plan through which you invest in the Fund
By writing to J.P. Morgan Funds Services, P.O. Box 219143, Kansas City, MO 64121-9143
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 a 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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