Summary Prospectus July
1, 2025
| JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Fund
Class/Ticker: A/USMSX; I/USMTX |
Before you invest, you may want to review the
Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about
the Fund, including the Statement of Additional Information, online at www.jpmorganfunds.com/funddocuments. You can also get this information at no cost by
calling 1-800-480-4111 or by sending an e-mail request to
Funds.Website.Support@jpmorganfunds.com or by asking any financial intermediary that offers shares of the Fund. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information, both dated July 1, 2025, as may be supplemented from time to time are incorporated by reference into this Summary
Prospectus.
What is the goal of the Fund?
The Fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with relative
stability of principal.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the
Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and examples
below.
| SHAREHOLDER FEES (Fees paid directly from your investment) | ||
| |
Class A |
Class I |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases as a % of the Offering Price |
NONE |
NONE |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) as a % of Original Cost of Shares |
NONE |
NONE |
“Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its
ownership of shares in other investment companies, including affiliated money market funds, other
mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and business development companies. The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the total returns of the Fund. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not direct costs of the Fund, are not used by the Fund to calculate its net asset
value per share and are not included in the calculation of the ratio of expenses to average net
assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s
prospectus.
| ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment) |
||
| |
Class A |
Class I |
| Management Fees
|
0.15% |
0.15% |
| Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees |
0.25 |
NONE |
| Other Expenses
|
0.35 |
0.35 |
| Service Fees
|
0.25 |
0.25 |
| Remainder of Other
Expenses |
0.10 |
0.10 |
| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.76 |
0.51 |
| Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimburse- ments 1 |
-0.38 |
-0.33 |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements 1 |
0.38 |
0.18 |
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The Fund’s adviser and/or its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses
to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses other than certain money market fund fees as described below, dividend and interest expenses related to short sales, interest,
taxes, expenses related to litigation and potential litigation, expenses related to trustee elections, and extraordinary expenses) exceed 0.38% and 0.18% of the average daily net assets of Class A and Class I Shares, respectively.
The Fund may invest in one or more money market funds advised by the adviser or its affiliates (affiliated money market funds). The Fund’s adviser, shareholder servicing agent and/or administrator have contractually
agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in an amount sufficient to offset the respective net fees each collects from the affiliated money market funds on the Fund’s investment in such money market funds. These waivers
are in effect through 6/30/26, at which time it will be determined whether such waivers will be renewed or revised. To the extent that the Fund
engages in securities lending, affiliated money market fund fees and expenses resulting from the Fund’s investment of cash received from securities lending borrowers are not included in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and
therefore, the above waivers do not apply to such investments.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements shown
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in the fee table through 6/30/26 and total
annual fund operating expenses thereafter. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
| WHETHER OR NOT YOU SELL YOUR SHARES, YOUR COST WOULD BE: | ||||
| |
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
| CLASS A SHARES ($) |
39 |
205 |
385 |
907 |
| CLASS I SHARES ($) |
18 |
130 |
252 |
609 |
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a
taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the Fund’s most recent fiscal year, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 70% of the average value of its portfolio.
What are the Fund’s main investment
strategies?
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at
least 80% of its Assets in municipal securities, the income from which is exempt from federal
income tax. This is a fundamental policy. For purposes of this policy, “Assets” means net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes. Up to 25% of the Fund's Assets may be invested in municipal
securities, the interest on which may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for
individuals. The Fund invests in a portfolio of municipal securities with an average weighted maturity of two years or less. Average weighted maturity is the average of all the current maturities (that is, the term of
the securities) of the individual securities in the Fund calculated so as to count most heavily
those securities with the highest dollar value. Average weighted maturity is important to investors as an indication of the Fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Usually, the longer the average weighted maturity,
the more fluctuation in share price you can expect.
Municipal securities are securities issued by or on behalf of states, territories and possessions of the
United States, including the District of Columbia, and their respective authorities, political
subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities and other groups with the authority to act for the municipalities, the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax. The securities are issued to raise funds for various public and
private purposes. Municipal securities may include, but are not limited to, variable rate demand
obligations, short-term municipal notes, municipal bonds, tax exempt commercial paper, private
activity and industrial development bonds, tax anticipation notes, and participations in pools of
municipal securities.
Municipal securities also include
instruments evidencing direct ownership of interest payments or principal payments, or both, on
municipal securities, such as tender option bonds and participation interests in all or part of specific holdings of municipal obligations, provided that the applicable issuer receives assurances from legal counsel that the
interest payable on the securities is exempt from federal income tax.
Additionally,
municipal securities include all other instruments that directly or indirectly provide economic exposure to income which is derived from municipalities (such as municipal leases).
The securities in which the Fund invests may have fixed rates of return or floating or variable
rates.
Up to 100% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in
short-term municipal instruments such as variable rate demand notes, short-term municipal notes
and tax-exempt commercial paper. Their yields will vary as interests rates change.
The Fund also invests in municipal mortgage-backed and asset-backed
securities, as well as auction rate securities and restricted securities. The Fund may invest a significant portion or all of its assets in municipal mortgage-backed securities at the adviser’s discretion. The Fund may
invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal housing authority obligations.
As part of its investments in municipal securities, the Fund invests
primarily in investment grade securities or the unrated equivalent. Investment grade securities carry a minimum rating of Baa3, BBB–, or BBB– by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. (Moody’s), Standard &
Poor’s Corporation (S&P), or Fitch Ratings (Fitch), respectively, or are unrated but deemed by the adviser to be of comparable quality. Up to 10% of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in securities rated
below investment grade (junk bonds). Junk bonds also include unrated securities that the adviser
believes to be of comparable quality to debt securities that are rated below investment grade. Junk bonds are also called “high yield bonds” and “non-investment grade bonds.” These securities generally
are rated in the fifth or lower rating categories (for example, BB+ or lower by S&P and Ba1 or lower by Moody’s). These securities generally offer a higher yield than investment grade securities, but
involve a high degree of risk. A security’s quality is determined at the time of purchase and
securities that are rated investment grade or the unrated equivalent may be downgraded or decline
in credit quality such that subsequently they would be deemed to be below investment
grade.
The Fund may also invest in zero-coupon
securities.
Up to 20% of the Fund’s net assets may be
invested in securities subject to federal income tax.
The Fund is not a money market fund and is not subject to the special regulatory requirements (including
maturity and credit quality constraints) designed to enable money market funds to maintain a
stable share price.
Investment Process: The adviser buys and sells
securities and investments for the Fund based on its view of individual securities and market
sectors. The adviser looks for individual fixed income investments that it believes will perform well over market cycles. The adviser is value oriented and makes decisions to purchase and sell individual securities
and instruments after performing a risk/reward analysis that includes an evaluation of interest
rate risk, credit risk, duration, liquidity and the legal and technical structure of the transaction. As part of its investment process, the adviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG)
factors on certain issuers in the universe in which the Fund may invest. The adviser’s
assessment is based on an analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the Fund’s investments in municipal issues and ascertain key issues that
merit engagement with municipal issuers. These assessments may not be
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conclusive and securities that may be
negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and retained by the Fund while the Fund may
divest or not invest in securities that may be positively impacted by such factors.
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.
The Fund is subject to the main risks noted below, any of which may
adversely affect the Fund’s performance and ability to meet its investment objective.
Interest Rate Risk. The Fund mainly invests in bonds and other debt securities. These securities will increase or decrease in
value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of the Fund’s
investments generally declines. Securities with greater interest rate sensitivity and longer maturities generally are subject to greater fluctuations in value. The Fund may face a heightened level of interest rate
risk due to certain changes in monetary policy. It is difficult to predict the pace at which
central banks or monetary authorities may increase interest rates or the timing, frequency, or magnitude of such increases. Any such changes could be sudden and could expose debt markets to significant volatility and
reduced liquidity for Fund investments.
