Holding(s) in Company

Financial Services Authority

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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |                               |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |        Weir Group Plc         |
|attached:                                     |                               |
|                                              |                               |
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|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):    |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          |  Yes   |
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|                                                                     |        |
|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which |        |
|may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which      |        |
|voting rights are attached.                                          |        |
|                                                                     |        |
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|                                                                     |        |
|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic      |        |
|effect to qualifying financial instruments                           |        |
|                                                                     |        |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                     |        |
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|                                                                     |        |
|Other (please specify):                                              |        |
|                                                                     |        |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |   Legal & General Group Plc (Group)   |
|the                                   |                                       |
|notification obligation:              | Legal & General Investment Management |
|                                      |            Limited (LGIM)             |
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|                                      |                                       |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)    |
|(if different from 3.):               |                                       |
|                                      |                                       |
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|                                      |                                       |
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |            03 January 2012            |
|reached:                              |                                       |
|                                      |                                       |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |            04 January 2012            |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|           Group (Below 5%)            |
|reached:                              |                                       |
|                                      |            LGIM (Below 5%)            |
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|8. Notified details:                                                          |
|                                                                              |
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|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   |                                                 |
+------------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------+

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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           |
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|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.  |               |
+--------------+------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+
|              |            |                     |            |               |
+--------------+------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+

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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
|Instruments                                                                   |
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|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  |
|             |          |           |           |           +--------+--------+
|             |          |           |           |           |        |        |
+-------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------+--------+

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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                 |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights             |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|                                   Below 5%                                   |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
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|                                                                              |
|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)                                      |
|                                                                              |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |             N/A             |
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|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:                                  |                             |
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|                             |   Notification using the total voting rights   |
|13. Additional information:  |             figure of  211,342,082             |
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|14. Contact name:            |                Paul Toon (LGIM)                |
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|15. Contact telephone number:|                 020 3124 3854                  |
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