Purchase of Own Securities

Helical Bar PLC
26 August 2003

Helical Bar plc

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

Helical Bar plc announces that on 26 August 2003 it purchased
for cancellation  200,000  of its ordinary shares at a price
of 712.5p per share.


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