SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

                                                                           

1) Name of company

SSL INTERNATIONAL PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

PRUDENTIAL PLC AND IT'S SUBSIDIARY THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

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

Registered Holder                      Holding      
                                                    
M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPE                     54,289
                                                    
MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI                 170,355
                                                    
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC            6,241,282
                                                    
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PHL AC               52,817
                                                    
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC            1,282,556
                                                    
ROY NOMINEES 578079                          164,022
                                                    
ROY NOMS LTD 578052                           88,131
                                                    
ROY NOMS LTD 578060                           27,589
                                                    
ROY NOMS LTD 578141                          186,194
                                                    
ROY NOMS LTD 578192                          383,306

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

941,926
6) Percentage of issued class

0.5%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8) Percentage of issued class



9) Class of security

10p ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

16 January 2004


11) Date company informed

19 January 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

8,650,541

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.57%


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 20 January 2004 .....






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