Date of Trading Update

Bodycote International PLC
13 December 2006

                            BODYCOTE INTERNATIONAL plc

                             DATE OF TRADING UPDATE


Bodycote International plc will be announcing its pre-close update on Wednesday
20 December, 2006.


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