Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
26 September 2003


Closing Amendment #19

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, (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), investment 
           manager 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.

7.     Inasmuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% or greater of the 
       share capital, FMR Corp., and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and 
       Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
       have no further reporting obligation under Section 198 to 202 of the UK
       Companies Act. This statement speaks as of its date, and no inference 
       should be drawn that no change has occurred in the facts set forth herein
       after the date hereof.



SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP PLC                      Closing Amendment #19


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
Ordinary Shares
                        257,919     FMRCO        HSBC 
                         83,123     FMRCO        State Street Nominees Limited 
                        760,912     FMRCO        Chase Nominees Limited
                        226,534     FISL         Chase Nominees Limited 
                         30,700     FIL          Chase Nominees Limited  
                         52,596     FIL          Bank of New York London
                        149,305     FIL          JP Morgan 

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:           1,561,089

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:        2.74%

SHARES IN ISSUE:                57,067,333

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:                     (696,474) ordinary shares


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