Directors' and PDMRs' Share Interests

Directors' and PDMR' share interests

David Landless, Finance Director, notified the company today that he has
exercised 42,780 share options granted in September 2002 at 125.76p. Mr
Landless has sold 30,963 shares at 278.25p on the same day sufficient only to
cover the costs (e.g. tax, primary and secondary national insurance) associated
with exercising the options.

Mr Landless' beneficial interests in Bodycote shares have therefore increased
to 43,414 shares, which will be registered as follows:

Registered Holder             Beneficial Interest                        Shares
                                                                               
M. Landless                   D.F. Landless                              18,692
                                                                               
Hill Samuel Offshore Trust    D.F. Landless (deferred share bonus        24,722
Co. Ltd                       plan interest as below)                          

In addition Mr Landless has 202,102 options over ordinary shares exercisable
between 26 April 2002 and 15 September 2013 at prices between 148p and 371p.



The Company has also been notified that the trustees of the Bodycote
International plc Employee Benefit Trust (`the Trust') had allocated 1974
additional ordinary 10 pence shares in the Company pursuant to the rules of the
Deferred Share Bonus Plan for the benefit of the following directors and PDMRs.
The following allocation of shares in the Trust takes into account the 2005
interim dividend paid on the ordinary share capital on 6 January 2006 and in
respect of which the Trust has waived dividend entitlement. The total number of
shares now allocated to each director or PDMR is also shown in the table.


Director/PDMR                                          Shares      Balance held
                                                       added to    after       
                                                       reflect     addition    
                                                       dividend                
                                                                               
John Hubbard    Chief Executive                                388       37,085
                                                                               
David Landless  Finance Director                               258       24,722
                                                                               
Derek Sleight   Corporate Development Director                 200       19,099
                                                                               
Gerald Higgins  Testing PDMR                                   420       40,191
                                                                               
Jan Elwart      Central Europe PDMR                            321       30,823
                                                                               
Michael Hallas  UK and Nordic PDMR                             186       17,800
                                                                               
Jean-Jacques    Italy and Corporate Development PDMR           201       19,197
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                                                                 March 22, 2006