Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC 26 March 2003 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 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. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: Johnson Service Group PLC Amendment No 10 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME (Ordinary Shares) 943,000 FMRCO HSBC 145,233 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited 1,972,567 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited 11,600 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd 5,800 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman 5,100 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust 1,939,011 FISL Chase Nominees Limited 377,700 FIL Chase Nominees Limited 186,638 FIL Northern Trust 16,200 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd 26,100 FIL Deutsche Bank 29,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd 8,800 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX 67,622 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels 456,696 FIL Bank of New York London 427,000 FIL JP Morgan TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 6,618,267 CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 11.61% SHARES IN ISSUE: 57,021,528 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING: (222,720) Ordinary Shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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