Share purchase

Helical Bar PLC
11 January 2008


                                HELICAL BAR PLC

                                 PRESS RELEASE

                         NOTIFICATION OF SHARE PURCHASE

                HELICAL BAR PLC ('Helical Bar 'or 'the Company')


The Company was informed today that the following transactions had taken place:


1.      Helical Bar plc Employee Share Ownership Plan Trust ('ESOP')

On 11 January 2008 the Company's ESOP purchased 113,157 ordinary 1p shares in
the company at 309p per share. Following this purchase the ESOP holds 4,042,793
(4.2%) ordinary 1p shares in the company.
               
Contact:       T J Murphy                                   020 7629 0113
               Date of Notification                         11 January 2008



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