Director/PDMR Shareholding

9 Jan 2006 16:55

Helical Bar PLC09 January 2006 9 January 2006 HELICAL BAR PLC NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PARTIES HELICAL BAR PLC ("Helical Bar" or "the Company") The Company was informed today that the following transactions had taken place: 1. Exercise of Share Options On 6 January 2006 the following director exercised subscription options over newshares in accordance with the rules of the Helical Bar 1999 Share Option Scheme. Gerald Kaye 102,173 shares at 88.50p per share 2. Sale of Shares On 6 January 2006 the following director sold shares in the Company: Gerald Kaye 102,173 shares at 310.0p per share 3. Directors' Interests in Shares Following these transactions the director concerned continued to hold thenumber of shares in the Company noted below. Gerald Kaye 977,240 (1.04%) 4. Number of Shares in Issue Following these transactions the Company has 94,274,098 ordinary 1p shares inissue. Contact: T J Murphy 020 7629 0113 Date of Notification 9 January 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange