Director/PDMR Shareholding

Helical Bar plc ("Helical Bar" "the Company")

Notification of Interests of Directorsand Connected Persons

The Company was informed on 18th June 2013 that the following transactions had taken place:

1. Share Incentive Plan

On 18th June 2013, 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 47,071 ordinary shares to directors and employees at the closing mid-market price on 17th June 2013 of 258.00p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:

Director Number of Shares

Michael Slade 2,255

Timothy Murphy 2,256

Gerald Kaye 2,255

Matthew Bonning-Snook 2,252

Jack Pitman 2,256

Duncan Walker 2,138

2. Directors' Interests in Shares

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

Director Shares Held

Michael Slade 13,034,613 (11.03 per cent)

Timothy Murphy 130,396 (0.11 per cent)

Gerald Kaye 1,537,707 (1.30 per cent)

Matthew Bonning-Snook 287,365 (0.24 per cent)

Jack Pitman 442,583 (0.37 per cent)

Duncan Walker 18,069 (0.02 per cent)

Contact: T J Murphy (020 7629 0113)

Date of notification: 21st June 2013