Director/PDMRs' Shares held through employee trust

Directors' and PDMRs' share interests through employee benefit trust



The Company was notified on 8 May 2006 that the trustees of the Bodycote
International plc Employee Benefit Trust (`the Trust') had allocated 302,972
ordinary 10 pence shares in the Company pursuant to the rules of the Short Term
Stock Bonus Plan following upper quartile TSR performance by Bodycote during
2005 for the benefit of the following Directors or PDMRs:-

Awards of Shares pursuant to rules of 2005 Short Term Stock Bonus Plan

Director/PDMR                                                    Shares awarded
                                                                               
John Hubbard              Chief Executive                                63,106
                                                                               
David Landless            Finance Director                               41,747
                                                                               
Derek Sleight             Corporate Development                          31,262
                          Director                                             
                                                                               
Gerald Higgins            Testing PDMR                                   29,902
                                                                               
Jan Elwart                Central Europe PDMR                            25,448
                                                                               
Michael Hallas            Northern Europe PDMR                           28,543
                                                                               
Jean-Jacques Jeuch        Corporate Development PDMR                     29,636
                                                                               
Martyn Wilton             North American PDMR                            32,122
                                                                               
Guy Prunel                Western Europe PDMR                            21,206

Under the rules of the Plan the shares awarded are held by the trustees until
March 2009 when they can be released to eligible employees and participants.