SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

 

 

                                                                               

1) Name of company

SSL INTERNATIONAL PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD(FIL) AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT 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              FISL                               8,631,980
                                                                            
Chase Nominees Ltd              FIL                                  547,129
                                                                            
Brown Bros. Harriman Ltd. Lux   FIL                                    9,100
                                                                            
                                                TOTAL              9,188,209


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

nil

6) Percentage of issued class

nil


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

1,350,000


8) Percentage of issued class
0.71%

9) Class of security

10p ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

12 January 2004


11) Date company informed

12 January 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

9,188,209

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.85%


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 January 2004 .....






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