Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
25 June 2002

Bodycote International plc ('the Company')



Putnam - Notification of material interest



Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC of
Boston, Massachusetts (together 'Putnam') notified the company on 24 June 2002
that Putnam's clients had beneficial interests amounting to 12,045,962 shares of
Bodycote International plc representing 4.69% of Bodycote's issued share
capital.











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