Director/PDMR Shareholding

Helical Bar PLC
13 June 2007

                                HELICAL BAR PLC

                                 PRESS RELEASE

                   NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND
                               CONNECTED PARTIES

                HELICAL BAR PLC ('Helical Bar' or 'the Company')


The Company was informed that the following transactions had taken place:

1.         Share Incentive Plan

The Company was informed on 12 June 2007 that on the
same day, under the rules of the Helical Bar plc Share Incentive
Plan ('the Plan'), Helical Bar Trustees Limited had awarded 15,246 ordinary 1p
shares to directors and employees at the closing mid-market price on 11 June
2007of 432.75p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:

Director                                             Number of Shares

Michael Slade                                         693
Nigel McNair Scott                                    693
Gerald Kaye                                           693
Michael Brown                                         693

2.         Directors' Interests in Shares

Following these transactions the Directors' interests in shares are as follows:

Director                Shares Held          Share Options        Performance
                                                                   Share Plan

Michael Slade           12,686,693 (13.3%)       1,740,000          1,661,159
Nigel McNair Scott       2,016,104 (2.1%)          761,665            944,475
Gerald Kaye                980,966 (1.0%)        1,315,990            864,746
Michael Brown              910,171 (1.0%)        1,065,985            864,746




Contact:                           T J Murphy                      020 7629 0113
                                   Date of Notification             13 June 2007




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