Directorate Change

RNS Number : 3851Y

JPMorgan Mid Cap Invest Trust PLC

16 May 2016

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN MID CAP INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

As part of its succession planning and in anticipation of the retirement of the Chairman, Andrew Barker, later in the year, the Board of JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce the appointment of John Evans as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1st June 2016.

Mr Evans commenced his career at Ivory & Sime in 1979. In 1990, he was one of the founding partners of Aberforth Partners, a specialist investment management firm that invests in UK smaller quoted companies largely on behalf of institutional investors. Mr Evans retired from Aberforth in 2011 and is currently a non-executive director of Securities Trust of Scotland plc, Investors Capital Trust plc and the Chairman of Drum Income Plus REIT.

No further information is to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules for Mr Evans.

16th May 2016

For further information, please contact:

Alison Vincent

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited - Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

 

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