TR-1:   Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                                     

       

    Identity of the issuer or the underlying       Bodycote PLC                            
    issuer of existing shares to which voting                                              
    rights are attached:                                                                   

       

    2:    Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                  
                                                                                            
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   yes       
                                                                                            
    An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may      no        
    result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are           
    attached                                                                                
                                                                                            
    An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to     no        
    qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                            
    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                              no        
                                                                                            
    Other (please specify):                                                       no        
                                                                                            

       

    3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       Standard Life Investments (Holdings)    
    notification                                   Limited (Parent Company) -14.995%       
        obligation:                                comprised of:                           
                                                   Standard Life Investments Limited -     
                                                   14.884%                                 
                                                   Ignis Investment Services Limited -     
                                                   0.111%                                  
                                                                                           
    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different    Vidacos Nominees\HSBC                  
    from 3.):                                                                              
                                                                                           
    5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  17/11/2015                              
    the threshold                                                                          
          is crossed or reached):                                                          
                                                                                           
    6. Date on which issuer notified:              18/11/2015                              
                                                                                           
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         15%                                     
    reached:                                                                               

       

    8:    Notified Details                                                                   
                                                                                             
    Voting rights attached to shares                                                         
                                                                                             
    Class/type of share       If possible use GB00B3FLWH99                                   
    ISIN code                                                                                
                                                                                             
    Situation previous to the triggering transaction                                         
                                                                                             
    Number of shares                          Number of voting rights                        
                                                                                             
    28,719,300                                28,719,300                                     
                                                                                             
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                     
                                                                                             
    Number of shares     Number of voting rights                    Percentage of            
                                                                    voting rights            
                                                                                             
                         Direct               Indirect              Direct      Indirect     
                                                                                             
    28,709,516           0                    28,709,516            0.000       14.995       

       

    Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                        
                                                                                            
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                            
    Type of          Expiration date  Exercise/         No. of voting     Percentage of     
    financial                         conversion period rights that may   voting rights     
    instrument                        /date             be acquired                         
                                                        (if the                             
                                                        instrument                          
                                                        exercised/                          
                                                        converted)                          
                                                                                            

       

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial              
    Instruments                                                                                
                                                                                               
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                               
    Type of financial     Exercise Expiration Exercise/    Number of voting % of voting rights 
    instrument            price    date       Conversion   rights                              
                                              period       instrument                          
                                                           refers to                           
                                                                                               
                                                                            Nominal  Delta     
                                                                                               

       

    Total (A+B+C)                                                                          
                                                                                           
    Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                           
    28,709,516                                        14.995                               

       

    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the         
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                             
                                                                                           
    Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -14.995%                 
    comprised of:                                                                          
    Standard Life Investments Limited - 14.884%                                            
    Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.111%                                             

       

    Proxy Voting:                                                                          
                                                                                           
    10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                          
                                                                                           
    11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                                          
    cease to hold:                                                                         
                                                                                           
    12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                      
    voting rights:                                                                         

       

    13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                            
    14. Contact name:                       U Ball, Bodycote plc                            
                                                                                            
    15. Contact telephone number:           +44 1625 505300