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

WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLP

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

Nominee                                Shares Held  
                                                    
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)              28,271
Limited                                             
                                                    
Deutsche Bank of the Americas                 76,611
                                                    
National Nominees Limited                     83,200
                                                    
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                  95,900
                                                    
BOST & Co.                                   148,600
                                                    
Morgan Nominees Limited                      232,224
                                                    
Nortrust Nominees                            306,600
                                                    
Morstan Nominees Limited                     532,884
                                                    
Roy Nominee                                  537,900
                                                    
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                     704,357
                                                    
Vidacos Nominees Limited                     887,999
                                                    
State Street Nominees Limited              1,186,147
                                                    
Chase Nominees Limited                     6,451,140


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

nil

6) Percentage of issued class



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

75,000
8) Percentage of issued class

0.04%

9) Class of security

10p ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

20 October 2003


11) Date company informed

27 October 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

11,271,833

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.95%
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 27 October 2003 .....






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