Fund does not seek to outperform the
Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear
overvalued.
The Fund intends to utilize a “representative sampling” strategy whereby securities are chosen in order to attempt to approximate the investment characteristics of the
constituent securities. Targeted investment characteristics of the collective portfolio include
asset class exposure, industry weightings, liquidity, and other fixed income specific attributes (such as yield, duration, credit quality, spread and maturity). Even when the Fund utilizes representative sampling, it
must still invest at least 80% of its Assets in securities included in the Underlying Index. The
Fund’s portfolio will be rebalanced monthly in accordance with the monthly rebalancing of the Underlying Index.
The Fund may invest in mortgage
pass-through securities eligible to be sold in the “to-be-announced” or TBA market
(Mortgage TBAs). Mortgage TBAs provide for the forward or delayed delivery of the underlying
instrument with settlement up to 180 days. The term TBA comes from the fact that the actual
mortgage-backed security that will be delivered to fulfill a TBA trade is not designated at the time the trade is made, but rather is announced 48 hours before the settlement date. The Fund may enter into such contracts on a regular
basis. The Fund, pending settlement of such contracts, will invest its assets in high-quality,
liquid short-term instruments, including shares of money market funds advised by JPMIM or its affiliates.
The Fund will not invest in asset classes that are not present in the Underlying Index. The Fund will not invest in debt securities that are rated below investment grade (i.e.,
high yield and junk bonds). The Fund may invest in privately placed, restricted and unregistered
securities.
To the extent that the securities in the Underlying Index are concentrated in one or more industries or groups of industries, the Fund may concentrate in such industries or
groups of industries.
The
Fund may also invest in shares of affiliated money market funds.
The Fund’s Main Investment Risks
The Fund is subject to management risk and may not achieve its objective if the adviser’s expectations
regarding particular instruments or markets are not met.
An investment in this Fund or any other fund may not provide a complete
investment program. The suitability of an investment in the Fund should be considered based on the investment objective, strategies and risks described in this prospectus, considered in
light of all of the other investments in your portfolio, as well as your risk tolerance, financial goals and time horizons. You may want to consult with a financial advisor to
determine if this Fund is suitable for you. The Fund is subject to the main risks noted
below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value (NAV), market price,
performance and ability to meet its investment objective.
General Market Risk. Economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact
markets or issuers in
other countries or regions. Securities in the Underlying Index or in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to securities in general financial markets, a
particular financial market or other asset classes due to a number of factors, including
inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, financial system instability, debt crises and
downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other
governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, terrorism,
environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, country instability, and infectious disease
epidemics or pandemics.
Index Related Risk. The Fund’s return may not track the return of the Underlying Index for a number of reasons and
therefore may not achieve its investment objective. For example, the Fund incurs a number of
operating expenses not applicable to the Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of the
Underlying Index. In addition, the Fund’s return may differ from the return of the
Underlying Index as a result of, among other things, pricing differences between the valuation of
securities in the Underlying Index and in the Fund’s NAV and the inability to purchase
certain securities included in the Underlying Index due to regulatory or other
restrictions.
In addition, because the Fund uses a representative sampling approach, the Fund may not be as well correlated with the return of the Underlying Index as when the Fund
purchases all of the securities in the Underlying Index in the proportions in which they are
represented in the Underlying Index.
Errors in the construction or calculation of the Underlying Index
may occur from time to time. Any such errors may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for some period of time, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its
shareholders.
The risk that
the Fund may not track the performance of the Underlying Index may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions.
Passive Management Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund is not “actively” managed. Therefore, it would not generally sell a security because the
security’s issuer was in financial trouble unless that security is removed from the
Underlying Index. As a result, the Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that
actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Fund will not take defensive positions
under any market conditions, including in declining markets.
Sampling Risk. To the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling approach, it will hold a smaller number of securities than are in the Underlying Index. As a result,
an adverse development respecting an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a
greater decline in the Fund’s NAV than would be the case if the Fund held all of the securities in the Underlying Index. Conversely, a positive development relating to an issuer of securities in the Underlying Index that is
not held by