Holding(s) in Company

Aortech International PLC
07 July 2003

AorTech International plc ('the Company') announces that it received
notification today that Erudite Ltd, a UK company owned by Peter Gyllenhammar,
sold on 4 July 2003, 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company which reduces his
beneficial interest to 3,589,177 Ordinary Shares representing approximately
9.42% of the issued Ordinary Share Capital.


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