JPMorgan Overseas IT PLC
30 October 2007
JPMorgan Overseas Investment Trust plc
Interim Management Statement
For the three months ended 30th September 2007
This interim management statement relates to the quarter from 1st July 2007 to
30th September 2007 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
Share price 5.3% 1.3% 10.9% 69.0% 115.2%
Net asset value 4.7% 1.1% 10.9% 49.6% 92.1%
Benchmark 3.7% 0.8% 11.0% 46.0% 86.4%
* total return with net dividends reinvested
Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data
Financial position
As at 30th June As at 30th September
2007 2007
Net assets (£000) 207,743 201,814
Net asset value per share 653.1p 679.0p
Share price 622.0p 642.0p
Discount -5.6% -5.4%
Gearing 100% 101%
Share prices shown are closing mid
Net asset value assumes that shares held in treasury have been reissued at the
previous night's closing price.
Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data
Material transactions
Changes to share capital
Issued Shares
As at 30th June 2007 30,489,448
Shares bought back and cancelled 766,500
Shares bought back into Treasury -
Shares cancelled from Treasury -
Shares issued -
As at 30th September 2007 29,722,948
During the quarter, the Company made market purchases of 766,500 shares for
cancellation, representing 2.3% of the shares outstanding at the beginning of
the financial year, at an average discount of 5.99%.
Portfolio Analyses
Ten largest holdings as at 30th September 2007*
Growth
Stock name Sector Weight %
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust Financials 3.1
Nokia Information Technology 2.1
Total Energy 2.1
Cisco Systems Information Technology 2.1
Mitsubishi Industrials 2.0
El Paso Energy 2.0
Banco Bilbao Financials 1.9
Merck & Co Health Care 1.7
Corning Information Technology 1.6
Procter & Gamble Consumer Staples 1.6
* Excluding liquidity fund holdings which are held as an alternative to cash.
Portfolio analysis as at 30th September 2007
Sector Portfolio %
Financials 29.0
Information Technology 16.8
Industrials 13.2
Energy 10.2
Consumer Staples 8.7
Health Care 7.3
Consumer Discretionary 6.2
Materials 6.0
Telecommunication Services 3.2
Utilities 1.0
Cash -1.6
Total 100.00
Geographical Portfolio %
North America 39.1
Continental Europe 30.4
Japan 10.6
United Kingdom 9.7
Emerging Markets 8.1
Developed Asia 3.7
Cash -1.6
Total 100.00
By order of the Board
Philip Jones, for and on behalf of
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary
30th October 2007
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.jpmoverseas.co.uk
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