Holding(s) in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
16 April 2002


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:
As 2)

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     1,695,000
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PHL AC        84,949
TOTAL                               1,779,949 

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:
-

11  Date company informed:
16th April 2002

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,779,949

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.13%

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:
16th April 2002


Additional Information:
Prudential Assurance Company Limited (PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC) no
longer has a notifiable interest but forms part of the Prudential Plc group of
companies which continue to have a notifiable interest as above.


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