JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc announced that David Pearson will be retiring from the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting in December 2013 having served for nearly eleven years. Sir Stephen Gomersall, KCMG will be appointed to the Board as a non-executive director of the company with effect from July 1, 2013 and will seek reappointment as is required at the December 2013 Annual General Meeting. Sir Stephen is currently a Director of Hitachi Ltd. and previously served as British Ambassador to Japan between 1999 and 2004.

The company also hopes to pay a final dividend of around 3 pence per share, subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting in December 2013.