Re. Notification of Interests

19 Dec 2005 16:01

Helical Bar PLC19 December 2005 19 December 2005 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 16 December 2005 the following director exercised subscription options overnew shares in accordance with the rules of the Helical Bar 1999 Share OptionScheme. Gerald Kaye 300,000 shares at 88.50p per share 2. Sale of Shares On 16 December 2005 the following director sold shares in the Company: Gerald Kaye 300,000 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 94,171,925 ordinary 1p shares inissue. Contact: T J Murphy 020 7629 0113 Date of Notification 19 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange