Director/PDMRs' Conditional Share Awards

Bodycote announces that on 30 March 2011, in accordance with the rules of the Bodycote Incentive Plan ("BIP"), the Company made contingent share awards of ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). The awards noted below comprise a maximum conditional award of Ordinary Shares of 17 3/11p each subject to the rules of the BIP and the applicable performance targets. The options are only exercisable in 2014 if performance criteria are met. No payment was made for the grant of awards. Awards were made as follows: Name PDMR Number of Shares awarded S Harris Chief Executive 234,767 D Landless Finance Director 157,176 J Elwart PDMR 142,506 G Prunel PDMR 107,128 D McCurdy PDMR 88,466 T Glende PDMR 114,105 J Turin PDMR 90,272 Awards made under the BIP in 2008 have lapsed as performance targets have not been achieved. The total number of ordinary shares in which each of the executive directors and other PDMRs below hold a beneficial interest is: Name PDMR Beneficial interest S Harris Chief Executive 138,690 D Landless Finance Director 134,948 J Elwart PDMR 114,019 G Prunel PDMR 50,051 D McCurdy PDMR 19,367 T Glende PDMR 0 J Turin PDMR 3,390 Contact for queries: Ute Ball, Company Secretary: Springwood Court, Macclesfield, SK10 2XF Tel: 01625 505300 2

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