Holding(s) in Company

    SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

 

 

                                                                               

1) Name of company

SSL INTERNATIONAL PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

FMR CORP AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL
LTD
(FIL) AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES

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 IN 2 ABOVE

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Mellon Bank                     FMRCO                                 16,779
                                                                            
State Street Nominees Ltd       FMTC                                  10,100
                                                                            
Brown Brothers Harriman         FMTC                                   7,900
                                                                            
MSCO                            FMTC                                  75,000
                                                                            
State Street Bank & Trust       FMTC                                   1,500
                                                                            
Chase Nominees Ltd              FISL                              18,364,454
                                                                            
Chase Nominees Ltd              FPM                                  222,800
                                                                            
MSS Nominees Ltd                FIL                                6,852,542
                                                                            
Chase Nominees Ltd              FIL                                1,335,549
                                                                            
Bank of New York London         FIL                                  363,150
                                                                            
Bankers Trust                   FIL                                   50,515
                                                                            
Citibank                        FIL                                  131,924
                                                                            
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee    FIL                                   46,692
(UK) Limited                                                                
                                                                            
Brown Bros. Harriman Ltd. Lux   FIL                                    9,100
                                                                            
Northern Trust                  FIL                                  155,038
                                                                            
Deutsche Bank                   FIL                                  325,700


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

nil

6) Percentage of issued class

nil
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

541,561


8) Percentage of issued class
0.29%

9) Class of security

10p ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

14 May 2003


11) Date company informed

19 May 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

27,968,743

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.77%
14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

M Buxton-Smith 020 7367 5775

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

 

M Buxton-Smith Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification ..20 May 2003 .....






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