8 Apr 2014 09:26

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Johnson Service Group PLC |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ||
 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||
 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |  X | |
 Other (please specify): | ||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Â | Â Schroders plc |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Â | |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: Â | Â 04.04.14 |
 6. Date on which issuer notified:  |  07.04.14 |
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  |  28% - 27% |
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8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares  | |||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
Ordinary  | 82,900,398 | 82,311,946 | 83,560,398 | N/A | 82,971,946 | N/A | 27.790% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. Â | % of votingrights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights  | |
Nominal | Delta  | |||||
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Total (A+B+C) Â | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
82,971,946 | 27.790% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
 Schroder Investment Management Limited 82,971,946 27.790%           |
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Proxy Voting: Â | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: Â | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Â | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: Â |
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13. Additional information: Â | The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. The disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 298,566,096. Â |
14. Contact name: Â | Scott Dickenson |
15. Contact telephone number: Â | 0207 658 6000 |
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