Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
3 April 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Johnson Service Group PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Prudential plc

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Non Beneficial   

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC          2,663,474
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PHL AC             84,949
                                        ---------
                                        2,748,423
                                        ---------     

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
-

6   Percentage of issued class:
-

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 10p 

10  Date of transaction:
3rd April 2001

11  Date company informed:
3rd April 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
2,748,423

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.13%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mrs Y M Monaghan

15 Contact telephone number:
0151 933 6161

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mrs Y M Monaghan

17  Date of notification:
3rd April 2001


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