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 Limited Partnership

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:
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 ABERLP1A     887,500
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd AC ABERLP1B     887,500
TOTAL                                                    1,775,000

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:
1,775,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.13%

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 holding forms part of the announcement by Aberforth Partners made on this
same day.