Director/PDMR Shareholding

Helical Bar PLC
02 April 2007


                                HELICAL BAR PLC

                   NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND
                               CONNECTED PARTIES

                HELICAL BAR PLC ('Helical Bar' or 'the Company')



The Company was informed that the following transactions had taken place:


1.         Share Incentive Plan



The Company was informed on 30 March 2007 that on the
same day, 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 5,050 ordinary 1p shares to directors and employees at the closing
mid-market price on 29 March 2007 of 439.75p.


Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:


Director                               Number of Shares


Michael Slade                            304
Nigel McNair Scott                       304
Gerald Kaye                              304
Michael Brown                            304



2.         Directors' Interests in Shares



Following these transactions the Directors' interests in shares are as follows:


Director                            Shares Held             Share Options        Performance
                                                                                  Share Plan


Michael Slade                       12,685,931 (13.3%)          1,740,000          1,661,159
Nigel McNair Scott                    2,015,342 (2.1%)            761,665            944,475
Gerald Kaye                             980,204 (1.0%)          1,315,990            864,746
Michael Brown                           909,409 (1.0%)          1,065,985            864,746




Contact:                           T J Murphy                          020 7629 0113

                                   Date of Notification                30 March 2007


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