Purchase of Own Securities

Helical Bar PLC
27 August 2003


27 August 2003

                        Helical Bar plc ('Helical Bar')


Helical Bar plc has today purchased for cancellation 766,921 ordinary 5p shares
in the company at 712.5p per share. Following this purchase the company has
28,796,555 ordinary 5p shares in issue.

For further information, please contact:

Helical Bar            020 7629 0113
Nigel McNair Scott



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