Return of Cash - Result of General Meeting

For Immediate Release

                                 BODYCOTE PLC                                  

          RETURN OF CASH TO SHAREHOLDERS - RESULT OF GENERAL MEETING           

                                                                8 December 2008

The Company has today held the General Meeting referred to in the Circular to
shareholders of the Company published on 21 November 2008 ("the Circular").

Resolutions 1 to 4 set out in the Notice convening the General Meeting have
been passed.

As a result of the 11 for 19 share capital consolidation referred to in
Resolution 1, the existing 323,917,396 ordinary shares of 10p have been
consolidated into 187,531,124 new ordinary shares of 173/11 each. The unissued
shares have been consolidated on the same basis.

The new ordinary shares are expected to be admitted to the Official List and to
trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange at 08:00 on 9 December
2008.

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]

Contacts:

Bodycote plc Telephone - 01625 505 300

John Hubbard, Chief Executive Officer

David Landless, Group Finance Director

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Telephone - 020 7888 8888

Chris Byrne

Financial Dynamics Telephone - 020 7269 7278

Jon Simmons

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