Holding(s) in Company
20 May 2003 - 9:07PM
UK Regulatory
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company
SSL INTERNATIONAL PLC
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
FMR CORP AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL
LTD
(FIL) AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder 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
AS IN 2 ABOVE
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
Mellon Bank FMRCO 16,779
State Street Nominees Ltd FMTC 10,100
Brown Brothers Harriman FMTC 7,900
MSCO FMTC 75,000
State Street Bank & Trust FMTC 1,500
Chase Nominees Ltd FISL 18,364,454
Chase Nominees Ltd FPM 222,800
MSS Nominees Ltd FIL 6,852,542
Chase Nominees Ltd FIL 1,335,549
Bank of New York London FIL 363,150
Bankers Trust FIL 50,515
Citibank FIL 131,924
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee FIL 46,692
(UK) Limited
Brown Bros. Harriman Ltd. Lux FIL 9,100
Northern Trust FIL 155,038
Deutsche Bank FIL 325,700
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
nil
6) Percentage of issued class
nil
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
541,561
8) Percentage of issued class
0.29%
9) Class of security
10p ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
14 May 2003
11) Date company informed
19 May 2003
12) Total holding following this notification
27,968,743
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
14.77%
14) Any additional information
-
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
M Buxton-Smith 020 7367 5775
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
M Buxton-Smith Assistant Company Secretary
Date of notification ..20 May 2003 .....
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