Purchase of Own Securities

Helical Bar PLC
22 January 2004

Helical Bar plc

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

Helical Bar plc announces that on 22 January 2004 it purchased
for cancellation  100,000  of its ordinary shares at a price
of 745p per share.



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