Holding in Company

Savills PLC
5 April 2001

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1) NAME OF COMPANY                     2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR
                                       INTEREST

SAVILLS plc
                                       ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP OF
                                       COMPANIES


3) Please state whether notification   4) Name of the registered holder(s),
indicates that it is in respect of     and, if more than one holder, the number
holding of the Shareholder named in 2  of shares held by each of them.
above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case
of an individual holder if it is a          LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LIMITED
holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18

BENEFICIAL HOLDING OF THE
SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2)


5) Number of      6) Percentage of     7) Number of shares/   8) Percentage of
Shares/           issued class         amount of stock        issued class
amount of stock                        disposed
acquired                                                     

UNKNOWN           UNKNOWN              N/A                       N/A


9) Class of security                   10) Date of transaction 11) Date company
                                                               informed
                                       UNKNOWN
ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE                                     05/04/01
                     EACH


12) Total holding following this       13) Total percentage holding of issued
notification                           class following this notification

                                       3.099 %
     1,940,000




14) Any additional            15) Name of contact and telephone number for
information                   queries


     N/A                      Miss J F Carpenter
                              020 7409 9936

16) Name and signature of authorised company

official responsible for making this notification     Mrs C E Hildrey (Company
                                                                    Secretary)




Date of Notification: 5 April 2001
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