Helical Bar Regulatory News (HLCL)

30 June 2020

HELICAL PLC

("Helical" or "The Company")

Notification of Interests of Directors, PDMRs and Connected Persons

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

1. Deferred Bonus Shares

On 29 June 2020, shares awarded under the terms of the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2016 were made available to directors of the Company. These shares were originally awarded to Directors on 28 June 2017 as part of the annual bonuses for the year to 31 March 2017 and, having been deferred for three years, are available to be transferred to award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

Shares originally awarded to Directors, accrued dividend shares and the net shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities are as follows:

2. Share Incentive Plan

On 29 June 2020, under the rules of the Helical plc Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), Helical Bar Trustees Limited, using contributions to the Plan by directors, PDMRs and employees, matched in a 2:1 ratio by the Company, awarded 10,680 ordinary shares to directors, PDMRs and employees at the closing mid-market price on 26 June 2020 of 320.00p.

Shares awarded to the directors and PDMRs were as follows:

3. Directors' Interests in Shares

Following the transaction noted above the Directors' interests in shares will be as follows:

4. Additional Listing

Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading, for a total of 357,795 ordinary shares of 1p each. It is expected that the hearing will take place on 2 July 2020 and that trading will commence on 3 July 2020.

The shares are being issued in connection with the awards made available to Directors under the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2016, as detailed under Point 1 above.

Following admission, the number of ordinary shares in issue will be 121,265,710, 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 FCS'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 1p each in the Company is GB00B0FYMT95. The awards took place outside a trading venue.

For further information, please contact: