Holding in Company

Bodycote International PLC
19 December 2000




            Bodycote International PLC ('Bodycote')
                               

Newton Management Limited notified Bodycote on 19 December
2000 that following a sale of 937,000 shares on 18 December 2000, it had
decreased its holding to 30,117,750 shares representing 11.75% of the
company's issued share capital.