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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 2 July 2008 that on that date, 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, had awarded 39,253 ordinary 1p shares to directors and employees at the closing mid-market price on 1 July 2008 of 281.25p.
Shares awarded to the directors were as follows:
Director Number of Shares
Michael Slade 1,867
Nigel McNair Scott 1,867
Michael Brown 1,867
Gerald Kaye 1,867
Matthew Bonning-Snook 1,867
Jack Pitman 1,867
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 | 13,132,076 (13.72%) | 1,740,000 | 1,098,269 |
| Nigel McNair Scott | 2,240,237 (2.34%) | 761,665 | 694,215 |
| Michael Brown | 1,134,304 (1.18 %) | 535,985 | 692,449 |
| Gerald Kaye | 1,205,099 (1.26%) | 680,990 | 661,264 |
| Matthew Bonning-Snook | 126,081 (0.13%) | 210,000 | 387,928 |
| Jack Pitman | 152,786 (0.16%) | 641,020 | 378,437 |
Contact: T J Murphy (020 7629 0113)
Date of Notification: 2 July 2008