LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Following the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders were passed, including six items of Special Business which:
i) approved the Company's continuation for a further five year period;
ii) allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 815,997 ordinary shares, representing 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital;
iii) allow the Directors to exercise all powers for the Company to allot ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £136,590 representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital;
iv) allow the disapplication of pre-emption rights on the allotment of new ordinary shares;
v) adopted new Articles of Association; and
vi) subject to the consent of the Registrar of Companies, changed the Company name to JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc.
A further announcement will be made when the change of Company name has been confirmed by the Registrar of Companies.
Two copies of the full text of these resolutions have been filed with the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
21st April 2010
For further information, please contact:
Jonathan Latter
For and on behalf of
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary
020 7742 6000