JPMORGAN FLEMING JAPANESE SMALLER COMPANIES
INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
SUBSCRIPTION SHARE REMINDER NOTICE
The Board would like to remind Subscription Shareholders that their right to acquire new Ordinary Shares in the Company at 135 pence per Subscription Share will expire on 1 April 2010 when the conversion price of the Subscription Shares will increase to 147 pence. The conversion price will increase again to 174 pence on 1 April 2012. As at the close of business on 26 February 2010, the Company's mid market Ordinary Share price was 138.00 pence and the cum income fully diluted net asset value was 170.04 pence per share.
Shareholders who hold their Subscription Shares in certificated form and wish to convert them before the increase in exercise price must complete and sign the notice of exercise of subscription rights on the reverse of their Subscription Share certificate, and return it to Equiniti Limited, Repayments Team, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA together with their cheque made payable to 'Equiniti Limited', in good time to arrive by 5.00 pm on 31 March 2010. Instructions received after this date will be subject to the increased conversion price of 147 pence per share.
For Shareholders who hold their Subscription Shares in uncertificated form (i.e. in CREST), the new CREST Participant and Member Account IDs are:
CREST Participant ID 6RA92
CREST Member Account ID RA209317
The USE (Unmatched Stock Event) instruction should be input by 11:00am and received by 1:00pm on 31 March 2010 in order to benefit from the conversion price of 135 pence per share. Instructions received after this date will be subject to the increased conversion price of 147 pence per share. The scheduled CREST credit date for any subscription requests received in March will be 1 April 2010.
1 March 2010
Christopher Legg
For and on behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary.
For further information :
Christopher Legg Craig Cleland
JPMorgan Asset Management JPMorgan Asset Management
020 7742 3477 020 7742 3418