Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
30 January 2003

Fidelity - Notification of change in notifiable interest



FMR Corp. of Boston, Massachusetts and Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda
( together 'Fidelity') notified the company on 29 January 2003 that its material
interest now totalled a holding of 12,441,512 shares of Bodycote International
plc representing 4.85% 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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