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 - 2,158,429

                                        Non Material interest

                                        UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd -
                                        14,323,922

                                        GAM Limited - 5,570,700

                                        UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG -
                                        909,328

                                        UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) - 85,000

                                        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               as at 4 Oct 2005     7 October 2005

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued
    notification                         class following this notification

    23,095,147                           12.19%

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

    Maria Buxton-Smith

Date of notification 7 October 2005