Notification of interests

Helical Bar PLC
09 January 2008



                                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 today that the following transactions had taken place:


1.         Share Incentive Plan

The Company was informed on 9 January 2008 that on that date, under the rules of
the Helical Bar plc Share Incentive Plan ('the Plan'), Helical Bar Trustees
Limited, using contributions to the Plan by directors and employees matched in a
2:1 ratio by the Company, had awarded 7,909 ordinary 1p shares to directors and
employees at the closing mid-market price on 8 January 2008 of 320.0p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:

Director                                 Number of Shares

Michael Slade                                  438

Nigel McNair Scott                             438

Michael Brown                                  438

Gerald Kaye                                    438

Matthew Bonning-Snook                          438

Jack Pitman                                    438



2.         Directors' Interests in Shares


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

                                                      Shares Held     Share Options     Performance
                                                                                         Share Plan

Michael Slade                                 13,130,209 (13.72%)         1,740,000       1,098,269
Nigel McNair Scott                              2,238,370 (2.34%)           761,665         694,215
Michael Brown                                  1,132,437 (1.18 %)           535,985         692,449
Gerald Kaye                                     1,203,232 (1.26%)           680,990         661,264
Matthew Bonning-Snook                             124,214 (0.13%)           210,000         387,928
Jack Pitman                                       150,919 (0.16%)           641,020         378,437


Contact:                                            T J Murphy (020 7629 0113)
Date of Notification:                               9 January 2008




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