Annual Report and Accounts

Weir Group PLC
05 April 2007


                             THE WEIR GROUP PLC

                                                                    5 April 2007


Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks to 29 December 2006,
Notice of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 9 May 2007 and Form of Proxy
have been posted today to Weir Group shareholders: The AGM Circular and the
accompanying Form of Proxy provide shareholders with details of how they may
register proxy votes for the AGM electronically.

The Weir Group PLC Annual Report 2006 will also be available on the Weir Group 
website on

http://www.weir.co.uk/Group/home.nsf/luPages/investors_ARA

In accordance with LR 9.6.1R and 9.6.3(1)R copies of the above documents have
today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available
for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:


Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London
E14 5HS
Tel: [phone]



For further information please contact:

Frances McCaw
Assistant Company Secretary
The Weir Group PLC
Clydesdale Bank Exchange
20 Waterloo Street
Glasgow
G2 6DB
Tel: [phone]


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