Result of EGM

Helical Bar PLC 31 August 2005 Helical Bar plc 31 August 2005 HELICAL BAR PLC RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Helical Bar plc ('Helical' or the 'Company') announces that at the EGM held today all resolutions proposed were duly passed. By virtue of Resolution One, all of the Company's existing ordinary shares of 5p each shall be sub-divided into five new ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolution One also adopted new articles of association which, inter alia, reflect the change in the nominal value of the Company's ordinary shares. Resolution Two increased the number of ordinary shares which the Company may purchase on market, in line with the increased number of ordinary shares in issue following the Share Split. Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority ('UKLA') and the London Stock Exchange for 92,318,085 new ordinary shares of 1p each to be admitted to the Official List and it is expected that trading will commence at 8:00am on 1 September 2005. Resolution One is conditional upon admission occurring. These applications include applications for the block listings of 194,475 ordinary shares of 1p each under the Helical Bar 1999 Approved Scheme and of 1,685 ordinary shares of 1p each under the Helical Bar 1999 Scheme, to trade on the London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon issuance. Two copies of the resolutions passed have been sent to the UKLA and are available for inspection at their Document Viewing Facility situated at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HF. All definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders of Helical dated 29 July 2005 apply to this announcement. Copies of the Circular are also available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility. Ends Enquiries: Tim Murphy, Company Secretary, Helical Tel: 020 7629 0113 Roger Clarke, JPMorgan Cazenove Tel: 020 7588 2828 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange