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JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust PLC

20 February 2018

20 February 2018

JPMORGAN INCOME & CAPITAL TRUST PLC

Results of Rollover Elections, First General Meeting and Class Meetings

Results of Rollover Elections

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300VB8OIJVLR6HX75

The Board is pleased to announce that JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust plc (the "Company") has received elections that, on the basis of the latest published net asset values of the Ordinary Shares and Zero Dividend Preference Shares, equates to a rollover of in excess of GBP80 million into the new investment trust, JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust plc ("MATE"), in connection with the proposed reconstruction, voluntary winding-up and rollover of the Company (the "Scheme"). This does not include amounts subscribed in the intermediaries offer and offer for subscription, which both close on the 26 February 2018, or the institutional placing which closes on the 27 February 2018.

Pursuant to the Scheme the Company received the following elections (including deemed elections) in connection with the Proposals:

 
                        Elections from        Elections from     Elections from 
 Scheme Option       Ordinary Shareholders    ZDP Shareholders     Unitholders 
-----------------  -----------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 New MATE Shares          31,421,094            14,393,951         5,737,747 
-----------------  -----------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 Cash Option              23,649,526            25,475,168         1,005,334 
-----------------  -----------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 

Therefore, the Company's Ordinary Shares, including those held in Units (being two Ordinary Shares per Unit), will be reclassified as follows:

-- 42,896,588 Ordinary Shares with "A" rights - being Ordinary Shares with the right to receive New MATE Shares; and

-- 25,660,194 Ordinary Shares with "C" rights - being Ordinary Shares with the right to receive cash.

The Company's ZDP Shares, including those held in Units (being one ZDP Share per Unit), will be reclassified as follows:

-- 20,131,698 ZDP Shares with "B" rights - being ZDP Shares with the right to receive New MATE Shares; and

   --     26,480,502 ZDP Shares with "D" rights - being ZDP Shares with the right to receive cash. 

The amendment to the listing of Shares has been requested and dealings in the Reclassified Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on Tuesday 27 February 2018, and the listing and dealings in Reclassified Shares is subsequently expected to be suspended at 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday 28 February 2018.

Results of First General Meeting and Ordinary Shareholders Class Meeting and adjournment of ZDP Shareholders Class Meeting

The Board is pleased to announce that each of the special resolutions, which were put forward at both the First General Meeting and the Ordinary Shareholder Class Meeting held today in connection with the Scheme, have been passed by Shareholders. The ZDP Shareholder Class Meeting due to be held today has been adjourned in accordance with the Company's articles of association for lack of quorum. As such, the special resolutions passed at the First General Meeting remain conditional upon the passing of the resolution to be proposed at the ZDP Shareholder Class Meeting which has been adjourned until Monday 26 February 2018 at 11.00 a.m. The adjourned meeting will be held at the offices of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, 60 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0JP.

The proxy votes cast on the resolutions are included at the end of this announcement.

The full text of the special resolutions can be found in the Notice of First General Meeting, Notice of Ordinary Shareholders Class Meeting and Notice of ZDP Shareholders Class Meeting (as applicable) contained in the Company's circular to Shareholders dated 24 January 2018 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. The Circular is also available in electronic format on the Company's website, www.jpmincomeandcapital.co.uk.

A summary of proxy votes received will also shortly be available on the Company's website, www.jpmincomeandcapital.co.uk.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given in the Circular unless the context otherwise requires.

Enquiries:

 
 JPMorgan Funds Limited 
  Paul Winship, Company Secretary    +44 (0)20 7742 4000 
 Winterflood Investment Trusts 
  Neil Langford 
  Chris Mills                        +44 (0)20 3100 0000 
 

Results of the First General Meeting

The proxy votes cast on the resolutions put forward at the First General Meeting (together, the "First GM Special Resolutions") are set out below:

 
                                                   Votes                                     Votes 
 Resolution number           Votes For      %       Against     %     Votes Total   % ISC     Withheld 
--------------------------  -----------  -------  ---------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 1. Reclassify 
  the Ordinary Shares 
  and ZDP Shares 
  and amend the 
  Articles of Association 
  for the purposes 
  of implementing 
  the Scheme                 42,167,461   98.86%   484,883    1.14%   42,652,344    37.03%   35.618 
--------------------------  -----------  -------  ---------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 2. Authorise the 
  implementation 
  of the Scheme 
  by the Liquidators         42,148,609   98.86%   484,883    1.14%   42,633,492    37.02%   54,470 
--------------------------  -----------  -------  ---------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 

Results of the Ordinary Shareholders Class Meeting

The proxy votes cast on the resolution put forward at the Ordinary Shareholders Class Meeting are set out below:

 
                                                   Votes                                     Votes 
 Resolution number           Votes For      %       Against     %     Votes Total   % ISC     Withheld 
--------------------------  -----------  -------  ---------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 1. Sanction and 
  consent to (a) 
  the passing and 
  carrying into 
  effect the First 
  GM Special Resolutions; 
  (b) the implementation 
  of the Scheme; 
  and (c) any variation 
  or abrogation 
  of the rights 
  attached to the 
  Ordinary Shares 
  which will or 
  may result from 
  the implementation 
  of the Scheme.             29,545,348   99.93%   20,633     0.07%   29,565,981    43.13%   10,913 
--------------------------  -----------  -------  ---------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 

Notes:

The information in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The material set forth herein is for information purposes only

This information is provided by RNS

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