Director/PDMR Shareholding

Bodycote plc (the "Company)

6 April 2016

Bodycote plc (the `Company') was notified that on 6 April 2016 the following Director and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities had completed the acquisition of ordinary shares of 17  3/11p in the Company.

Name	Shares acquired	Price per share	Total number of beneficial shares held	% of issued share capital
A Thomson	4,700	592.6p	50,771	0.03

The announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4

Contact for queries:

Ute Ball, Company Secretary: Springwood Court, Macclesfield, SK10 2XF  Tel: [phone]