Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Parties

HELICAL BAR PLC ("Helical Bar" "the Company")

On 7th January 2011 the following transactions took place:

1. Share Incentive Plan

On 7th January 2011 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, awarded 19,926 ordinary shares to directors and employees at the closing mid-market price on 6th January 2011 of 282.0p.

Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:

Director Number of Shares

Mike Slade 1,099

Nigel McNair Scott 1,099

Gerald Kaye 1,098

Matthew Bonning-Snook 1,096

Jack Pitman 1,099

2. Directors' Interests in Shares

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

Director Shares Held Share Plan

Mike Slade 13,746,590 (11.6%) 1,368,657

Nigel McNair Scott 2,706,398 (2.3%) 915,914

Gerald Kaye 1,526,855 (1.3%) 976,504

Matthew Bonning-Snook 276,533 (0.2%) 828,779

Jack Pitman 441,319 (0.4%) 828,779

Contact: T J Murphy (020 7629 0113)

Date of notification: 10th January 2011