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Weir Group PLC 07 April 2003 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company THE WEIR GROUP PLC 2) Name of director MICHAEL DEARDEN 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest HOLDING IN RESPECT OF DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) MICHAEL DEARDEN 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary ACQUISITION OF SHARES 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 10,000 8) Percentage of issued class INSIGNIFICANT 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued class N/A 11) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5P EACH 12) Price per share 210.7P 13) Date of transaction 7 APRIL 2003 14) Date company informed 7 APRIL 2003 15) Total holding following this notification MICHEAL DEARDEN 10,000 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification INSIGNIFICANT If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries FRANCES MCCAW 0141 308 2065 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification FRANCES MCCAW Date of Notification..7 APRIL 2003 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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