Notification of Interests

Helical Bar PLC
02 February 2005

2 February 2005





                                  HELICAL BAR PLC

          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.         Exercise of Share Options


On 1 February the following directors exercised subscription options over new
shares in accordance with the rules of the Helical Bar 1999 Share Option Scheme.



Gerald Kaye

100,000 shares at 442.50p per share



Michael Brown

100,000 shares at 442.50p per share





2.         Sale of Shares



On 1 February the following directors sold shares in the Company:



Gerald Kaye

100,000 shares at 1285.0p per share



Michael Brown

100,000 shares at 1285.0p per share





3.         Directors' Interests in Shares



Following these transactions the directors' concerned continued to hold the
number of shares in the Company noted below.



Gerald Kaye

195,070 (1.08%)



Michael Brown

180,912 (1.00%)





4.         Number of Shares in Issue



Following these transactions the Company has 18,101,164 ordinary 5p shares in
issue.





Contact:



T J Murphy

020 7629 0113



Date of Notification

2 February 2005


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