Holding(s) in Company

Weir Group PLC
19 April 2004


                               THE WEIR GROUP PLC
                                                                   19 April 2004

Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda ('Fidelity') notified The Weir Group
PLC ('the Company') on 16 April 2004 that its material interest now totalled a
holding of 8,187,249 ordinary shares in the Company representing 4.00% of the
Company's issued share capital as detailed in the table below, and that such
notification also comprised the interest of Edward C. Johnson III as a principal
shareholder of Fidelity.

The notification of change is due to a purchase of 1,061,312 ordinary shares.
Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 204,550,220
ordinary shares of GBP0.125.

  Holding      Management Company       Registered As
2,345,538       Fidelity Investment     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                Services Limited        Nominees Limited
  852,554       Fidelity Investment     Chase Nominees Ltd
                Services Limited
   30,641        Fidelity Pension       Chase Nominees Ltd
                   Management
   47,345        Fidelity Pension       RBS Trust Bank
                   Management
   99,764        Fidelity Pension       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   Management
   21,141        Fidelity Pension       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                   Management
   29,280        Fidelity Pension       Citibank
                   Management
  179,800        Fidelity Pension       Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   Management
   90,281        Fidelity Pension       Bank of New York London
                   Management
   58,665     Fidelity International    Bankers Trust
                     Limited
  290,684     Fidelity International    RBS Trust Bank
                     Limited
   24,232     Fidelity International    Citibank
                     Limited
  308,443     Fidelity International    Chase Manhattan Bank London
                     Limited
2,729,274     Fidelity International    Bank of New York London
                     Limited
  733,707     Fidelity International    Northern Trust
                     Limited
   49,700     Fidelity International    State Street Bank & Trust
                     Limited
  296,200     Fidelity International    State Street Nominees Ltd
  ---------          Limited

8,187,249                                                        TOTAL



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