Holding(s) in Company

TR 1 - 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                                                       BOY:LN                
                                                                                        
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         
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                        Mondrian Investment     
notification obligation:iii                                     Partners Limited (FRN - 
                                                                149507)                 
                                                                                        
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                               21 May 2014             
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                               22 May 2014             
                                                                                        
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   Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction              
of           to the triggering                                                                     
shares       transaction                                                                           
                                                                                                   
             Number    Number    Number Number of voting                            % of  voting   
if possible  of        of        of     rights                                      rights x       
using        Shares    Voting    shares                                                            
the ISIN               Rights                                                                      
CODE                             Direct Direct Indirect xii                         Direct Indirect
                                        xi                                                         
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
GB00B3FLWH99 9,544,003 9,544,003 n/a                                                               
                                        n/a    10,191,136                           n/a    5.32%   
                                                                                                   
                         

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.              

 

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
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                  Percentage of voting rights                    
                                                                                        
10,191,136                                                                              
                                         5.32%                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


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

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
                      Mondrian is a London-based discretionary investment manager.      
10. Name of the proxy Client assets managed by Mondrian are custodied at our clients'   
holder:               custodians of choice (i.e., Mondrian does not act as custodian for
                      any of its clients).                                              
                                                                                        
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:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                 Ute Ball, Bodycote plc
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                            [phone]