Director/PDMR Shareholding

SURGICAL INNOVATIONS GROUP PLC                         

                         DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING                          

Surgical Innovations Group plc ("Surgical" or "the Company") announces that it
received notification on 15 January 2009 that Professor Michael McMahon, a
Non-Executive Director of Surgical, has increased his holding in the Company to
10,368,932 ordinary shares representing 2.77 per cent. of the issued share
capital of the Company.

The increase in Professor McMahon's holding took place as follows:

Date                   Quantity purchased    Price paid per           Resultant
                                                      share  percentage holding
                                                                               
19 December 2008                  190,476            1.050p                2.67
                                                                               
22 December 2008                  190,476            1.050p                2.72
                                                                               
23 December 2008                  186,046            1.075p                2.77
                                                                               

Enquiries:

Surgical Innovations Group plc                                   07715 612063
                                                                             
Graham Bowland                                                               
                                                                             
Hanson Westhouse Limited                                        0113 246 2610
                                                                             
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