Purchase of Own Securities

Helical Bar PLC
10 May 2004





Helical Bar plc



REPURCHASE OF SHARES

Helical Bar plc announces that on 10 May 2004 it purchased

for cancellation 135,000  of its ordinary shares at a price

of 825p per share.



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