Holding(s) in Company

TR1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares

                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                      
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                        Bodycote Plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                       
attached:ii                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                           
                                                                                                    
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                         Yes             
                                                                                                    
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result                     
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached                     
                                                                                                    
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                           
qualifying financial instruments                                                                    
                                                                                                    
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                    
                                                                                                    
Other (please specify):                                                                             
                                                                                                    
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the          Baillie Gifford & Co                              
notification obligation:iii                                                                         
                                                                                                    
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                                      
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                                          
                                                                                                    
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                              
which the threshold is crossed or                 25 April 2012                                     
reached: v                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
6. Date on which issuer notified:                 26 April 2012                                     
                                                                                                    
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or            5%                                                
reached: vi, vii                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
8. Notified details:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                        
                                                                                                    
Class/type of      Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering                   
shares             to the triggering     transaction                                                
                   transaction                                                                      
                                                                                                    
if possible using  Number       Number   Number     Number of voting  % of  voting rights           
the ISIN CODE      of           of       of shares  rights            x                             
                   Shares       Voting                                                              
                                Rights   Direct     Direct   Indirect Direct  Indirect              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
GB00B3FLWH99       9402000      9402000  Below 5%            Below 5%         Below 5%              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                
                                                                                                    
Type of financial              Expiration Exercise/             Number of voting % of voting                 
instrument                       Conversion Period xiv rights that may  rights                      
                               date                       be                                           
                               xiii                       acquired if the                              
                                                       instrument is                                
                                                       exercised/                                   
                                                       converted.                                   
                                                                                                    
N/A                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                       
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                
                                                                                                    
Type of financial            Exercise Expiration Exercise/         Number of voting   % of voting rights           
instrument                   price date Conversion period rights instrument  xix, xx                      
                                xvii xviii             refers to                                       
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                       Nominal           Delta      
N/A                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                      
                                                                                                    
Below 5%                                           Below 5%                                         
                                                                                                    
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                      
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                                      
                                                                                                    
In the narrative below, the figures in [ ] indicate the amount of voting rights                     
and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking where relevant.                              
                                                                                                    
Baillie Gifford & Co, a discretionary investment manager, is the parent                             
undertaking of an investment management group.                                                      
                                                                                                    
Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited                            
[97900; 0.05%] is also a discretionary investment manager.                                          
                                                                                                    
Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [1012630;                      
0.53%] is an OEIC Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which                        
has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford &                     
Co.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Life Limited [3219100;                      
1.68%] is a life assurance company which procures discretionary investment                          
management services from Baillie Gifford & Co in respect of its own account                         
shareholdings.                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
Proxy Voting:                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
10. Name of the proxy holder:                             N/A                                       
                                                                                                    
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                                 
to hold:                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                                   
voting rights:                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
13. Additional information:                                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                   Bodycote plc                                     
14. Contact name:                                                                                   
                                                   Ute Ball, Company Secretary                      
                                                                                                    
15. Contact telephone number:                      [phone]