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( BW)(WELLINGTON-MANAGEMENT)(SSL) Rule 8 - SSL International plc

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003--

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1/8.3
FORM 8.1/8.3

Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack and the Takeover Panel. Use separate
form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made.

                                                                    
Date of disclosure 27 August, 2003........

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) AND 8.3
OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS

Date of dealing ......26 August, 2003...................

Dealing in...SSL International plc................................................................(name of company)

(1)  Class of securities (eg ordinary shares)...ordinary shares.........................................................

(2)  Amount bought                      Amount sold                          Price per unit
                                                     230,000                             3.0783



(3)  Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled
     (and percentage of  class) 11,713,433.........................................................(6.19%)

(4)  Party making disclosure - Wellington Management Company, LLP....................................

(5)  EITHER     (a)Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1)...............................................................
     OR         (b)If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management organisation

Wellington Management Company, LLP


(6)  Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
     (a) associate of (i)  offeror (Note
3)                                                                                           NO
                      (ii) offeree
company                                                                                         YES

     Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)
.......6............

     If category (8), explain.................................................................................................

     .............................................................................................................................

     (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of
         the class of relevant securities dealt
in)                                                                                   YES

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above.............................................................

(Also print name of signatory) Brian P. Hillery.......................................................

Telephone and extension number  (617) 790-7747.........................................................
                                  --------------------------------------

Note    1. Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant,
        also identify controller of owner, eg where an owner normally
        acts on instructions of a controller.
Note 2. Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state all reasons.
Note 3. Specify which offeror if there is more than one.
Note 4. When an arrangement  exists with any offeror,  with the offeree company or with an associate of any
        offeror or of the offeree company in relation to relevant
        securities, details of such arrangement must be disclosed, as
        required by Note 6 on Rule 8.
Note    5. It may be necessary, particularly when disclosing
        derivative transactions, to append a sheet to this disclosure
        form so that all relevant information can be given.
Note 6. In the case of an average price bargain, each underlying trade
should be disclosed.

For full details of  disclosure  requirements,  see Rule 8 of the Code.  If in doubt,  contact the Panel on
Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk


   Short Name: Wellington Management
   Category Code: DCC
   Sequence Number: 00008918
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030827T150035+0100

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    CONTACT: Wellington Management


    KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING
    SOURCE: Wellington Management

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