Municipal Obligations and Securities Risk. Because the Fund may invest in municipal obligations, including municipal securities, the Fund may be susceptible to political,
legislative, economic, regulatory, tax or other factors affecting issuers of these municipal
obligations, such as state and local governments and their agencies. The risk of a municipal obligation generally depends on the financial and credit status of the issuer. Changes in a municipality’s financial health
may make it difficult for the municipality to make interest and principal payments when due. This
could decrease the Fund’s income or hurt the ability to preserve capital and liquidity.
Under some circumstances, municipal obligations might not pay interest unless the state legislature or municipality authorizes money for that purpose.
The amount of public information available about municipal obligations is generally less than for corporate equities or bonds, meaning that the investment performance of
municipal obligations may be more dependent on the analytical abilities of the investment adviser
than stock or corporate bond investments. The secondary market for municipal obligations also
tends to be less well-developed and less liquid than many other securities markets, which may
limit the Fund’s ability to sell its municipal obligations at attractive prices. The differences between the price at which an obligation can be purchased and the price at which it can be sold may widen
during periods of
market distress. Less liquid obligations can become more difficult to value and be subject to erratic price movements. In addition, changes in U.S. federal tax laws or the
activity of an issuer may adversely affect the tax-exempt status of municipal obligations. Loss
of tax-exempt status may result in a significant decline in the values of such municipal obligations.
Municipal obligations may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. In addition, since some municipal
obligations may be secured or guaranteed by banks and other institutions, the risk to the Fund
could increase if the banking or financial sector suffers an economic downturn and/or if the credit ratings of the institutions issuing the guarantee are downgraded or at risk of being downgraded by a national rating
organization. Such a downward revision or risk of being downgraded may have an adverse effect on
the market prices of the bonds and thus the value of the Fund’s investments.
In addition to being downgraded, an insolvent municipality may file for
bankruptcy. The reorganization of a municipality’s debts may significantly affect the rights of creditors and the value of the securities issued by the municipality and the value of the Fund’s investments. While interest earned
on municipal obligations is generally not subject to federal income tax, any interest earned on
taxable municipal obligations is fully taxable at the federal level and may be subject to state and/or local income tax.
Credit Risk. The Fund’s investments are subject to the risk that issuers and/or counterparties will fail to make payments when due or default completely. Prices of the
Fund’s investments may be adversely affected if any of the issuers or counterparties it is
invested in are subject to an actual or perceived deterioration in their credit quality. Credit
spreads may increase, which may reduce the market values of the Fund’s securities. Credit spread risk is the risk that economic and market conditions or any actual or perceived credit deterioration may lead
to an increase in the credit spreads (i.e., the difference in yield between two securities of
similar maturity but different credit quality) and a decline in price of the issuer’s securities.
Alternative Minimum Tax Risk. The Fund may invest in securities, the interest on which may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.
Floating and Variable Rate Securities Risk. Floating and variable rate securities provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid on the securities. The rate
adjustment intervals may be regular and range from daily up to annually, or may be based on an
event, such as a change in the prime rate. Floating and variable rate securities may be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities, meaning that there may be limitations on the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities at any given time. Such securities also may lose value.
Structured Product Risk. Structured products, such as
tender option bonds, involve structural complexities and potential risks that may not be present
where a municipal security is owned directly. These enhanced risks may include additional counter-party risk (the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligations) and call risk (the risk
that the instruments will be called and the proceeds may need to be reinvested). Additionally, an
active trading market for such instruments may not exist. To the extent that a structured product
provides a put, the Fund may receive a lower interest rate in return for such feature and will be subject to the risk that
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the put provider will be unable to honor
the put feature (purchase the security). Finally, short-term municipal or tax-exempt structured
products may present tax issues not presented by investments in other short-term municipal or tax-exempt securities. These issues might be resolved in a manner adverse to the Fund.
Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities, including certain municipal housing authority obligations, differ from conventional debt securities and are subject to certain
additional risks because principal is paid back over the life of the security rather than at
maturity. The value of these securities will be influenced by the factors affecting the housing
market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset
values, difficult or frozen credit markets, significant changes in interest rates, or deteriorating
economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face
valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid. These securities are also
subject to prepayment and call risk. In periods of either rising or declining interest rates, the Fund may be subject to contraction risk which is the risk that borrowers will increase the rate at which they prepay the maturity
value of mortgages and other obligations. When mortgages and other obligations are prepaid and
when securities are called, the Fund may have to reinvest in securities with a lower yield or fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for securities with higher interest rates, resulting in an unexpected
capital loss and/or a decrease in the amount of dividend and yield. In either periods of rising
or declining interest rates, the Fund may be subject to extension risk which is the risk that the expected maturity of an obligation will lengthen in duration due to a decrease in prepayments. As a result, in certain
interest rate environments, the Fund may exhibit additional volatility. Collateralized mortgage
obligations (CMOs), interest-only (IOs) and principal-only (POs) stripped mortgage-backed securities are more volatile and may be subject to a higher risk of non-payment than other mortgage related securities.
Additionally, asset-backed, mortgage-related and mortgage-backed securities are subject to risks
associated with their structure and the nature of the assets underlying the securities and the servicing of those assets. Certain asset-backed, mortgage-related and mortgage-backed securities may face valuation
difficulties and may be less liquid than other types of asset-backed, mortgage-related and
mortgage-backed securities, or debt securities.
Debt Securities and Other Callable Securities Risk. As
part of its main investment strategy, the Fund invests in debt securities. The issuers of these
securities and other callable securities may be able to repay principal in advance, especially when interest rates fall. Changes in prepayment rates can affect the return on investment and yield of these securities.
When debt obligations are prepaid and when securities are called, the Fund may have to reinvest
in securities with a lower yield. The Fund also may fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for securities with higher interest rates, resulting in an unexpected capital loss.
Taxability Risk. There is no guarantee that all of the Fund’s income from municipal investments will remain exempt from
federal or state or local income taxes. The Fund’s investments in municipal securities rely
on the opinion of the issuer’s bond counsel that the interest paid on those securities will not be subject to federal income tax. Tax opinions are generally
provided at the time the municipal security is initially issued. However, after the Fund buys a security, the Internal Revenue Service may determine that a bond issued as
tax-exempt should in fact be taxable or there may be unfavorable changes in tax laws or
noncompliant conduct of a securities issuer that may cause income from all or certain municipal securities to be taxable. In order to pay tax-exempt interest, tax-exempt securities must meet certain legal requirements. Failure to
meet such requirements may cause the interest received and distributed by the Fund to
shareholders to be taxable. If the Fund fails to meet the requirements necessary to pay out exempt-interest dividends to its shareholders, the income distributions resulting from all of its investments, including its
municipal securities, may be subject to federal income tax when received by shareholders.
In addition, future laws, regulations, rulings or court decisions may cause interest on municipal securities
to be subject, directly or indirectly, to U.S. federal income taxation or interest on state
municipal securities to be subject to state or local income taxation, or the value of state municipal securities to be subject to state or local intangible personal property tax, or may otherwise prevent the Fund from realizing
the full current benefit of the tax-exempt status of such securities. Any such change could also
affect the market price of such securities, and thus the value of an investment in the Fund.
Municipal Housing Authority Obligations Risk. The Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal housing authority obligations. As a result, the Fund could be more susceptible to developments which affect those
obligations.
Ultra-Short Fund Risk. The Fund is not a money market fund. Therefore, the Fund does not attempt to maintain a stable net asset value and is not subject to the rules that govern the diversity, quality, maturity, liquidity and other
features of securities that money market funds may purchase. Under normal conditions, the
Fund’s investment may be more susceptible than a money market fund to interest rate risk, valuation risk, credit risk and other risks relevant to the Fund’s investments. Unlike certain money market funds, the
Fund’s net asset value per share will fluctuate.
High Yield Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in securities and instruments of municipal issuers that are highly leveraged, less creditworthy or financially distressed. These
investments (known as junk bonds) are considered to be speculative and are subject to greater
risk of loss, greater sensitivity to economic changes, valuation difficulties and potential illiquidity.
