Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                Bodycote Plc
issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
 
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      Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s)                              N/A
(if different from 3.):
                                                     18 September 2012
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                    20 September 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                L&G (Below 3%)
reached:
 
8. Notified details:
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of    Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares            to the triggering
                     transaction
 
if possible
using
the ISIN CODE
                  Number    Number                 Number of voting      % of voting rights
                    of        of                        rights
                  Shares    Voting     Number
                            Rights    of shares
                                                  Direct    Indirect     Direct    Indirect
Ordinary GBP          5,777,655                              Below 3%
0.1727272
 
                 (As on 27/06/2012)
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                               Number of voting
                                               rights that may be
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/         acquired if the     % of voting
instrument        date       Conversion Period instrument is       rights
                                               exercised/
                                               converted.
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of          Exercise    Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting     % of voting rights
financial        price       date        Conversion  rights instrument
instrument                               period      refers to
 
                                                                           Nominal    Delta
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights           Percentage of voting rights
 
                              Below 3%
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and
Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management
(Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management
Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance
Management (Holdings) Limited        Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD)                    (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions  Legal & General Assurance
Management) Limited (PMC)            Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
                                     
                                     Legal & General Pensions
                                     Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
 
Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                           N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                     N/A
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                       N/A
voting rights:
 
                                    Notification using the total voting rights figure of
13. Additional information:                             191,365,267
 
14. Contact name:                                  Ute Ball, Bodycote plc

15. Contact telephone number:                           01625 505300