NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS

RNS Number : 1946Y

Helical Bar PLC

02 July 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 2 July 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 39,253 ordinary 1p shares to directors and employees at the closing mid-market price on 1 July 2008 of 281.25p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:

Director Number of Shares

Michael Slade 1,867

Nigel McNair Scott 1,867

Michael Brown 1,867

Gerald Kaye 1,867

Matthew Bonning-Snook 1,867

Jack Pitman 1,867

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	13,132,076 (13.72%)	1,740,000	1,098,269
Nigel McNair Scott	2,240,237 (2.34%)	761,665	694,215
Michael Brown	1,134,304 (1.18 %)	535,985	692,449
Gerald Kaye	1,205,099 (1.26%)	680,990	661,264
Matthew Bonning-Snook	126,081 (0.13%)	210,000	387,928
Jack Pitman	152,786 (0.16%)	641,020	378,437