Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
24 August 2001



LETTER TO: JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP PLC

Enclosed are amended 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 was 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.

If you have any questions please contact Patricia Bolen at [phone] or by
FAX at [phone].

LETTER FROM: FIDELITY INVESTMENTS




Amendment No. 5

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 (1)(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.

Frank V. Knox
Vice President and Compliance Officer 
FMR Co. Duly authorized under Powers 
of Attorney dated July 31, 2001 by 
Eric D. Roiter by and on behalf of 
FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect 
subsidiaries, and Fidelity International 
Limited and its direct and indirect 
subsidiaries.


FROM: FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
     



Schedule A

                                                            Amendment No. 5 
Security: Johnson Service Group PLC

                      MANAGEMENT
             SHARES    COMPANY        NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
              HELD

(Ordinary
 Shares)

            500,000    FMRCO                  HSBC
             50,233    FMRCO        State Street Nominees Limited
            949,767    FMRCO          Chase Nominees Limited
             25,000    FMTC        State Street Nominees Limited
          2,800,077    FISL    Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
            306,900     FIL    Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited  
            100,000     FIL           Chase Nominees Ltd


Total Ordinary Shares                   4,731,977

Current ownership percentage:               8.34%

Shares in issue:                       56,728,944


Change in holdings since last filing:  +787,400 ordinary shares