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WeirAnnouncement

05/05/2016 16:30

For filings with the FCA include the annex                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer  of existing shares to which voting rights are  attached: ii                                                           Weir Group plc                                                               
  2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                                                                                                                                                                              
  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                                                                                                                                       X                    
  An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached                                                                   X                    
  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  notification obligation: iii                      Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios            
  4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.): iv                                                                                                                                                                                          
  5. Date of the transaction and date on  which the threshold is crossed or  reached: v       3 May 2016                                                                                                                                                 
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                           5 May 2016                                                                                                                                                 
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or  reached: vi, vii                                    Crossing above 5% voting right threshold of voting rights attached to shares                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
  8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  Class/type of  shares  if possible using the ISIN CODE    Situation previous  to the triggering  transaction                                               Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                       
  Number  of  Shares                                                                                  Number  of  Voting  Rights              Number  of shares                            Number of voting  rights                          % of  voting rights x                                                                           
                                                                                          Direct xi              Indirect xii    Direct                                    Indirect                  
  GB0009465807                                              11,960,475                                            10,431,674                                 12,488,120                                                                     10,959,319                                                                             5.12%              
  US94876Q2057                                              11,300                                                11,300                                     11,300                                                                         11,300                                                                                 0.01%              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  Type of financial  instrument                                                            Expiration  date xiii                  Exercise/  Conversion Period xiv                                                 Number of voting  rights that may be  acquired if the  instrument is  exercised/ converted.             % of voting  rights          
  Rights to recall lent shares                                                                                                                                                                                   666,265                                                                                                 0.31%                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  Type of financial  instrument                                               Exercise price          Expiration date xvii                    Exercise/  Conversion period xviii           Number of voting rights instrument refers to                                                         % of voting rights xix, xx                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Nominal                                       Delta    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  Number of voting rights                                                                                                                                                   Percentage of voting rights                                                                                                                                                 
  11,648,184                                                                                                                                                                5.44%                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 
 
  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  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:        This notification is due to crossing above the 5% voting right threshold of voting rights attached to shares due to a combination of trading and a reduction in the numbers of shares out on loan.   Prior to the triggering transaction, there were 1,198,710 shares out on loan.         
   14. Contact name:                  Robert Haggerty                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
   15. Contact telephone number:      01224 404399                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 

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 Source: The Weir Group PLC via Globenewswire 
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