Directors' share interest through employee trust

Bodycote International plc                           

                          Directors' share interests                           

The Company was notified on 1 April 2005 that the trustees of the Bodycote
International plc Employee Benefit Trust (`the Trust') now hold 80,242 ordinary
10 pence shares in the Company pursuant to the rules of the Deferred Share
Bonus Plan for the benefit of the following directors:-

J. D. Hubbard     36,697    
                            
D. F. Landless    24,646    
                            
D. R. Sleight     18,899    

The allocation of shares in the Trust results from the directors' elections to
receive part of their 2004 bonus payments in shares and includes a matching
allocation of shares by the Company. The shares held by the Trust will vest, if
the director is still a group employee, on 6 April 2008.

Prior to this announcement the interests of the said directors in shares or
share options of the Company were as follows:-

                                              Shares                   Options
                                                                              
J.D. Hubbard                                 949,103                   288,951
                                                                              
D.F. Landless                                  6,875                   244,882
                                                                              
D.R. Sleight                                  87,500                   203,332

Share options are exercisable between 3 December 2000 to 15 September 2013 at
prices ranging from 126p to 371p per share.