Director/PDMR Shareholding

Johnson Service Group PLC
30 April 2008


                           JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP PLC
                                ('the Company')


                       Acquisition of Shares by Directors


Johnson Service Group plc announces that the Company's Chairman, Simon Sherrard,
interim Chief Executive Officer, John Talbot, Finance Director, Yvonne Monaghan,
and the Company's Non-Executive Directors, Michael Gatenby, Michael Del Mar and
Baroness Wilcox have yesterday acquired a total of 983,552 shares in the
Company.


As a result of the above transactions, Mr Sherrard's, Mr Talbot's, Mrs
Monaghan's, Mr Gatenby's, Mr Del Mar's and Baroness Wilcox's overall
shareholdings in the Company have increased, as follows:



Director   Date            Number of        Number of Price paid per        Number of % holding in
                         shares held  shares acquired          share  shares now held      Company
                              before
                         acquisition

Simon     29 April 2008     40,000          236,294          21.16p         276,294         0.46%
Sherrard

John      29 April 2008          0          635,000          21.16p         635,000         1.06%
Talbot

Yvonne    29 April 2008      8,791           20,000          21.16p          28,791         0.04%
Monaghan

Michael   29 April 2008      5,000           25,000          21.16p          30,000         0.05%
Gatenby

Michael   29 April 2008      6,000           20,000          21.16p          26,000         0.04%
Del Mar

Baroness  29 April 2008     11,125           47,258          21.16p          58,383         0.09%
Wilcox



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Sonia Richmond                               0207 290 0393
Company Secretary

Erik Anderson                                0207 597 4000
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