Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
23 April 2003


Letter to: Johnson Service Group PLC
Dated 21 April 2003


Amendment #12

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 #12


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                                     COMPANY     
(Ordinary Shares)
                      943,000       FMRCO        HSBC  
                      150,433       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
                      1,254,099     FISL         Chase Nominees Limited
                      230,500       FIL          Chase Nominees Limited
                      72,938        FIL          Northern Trust
                      11,000        FIL          Deutsche Bank
                      13,300        FIL          Mellon Nominees Ltd
                      8,800         FIL          Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX
                      28,622        FIL          Bank of New York, Brussels
                      300,596       FIL          Bank of New York London
                      451,800       FIL          JP Morgan
                     

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:                  5,460,155

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:           9.57%

SHARES IN ISSUE:                        57,034,732

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING:   (776,300) ORDINARY SHARES



From: Fidelity Management & Research Company



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