On 22 June 2017 shares awarded under the terms of the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2012 were made available to directors of the Company. These shares were originally awarded to directors on 20 June 2014 as part of the annual bonuses for the year to 31 March 2014 and, having been deferred for three years, are available to be transferred to award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

Shares originally awarded to directors, accrued dividend shares and the net shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities are as follows:

Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading, for a total of 338,063 ordinary shares of 1p each.  It is expected that the hearing will take place on 27 June 2017 and that trading will commence on 28 June 2017.

The shares are being issued on the vesting of awards granted under the Company's Annual Bonus Plan 2012 as detailed under Point 1 above.

Following admission, the number of ordinary shares in issue will be 118,534,278, each carrying one voting right.  This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Helical plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.