Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
13 June 2003


Notification of increases in material interests - Aegon & Fidelity

Aegon Asset Management UK plc (on behalf of itself and the Aegon UK plc Group of
Companies) notified the Company on 10 June 2003 that it now held 10,716,661
shares of Bodycote International plc representing 4.18% of Bodycote's issued
share capital.

FMR Corp. of Boston, Massachusetts and Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda
(together 'Fidelity') notified the company on 10 June 2003 that it had increased
its material interest to a holding of 12,828,971 shares of Bodycote
International plc representing 5.00% 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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