Notification of share purchas

27 May 2008 17:41



HELICAL BAR PLC

PRESS RELEASE

NOTIFICATION OF SHARE PURCHASE

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

The Company was informed today that the following transactions had taken place:

1. Helical Bar plc Employee Share Ownership Plan Trust ("ESOP")

On 23rd May 2008 the Company's ESOP purchased 300,000 ordinary 1p shares in the company at 319p per share. Following this purchase the ESOP holds 4,470,868 (4.7%) ordinary 1p shares in the company.

Contact: T J Murphy 020 7629 0113

Date of Notification 27th May 2008

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