Holding in Company

Savills PLC
21 March 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
                                            a. JUPITER SPLIT TRUST PLC
                                            b. JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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      a. RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED A/C 1781
holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18            b. VARIOUS DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS

 a. SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2a) ABOVE
 b. NOTIFICATION IN RESPECT OF FUNDS
    UNDER CONTROL (AS INVESTMENT
    MANAGER) OF PARTY NAMED IN 2b)
    ABOVE

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

     UNKNOWN
9) Class of security                   10) Date of transaction 11) Date company
                                                               informed
                                            20/03/01
          ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE
                     EACH
                                                                   21/03/01

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


(a)     3,145,000                       a. 5.03%

(b)     8,123,837                       b. 12.98%


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: 21 March 2001
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