Interim Management Statement

JPMorgan American IT PLC 28 April 2008 JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc Interim Management Statement (unaudited) For the three months ended 31st March 2008 This interim management statement relates to the quarter from 1st January 2008 to 31st March 2008 and contains information that covers that period, unless otherwise stated. Financial performance - Cumulative Total Return * 1 month 3 months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Share price -2.7% -9.3% -7.0% 16.0% 43.7% 7.7% Net asset value -1.4% -10.9% -5.8% 12.8% 43.2% 7.1% Benchmark -0.4% -9.4% -6.6% 11.5% 33.5% 15.1% * total return with net dividends reinvested Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data Financial position As at 25th April 2008 As at 31st March 2008 As at 31st December 2007 Total assets £349.7m £331.8m £371.2m Share price 632.0p 602.5p 665.5p Net asset value 702.2p 660.3p 752.4p Discount 9.9% 8.8% 8.4% Gearing 106.1% 103.3% 97.1% Share prices shown are closing bid Net asset values are shown with debt at fair value Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data Material events There were no material events to report for the three months ended 31st March 2008. Material transactions Changes to share capital: Ordinary Shares of 25p Shares in issue as at 1st January 2008 42,725,949 Shares bought back and cancelled - Shares issued - new - As at 31st March 2008 42,725,949 The Company has not repurchased or issued any shares in the three months ended 31st March 2008. Portfolio Top ten holdings as at 31st March 2008 Stock name Sector Weight % Exxon Mobil Energy 5.2 McDonalds Consumer Discretionary 3.4 IBM Information Technology 2.5 Lockheed Martin Industrials 2.4 MasterCard Information Technology 2.4 Microsoft Information Technology 2.3 Philip Morris International Consumer Staples 2.2 Hewlett Packard Information Technology 2.0 Corning Information Technology 1.9 Oracle Information Technology 1.8 26.1 Sector analysis as at 31st March 2008 Sector 31st March 31st December 2008 % 2008 % Information Technology 18.8 16.6 Financials 14.9 13.3 Health Care 13.3 14.8 Energy 10.3 10.0 Consumer Discretionary 9.5 9.1 Industrials 9.1 8.0 Consumer Staples 8.4 8.1 Telecommunication Services 3.6 3.6 Utilities 2.2 2.2 Materials 0.3 0.2 Cash 9.6 14.1 Total 100.0 100.0 Asset analysis as at 31st March 2008 31st March 2008 % Large companies 83.3 Small companies 6.6 Unquoted investments 0.5 Net current assets 9.6 Total 100.0 By order of the Board Andrew Norman, for and on behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary 28th April 2008 Registered office: Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ Telephone: 020 7742 6000 This interim management statement has been prepared solely to provide information to meet the requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Please note that up to date information on the Company, including daily NAV and share prices, factsheets and portfolio information can be found at www.jpmamerican.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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