Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
25 April 2003



Bodycote International plc ('the Company')

Notification of material interest

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (on behalf of itself and the Zurich
Financial Services Group of Switzerland) notified the Company on 25 April 2003
that it held 7,851,046 shares of Bodycote International plc representing 3.06%
of Bodycote's issued share capital.



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