Directorate Change

RNS Number : 5861W

JPMorgan Japanese Inv. Trust PLC

10 November 2014

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

CHANGE IN DIRECTORATE

Appointment

The Board of JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce its intention to appoint Christopher Samuel as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from the close of the Annual General Meeting on 19^th December 2014.

Mr Samuel was previously Chief Exectuive Officer of Ignis Asset Management and will bring to the Board considerable experience of the investment management industry and Japan where he was based earlier in his career.

No further information is to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules for Mr Samuel.

Retirement

Having served the Board since 1996, Jeremy Paulson-Ellis will retire as a Director and Chairman of the Company following the close of the Annual General Meeting on 19^th December 2014. 

New Chairman

Subject to reappointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, Andrew Fleming, who has been a Director since 2004, will be appointed Chairman on Mr Paulson-Ellis's retirement.

10^th November 2014

For further information, please contact:

Rebecca Burtonwood

JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

 

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