Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
24 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:
Aberforth Partners 

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:

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C ABERFIT1      2,919,200
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C ABERFIT2      1,568,000
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C ABERFUT1      1,532,800
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C ABERLP1A        412,500
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C ABERLP1B        412,500

TOTAL                                                        6,845,000

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 Shares

10  Date of transaction:
-

11  Date company informed:
23rd April 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
6,845,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
12.79%

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:
24th April 2001


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