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Notification of Major Interests in Shares 

RNS Share Dealings

22/12/2008 
Monday


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  
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		  
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights  
Other (please specify):    
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) : 17 December 2008 
6. Date on which issuer notified: 22 December 2008 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: From 3% - 4% (L&G) 
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 7,670,081  7,670,081  7,980,258  7,980,258    4.15   

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
         

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
7,980,258  4.15 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (7,980,258 - 4.15% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) (LGIMHD) (7,299,269 - 3.80% = PMC) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (PMC) (7,299,269 -3.80% = PMC) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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

13. Additional information:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 191,849,773
14. Contact name: Maria Buxton-Smith
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7367 5760