Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
15 November 2007




TR-1(i):          Notifications of Major Interests in Shares     



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

Johnson Service Group PLC
 

2. Reason for the notification (yes/no):
 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               (Yes)
 

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:

Aberforth Partners LLP

 

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


Shareholder                                                        Shares

1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc                           -
2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund                               -
3. The Church Commissioners for England                            -
                                                 
1,2 = registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberforth, 
3   = The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd



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

14/11/2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15/11/ 2007

 

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

5%

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
 
Class/type of shares    Situation previous to         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
if possible using the   the Triggering         
ISIN CODE               transaction 
                                                                     
                        Number of   Number of         Number of     Number of voting             % of voting rights  
                        shares      voting rights     Shares        rights                                              

                                                                    Direct      Indirect         Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
Ordinary                5,925,600   5,925,600         -             N/A         -                N/A       0.00
GB0004762810 







B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion  Number of voting     % of voting     
financial                    Period/ Date         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 rights        % of voting rights 
                                 
0                              0.00

                  
                                   

 

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

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:

Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP

 

15. Contact telephone number:    

0131 220 0733




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