Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
31 July 2003


Amendment No 15

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), 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 (l)(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 and efficiency. 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 15

                                   MANAGEMENT   
                      SHARES HELD   COMPANY        NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 
(Ordinary Shares)
                        594,856     FMRCO          HSBC
                        160,033     FMRCO          State Street Nominees Limited
                      1,728,167     FMRCO          Chase Nominees Limited
                          8,800     FMTC           State Street Nominees Ltd.
                          5,800     FMTC           Brown Brothers Harriman
                          5,100     FMTC           State Street Bank & Trust
                        531,944     FISL           Chase Nominees Limited
                        100,000     FIL            Chase Nominees Limited
                        138,696     FIL            Bank of New York London
                        364,300     FIL            JP Morgan



TOTAL ORDINARY
 SHARES:              3,637,696

CURRENT OWNERSHIP
 PERCENTAGE:               6.37%

SHARES IN ISSUE:     57,065,376

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
 SINCE LAST FILING:    (870,544) ORDINARY SHARES


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