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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

        Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-17f-2

 

Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar

Investments in the Custody of

Management Investment Companies

Pursuant to Rule 17f-2 [17 CFR 270.17F-2]

 

1. Investment Company Act File Number:

 

811-21638

Date examination completed:

February 28, 2009

2. State identification Number:

 

AL

AK

AZ

AR

CA

CO

 

CT

DE

DC

FL

GA

HI

 

ID

IL

IN

IA

KS

KY

 

LA

ME

MD

MA

MI

MN

 

MS

MO

MT

NE

NV

NH

 

NJ

NM

NY

NC

ND

OH

 

OK

OR

PA

RI

SC

SD

 

TN

TX

UT

VT

VA

WA

 

WV

WI

WY

PUERTO RICO

 

Other (specify):

3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement:

 

JPMorgan Institutional Trust

4. Address of principal executive office (number, street, city, state, zip code):

 

1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH, 43240

 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

This Form must be completed by investment companies that have custody of securities or similar investments.

 

Investment Company

 

1.

All items must be completed by the investment company.

 

2.

Give this Form to the independent public accountant who, in compliance with Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law, examines securities and similar investments in the custody of the investment company.

 

Accountant

 

3.

Submit this Form to the Securities and Exchange Commission and appropriate state securities administrators when filing the certificate of accounting required by Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law. File the original and one copy with the Securities and Exchange Commission's principal office in Washington, D.C., one copy with the regional office for the region in which the investment company's principal business operations are conducted, and one copy with the appropriate state administrator(s), if applicable.

 

 

THIS FORM MUST BE GIVEN TO YOUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

 

SEC 2198 (11-91)

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
300 Madison Avenue
New York NY 10017
Telephone (646) 471-3000
www.pwc.com

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Trustees of JPMorgan Institutional Trust:

 

We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that JPMorgan Institutional Trust (the “Trust”) complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“the Act”) as of February 28, 2009. Management is responsible for the Trust's compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Trust's compliance based on our examination.

 

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Trust's compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of February 28, 2009, and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from August 31, 2008 (the date of our last examination), through February 28, 2009:

 

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Count and inspection of all securities located in the vault of the JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York (the "Custodian") at 4 New York Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, NY 11245 without prior notice to management;

 

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Confirmation of all securities of the Trust held by the Custodian at the Depository Trust Company and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in book entry form;

 

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Reconciliation of all securities shown on the books and records of the Trust to the statements from the Custodian, and testing of the reconciliation of such securities shown on the Custodian statements to the confirmations described above;

 

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Testing of 3 security purchases and 3 security sales or maturities since our last report from the books and records of the Trust by confirmation with the brokers or the application of alternative audit procedures.

 

We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with specified requirements.

 

 

 

In our opinion, management's assertion that JPMorgan Institutional Trust complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of February 28, 2009 with respect to securities reflected in the investment account of the Trust is fairly stated, in all material respects.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of JPMorgan Institutional Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

 

 

 

September 18, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment
Company Act of 1940

 

We, as members of management of JPMorgan Institutional Trust (the "Trust"), are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies, of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Trust's compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of February 28, 2009, and from August 31, 2008 (the date of our last examination), through February 28, 2009.

 

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Trust was in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of February 28, 2009, and from August 31, 2008 (the date of our last examination), through February 28, 2009, with respect to securities reflected in the investment account of the Trust.

 

JPMorgan Institutional Trust

 


By:

 

/s/ Frank Tango

 

Name of Company Official

 

 

Assistant Treasurer

 

Title

 

September 18, 2009

 

Date