Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          
                                                                                        

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                               Bodycote Plc
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            X
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result        X
in theacquisition 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                             Old Mutual Plc     
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if differentfrom 3.):iv                                                               
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                             13/01/2014
reached:v                                                                               
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                             14/01/2014
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                        Crossed 6%
reached:vi, vii                                                                         
                                                                                        


8. Notified details:                                                                   
                                                                                       
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix                                            
                                                                                       
Class/type of    Situation         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares           previous                                                              
                 to the triggering <3%                                                 
                 transaction                                                           
if possible                                                                            
using            Number   Number   Number     Number of voting     % of  voting rightsx
the ISIN CODE    of       of       of shares  rights                                   
                 Shares   Voting                                                       
                          Rights   Direct     Directxi Indirectxii Direct   Indirect   
                                                                                       
GB00B3FLWH99                                                                           
                 10545952 10545952            10400219                         5.43%   
                                                                                       
                                                                                       


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of financial  Expiration Exercise/              Number of voting       % of voting 
instrument         date xiii  Conversion Period xiv  rights that may be     rights      
                                                     acquired if the                    
                                                     instrument is                      
                                                     exercised/ converted.              
                                                                                        
CFD                                                  1316000                0.69%       
                                                                                        

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of    Exercise Expiration  Exercise/     Number of voting rights  % of voting      
financial  price    date xvii   Conversion    instrument refers to     rights xix, xx   
instrument                      period xviii                                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                       Nominal     Delta
N/A                                                                                     
                                                                                        
                 
                                                                       
Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                Percentage of voting rights                      
                                                                                        
11716219                               6.12%                                            
                                                                                        

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
N/A                                                                                     
                                                                                        
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:                                                                          
                                                                                        

                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                         Ute Ball, Bodycote plc        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                [phone]