Holding(s) in Company

Aortech International PLC
13 June 2003

AorTech International plc ('the Company') announces that it received
notification today that Erudite Ltd, a UK company owned by Peter Gyllenhammar,
has acquired 100,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company which increases his
beneficial interest to 4,589,177 Ordinary Shares representing approximately
12.04% of the issued Ordinary Share Capital.


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