All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major
                                        interest

   SSL International plc                Aviva plc

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                              BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd -
                                        5,922,398

                                        BT Globenet Nominees Ltd - 7,600

                                        Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd - 7,778,296

                                        Chase Nominees Ltd - 1,022,991

                                        CUIM Nominee Ltd 4,066,992

                                        Chase Nominees Ltd - 1,151,089

                                        Credit Agricole Indosuez - 170,000

                                        Cuim Nominee Ltd - 1,393,394

                                        Vidacos Nominees Ltd - 1,266,382

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

   266,590           0.14%

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company i
                                        transaction          nformed

   Ordinary shares of 10p               13 OCTOBER 2005      17 October 2005

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued
    notification                         class following this notification

    22,779,142                           12.02%

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 17 October 2005