Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
5 June 2001



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:     Johnson Service Group PLC

2. Notifiable Interest:                  Ordinary Shares

   (A)   FMR Corp.
         82 Devonshire Street 
         Boston, MA 02109

         Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company       
        (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management
         Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee
         or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See      
         Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

   (B)   Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
         P.O. Box HM 670 
         Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

         Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,   
         including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension
         Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment    
         companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of    
         Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

         Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 
         82 Devonshire Street 
         Boston, MA 02109

   A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit  
   trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
   pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disposable interests constitute separate notifications
   of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of        
   clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its   
   direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its     
   direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group  
   or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are        
   required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely 
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a   
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of   
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A

Security: Johnson Service Group PLC

                             SHARES   MANAGEMENT  
                             HELD      COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)          

                              53,300     FMRCO    HSBC 
                              12,700     FMRCO    State Street Nominees Limited
                             245,600     FMRCO    Chase Nominees Limited
                               6,600     FMTC     State Street Nominees Ltd.
                           1,274,677     FISL     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) 
                                                  Nominees Limited
                             114,000     FIL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) 
                                                  Nominees Limited
                              91,900     FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary Shares      1,798,777          

Current ownership percentage:   3.35%          

Shares in issue:          53,733,140