Barclays' stake reduced to 1.29 per cent.

Barclays PLC notified the company on 7 October 2004 that, as at 1 October 2004,
it now held 4,129,414 shares in Bodycote International plc (representing 1.29%
of its issued share capital) and that, consequently, it no longer had a
notifiable interest in the company.