Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
17 September 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, 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 (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 6


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)

                        500,000     FMRCO        HSBC
                         57,833     FMRCO        State Street Nominees Limited
                      1,062,167     FMRCO        Chase Nominees Limited
                         25,000     FMTC         State Street Nominees Ltd
                      3,015,477     FISL         Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)  
                                                 Nominees Limited
                        356,900     FIL          Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)  
                                                 Nominees Limited
                        100,000     FIL          Chase Nominees Ltd

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 5,117,377

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  9.02%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      56,733,248

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           +385,400 ordinary shares