Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
6 September 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:
Aberforth Partners 

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:
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd AC ABERFIT1     2,919,200
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd AC ABERFIT2     1,568,000
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd AC ABERFUT1     1,532,800
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd AC ABERLP1A       887,500
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd AC ABERLP1B       887,500
TOTAL                                                      7,795,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
-

6   Percentage of issued class:
-

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 10p

10  Date of transaction:
-

11  Date company informed:
6th September 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
7,795,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
13.74%

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:
6th September 2001


Additional Information:

This announcement includes the holding of Aberforth Limited Partnership 1A and
Aberforth Limited Partnership 1B which is the subject of a separate
notification in respect of that beneficial holding.