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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: | Date examination completed: | |||||||||||
811-21638 |
May 31, 2014 | |||||||||||
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):
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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): | ||||||||||||
270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 |
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 Commissions principal office in Washington, D.C., one copy with the regional office for the region in which the investment companys 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 (04-09)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of JPMorgan Institutional Trust:
We have examined managements assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that JPMorgan Core Bond Trust, JPMorgan Equity Index Trust, and JPMorgan Intermediate Bond Trust (each a separate fund of JPMorgan Institutional Trust) (the Funds) complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) as of May 31, 2014. Management is responsible for the Funds compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on managements assertion about the Funds 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 Funds 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 May 31, 2014, and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from February 28, 2014 (the date of our last examination), through May 31, 2014:
| Reconciliation of all securities shown on the books and records of the Funds to the statements from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the Custodian); |
| Count and inspection of all securities located in the vault of the Custodian at 4 Chase Metrotech Center, New York, NY 11245 without prior notice to management; |
| Confirmation of all securities of the Funds held at the Depository Trust Company and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in book entry form and review of the reconciliation procedures performed by the Custodian at an omnibus level between the depositories and the books and records of the Custodian; and |
| Agreement of 3 security purchases and 3 security sales or maturities since our last report from the books and records of the Funds to broker confirmations or, where broker replies were not received, the application of alternative procedures. |
We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds compliance with specified requirements.
In our opinion, managements assertion that the Funds complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of May 31, 2014 with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds 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.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
January 7, 2015
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers Center, 300 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
T: (646) 471 3000, F: (813) 286 6000, www.pwc.com/us
Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940
We, as members of management of the funds listed in Appendix A (each a separate fund of JPMorgan Institutional Trust) (the Funds), 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 Funds compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of May 31, 2014, and from February 28, 2014 through May 31, 2014.
Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Funds were in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of May 31, 2014, and from February 28, 2014 through May 31, 2014, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds.
JPMorgan Institutional Trust
By: | /s/ Joseph Parascondola | |
Mr. Joseph Parascondola Assistant Treasurer | ||
January 7, 2015 | ||
Date |
Appendix A
JPMorgan Core Bond Trust
JPMorgan Equity Index Trust
JPMorgan Intermediate Bond Trust