In recent years, there has been a broad trend of weaker or less restrictive covenant protections in the high yield market. Among other things, under such weaker or less
restrictive covenants, borrowers might be able to exercise more flexibility with respect to
certain activities than borrowers who are subject to stronger or more protective covenants. For example, borrowers might be able to incur more debt, including secured debt, return more capital to shareholders, remove or reduce assets
that are designated as collateral securing high yield securities, increase the claims against
assets that are permitted against collateral securing high yield securities or otherwise manage their business in ways that could impact creditors negatively. In addition, certain privately held borrowers might be
permitted to file less frequent, less detailed or less timely financial reporting or other
information, which could negatively impact the value of the high yield securities issued by such
borrowers.
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Each of these factors might negatively
impact the high yield instruments held by the Fund. No active trading market may exist for some
instruments and certain investments may be subject to restrictions on resale. The inability to dispose of the Fund’s securities and other investments in a timely fashion could result in losses to the Fund. Because
some instruments may have a more limited secondary market, liquidity and valuation risk may be
more pronounced for the Fund. When instruments are prepaid, the Fund may have to reinvest in instruments with a lower yield or fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for these instruments,
resulting in an unexpected capital loss and/or a decrease in the amount of dividends and
yield.
Zero-Coupon Bond Risk. The market value of a zero-coupon bond is generally more volatile than the market value of other fixed income securities with similar maturities that pay interest periodically. In addition, federal income tax law
requires that the holder of a zero-coupon bond accrue a portion of the discount at which the bond
was purchased as taxable income each year. The Fund may consequently have to dispose of portfolio
securities under disadvantageous circumstances to generate cash to satisfy its requirement as a regulated investment company to distribute all of its net income (including non-cash income attributable to zero-coupon
securities). These actions may reduce the assets to which the Fund’s expenses could
otherwise be allocated and may reduce the Fund’s rate of return.
Risk Associated with the Fund Holding Cash, Money Market Instruments and Other Short-Term Investments. The Fund will, at times, hold assets in cash, money market instruments and other short-term investments, which may hurt the
Fund’s performance. These positions may also subject the Fund to additional risks and
costs.
Restricted Securities Risk. Restricted securities are securities that cannot be offered for public resale unless registered under the applicable securities laws or that have a contractual restriction that prohibits or limits their resale.
Restricted securities include private placement securities that have not been registered under
the applicable securities laws, such as Rule 144A securities, and securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers that are issued pursuant to Regulation S. Private placements are generally subject to strict restrictions on
resale. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading
market. Restricted securities may be illiquid. The Fund may be unable to sell a restricted security on short notice or may be able to sell them only at a price below current value. It may be more difficult to determine a
market value for a restricted security. Also, the Fund may get only limited information about the
issuer of a restricted security, so it may be less able to predict a loss. In addition, if Fund management receives material non-public information about the issuer, the Fund may as a result be unable to sell the securities.
Certain restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may
result in substantial losses.
Auction Rate
Securities Risk. The auction rate municipal securities the Fund will purchase will typically have
a long-term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset through a
“Dutch” auction. The interest rate set by the auction is the lowest interest rate that covers all securities offered for sale. While this process is designed to permit auction rate
securities to be traded at par value, there is a risk that an auction will fail due to insufficient demand for the securities, which may adversely affect the liquidity and price
of auction rate securities. Moreover, between auctions, there may be no secondary market for
these securities, and sales conducted on a secondary market may not be on terms favorable to the seller. Thus, with respect to liquidity and price stability, auction rate securities may differ substantially from
cash equivalents, notwithstanding the frequency of auctions and the credit quality of the
security.
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.
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 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 or the threat or potential of one or more such factors and occurrences.
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.
LIBOR Discontinuance or
Unavailability Risk. The London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) was a leading floating rate
benchmark used in loans, notes, derivatives and other instruments or investments. As a result of
benchmark reforms, publication of most LIBOR settings has ceased. Some LIBOR settings continue to
be published but only on a temporary, synthetic and non-representative basis. Regulated entities have generally ceased entering into new LIBOR contracts in connection with regulatory guidance or prohibitions.
