Holding(s) in Company

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:                                                              Bodycote Plc     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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.):                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                26 June 2012           
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                27 June 2012           
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                  
reached:                                                        L&G (Above 3%)          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                   
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                    
                                                                                       
Class/type of        Situation     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares               previous                                                          
                 to the triggering                                                     
                    transaction                                                        
if possible                                                                            
using             Number   Number                Number of voting   % of  voting rights
the ISIN CODE       of       of                       rights                           
                  Shares   Voting    Number                                            
                           Rights   of shares                                          
                                                                                       
                                                 Direct    Indirect  Direct   Indirect 
                                                                                       
                     Below 3%                                                          
                                                                                       
Ordinary GBP                        5,777,655   5,777,655            3.01%             
0.1727272                                                                              
                   (As on 11/05/                                                       
                       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 rights       % of voting  
financial   price     date       Conversion  instrument refers to          rights       
instrument                       period                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                           Nominal Delta
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                  Percentage of voting rights                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                5,777,655                                     3.01%                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

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) ( 5,777,655 - 3.01%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)         
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)       Legal & General                  
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)                              Insurance Holdings               
                                                       Limited (Direct) (LGIH)          
                                                                                        
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)        Legal & General                  
Limited  (PMC)                                         Assurance 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:                          191,354,572                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                              Ute Ball, Bodycote plc                   
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone                               01625 505300                        
number: