Surgical Innovations Regulatory News (SUN)

Surgical Innovations Group plc

("SI" or "the Group")

Issue of Equity

Surgical Innovations Group plc (AIM:SUN), the designer and manufacturer of innovative medical devices, today announces that following the exercise of options by a senior employee yesterday it has issued and allotted 820,000 ordinary shares of 1.0p each.

Accordingly Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 820,000 New Ordinary Shares of 1.0p each to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that such Admission will occur on 20 May 2011. The new ordinary shares rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company.

Following Admission the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 394,737,902 with each share carrying the right to one vote. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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About Surgical Innovations Group plc

Surgical Innovations Group plc specialises in the design and manufacture of innovative devices for use in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and industrial markets.

As well as manufacturing single-use and reusable instruments for the laparoscopic market, the Group has pioneered its flagship Resposable® instrumentation combining both single use and reusable components, ensuring ongoing revenue streams and delivering the optimum procedure performance to cost ratio.

Over 100 people are employed at the Group's 32,000 square feet facility in Leeds, with in-house design, plastic injection moulding and manufacturing equipment, producing products to the highest quality standards.

The Group's patented products are sold through three main channels:

For more information, see www.surginno.com