Helical Bar Regulatory News (HLCL)

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

1. Company Share Option Scheme - Exercise of Options

Pursuant to the Company's Share Option Scheme, options over 20,814 Ordinary shares of one pence each were exercised on 5 December 2019. Accordingly, applications have been made to i) the UK Listing Authority for these shares to be admitted to the Official List; and ii) to the London Stock Exchange for these shares to be admitted to trading, the latter expected to take place on 10 December 2019. The shares shall rank equally with the existing issued shares of the Company.

Following admission, the number of Ordinary shares in issue will be 119,977,581, each carrying one voting right. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Helical plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency rules.

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The Identification Code for ordinary shares of one pence each in the Company is GB00B0FYMT95. The awards took place outside a trading venue.

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