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JPMorgan Asia Growth and Income plc
9 February 2022 | Annual General Meeting

Ayaz Ebrahim, Managing Director
Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities

Robert Lloyd, Managing Director
Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities
Performance (GBP)
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc as of 30 September 2021

                                                                                                       Market value
                                                                                                       JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc                                     GBP 450.9m

Annualised performance (%)

                                                        Three months         Six months              YTD              One year            Three years        Five years          Since launch

    JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc                        -7.10                 -3.48            -0.41               13.67               10.28              11.81                8.14
    MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (NDR)*                             -7.11                 -3.88            -2.20                  9.70              7.98               9.32                6.96
    NAV Excess Return**                                      0.01                  0.40              1.79                  3.96              2.30               2.50                1.18

Calendar year performance (%)
                                                2010         2011          2012            2013       2014         2015           2016        2017          2018          2019         2020

    JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc          28.88        -23.50        13.55            2.89      11.27         -2.03          26.37       35.97         -5.27         17.03        20.63

    MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (NDR)*               23.38        -16.69        16.99            1.16      11.32         -3.91          25.77       29.45         -9.05         13.61        21.16

    NAV Excess Return**                         5.50         -6.81         -3.43           1.74       -0.05         1.87          0.60         6.52         3.79          3.43         -0.53

Inception date: 12th September 1997
* Prior to 1st January 2001, MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (GDR).
** Arithmetic excess return presented. Figures may not add up due to rounding.
Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. (NAV to NAV with income reinvested). Investment involves risk. Fund performance is shown based on the NAV in GBP with income (Gross) reinvested
including actual ongoing charges excluding any entry and exit fees. Past performance is not an indication of current and future performance.
Please refer to the offering document(s) for details, including the risk factors before investing. Indices do not include fees or operating expenses and are not available for actual investment.

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Performance attribution
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc for 1 year ending 30 September 2021
                                          Stock: 3.80                                                                                                                     Stock: 6.15
    Attribution summary                                                                                                           Attribution summary
                                          Country: 1.11                                                                                                                   Sector: -1.24
    Benchmark                             MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN                                                                   Benchmark                               MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN

Country attribution (%)                                                                                   Sector attribution (%)

                            Korea (o)                                                2.49                        Communication Services (o)                                                          3.04
                      Singapore (o)                                             1.58                              Consumer Discretionary (o)                                                     2.32
                             China (u)                                        1.37                                                Health Care (n)                                       0.87
                       Indonesia (o)                                      0.79                                                      Financials (o)                                     0.44
                          Vietnam (o)                                   0.42                                                Managed Funds (o)                                         0.42
                     Hong Kong (o)                                       0.41                                                     Real Estate (n)                                    0.35
                          Malaysia (u)                                 0.24                                                             Energy (u)                                    0.24
                          Australia (n)                                0.13
                          Thailand (n)                                0.05                                               Consumer Staples (n)                        -0.07
                      Philippines (u)                                 0.01                                                              Utilities (u)              -0.39
                                                                                                                                    Industrials (n)               -0.63
                                                                                 Stock selection
                           Taiwan (n)                -0.45                                                         Information Technology (u)                     -0.69                   Stock selection
                                                                                 Asset allocation
                              India (u)      -2.02                                                                                   Materials (u)             -0.88                      Asset allocation
                                 Cash                  -0.13                                                                                   Cash                  -0.13

                                       -3.75 -2.50 -1.25 0.00 1.25 2.50 3.75                                                                         -4.00     -2.00       0.00       2.00       4.00

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Factset. (o) = overweight, (u) = underweight, (n) = neutral. Data is gross of fees in GBP. Data for total attribution shown (stock selection plus country).
Attribution results are for indicative purposes only. The portfolio is actively managed. Holdings, sector weights, allocations and leverage, as applicable, are subject to change at the discretion of the
Investment Manager without notice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results.

