Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
24 April 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Johnson Service Group PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Co-Operative Insurance Society Limited

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Non-Beneficial

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Co-Operative Insurance Society Ltd    1,524,772
Aberforth Limited Partnership 1A        412,500
Total                                 1,937,272

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
412,500

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.8%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 10p shares

10  Date of transaction:
23rd April 2001

11  Date company informed:
24th April 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,937,272

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.62%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mrs Y M Monaghan

15 Contact telephone number:
0151 933 6161

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mrs Y M Monaghan

17  Date of notification:
24th April 2001


Additional Information:

Co-Operative Insurance Society Limited holds 1,524,772 shares as beneficial
owner.  It is also a limited partner in Aberforth Limited Partnership 1A and
is interested in 412,500 shares as a result of this participation.