Pre-Close Trading Update

4 January 2013

Johnson Service Group PLC ("the Group")

Pre-Close Trading Update

The Group expects to announce results for the year ended 31 December 2012 which will be in line with market expectations.

Net debt is estimated to be below £59.0 million at the end of December 2012, which is lower than expected.

The Group will announce its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2012 in early March 2013.

John Talbot, Executive Chairman of Johnson Service Group, commented:

"I am pleased with the trading performance across the Group and it is very encouraging to see that our drycleaning estate has shown like for like growth in sales which, whilst modest, is the first such increase for a number of years." 

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