01/09/2005
Thursday
Notification of major interests in shares
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
1. Name of company 2. Name of shareholder having a major
interest
SSL International plc UBS AG
3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,
indicates that it is in respect if more than one holder, the number of
of holding of the shareholder shares held by each of them
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
In respect of 2 above Material interest:
UBS Global Asset Management Life
Limited - 1,849,228
Non Material interest
UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd -
12,747,156
GAM Limited - 5,570,700
UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG -
698,188
UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) - 64,672
UBS Laing and Crickshank Limited -
7,968
UBS AG - 37,300
UBS AG, Jersey Branch - 2,500
5. Number of 6. Percentage of 7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of
shares/amount issued class /amount of stock issued class
of stock disposed
acquired
Not disclosed
9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date company
transaction informed
ordinary shares of 10p 30 august 2005 1 september 2005
12. Total holding following this 13. Total percentage holding of issued
notification class following this notification
20,977,712 11.07%
14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number
for queries
Maria buxton-smith 020 7367 5760
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Date of notification 1 September 2005