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Notification of Major Interests in Shares 

RNS Share Dealings

12/08/2008 
Tuesday


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: Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its Group 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
See Apendix 1
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) : 11 August 2008 
6. Date on which issuer notified: 12 August 2008 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above the threshold of 10% 
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 19,105,179  19,105,179  19,199,904  872,984  18,326,920  0.457%  9.584% 

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
19,199,904  10.041% 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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

13. Additional information:
Apendix 1 Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd 35822 29,000 Williams & Glyn (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd 301780 82,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd 03449 595,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 02891 5,985,952 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07198 410,367 Littledown Nominees Ltd 27642 462,617 Littledown Nominees Ltd 11121 21,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10479 6,225 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07205 479,531 Littledown Nominees Ltd 21688 146,370 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07207 620,927 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07196 70,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07199 42,183 Roy Nominees 104450 163,567 BNY (OSC) Nominees Ltd 277650 232,028 Mellon Nominees Ltd (UK) Ltd WWSF00040002 470,814 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10496 1,000,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10491 1,012,396 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10488 2,261,092 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10495 1,320,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10489 2,555,742 Littledown Nominees Ltd 30337 143,511 Littledown Nominees Ltd 31348 217,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 02642 749,840 BNY (OSC) Nominees Ltd 219064 122,242
14. Contact name: Maria Buxton-Smith
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7367 5760