Result of AGM

Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ld
1 June 2000

Jardine Matheson Announces Results of Annual General Meeting

Bermuda,  1st  June  2000  --  Jardine  Matheson  Holdings
Limited  today  announced  that the  members'  resolutions
proposed  at  the  Company's Annual General  Meeting  held
earlier  today did not receive the required  majority  and
were  not approved.  The ordinary business of the  meeting
was approved.

'We  are  pleased with the outcome of today's  shareholder
votes at our Annual General Meeting and believe the result
is in the long-term best interests of the shareholders and
other   stakeholders  of  the  Company,'   said   Managing
Director,  Percy Weatherall.  'The meeting was a  positive
forum  to discuss the concerns of our shareholders and  we
appreciated   the  opportunity  to  hear  their   opinion.
Jardine  Matheson  has  always  and  will  always   be   a
shareholder-focused company and we will continue to invite
input from all of our shareholders on a regular basis.'

A  separate  announcement was made earlier  today  of  the
statement  made  at  the meeting by  the  Chairman,  Henry
Keswick.

Jardine  Matheson is a multinational group of eight  prime
businesses  focused primarily on the Asia-Pacific  Region.
Its   operations  employ  some  150,000  people  and   its
activities   are  leaders  in  the  fields  of   financial
services,  supermarkets, consumer  marketing,  engineering
and construction, motor trading, property and hotels.  The
Group  is  building its core businesses  largely  in  Asia
Pacific  with the goal of enhancing shareholder value  for
the long term.


For further information, please contact:

Jardine Matheson Limited
Neil M McNamara                      Tel: [phone]

Matheson & Co.Limited
Martin Henderson                   Tel: [phone]

Forrest International Limited
David Dodwell / Sue Gourlay      Tel: [phone] / 36

Ludgate Communications
Richard Hews                       Tel: [phone]