Public and private sector actors have worked to establish alternative reference
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rates to be used in place of LIBOR. There
is no assurance that any such alternative reference rate will be similar to or produce the same
value or economic equivalence as LIBOR or that it will have the same volume or liquidity as did LIBOR which may affect the value, volatility, liquidity or return on certain of the Fund’s loans, notes, derivatives and
other instruments or investments comprising some or all of the Fund’s investments and
result in costs incurred in connection with changing reference rates used for positions, closing
out positions and entering into new trades. Certain of the Fund’s investments may have
transitioned from LIBOR or will transition from LIBOR in the future. The transition from LIBOR to
alternative reference rates may result in operational issues for the Fund or its investments. No
assurances can be given as to the impact of the LIBOR transition (and the timing of any such impact) on the Fund and its investments.
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 I Shares has varied from year to year for the past eight calendar years. The table shows
the average annual total returns for the past one year, five years and life of the Fund. The
table compares the Fund’s performance to the performance of the Bloomberg US Municipal
Index and the Bloomberg 1 Year Municipal Bond Index. The Bloomberg US Municipal Index serves as
the Fund's regulatory index and provides a broad measure of market performance. The Bloomberg 1
Year Municipal Bond Index is the Fund's additional index and is more representative of the Fund's
investment universe than the regulatory index. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the
future. Updated performance information is available by visiting www.jpmorganfunds.com or by calling 1-800-480-4111.
| YEAR-BY-YEAR RETURNS — CLASS I SHARES |
| Best Quarter |
4th quarter, 2023 |
1.46% |
| Worst Quarter |
1st quarter, 2022 |
-1.11% |
| The Fund’s year-to-date total return |
through |
3/31/25 |
was |
0.84% |
. |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(For periods ended December 31, 2024) |
|||
| |
Past |
Past |
Life of Fund
since |
| |
1 Year |
5 Years |
05/31/2016 |
| CLAS I SHARES |
|
|
|
| Return Before Taxes |
3.30 % |
1.40 % |
1.33 % |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions |
3.30 |
1.40 |
1.32 |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
3.21 |
1.42 |
1.33 |
| CLASS A SHARES |
|
|
|
| Return Before Taxes |
0.77 |
0.74 |
0.86 |
| BLOOMBERG US MUNICIPAL INDEX1 (Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes) |
1.05 |
0.99 |
1.92 |
| BLOOMBERG 1 YEAR MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX (Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes) |
2.71 |
1.39 |
1.39 |
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As a result of new regulatory requirements, the Fund's regulatory index has changed from the Bloomberg 1 Year Municipal Bond Index to the Bloomberg US Municipal Index.
After-tax returns are
shown for only the Class I Shares and after-tax returns for the other classes will vary.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend
on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns
shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as
401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Management
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (the adviser)
| Portfolio Manager |
Managed the Fund Since |
Primary Title with
Investment Adviser |
| Curtis White |
2023 |
Executive Director |
| Josh Brunner |
2023 |
Executive Director |
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Purchase minimums
| For Class A Shares | |
| To establish an account |
$1,000 |
| To add to an account |
$50 |
| For Class I Shares | |
| To establish an account |
$1,000,000 |
| To add to an account |
No minimum levels |
In general, you may purchase or redeem shares on any business day:
●
Through your Financial Intermediary
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By
writing to J.P. Morgan Funds Services, P.O. Box 219143, Kansas City, MO 64121-9143
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After you open an account, by calling J.P. Morgan Funds Services at 1-800-480-4111
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions of interest on municipal bonds generally are not subject to federal income tax;
however the Fund may distribute taxable dividends, including distributions of short-term capital
gains, and long-term capital gains. In addition, interest on certain bonds may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. To the extent that the Fund’s distributions are derived from interest on bonds
that are not exempt from applicable state and local taxes, such distributions will be subject to
such state and local taxes. When your investment is in
an IRA, 401(k) plan or other tax-advantaged investment plan, you may be subject to federal income tax on
ordinary income or capital gains upon withdrawal from the tax-advantaged investment
plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank),
the Fund and its related companies may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares
and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit
your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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