Holding(s) in Company

Aortech International PLC
14 February 2002

AorTech International plc (the 'Company') announces that it received
notification yesterday that 3i Group plc have a revised notifiable interest in
3,039,095 Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the Company representing approximately
7.98% of the issued ordinary share capital.



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