STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

RESULT OF AGM

JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

14^th DECEMBER 2017

Following the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the Ordinary Resolutions put to shareholders were passed.  In addition, the following items of Special Business were passed which:

i)          allow the Company to allot new Ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,015,600 representing approximately 5% of the Company's issued Ordinary share capital;

ii)         allow the Company to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment of relevant securities;

iii)        allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 24,171,000 Ordinary shares, representing 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital; and

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report & Financial Statements which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and from the Company's website, www.jpmjapanese.co.uk. 

A Summary of proxy votes received will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.jpmjapanese.co.uk. 

14^th December 2017

For further information, please contact:

Faith Pengelly

For and on behalf of

JPMorgan Funds Limited

Company Secretary

020 7742 4000