NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                    

                                                                               

Notification of major interest in shares received by SSL International plc on
09 January 2004.

 

 

                     SSL International plc ("the Company")                     

                                                                               

The Company has received notification, pursuant to sections 198 to 203 of the
Companies Act 1985, that, as at close of business on 7th January 2004, The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was interested, by attribution only, in a total of
5,749,880 shares of the Company representing 3.04% of the issued share capital.
The shares were registered as follows:

 

Holder                                  Shares                                 
                                                                               
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees)     440,219                                
Limited                                                                        
                                                                               
Goldman Sachs International Acc:        5,309,661                              
CREPTEMP                                                                       

 

M Buxton-Smith Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification ..9 January 2004 .....






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