Notification of Interests

Helical Bar PLC
29 September 2006



                                HELICAL BAR PLC

                                 PRESS RELEASE

          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.         Share Incentive Plan

The Company was informed on 29 September 2006 that on that date, 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 5,512 ordinary 1p shares to directors and
employees at the closing mid-market price on 28 September 2006 of 410.0p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:


Director                           Number of Shares
Michael Slade                      273
Nigel McNair Scott                 273
Gerald Kaye                        273
Michael Brown                      273


2.         Exercise of Share Options

On 29 September 2006 subscriptions options over 33,895 new ordinary 1p shares
were exercised in accordance with the rules of the Helical Bar 1999 Approved
Share Option Scheme.  Following the exercise of these options the Company had
95,060,612 ordinary 1p shares in issue.


3.         Directors' Interests in Shares

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

                                       Shares Held               Share Options        Performance
                                                                                       Share Plan
Michael Slade                      12,685,407 (13.3 %)             3,770,000           1,661,159
Nigel McNair Scott                  2,014,813  (2.1 %)             1,785,000            944,475
Gerald Kaye                          979,675  (1.0 %)              1,315,990            864,746
Michael Brown                        908,880  (1.0 %)              1,065,985            864,746





Contact:                          T J Murphy                         020 7629 0113
                                  Date of Notification               29 September 2006






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