0001504304-17-000029.txt : 20170322 0001504304-17-000029.hdr.sgml : 20170322 20170322101644 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001504304-17-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170322 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170322 GROUP MEMBERS: ANDREW DAKOS GROUP MEMBERS: BULLDOG INVESTORS GROUP OF FUNDS GROUP MEMBERS: BULLDOG INVESTORS, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: PHILLIP GOLDSTEIN GROUP MEMBERS: STEVEN SAMUELS SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000888137 IRS NUMBER: 223178023 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-49095 FILM NUMBER: 17705875 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 E PRATT ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4106256640 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. STREET 2: 4 NEW YORK PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: JFMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140115 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: JF CHINA REGION FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031016 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: JARDINE FLEMING CHINA REGION FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bulldog Investors, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001504304 IRS NUMBER: 270926182 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PARK 80 WEST - PLAZA TWO STREET 2: 250 PEHLE AVE. SUITE 708 CITY: SADDLE BROOK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07663 BUSINESS PHONE: 201 556-0092 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PARK 80 WEST - PLAZA TWO STREET 2: 250 PEHLE AVE. SUITE 708 CITY: SADDLE BROOK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07663 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Brooklyn Capital Management LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101026 SC 13G/A 1 thirteenga.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G/A Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 JPMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND, INC. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 48126T104 (CUSIP Number) 3/17/17 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: _X_ Rule 13d-1(b) __ Rule 13d-1(c) __ Rule 13d-1(d) CUSIP No.: 48126T104 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Bulldog Investors LLC, 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 345,613 6. Shared Voting Power 323,429 7. Sole Dispositive Power 345,613 8. Shared Dispositive Power 323,429 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 669,042 - (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 10.38% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IC 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Bulldog Investors Group of Funds 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 345,613 6. Shared Voting Power 0 7. Sole Dispositive Power 345,613 8. Shared Dispositive Power 0 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 345,613 - (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 5.36% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IA 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Phillip Goldstein 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) x (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization USA Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 345,613 6. Shared Voting Power 323,429 7. Sole Dispositive Power 345,613 8. Shared Dispositive Power 323,429 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 669,042 - (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 10.38% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Andrew Dakos 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization USA Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 345,613 6. Shared Voting Power 323,429 7. Sole Dispositive Power 345,613 8. Shared Dispositive Power 323,429 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 669,042 - (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 10.38% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Steven Samuels 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization USA Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 345,613 6. Shared Voting Power 323,429 7. Sole Dispositive Power 345,613 8. Shared Dispositive Power 323,429 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 669,042 - (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 10.38% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN Item 1. (a) The Name of the Issuer is: JPMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND, INC. (b) The Address of the Issuer's Principal Executive Office is: 100 E. Pratt St. Baltimore MD 21202 Item 2. (a) The names of the Persons Filing are: Bulldog Investors LLC, Bulldog Investors Group of Funds, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels (b) The address of principal place of business and principal office is: Park 80 West, 250 Pehle Ave. Suite 708 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 (c) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number: 48126T104 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to 240.13d-1(b). The person filing is: (e) An investment adviser in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). Item 4. (a) Amount beneficially owned: 669,042 (b) Percent of class: 10.38% (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 345,613 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 323,429 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 345,613 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 323,429 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ____. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Clients of Bulldog Investors, LLC are entitled to receive dividends and sales proceeds. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. As per the N-CSR filing on 3/6/17, there were 6,447,637 shares of common stock outstanding as of 12/31/16. The percentages set forth herein were derived using such number. Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels own Bulldog Investors, LLC, a registered investment adviser. As of March 21, 2017, Bulldog Investors, LLC is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 669,042 shares of JFC by virtue of Bulldog Investors, LLC's power to direct the vote of, and dispose of, these shares. These 669,042 shares of JFC include 345,613 shares (representing 5.36% of JFC's outstanding shares) that are beneficially owned by Mr. Goldstein and the following entities over which Messrs. Goldstein, Dakos and Samuels exercise control: Opportunity Partners LP, Calapasas West Partners LP, Full Value Special Situations Fund LP, Full Value Offshore Fund Ltd., Full Value Partners LP, Opportunity Income Plus Fund LP, and MCM Opportunity Partners LP (collectively, Bulldog Investors Group of Funds). Bulldog Investors Group of Funds may be deemed to constitute a group. All other shares included in the aforementioned 669,042 shares of JFC owned by Bulldog Investors, LLC (solely by virtue of its power to sell or direct the vote of these shares) are also beneficially owned by clients of Bulldog Investors, LLC who are not members of any group. The total number of these "non-group" shares is 323,429 shares (representing 5.02% of JFC's outstanding shares). Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under Ss 240.14a-11. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct. By: /s/ Name: Phillip Goldstein Title: Principal, Bulldog Investors LLC Date: March 22, 2017 By: /s/ Name: Andrew Dakos Title: Principal, Bulldog Investors LLC Date: March 22, 2017 By: /s/ Name: Steven Samuels Title: Principal, Bulldog Investors LLC Date: March 22, 2017 Bulldog Investors, LLC By: /s/ Andrew Dakos Andrew Dakos, Member Date: March 22, 2017 Footnote 1: The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.