Re. Notification of Interests

Helical Bar PLC
17 June 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 17 June 2005 subscription options over 323,221 new shares were
exercised as follows:

Options over 10,000 ordinary 5p shares in accordance with the rules of the
Senior Executive 1988 Share Option Scheme.

Options over 13,558 ordinary 5p shares in accordance with the rules of the
Helical Bar Approved 1999 Share Option Scheme.

Options over 299,663 ordinary 5p shares in accordance with the rules of the
Helical Bar 1999 Share Option Scheme.

As part of these transactions the following directors exercised subscription
options over new shares in accordance with the rules of the Helical Bar 1999
Share Option Scheme.

Gerald Kaye
93,221 shares at 442.50p per share
Michael Brown
100,000 shares at 442.50p per share

2.         Sale of Shares

On 17 June 2005 the following directors sold shares in the Company:

Gerald Kaye
93,221 shares at 1417.37p per share
Michael Brown
100,000 shares at 1417.37p 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 (1.06%)
Michael Brown
180,912 (0.98%)

4.         Number of Shares in Issue

Following these transactions the Company has 18,424,385 ordinary 5p shares in
issue.

Contact:
T J Murphy
020 7629 0113

Date of Notification: 17 June 2005


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