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Notification of major interests in shares 

RNS Share Dealings

23/03/2007 
Friday


Notification of major interests in shares 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: SSL International plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Box
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		 Box
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Box
Other (please specify): Revised due to DTR rules Tick
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN   35,600
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 172,500
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 119,100
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,027,174
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 130,200
BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 228,083
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) : Revised due to DTR rules
6. Date on which issuer notified: 23 March 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: N/A
8. Notified details:  

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type
of shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE		 Situation previous to
the Triggering transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of
Shares		 Number of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB0007981128 1,712,657 1,712,657     1,712,657   0.89%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Expiration
date		 Exercise/ Conversion
Period/ Date		 Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/converted.		 % of voting rights
N/A        

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
1,712,657 0.89%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See Section 4

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: FMR Corp
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A

13. Additional information: As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU Transparency Directive, the interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) were aggregated together for the purposes of shareholder reporting. According to the new DTR rules Fidelity are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMR and FIL separately. A separate notification is being submitted for FIL.
14. Contact name: Maria Buxton-Smith
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7367 5760