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
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