Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

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
attached:
Weir Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rightsYes
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 the
notification obligation:
Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
01 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:03 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
Group (Above 5%)

LGIM (Above 5%)

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of  voting rights
DirectIndirectDirectIndirect
Ordinary 12.5p Below 5%

As of 04/01/2012
 10,646,643  8,883,071  1,763,572 4.20%0.83%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date
Exercise/
Conversion Period
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise priceExpiration date Exercise/
Conversion period
Number of voting rights instrument refers to% of voting rights
NominalDelta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rightsPercentage of voting rights
 10,646,643 5.03%

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) ( 10,646,643 -5.03% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  ( 10,646,643 -5.03% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 10,646,643 -5.03% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 8,883,071 -4.20% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (PMC)  Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited  (PMC) (PMC)  Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)  
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
N/A

13. Additional information:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of  211,342,082
14. Contact name:Paul Toon (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:020 3124 3854



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