Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
8 June 2001


Letter to Johnson Service Group PLC

Below are notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K. Companies Act
1985. Please note that while this information details the disclosable interests
of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure constitutes separate
notifications of interest which have been combined solely for purposes of
clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that any of these
entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. For
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.

 
From Fidelity Investments
 
Amendment No. 1 

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, investment managers for various
non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (Sec 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 authorised unit
trust schemes in the U.K, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (l)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.
 
5. These notifications of disclosable 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
  
                                                         Amendment No. 1

                                 MANAGEMENT
                    SHARES HELD    COMPANY        NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME


(Ordinary Shares)

                       81,500     FMRCO                     HSBC
                       28,033     FMRCO    State Street Nominees Limited
                      543,200     FMRCO    Chase Nominees Limited
                        7,100     FMTC     State Street Nominees Ltd
                    1,659,044     FISL     Clydesdale Bank(Head Office)Nominees
                                                 Limited
                      126,900     FIL      Clydesdale Bank(Head Office)Nominees
                                                 Limited
                      100,000     FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd

    
Total Ordinary Shares  2,545,777

Current ownership percentage: 4.56%

Shares in issue:      55,771,449