Tokyo April 23, 1999

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Code No. 9107
Registered Head Office: 8, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe
Head Office: 2-9, Nishi-shinbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
For detailed information feel free to contact Tetsuo Shiota, General Manager
Finance and Accounting Department, Finance Group
Tel.03-3595-5658 (direct)

 
Re Unrealized Losses from Appraisal of Marketable Securities at the Close of Fiscal 1998 (Mar. 31, 1999)
 

Valuing the marketable securities at cost, we have figured out their gross unrealized losses from revaluation.
We would like to inform you as follows:
For your guidance, any under-mentioned fractional sum of less than a million yen is discarded.

A. gross unrealized losses of marketable securities at the close of accounting as of Mar.31, 1999

¥12,886 million

B. a total of assets at the close of accounting as of Mar.31,1998
  

(A/B×100)

¥258,367 million
(5.0%)

C. ordinary profit at the close of accounting as of Mar.31,1998
  

(A/C×100)

¥10,258 million
(125.6%)

D. net profit at the close of accounting as of Mar.31, 1998
  

      (A/D×100)

¥2,244 million
(574.0%)

Attention :
The above unrealized appraisal losses only apply to the marketable securities excluding those of the subsidiaries, the stock prices of which are quoted on the Stock Exchanges here in Japan. The above figure under A. corresponds to the differential between ¥34,823 million (book value) and ¥21,937 million (market value).

For your guidance :

(1) The Company's close of fiscal year is on Mar. 31.
(2) Unrealized appraisal gains of marketable securities before and after deduction by unrealized appraisal losses are :
E. gross unrealized appraisal gains of marketable securities at the close of accounting as of Mar.31, 1999

¥16,307 million

F. net unrealized appraisal gains of marketable securities after reduction by gross unrealized appraisal losses at the close of accounting as of Mar.31, 1999(E-A)
¥3,421 million

Your kind attention to and understanding of the above is highly appreciated.



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