Foreign Securities
Risk. Investments in foreign issuers are subject to additional risks, including political and
economic risks, unstable governments, greater volatility, decreased market liquidity, civil
conflicts and war, currency fluctuations, sanctions or other measures by the United States or other
governments, expropriation and nationalization risks, higher transaction costs, delayed
settlement, possible foreign controls on investment and less stringent investor protection and
disclosure standards of foreign markets. The securities markets of many foreign countries are
relatively small, with a limited number of companies representing a small number of industries.
If foreign securities are denominated and traded in a foreign currency, the value of the Fund’s foreign holdings can be affected by currency exchange rates and exchange control regulations. In certain markets where securities and
other instruments are not traded “delivery versus payment,” the Fund may not receive
timely payment for securities or other instruments it has delivered or receive delivery of securities paid for and may be subject to increased risk that the counterparty will fail to make payments or delivery when due or
default completely. Foreign market trading hours, clearance and settlement procedures, and
holiday schedules may limit the Fund's ability to buy and sell securities. Events and evolving conditions in certain economies or markets may alter the risks associated with investments tied to countries or regions
that historically were perceived as comparatively stable becoming riskier and more
volatile.
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives, including futures contracts, may be riskier than other types of investments and may increase the
volatility of the Fund. Derivatives may be sensitive to changes in economic and market conditions
and may create leverage, which could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s
original investment. The Fund may be more volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged
because the leverage tends to exaggerate any effect on the value of the Fund’s portfolio
securities. Certain derivatives expose the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the
derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligations (and includes credit risk associated with the counterparty). Certain derivatives are synthetic instruments that attempt to replicate the
performance of certain reference assets. With regard to such derivatives, the Fund does not have
a claim on the reference assets and is subject to enhanced counterparty risk. Derivatives may not
perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging,
the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the security or other risk
being hedged. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives expose the Fund to risks of mispricing or improper valuation. Derivatives also can expose the Fund to derivative liquidity risk, which includes risks involving
the liquidity demands that derivatives can create to make payments of margin, collateral, or
settlement payments to counterparties, legal risk, which includes the risk of loss resulting from insufficient or unenforceable contractual documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of the Fund’s
counterparty and operational risk, which includes documentation or settlement issues, system
failures, inadequate controls and human error.
Industry and Sector Focus Risk. At times, the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular industry or sector. The prices of securities of
issuers in a particular industry or sector may be more susceptible to fluctuations due to changes
in economic or business conditions, government
regulations, availability of basic resources or supplies, contagion risk within a particular industry or
sector or to other industries or sectors, or other events that affect that industry or sector
more than securities of issuers in other industries and sectors. To the extent that the Fund
increases the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular industry or sector, the value of
the Fund’s shares may fluctuate in response to events affecting that industry or
sector.
Technology Sector Risk. Market or economic factors impacting technology companies could have a major effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of
stocks of technology companies is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence and frequent new product introduction, unpredictable changes in
growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel, and government regulation
and competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign
competitors with lower production costs. Stocks of technology companies, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Technology companies are heavily dependent on
patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely affect
profitability.
Transactions Risk. The Fund could experience a loss and its liquidity may be negatively impacted when selling securities to
meet redemption requests. The risk of loss increases if the redemption requests are unusually
large or frequent or occur in times of overall market turmoil or declining prices. Similarly,
large purchases of Fund shares may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent
that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash and is required to maintain a larger cash position than it ordinarily would.
Investments in the Fund are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the
FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
You could lose money investing in the
Fund.
The Fund’s Past
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Class R5 Shares has varied from year to year for the past ten calendar years. The table shows the
average annual total returns over the past one year, five years and ten years. The table compares the Fund’s performance to the performance of the S&P 500 Index. The performance of
Class R3 Shares is based on the performance of the Class A Shares (which are not offered in this
prospectus) prior to their inception. The actual returns of Class R3 Shares would have been similar to those shown because Class R3 Shares have similar expenses to Class A Shares. The performance of Class R4 Shares is
based on the performance of the Class I Shares (which are not offered in this prospectus) prior
to their inception. The actual returns of Class R4 Shares would have been similar to those shown
because Class R4 Shares have similar expenses to Class I Shares. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is available by
visiting www.jpmorganfunds.com or by calling 1-800-480-4111.