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Performance attribution
                                                                                                                                                                           Stock: 6.15
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc                                                                                                             Attribution summary
                                                                                                                                                                           Sector: -1.24
for 1 year ending 30 September 2021                                                                                                           Benchmark                    MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN

Stock attribution
                                                 Relative          Stock          Impact                                                                Relative            Stock          Impact
    Top 10 contributors                                                                                  Top 10 detractors
                                                weight (%)       return (%)         (%)                                                                weight (%)         return (%)         (%)

    Sea Ltd. (Singapore)                            1.75            98.54           1.22                 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company
                                                                                                                                                            1.47             -34.94         -0.77
                                                                                                         of China
    AfreecaTV1                                      0.78           144.35           0.83
                                                                                                         Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals                    0.85             -40.14         -0.66
    Eclat Textile                                   1.41            71.67           0.75
                                                                                                         Tencent                                            1.70             -13.78         -0.42
    Wuxi Biologics (Cayman)                         1.16            91.92           0.73
                                                                                                         Budweiser Brewing                                  1.44             -15.62         -0.41
    HDFC Bank1                                      2.32            41.06           0.58

    Kuaishou Technology                             -0.02          224.54           0.54                 Infosys                                            -0.90            60.86          -0.41

                                                                                                         ICICI Bank                                         -0.58            88.70          -0.34
    TAL Education                                   -0.28           -93.90          0.54
                                                                                                         China Resources Land                               2.15             -5.98          -0.32
    TSMC                                            1.84            35.62           0.53
                                                                                                         51job                                              0.80             -6.71          -0.32

    Postal Savings Bank of China                    1.14            65.95           0.51                 Zai Lab                                            0.39             -25.92         -0.31

    Samsung Engineering                             0.30            74.79           0.48                 Mediatek                                           -0.67            53.86          -0.24

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Factset. Data is gross of fees in GBP. Data for total attribution shown (stock selection plus country). Attribution results are for indicative purposes only. The
portfolio is actively managed. Holdings, sector weights, allocations and leverage, as applicable, are subject to change at the discretion of the Investment Manager without notice. Past performance
is not a reliable indicator of current and future results.1Not in Benchmark

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Performance attribution
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc for quarter ending 31 December 2021
                                          Stock: -0.64                                                                                                                    Stock: -0.79
    Attribution summary                                                                                                            Attribution summary
                                          Country: -0.02                                                                                                                  Sector: 0.13
    Benchmark                             MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN                                                                    Benchmark                              MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN

Country attribution (%)                                                                                   Sector attribution (%)

                            Korea (o)                                                 0.66                                          Industrials (n)                                           0.69
                             China (u)                                         0.39                                               Real Estate (n)                                      0.26
                       Indonesia (o)                                       0.24                                                      Materials (u)                                     0.08
                          Vietnam (o)                                  0.06                                              Consumer Staples (n)                                       0.06
                                                                                                                            Managed Funds (o)                                       0.06
                          Pakistan (n)                    0.00
                      Philippines (u)                  -0.03                                                                            Energy (n)                   -0.02
                          Malaysia (u)                 -0.05
                                                                                                                 Communication Services (o)                          -0.03
                          Australia (o)                -0.07
                                                                                                                  Consumer Discretionary (u)                       -0.07
                          Thailand (n)                 -0.08
                                                                                                                                        Utilities (u)              -0.13
                     Hong Kong (o)             -0.41
                                                                                                                   Information Technology (u)                      -0.14
                           Taiwan (u)          -0.42                             Stock selection
                                                                                                                                  Health Care (o)          -0.71                           Stock selection
                      Singapore (o)            -0.43                             Asset allocation
                              India (u)      -0.53                                                                                  Financials (o)         -0.72                           Asset allocation

                                 Cash                                 0.02                                                                     Cash                                 0.02

                                       -1.00      -0.50        0.00     0.50       1.00                                                              -1.50 -1.00 -0.50 0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50

1 Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Factset. (o) = overweight, (u) = underweight, (n) = neutral. Data is gross of fees in GBP. Data for total attribution shown (stock selection plus country).
  Attribution results are for indicative purposes only. The portfolio is actively managed. Holdings, sector weights, allocations and leverage, as applicable, are subject to change at the discretion of the
  Investment Manager without notice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results.

