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 Nominees                                 14,318
                                                    
Deutsche Bank of the Americas                 40,432
                                                    
National Nominee                              98,000
                                                    
BOST & Co.                                   148,600
                                                    
Morgan Nominees Limited                      122,487
                                                    
Nortrust Nominees                            306,600
                                                    
Morstan Nominees Limited                     287,294
                                                    
Roy Nominee                                  537,900
                                                    
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                     374,625
                                                    
Vidacos Nominees Limited                     435,869
                                                    
State Street Nominees Limited              1,186,375
                                                    
Chase Nominees Limited                     4,946,105


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

nil

6) Percentage of issued class



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

2,773,228
8) Percentage of issued class

1.46%

9) Class of security

10p ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

11 November 2003


11) Date company informed

11 November 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

8,498,605

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.49%
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 12 November 2003 .....






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