500,000 shares bought back for treasury

500,000 shares bought back for treasury

The Board of Bodycote International PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 20th
December 2007 it purchased 500,000 shares to be held in treasury at an
average price of 184.28 pence per share.


Following the above purchase, the Company holds 1,525,000 shares in treasury
and the total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is
322,148,223.