Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
15 January 2002


LETTER TO JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP PLC

Dated January 14, 2002

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.

LETTER FROM FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

Amendment No 9

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 finds, 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.


Schedule A                                              Amendment No. 9

Security: Johnson Service Group PLC

                                    MANAGEMENT
                        SHARES HELD   COMPANY   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                            900,000   FMRCO     HSBC
                            122,133   FMRCO     State Street Nominees Limited
                          1,517,067   FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited
                             26,200   FMTC      State Street Nominees Ltd.
                              7,100   FMTC      Brown Brothers Harriman
                          3,480,277   FISL      Chase Nominees Limited
                            493,210   FIL       Chase Nominees Limited
                            283,000   FIL       Northern Trust
                             12,000   FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary Shares     6,840,987

Current ownership 
  percentage:                12.04%

Shares in issue:         56,815,876

Change in holdings 
  since last filing:       +582,700 ordinary shares