Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
04 December 2002


Fidelity - Notification of change in notifiable interest


FMR Corp. of Boston, Massachusetts and Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda
( together 'Fidelity') notified the company on 3 December 2002 that its material
interest totalled a holding of 22,535,373 shares of Bodycote International plc
representing 8.79% of Bodycote's issued share capital, and that such
notification also comprised the interest of Edward C. Johnson III as a principal
shareholder of Fidelity.

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