Directors' and PDMRs' share interests

Directors' and PDMRs' share interests

The Company has been notified today that the trustees of the Bodycote
International plc Employee Benefit Trust (`the Trust') have allocated 6,787
additional ordinary 10 pence shares in the Company pursuant to the rules of the
Deferred Restricted Stock Bonus and the Short Term Stock Bonus Plans for the
benefit of the following directors and PDMRs. The allocation of shares in the
Trust takes into account the 2007 interim dividend paid on the ordinary share
capital on 4 January 2008 and in respect of which the Trust has waived dividend
entitlement.

In addition the shares specified in the final column of the first table all
vested with the respective directors or PDMRs on 6 April 2008 in accordance
with the rules of the Deferred Restricted Stock Bonus Plan.

The additional and total number of shares now allocated to each director or
PDMR in each plan are shown in the two tables below:

Deferred                                               Shares      Balance held
Restricted                                             added to    after       
Stock Bonus                                            reflect     addition and
Plan                                                   dividend    vesting on 6
                                                                   April 2008  
Director/PDMR                                                                  
                                                                               
John Hubbard    Chief Executive                                609       39,304
                                                                               
David Landless  Finance Director                               406       26,201
                                                                               
Derek Sleight   Corporate Development Director                 314       20,241
                                                                               
Gerald Higgins  Testing PDMR                                   284       18,341
                                                                               
Jan Elwart      Central Europe Thermal Processing PDMR         230       14,862
                                                                               
Michael Hallas  UK and Nordic Thermal Processing PDMR          292       18,864


Short Term                                             Shares      Balance held
Stock Bonus                                            added to    after       
Plan                                                   reflect     addition    
                                                       dividend                
Director/PDMR                                                                  
                                                                               
John Hubbard    Chief Executive                              1,022       65,810
                                                                               
David Landless  Finance Director                               676       43,535
                                                                               
Derek Sleight   Corporate Development Director                 506       32,601
                                                                               
Gerald Higgins  Testing PDMR                                   484       31,182
                                                                               
Jan Elwart      European Thermal Processing PDMR               412       26,537
                                                                               
Michael Hallas  UK and Nordic Thermal Processing PDMR          463       29,766
                                                                               
Guy Prunel      Western Europe Thermal Processing PDMR         343       22,114
                                                                               
Martyn Wilton   Americas Thermal Processing PDMR               521       33,498
                                                                               
Dan McCurdy     Asia Thermal Processing PDMR                   225       14,467

On the 8th April 2008 Finance Director, David Landless and PDMR, Michael
Hallas, as above sold 10,852 and 7,814 shares respectively at the price of 196p
per shares sufficient only to pay the taxes and national insurance associated
with the vesting of the share awards referred to in the first table above.


April 2008