Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 3925G

JPMorgan Fleming Japanese Smllr Cos

29 January 2010

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

JPMORGAN FLEMING JAPANESE SMALLER

COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

('The Company')

In conformity with the Transparency Directive the Company would like to notify the market of the following:

As at 29th January 2010 the Company's share capital consists of 39,355,915 Ordinary 10 pence shares, carrying one vote each and 7,752,381 subscription shares of 1 pence each with no voting rights (although these shares are considered "qualifying financial instruments" in accordance with the revised DTR 5). The Company holds 419,500 Ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore as at 29th January 2010, the total number of voting rights for Ordinary shareholders in the Company is 38,936,415.

For shareholders who hold both Ordinary and Subscription shares, the total number of voting rights (including qualifying financial instruments) in the Company is 46,688,796.

The above figures (38,936,415 for Ordinary shareholders and 46,688,796 for Ordinary and Subscription shareholders) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.