SURGICAL INNOVATIONS GROUP PLC                         

                               GRANTS OF OPTIONS                               

Surgical Innovations Group plc ("the Company") announces that on 27 January
2009 the Company granted options to subscribe for 8,000,000 ordinary shares of
1p each to directors and employees of the Company. All of the options are
exerciseable at a price of 1.5p per share at any time between 27 January 2012
and 27 January 2019.

Options granted to the directors of the Company are as follows:

Director                               Number of options granted
                                                                
Douglas Liversidge                                     1,000,000
                                                                
Graham Bowland                                         2,000,000
                                                                
Colin Glass                                            1,000,000
                                                                
Ray Simkins                                            1,000,000
                                                                
Professor Michael J McMahon                            1,000,000

Following the grant of options, there are 33,200,000 options in issue over
ordinary shares in the Company, representing 8.9 per cent. of the current
issued share capital. The options are exerciseable at prices between 1.5p and
3.5p per share.

Enquiries:

Surgical Innovations Group plc                                   07715 612063
                                                                             
Graham Bowland                                                               
                                                                             
Hanson Westhouse Limited                                        0113 246 2610
                                                                             
Tim Feather / Matthew Johnson