Result of AGM

27 April 2011

Bodycote plc

Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting

Bodycote plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General
Meeting held at 12 pm on 27 April 2011 were passed on a show of hand.

Details of proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the Meeting are set out
below:

Resolution                   For            Against        Discretion    Abstention
                                                                                   
                         Votes      %     Votes     %     Votes     %      Votes   
                                                                                   
Ordinary Resolutions                                                               
                                                                                   
1.To receive the      150,451,032 99.93    32,783  0.02   74,903  0.05      353,639
annual report                                                                      
                                                                                   
2. To approve the     141,649,909 97.21 3,998,520  2.74   79,838  0.05    5,184,090
report on                                                                          
remuneration                                                                       
                                                                                   
Re-Election of D                                                                   
irectors                                                                           
                                                                                   
3. To declare a final 150,481,283 99.94     1,809  0.01   75,626  0.05      353,639
dividend                                                                           
                                                                                   
4. To re-elect Mr     149,571,715 99.34   898,162  0.60   88,748  0.06      353,732
A.M. Thomson                                                                       
                                                                                   
5. To re-elect Mr     143,579,765 95.36 6,888,341  4.58   85,889  0.06      358,362
S.C. Harris                                                                        
                                                                                   
6. To re-elect Mr J.  148,807,699 98.84 1,663,616  1.10   87,310  0.06      353,732
Vogelsang                                                                          
                                                                                   
7. To re-elect Mr     146,393,475 97.23 4,076,367  2.71   88,783  0.06      353,732
D.F. Landless                                                                      
                                                                                   
8. To re-elect Mr     150,228,923 99.78   240,122  0.16   89,580  0.06      353,732
J.A. Biles                                                                         
                                                                                   
9. To re-elect Dr. K. 150,223,998 99.78   244,324  0.16   87,409  0.06      356,626
Rajagopal                                                                          
                                                                                   
10. to reappoint the  150,228,053 99.78   240,451  0.16   87,322  0.06      356,531
auditors                                                                           
                                                                                   
11. to authorise the  150,305,620 99.83   173,492  0.12   77,870  0.05      355,375
directors to fix                                                                   
auditor's                                                                          
remuneration                                                                       
                                                                                   
12. To renew          150,369,592 99.87   100,594  0.07   83,613  0.06      358,558
authority to allot                                                                 
shares                                                                             
                                                                                   
Special Resolutions                                                                
                                                                                   
13. to renew          150,427,122 99.92    22,981  0.02   86,495  0.06      375,759
authority for                                                                      
disapplication of                                                                  
pre-emption rights                                                                 
                                                                                   
14. to renew          146,690,485 99.73   322,199  0.22   79,126  0.05    3,820,547
authority to buy own                                                               
shares                                                                             
                                                                                   
15. to authorise      141,622,026 94.07 8,856,872  5.88   79,820  0.05      353,639
general meetings 14                                                                
days' notice                                                                       

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 27 April 2011 was 191,146,029. A vote
withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the
proportion of votes validly cast.

A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General
Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be
available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing
facility, which is situated at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.

Ute Ball, Company Secretary, Bodycote plc

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