Share interests of PDMRs in employee trust

Bodycote announces that Lloyds TSB Offshore Trust Company Limited, as trustee
of the Bodycote Employee Benefit Trust, in which all executive directors and
employees are potentially interested, purchased 300,000 shares at an average
price of 258.58p per share on 17 and 20 August 2007. The trust now holds
2,287,926 Bodycote shares.

The Company has also been notified that the trustees of the Bodycote
International plc Employee Benefit Trust (`the Trust') had allocated 7,530
additional ordinary 10 pence shares in the Company pursuant to the rules of the
Deferred Share Bonus Plan for the benefit of the following directors and PDMRs.
The allocation of shares in the Trust takes into account the 2006 final
dividend paid on the ordinary share capital on 5 July 2007 and in respect of
which the Trust has waived dividend entitlement. The total number of shares now
allocated to each director or PDMR is also shown in the table.

2004 Deferred Award                              Dividend addition   Cumulative
                                                         July 2007             
                                                                               
John Hubbard        Chief Executive                            599       38,695
                                                                               
David Landless      Finance Director                           399       25,795
                                                                               
Derek Sleight       Corporate development                      308       19,927
                    director                                                   
                                                                               
Gerry Higgins       Testing PDMR                               279       18,057
                                                                               
Jan Elwart          Europe Thermal Processing                  226       14,632
                    PDMR                                                       
                                                                               
Mike Hallas         Northern Europe PDMR                       287       18,572
                                                                               
Short Term Stock                                                               
Bonus 2005                                                                     
                                                                               
John Hubbard        Chief Executive                          1,003       64,788
                                                                               
David Landless      Finance Director                           663       42,859
                                                                               
Derek Sleight       Corporate development                      497       32,095
                    director                                                   
                                                                               
Mike Hallas         Northern Europe PDMR                       453       29,303
                                                                               
Guy Prunel          Northern Europe PDMR                       337       21,771
                                                                               
Gerry Higgins       Testing PDMR                               475       30,698
                                                                               
Jan Elwart          Europe Thermal Processing                  404       26,125
                    PDMR                                                       
                                                                               
Martyn Wilton       Americas Thermal                           510       32,977
                    Processing PDMR                                            
                                                                               
Gordon Lawrence     Testing Americas PDMR                      310       20,054

In addition, Martyn Wilton, Americas Thermal Processing PDMR, notified the
company today that he has bought 2,833 shares at 252.25p. His share interests
now total 55,010 shares.

                                                                     20 Aug. 07