Notification of interests

9 Jan 2008 16:30

Helical Bar PLC09 January 2008 HELICAL BAR PLC PRESS RELEASE 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. Share Incentive Plan The Company was informed on 9 January 2008 that on that date, under the rules ofthe Helical Bar plc Share Incentive Plan ("the Plan"), Helical Bar TrusteesLimited, using contributions to the Plan by directors and employees matched in a2:1 ratio by the Company, had awarded 7,909 ordinary 1p shares to directors andemployees at the closing mid-market price on 8 January 2008 of 320.0p. Shares awarded to the directors were as follows: Director Number of Shares Michael Slade 438 Nigel McNair Scott 438 Michael Brown 438 Gerald Kaye 438 Matthew Bonning-Snook 438 Jack Pitman 438 2. Directors' Interests in Shares Following these transactions the directors' interests in shares are as follows: Shares Held Share Options Performance Share Plan Michael Slade 13,130,209 (13.72%) 1,740,000 1,098,269Nigel McNair Scott 2,238,370 (2.34%) 761,665 694,215Michael Brown 1,132,437 (1.18 %) 535,985 692,449Gerald Kaye 1,203,232 (1.26%) 680,990 661,264Matthew Bonning-Snook 124,214 (0.13%) 210,000 387,928Jack Pitman 150,919 (0.16%) 641,020 378,437 Contact: T J Murphy (020 7629 0113)Date of Notification: 9 January 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange