Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
13 May 2003


Fidelity - Notification of increase in notifiable interest to 5.02%


FMR Corp. of Boston, Massachusetts and Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda
(together 'Fidelity') notified the company on 12 May 2003 that it had increased
its material interest to a holding of 12,877,371 shares of Bodycote
International plc representing 5.02% 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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