Dividend Notification Declaration

Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ld
24 May 2000

JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED

1999 Final Dividend

We wish to advise the following Pound Sterling equivalent of the 1999 final
dividend of the abovementioned Company. The dividend will be paid on 7 June
2000.

1999 final dividend per share               US cents 17.20

GBP equivalent                              11.6596 pence



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