PDMRs' share interests through employee benefit...

PDMRs' share interests through employee benefit trust             

The Company was notified on 25 August 2005 that the trustees of the Bodycote
International plc Employee Benefit Trust (`the Trust') had allocated the
following ordinary 10 pence shares in the Company pursuant to the rules of the
Deferred Share Bonus Plan for the benefit of the following PDMRs:-

G.A. Higgins      (PDMR for Materials Testing)            471
                                                             
J.G. Elwart       (PDMR for Central Europe)               346

The allocation of shares in the Trust is to take into account the final
dividend paid on the ordinary share capital on 7 July 2005 and in respect of
which the Trust has waived dividend entitlement.