Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
08 May 2007





TR-1(i):       NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
 

(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Johnson Service Group PLC

 

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X )


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result       (   )
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )

                                                                           
Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )


 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Aberforth Partners LLP

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

Noted below.
                                                                                         No of Shares

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc          Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth           2,824,500

Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund              Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth           2,646,500

Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust plc    Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth             468,000

The Church Commissioners for England           The Church Commissioners for England           474,500
 
                                               (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd


5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different) (v):

4 May 2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

8 May 2007

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

11% and 12%


 

8. Notified details:

Sold 814,700 shares on 4 May 2007


 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares    Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
if possible using the   to the Triggering         
ISIN CODE               transaction (vi)       
                                                                     
 
                        Number of   Number of       Number of   Number of voting               % of voting rights  
                        shares      voting rights   Shares      rights (ix)                                             
                                   (vii)

                                                    Direct      Direct (x)  Indirect (xi)      Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
ordinary shares        7,228,200   7,228,200        N/A         N/A         6,413,500          N/A       10.84%
                                                            
GB0004762810

 


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           
                                                                                      
N/A         N/A              N/A                 N/A                  N/A                                               
                                     

 

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting     % of voting rights 
rights                                  
                                        
6,413,500            10.84%
                                        
 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

 


Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

 

13. Additional information:

N/A

 

14. Contact name:

David Holland, Aberforth Partners LLP

 

15. Contact telephone number:    

0131-220-0733





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