Re Repurchase Offer

Helical Bar PLC
23 December 2004

23 December 2004



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                Helical Bar plc ('Helical Bar' or the 'Company')

                         Repurchase Offer for B Shares


The terms of the Return of Cash approved by Shareholders on 20 December 2004
enabled Shareholders to sell all or some of their B Shares at £4.00 per share,
free of all dealing expenses and commissions, via a Repurchase Offer which was
made by Cazenove & Co. Ltd on Wednesday 22 December 2004.  Elections to accept
the Repurchase Offer were received in respect of 9,364,125 B Shares,
representing approximately 88.5 per cent. of the B Shares.  These B Shares have
subsequently been purchased by the Company for cancellation.



The remaining 1,222,704 B Shares, representing approximately 11.5 per cent. of
the B Shares, will continue to be in issue.  The amount which would be payable
by the Company if it were to repurchase the remaining B Shares at a price of
£4.00 per B Share would be approximately £4.9 million.


All definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders dated 25 November 2004
apply to this announcement.




Enquiries:



Helical Bar plc
020 7629 0113
Nigel McNair Scott



Cazenove & Co. Ltd
020 7588 2828
Richard Cotton
Roger Clarke



Financial Dynamics
020 7831 3113
Stephanie Highett
Dido Laurimore




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