SSL International PLC                             

                                (the "Company")                                

Please note that the Company was informed on 5 December 2003 that with effect
from 5 December 2003, Wellington Management Company, LLP no longer has a
notifiable interest in the share capital of the Company.

Maria Buxton-Smith

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 020 7367 5775

5 December 2003



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