Rule 2.10 Announcement

Aortech International PLC
28 January 2004

In terms of Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, AorTech
International plc announces that it has 3,810,278 Ordinary Shares of 25p each in
issue. The ISIN code for these securities is GB0033360586.


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