Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 4078B

JPMorgan Asian Investment Tst PLC

03 April 2017

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN ASIAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the 'Company')

DIVIDEND DECLARATION

Second quarterly interim dividend

The Board of JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc announces that the Company's cum income Net Asset Value ('NAV') was 343.89 pence per share at 31st March 2017. Accordingly, in line with the Company's new distribution policy, the Directors have declared that a second quarterly interim dividend of 3.4 pence per share for the year ending 30th September 2017 will be paid on 10th May 2017 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 18th April 2017. The ex-dividend date will be 13th April 2017.

Shareholders are reminded that as announced on 21st December 2016, the new dividend policy aims to pay, in the absence of unforeseen circumstances, a regular quarterly dividend equivalent to 1% of the Company's NAV on the last business day of each financial quarter, being the end of December, March, June and September.

Please refer to the Chairman's Statement in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30th September 2016 for full details of the new dividend policy. A copy of the Report & Accounts can be found on the Company's website at www.jpmasian.co.uk

3rd April 2017

Legal Entity Identifier: 5493006R74BNJSJKCB17

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