All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                 SSL International plc      

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest 
                                        
            Credit Suisse First Boston and subsidiaries

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

   2 above                              Not disclosed

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 dislcosed

9. Class of security          Ordinary shares of 10p       

10. Date of transaction    as of 6 October  2005

11. Date company informed   10 October 2005

12. Total holding following this  notification      7,583,827  

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      4.00%

14. Any additional information      

 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
                                        

    Maria Buxton-Smith 020 7367 5775

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
   

    Maria Buxton-Smith

Date of notification 11 October 2005