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Financial Services Authority +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | | |issuer | | |of existing shares to which voting rights are | Weir Group Plc | |attached: | | |  | | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+ |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+ |  | | |An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which | | |may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which |   | |voting rights are attached. | | |  | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+ |  | | |An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic |   | |effect to qualifying financial instruments | | |  | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+ |An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |   | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+ |  | | |Other (please specify):   |   | |  | | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------+--------+ |3. Full name of person(s) subject to | Legal & General Group Plc (Group) | |the |   | |notification obligation: | Legal & General Investment Management | | | Limited (LGIM) | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | |   | |4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |(if different from 3.): |   | | |   | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |  | | |5. Date of the transaction and date on| | |which the threshold is crossed or | 03 January 2012 | |reached: | | |  | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | 04 January 2012 | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or| Group (Below 5%) | |reached: |   | |  | LGIM (Below 5%) | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Notified details: | |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | +------------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------+ |Class/type | Situation | Resulting situation after the triggering | |of | previous | transaction | |shares | to the | | | | triggering | | |if possible | transaction | | |using +------+--------+---------+----------------------+----------------+ |the ISIN |Number| Number |   | Number of voting | % of  voting | |CODE | of | of | Number | rights | rights | | | ares| Vot ng |of shar +-----------+----------+------+---------+ | | | Rights | | Direct | Indirect |Direct|Indirect | +------------+------+--------+---------+-----------+----------+------+---------+ | |  10,578,836 | | |Ordinary |   | Below 5% | |12.5p | As of | | | | 10/06/2011 | | +------------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +--------------+------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+ |  |  |  |Number of |  | |Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |voting |% of voting | |financial |date |Conversion Period |rights that |rights | |instrument | | |may be | | | | | |acquired if | | | | | |the | | | | | |instrument | | | | | |is | | | | | |exercised/ | | | | | |converted. | | +--------------+------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +-------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ |  |  |  |  |  |  | |Type of|Exercise |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of|% of voting| |financial |price |date |Conversion |voting |rights | |instrument | | |period |rights |  | |  | | | |instrument | | | | | | |refers to | | | | | | |  | | +-------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------+--------+ | | | | |  |Nominal | Delta | |  |  |  |  |  +--------+--------+ | | | | | |  |  | +-------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------+--------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Total (A+B+C) | +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights | +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Below 5% | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the| |financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |  | |Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)   | |(Group) ( Below 5% = Total Position) | | | |Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) | |Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  (Below 5% =   | |Total Position) | | | |Legal & General Investment Management Limited   | |(Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position) | | | | Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 8,816,469 -4.17% = LGAS, LGPL & | | PMC) | | | |Legal & General Investment Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited | |Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) | |(Direct) (LGIMHD) (PMC)   | | | |Legal & General Assurance Legal & General Assurance Society Limited | |(Pensions Management) Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)   | | (PMC) (PMC)   | | | |  Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) | |  (LGPL) | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Proxy Voting: | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | N/A | |cease | | |to hold: | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A | |hold | | |voting rights: | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | | Notification using the total voting rights | |13. Additional information: | figure of  211,342,082 | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ |14. Contact name: | Paul Toon (LGIM) | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ |15. Contact telephone number:| 020 3124 3854 | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: The Weir Group PLC via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1575348]

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