Helical Bar Regulatory News (HLCL)

The Company was informed today of the following transactions in relation to the Executive Directors and PDMRs:

1. Performance Share Plan 2014 - 2021 Award

On 2 June 2021, under the terms of the Performance Share Plan 2014, the following share awards were made to the Executive Directors/PDMRs at the average of the closing mid-market prices for the five days to 1 June 2021, of 430.10p. These awards will vest in June 2024, depending on the extent to which the Plan's performance criteria are met:

No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards which have been structure as nil-cost options.

2. Performance Share Plan 2014 - 2018 Award

On 2 June 2021, shares awarded under the terms of the Performance Share Plan 2014 were made available to Executive Directors and employees of the Company. These shares were originally awarded on 1 June 2018 and, having met their performance criteria such that 73.99% qualified for vesting, are available to be transferred to the award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

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

3. Share Incentive Plan - Award of Free, Partnership and Matching Shares

On 2 June 2021, under the rules of the Helical plc Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), Helical Bar Trustees Limited awarded ordinary shares to the Company's Executive Directors, PDMRs and employees at the closing mid-market price on 1 June 2021 of 430.50p.

Shares awarded to the Executive Directors/PDMRs were as follows:

4. Director's Interests in Shares

Following the transactions noted above, the Director's interests in shares will be as follows:

5. 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 834,104 ordinary shares of 1p each. It is expected that the hearing will take place on 8 June 2021 and that trading will commence on 9 June 2021.

The shares are being issued in connection with the vesting of awards granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2014, as detailed under Point 2 above.

Following admission, the number of ordinary shares in issue will be 122,099,814 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 request 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.

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