Director/PDMR Shareholding

2 December 2016

The Weir Group PLC

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Persons Closely Associated with them

The Weir Group PLC (the "Company") hereby announces that it received notification on 2 December 2016 from Keith Cochrane, PDMR, that on the same date he sold 50,000 shares in the Company at a price of £19.08 per share.

This notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, further details below:

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/ person closely associated
a)	Name		Keith Cochrane
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment		Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		The Weir Group PLC
b)	LEI		549300KDR56WHY9I3D10
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 12.5p each fully paid GB0009465807
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)   £19.08		Volume(s)   50,000
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	2 December 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange Main Market (XLON)

For further information, please contact:

Christopher Morgan
Company Secretary
Telephone: [phone]

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Source: The Weir Group PLC via Globenewswire