TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                                               
                                                                                                                  
    1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer       Bodycote PLC                                         
    of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                 
    attached: ii                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
    2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                                     
                                                                                                                  
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                        Yes        
                                                                                                                  
    An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may 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                                     
    qualifying financial instruments                                                                              
                                                                                                                  
    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                              
                                                                                                                  
    Other (please                                                                                                 
    specify):                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
    3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent           
    notification obligation: iii                   Company)                                                       
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
    4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                                                
     (if different from 3.):iv                                                                                    
                                                                                                                  
    5. Date of the transaction and date on         10/01/2017                                                     
    which the threshold is crossed or                                                                             
    reached: v                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                  
    6. Date on which issuer notified:              11/01/2017                                                     
                                                                                                                  
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited - 14%             
    reached: vi, vii                                                                                              
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
    8. Notified details:                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
    Class/type of Situation previous         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                 
    shares        to the triggering                                                                               
                  transaction                                                                                     
    if possible                                                                                                   
    using         Number         Number      Number            Number of voting        % of  voting rights x      
    the ISIN CODE of             of          of shares         rights                                             
                  Shares         Voting                                                                           
                                 Rights      Direct            Direct xi   Indirect    Direct      Indirect       
                                                                           xii                                    
                                                                                                                  
    GB00B3FLWH99  26,843,620     26,843,620  26,568,226                    26,568,226              13.876%        
                                                                                                                  
    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                           
                                                                                                                  
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    Type of financial      Expiration Exercise/                     Number of voting            % of voting        
    instrument                       Conversion Period xiv         rights that may be          rights             
                           date xiii                               acquired if the                                
                                                                   instrument is                                  
                                                                   exercised/ converted.                          
                                                                                                                  
    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                 
    Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                           
                                                                                                                  
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    Type of          Exercise Expiration Exercise/           Number of voting rights       % of voting rights     
    financial        price    date xvii  Conversion          instrument refers to          xix, xx                
    instrument                           period xviii                                                             
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                           Nominal          Delta 
                                                                                                                  
    Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                  
    Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights                               
                                                                                                                  
    26,568,226                                          13.876%                                                   
                                                                                                                  
    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                                
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                                                
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
    Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited - 13.876%                                                        
    Standard Life Investments Limited - 13.602%                                                                   
    Ignis Investment Services Limited - Below 5%                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
    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:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                  
                                                        Total voting rights of 191,456,172 based on company       
    13. Additional information:                         announcement as at 30th December 2016                     
                                                                                                                  
    14. Contact name:                                   U Ball, Group Company Secretary, Bodycote plc             
                                                                                                                  
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    15. Contact telephone number:                       +44 (0) 1625 505300