Hamilton, Bermuda, 12th October 1998 - Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited announces that as at 30th September 1998, the net assets per share of the Company were US$2.62.
Of the unaudited net assets per share of US$2.62, US$2.28 is attributed to the Company's interests in directly held businesses other than Jardine Matheson, based on market price. The remainder is attributed to the Company's effective holdings in Jardine Matheson's businesses based on market price and adjusted to exclude its share of the market value of Jardine strategic businesses.
These calculations are based on unaudited information and on 907.2 million shares outstanding at the end of September 1998 which exclude the cross-holding of 248.1 million shares held by Jardine Matheson Holdings limited and a further 58.7 million shares held by a wholly -owned subsidiary of the Company.