JF CHINA REGION FUND, INC.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Simon Crinage, President and Interested Director
Lucy Dina, Secretary
Telephone: +44 20 7742 4000
Email: lucy.j.dina@jpmorgan.com
Website: http://www.jfchinaregion.com
JF CHINA REGION FUND, INC ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF NAME - BOSTON, MA, December 6, 2013
The Board of the JF China Region Fund, Inc (NYSE: JFC; the ‘Fund’) announces that it has decided to include the JPMorgan branding in the Fund’s name, given that the JF brand no longer exists. Therefore, with effect from December 6, 2013 the Fund will change its name to:
JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.
The Company will begin trading under its new name on December 13, 2013. The Company’s ticker will remain as‘JFC’ but the Fund’s website address will shortly change to www.jpmchinaregion.com.
The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund trades under the symbol “JFC.”
The JF China Region Fund, Inc. invests primarily in equity securities of companies with substantial assets in, or revenues derived from, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao--collectively, the China Region.
J.P. Morgan Fund Services, in Boston, MA is the Fund’s accounting and administrative agent.