Conversion of Securities

Surgical Innovations Group PLC
10 May 2001


Surgical Innovations Group plc



Surgical Innovations Group plc ('the Company') has made an application for
13,066 new ordinary shares of 1p each to be admitted to trading on the
Alternative Investment Market.



The new shares have been allotted to a holder of the Company's convertible
loan notes who has given notice to convert the loan notes into ordinary
shares.  The loan notes are being converted at the rate of 26.6667 ordinary
shares in the Company for every £1 nominal of convertible loan notes.  This
equates to a price per ordinary share of 3.75p per share.  The new ordinary
shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.



It is expected that the new shares will be admitted to trading on 14 May 2001.



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