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Current fund positioning
Sector and country positions
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc                                                                                                                               Benchmark                           MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN

as of 31 December 2021

Active and absolute sector positions
Relative to benchmark (%)
     10.0       6.9
                             4.3
      5.0                                   1.5             1.2        1.9                                                                                                                                            1.0
                                                                                    0.2
      0.0
     -5.0                                                                                         -0.2          -0.2               -0.2        -0.5          -1.3        -1.3
                                                                                                                                                                                         -2.8                -4.1
             Financials     Banks         Insurance    Diversified Communication   Health      Industrials       Real             Energy    Consumer       Consumer   Information       Utilities       Materials    Cash
                                                       Financials    Services       Care                        Estate                     Discretionary    Staples   Technology

Portfolio
Weight (%)
                25.5        15.4             5.8            4.4       12.3          4.7           6.1            3.6               2.7         14.1          3.8         24.6             0.0                1.1     1.0

Active and absolute country positions
Relative to benchmark (%)
      5.0        3.2                3.2               3.0
                                                                     1.0             0.8                 0.2                                                                                                        1.0
      0.0
     -5.0                                                                                                                   -0.8             -1.6             -2.3              -3.0
    -10.0                                                                                                                                                                                            -5.2
                Korea         Indonesia            Singapore        Hong           Australia         Thailand            Philippines       Malaysia          Taiwan             China                India          Cash
                South                                               Kong                                                                                                        Main

Portfolio
Weight (%)
                 17.8               4.9               6.0            7.9              0.8                2.1                0.0              0.0              16.0              33.9                 9.0            1.0

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The investment trust is actively managed. Holdings, sector weights, allocations and leverage, as applicable, are subject
to change at the discretion of the Investment Manager without notice.

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Portfolio positions
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc                                                                                 Benchmark              MSCI AC ASIA ex JAPAN

as of 31 December 2021

                                                       Portfolio weight                                                    Fund                Relative
    Top 10 holdings                                                                 Top 5 overweights
                                                             (%)                                                         weight (%)          position (%)

    TSMC                                                       9.8                  Samsung Electronics                       7.8                  2.5

                                                                                    China Resources Land                      2.6                  2.4
    Samsung Electronics                                        7.8
                                                                                    AIA                                       4.1                  2.3
    Tencent                                                    6.9
                                                                                    Eclat Textile Co                          2.1                  2.0
    AIA                                                        4.1                  Tencent                                   6.9                  2.0

    Alibaba                                                    3.0
                                                                                                                           Fund                Relative
                                                                                    Top 5 underweights
    China Resources Land                                       2.6                                                       weight (%)          position (%)
                                                                                    Reliance Industries                       0.0                  -1.3
    Bank Central Asia                                          2.3
                                                                                    Mediatek                                  0.0                  -0.9
    SK Hynix                                                   2.2
                                                                                    JD.com                                    0.0                  -0.9
    Hong Kong Exchange                                         2.2                  Icici Bank                                0.0                  -0.7

    Meituan                                                    2.1                  Hon Hai Precision                         0.0                  -0.7

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The investment trust is actively managed. Holdings, sector weights, allocations and leverage, as applicable, are subject
to change at the discretion of the Investment Manager without notice.

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Market outlook

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APAC Dashboard: Outlook 2022
Macro risk, growth and valuation

    Issues                                        2018                      2019                      2020                   1H 2021                   2H 2021                        2022

                                                                                                                                                     Recovering but
                                                                         Late Cycle               1H: Late Cycle                                                                   Mid-Cycle
    Business Cycle Risks                        Late Cycle                                                                Strong Recovery            dependent on
                                                                      Increasing Risks            2H: New Cycle                                                                  (Omicron Risk?)
                                                                                                                                                      Delta Variant

                                                                          Stable to                  Rising to
    USD Cycle (USD REER Index)                     Rising                                                                 Stable to Rising                Rising                       Stable
                                                                         Moderating                 moderating

    APAC GDP Growth Alpha                          Stable                   Stable                    Unclear             Strong Rebound                    Flat                    Increasing

                                                                         1H: Positive           1H: Deteriorating
    Earnings                                        Flat                                                                  Strong Rebound               Moderating                   Moderating
                                                                          2H: Weak               2H: Bottoming

                                                                       1H: Attractive          1H: Very Attractive
    Valuation: Price to Book                     Average                                                                  Above Average                  Average                      Average
                                                                     2H: Below Average         2H: Below Average

    Research signal: Expected                                           1H: Attractive            1H: Very high
                                                    Low                                                                        Average                   Average                 Above Average
    Return                                                               2H: Average               2H: Average

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, MSCI, Standard & Poor’s. EM GDP growth alpha: Consensus Economics .
Opinions, estimates, forecasts, projections and statements of financial market trends are based on market conditions at the date of the publication, constitute our judgment and are subject to change
without notice. There can be no guarantee they will be met.
REER = Real effective exchange rate. As of January 2022.

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Where are we in the cycle?

                                                                                                                     US
                                                                                              EM

                                                              Early                                                     Mid
                                                                                                                       Cycle                                                  Late
                                                              Cycle
               2020                                                                                                                                                           Cycle

             COVID
          (recession)                                 Rising growth                                            Near peak growth
                                                      Low but rising                                           Rising inflation
                                                                                                                                                                   Past peak GDP
                                                       inflation                                                Minimal fiscal
                                                                                                                                                                   Peak inflation
                                                      Low policy rates with                                     stimulus
                                                                                                                                                                   High rates
        Contracting growth                            some tightening
                                                                                                                                                                   No fiscal stimulus
        Low inflation                                Some fiscal stimulus                                  Expansionary,
        Low policy rates                                                                                    Financials, industrials
                                                                                                                                                                Sectors that typically perform:
        Large fiscal stimulus                     Sectors that typically perform:
                                                                                                                                                                Defensives, telecomms,
                                                   Commodities, hardware,                                    Sectors that typically
                                                                                                                                                                healthcare, utilities,
     Sectors that typically perform:               autos                                                     perform:
                                                                                                                                                                consumer staples
     Covid beneficiaries,                                                                                    Industrials, technology,
     healthcare, e-commerce                           Deep value                                            materials
                                                                                                                                                                   Quality growth

        Growth                                                                                                 Quality value

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Data as of October 2021. EM = Emerging Markets. Opinions, estimates, forecasts, projections and statements of financial market
trends are based on market conditions at the date of the publication, constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice. There can be no guarantee they will
be met
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Earnings revisions in APAC

 Earnings Revisions: MSCI Asia Pacific ex Japan (USD)
                                                                                                                                                              MSCI AC APxJ revision (U-D)/(U+D)

            1.40

            1.20
 UD Ratio

            1.00                                                                                                                                                                     1

                                                                                                                                                  8/31/2018
                                                                                                                                                     0.84                                     0.89
            0.80

                                                                                                                                                               6/30/2019
            0.60                                                                                                                                                  0.66
                                                                                                                                                   1/31/2019
                                                                                                                                                      0.56
                                                       10/31/2011                                                2/29/2016
            0.40                                          0.47                                                      0.46

                        11/28/2008
            0.20           0.24
             Dec-07   Dec-08    Dec-09       Dec-10       Dec-11        Dec-12       Dec-13       Dec-14       Dec-15        Dec-16       Dec-17       Dec-18       Dec-19       Dec-20        Dec-21

Source: JPMorgan Asset Management. Opinions, estimates, forecasts, projections and statements of financial market trends are based on market conditions at the date of the publication, constitute
our judgment and are subject to change without notice. There can be no guarantee they will be met. Data reflect most recently available as of 31st December 2021.
Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance.

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Where do we see the most attractive expected returns?
Five year expected return: Forecast earnings, dividends, change in valuation and currency

Market ER vs. MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Average (%)                                                         Sector ER vs. MSCI Asia ex Japan Average (%)

 China Mainland                                                                  20.4                                   Real Estate                                                            19.2

            Korea                                                       18.0                              Consumer Discretionary                                                        18.0

                                                                                                                          Financials                                                    17.9
      Hong Kong                                    14.7
                                                                                                                        Health Care                                                   17.5
        Indonesia                              14.3
                                                                                                         Communication Services                                                       17.3
         Thailand                            13.8
                                                                                                           Information Technology                                     15.2
       Singapore                            13.4
                                                                                                                             Energy                                14.8
          Taiwan                            13.3
                                                                                                                           Materials                          13.8
      Philippines                   11.7                                                                                  Industrials                       13.0
         Malaysia                 11.1                                                                                       Utilities                12.0

