Result of General Meeting - Sale of Testing Bus...

For Immediate Release

                                 BODYCOTE PLC                                  

                         Disposal of Testing Business                          

                           Result of General Meeting                           

Bodycote PLC ("the Company") announces that, at the General Meeting held
earlier today, the Shareholders approved the resolution required for the sale
of the Testing Business of the Company ("Sale") to proceed as set out in the
circular sent to shareholders dated 23 September 2008 (the "Circular").

Bodycote recently received clearance from the relevant competition authorities
for the transaction to proceed, and therefore completion of the sale process is
expected to occur by the end of October.

The proxy figures for the resolution passed at the General Meeting were
204,069,653 in favour (with 361,688 to be voted in favour at the discretion of
the Chairman), 6,794 against and 299,966 withheld their vote. These results
will also be displayed shortly on the Company's website: www.bodycote.com

Two copies of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting have been submitted
to the Financial Services Authority and will be available shortly for
inspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility
which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

Definitions used in the Circular shall have the same meanings when used in this
announcement, unless the context otherwise requires.

Contacts:

Bodycote plc - Telephone - 01625 505 300

John Hubbard, Chief Executive Officer

David Landless, Group Finance Director

Financial Dynamics - Telephone - 020 7269 7278

Jon Simmons