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Weir Group PLC 25 January 2006 THE WEIR GROUP PLC 25 January 2006 Fidelity International Limited ('FIL') and FMR Corp notified The Weir Group PLC ('the Company') on 25 January 2006 that their material interest now totalled a holding of 16,141,592 ordinary shares in the Company representing 7.87% 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 and FMR Corp. The notification of change is due to the sale of 6,416,882 ordinary shares. Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 205,207,119 ordinary shares of GBP0.125. Holding Management Company Nominee/Registered Name 3,018,113 FPM Northern Trust London 2,226,897 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co London 1,487,079 FPM Bank of New York Brussels 1,053,200 FPM JP Morgan Bournemouth 562,241 FPM Mellon Bank 131,500 FPM Bank of New York Europe London 114,200 FPM Citibank London 69,100 FPM Clydesdale Bank PLC 52,700 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 40,600 FMTC JP Morgan Chase Bank 30,000 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust Co 825,000 FMRCO Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 4,216,562 FISL JP Morgan Bournemouth 271,800 FIL JP Morgan Bournemouth 133,800 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 59,700 FIL National ASTL BK Melbourne 4,100 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX 1,845,000 FII Bank of New York Europe London 16141592 TOTAL This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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