             India         9.7                                                                                  Consumer Staples                     11.4

                     7.0    9.0      11.0     13.0        15.0   17.0   19.0   21.0     23.0                                             7.0   9.0    11.0     13.0     15.0   17.0     19.0     21.0

Source: MSCI, J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Index coverage for Five Year Expected Return may not be 100%
Indices do not include fees or operating expenses and are not available for actual investment. Opinions, estimates, forecasts, projections and statements of financial market trends are based on market
conditions at the date of the publication, constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice. There can be no guarantee they will be met.
Data reflect most recently available as of 31st December 2021
Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance.

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Valuations are average

                                                                                                        5-Year Expected Return (ER) in USD :
 MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Trailing PB                                                              Stocks under coverage within MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex
                                                                                                        Japan
       x
 3.0                                                                                                          %
                                                                                                           20
 2.8

 2.6
                                                                                                           17
 2.4
                                                  +1sd 2.2
 2.2

 2.0                                                                                                       14
                                               Avg1.8                                                                                                                                                                                        14.8
 1.8
                                                                                           1.9
                                                                                                                                                                 Avg 12.6
 1.6                                                                                                       11
 1.4                                  -1sd1.5

 1.2
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 1.0
       04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
PB = Price to Book Ratio
Source: MSCI, J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Index coverage for Five Year Expected Return may not be 100%
Indices do not include fees or operating expenses and are not available for actual investment. Opinions, estimates, forecasts, projections and statements of financial market trends are based on market
conditions at the date of the publication, constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice. There can be no guarantee they will be met.
Data reflect most recently available as of 31st December 2021
Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance.

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Appendix

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Investment objective and main risks
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income plc

    INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
    Aims to provide capital growth from a diversified portfolio of around 50 to 80 companies quoted on the Asian stock markets, excluding Japan. The Company
    pays quarterly dividends equivalent to 1% of its net asset value, set on the last business day of each financial quarter. The Company also has the ability to use
    gearing up to a maximum level of 20% of net assets to increase potential returns to shareholders.

MAIN RISKS                                                                                                                  Risk and Reward Profile
    Exchange rate changes may cause the value of underlying overseas investments to go                                       Lower Risk                                  Higher Risk
     down as well as up.
                                                                                                                              Potentially lower reward         Potentially higher reward
    Investments in emerging markets may involve a higher element of risk due to political and economic
     instability and underdeveloped markets and systems. Shares may also be traded less frequently
                                                                                                                                1        2         3       4    5        6         7
     than those on established markets. This means that there may be difficulty in both buying and
     selling shares and individual share prices may be subject to short-term price fluctuations.
    External factors may cause an entire asset class to decline in value. Prices and values of all shares
     or all bonds and income could decline at the same time, or fluctuate in response to the performance
     of individual companies and general market conditions.
    This Company may utilise gearing (borrowing) which will exaggerate market movements both up and
     down.
    This Company may also invest in smaller companies which may increase its risk profile.
    The share price may trade at a discount to the Net Asset Value of the Company.
    The Company may invest in China A-Shares through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
     program which is subject to regulatory change, quota limitations and also operational constraints
     which may result in increased counterparty risk.

Please refer to the Investor Disclosure Document, latest annual report, and Key Information Document (KID) for more information relating to the Company.

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Important information

 This is a marketing communication and as such the views contained herein do not form part of an offer, nor are they to be taken as advice or a recommendation,
 to buy or sell any investment or interest thereto. Reliance upon information in this material is at the sole discretion of the reader. Any research in this document
 has been obtained and may have been acted upon by J.P. Morgan Asset Management for its own purpose. The results of such research are being made
 available as additional information and do not necessarily reflect the views of J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Any forecasts, figures, opinions, statements of
 financial market trends or investment techniques and strategies expressed are unless otherwise stated, J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s own at the date of this
 document. They are considered to be reliable at the time of writing, may not necessarily be all inclusive and are not guaranteed as to accuracy. They may be
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