Additional Listing

Helical Bar PLC
16 December 2003


Helical Bar plc.

Pursuant to the above-named Company's Senior Executive 1988 Share Option Scheme,
options over 140,378 Ordinary Shares of 5p each have been exercised.
Accordingly, application has been made to The UK Listing Authority for these
shares to be admitted to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for
these shares to be admitted to trading.  The Shares rank pari passu with the
existing issued shares of the Company.

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