Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
2 May 2002

Fidelity - Notification of further increase in notifiable interest


Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda and FMR Corp. of Boston MA 
('Fidelity') notified the company on 1 May 2002 that it has increased its 
material interest to a holding of 20,529,821 shares of Bodycote International 
plc representing 8.00% 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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