Holding(s) in Company

Weir Group PLC
19 May 2004


                               THE WEIR GROUP PLC
                                                                     19 May 2004

Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda ('Fidelity') notified The Weir Group
PLC ('the Company') on 18 May 2004 that its material interest now totalled a
holding of 10,314,962 ordinary shares in the Company representing 5.04% 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 2,127,713 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

 3,645,449       Fidelity Investment     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                 Services Limited        Nominees Limited
   852,554       Fidelity Investment     Chase Nominees Ltd
                 Services Limited
    54,588        Fidelity Pension       Chase Nominees Ltd
                    Management
    82,966        Fidelity Pension       RBS Trust Bank
                    Management
   179,064        Fidelity Pension       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                    Management
    39,400        Fidelity Pension       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                    Management
    52,103        Fidelity Pension       Citibank
                    Management
   179,800        Fidelity Pension       Mellon Nominees Ltd
                    Management
   133,653        Fidelity Pension       Bank of New York London
                    Management
    74,702     Fidelity International    Bankers Trust
                      Limited
   449,047     Fidelity International    RBS Trust Bank
                      Limited
    42,851     Fidelity International    Citibank
                      Limited
   308,443     Fidelity International    Chase Manhattan Bank London
                      Limited
 2,925,541     Fidelity International    Bank of New York London
                      Limited
   879,601     Fidelity International    Northern Trust
                      Limited
    49,700     Fidelity International    State Street Bank & Trust
                      Limited
   296,200     Fidelity International    State Street Nominees Ltd
                      Limited
    69,300     Fidelity International    Mellon Bank
    --------          Limited

10,314,962                               TOTAL



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