Notification of interests

RNS Number : 7577E

Helical Bar PLC

30 September 2008

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 30 September 2008 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 8,965 ordinary 1p shares to directors and employees at the closing mid-market price on 29 September 2008 of 299.0p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:

Director Number of Shares

Michael Slade 520

Nigel McNair Scott 520

Michael Brown 520

Gerald Kaye 520

Matthew Bonning-Snook 516

Jack Pitman 520

2. Directors’ Interests in Shares

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

	Shares Held	Share Options	Performance Share Plan

Michael Slade	13,439,310 (13.8%)	500,000	904,206
Nigel McNair Scott	2,430,566 (2.5%)	-	586,500
Michael Brown	1,299,682 (1.3 %)	-	765,970
Gerald Kaye	1,370,477 (1.4%)	347,095	680,487
Matthew Bonning-Snook	206,471 (0.2%)	210,000	507,752
Jack Pitman	229,985 (0.2%)	320,510	503,676