RNS Number:5166J
Aortech International PLC
01 April 2003

Aortech International plc ("the Company") announces that it received
notification today that Erudite Ltd, a UK company owned by Peter Gyllenhammar,
acquired today 2,739,177 Ordinary Shares in the Company which increases his
beneficial interest to 3,739,177 Ordinary Shares representing approximately
9.81% of the issued Ordinary Share Capital.













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