SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

 

 

                                                                               

1) Name of company

SSL INTERNATIONAL PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

HBOS PLC AND ITS 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

CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C R24695                                    11
                                                                   
CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C R5115                                      1
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 872859            959,700
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 872860            608,400
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823496          1,400,000
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823575            635,000
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823721             38,000
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823587            640,000
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823733             50,000
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823861            171,100
                                                                   
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823770          1,193,046
                                                                   
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, LUXEMBOURG                              6,286


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

5,701,544

6) Percentage of issued class

3.01%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

nil


8) Percentage of issued class


9) Class of security

10p ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

7 MAY 2003


11) Date company informed

12 MAY 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

5,701,544

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.01%
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 ..14 MAY 2003 .....






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