Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
12 October 2001



Amendment 7

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 UK, 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 in 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                                                                      
                                                           Amendment 7

Security: Johnson Service Group PLC

                                     MANAGEMENT
                     SHARES HELD     COMPANY         NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                         670,500          FMRCO      HSBC
                          69,433          FMRCO      State Street Nominees
                                                     Limited
                       1,273,167          FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited
                          25,000          FMTC       State Street Nominees Ltd
                       3,015,477          FISL       Chase Nominees Limited
                         456,900          FIL        Chase Nominees Limited
                         166,900          FIL        Northern Trust

Total Ordinary Shares  5,677,377

Current ownership percentage:             10%

Shares in issue:      56,775,137

Change in holdings since last filing:       +560,000 ordinary shares