Share Repurchase - Amendment

Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ld
22 June 2000



The issuer has made the following amendment to the Share Repurchase/Holding in
Company announcement released yesterday 21 June 2000 at 17:07 under
RNS No 6229M.

Please be advised that the following text has been included in the announcement:

'The repurchase of shares is in compliance with the regulations set out in the
share repurchase code applicable to the Company as required by the UK Listing
Authority.'


All other details remain unchanged.

The full corrected version is shown below.
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JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED ('JMH')

(1) Share Repurchase

Please be advised of the following repurchase by JMH of its ordinary shares in
the market:-

Date of repurchase:                    20 June 2000
Total number of shares repurchased:    13,079,488 shares
Price paid per share:                  US$4.57  


*The repurchase of shares is in compliance with the regulations set out in the
share repurchase code applicable to the Company as required by the UK Listing
Authority.*


(2) Substantial Shareholder

Following the repurchase detailed in (1) above and the completion of the
cancellation in due course by JMH of the relevant repurchased shares, Jardine
Strategic Holdings Limited's ('JSH') interest in 
JMH increased from 40.78% to 41.43%. JSH's interest is made up as follows:-

                                         No. of shares       %

JSH                                      209,344,385       25.75
Jardine Securities Limited                99,102,361       12.19*
Connaught Investors Limited               15,104,008        1.86
Clare Investment and Trustee Company 
Limited                                   13,315,835        1.64

Total Holding                            336,866,589       41.43


* The interest of Jardine Securities Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
JSH, in JMH also increased from 11.996% to 12.19% as a result of the share
repurchase.


A W BARTLETT, Matheson & Co., Limited, 
London Secretaries of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited 



22 JUNE 2000