Holding(s) in Company

Weir Group PLC
17 December 2004


                               THE WEIR GROUP PLC
                                                                17 December 2004

Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda ('Fidelity') and FMR Corp notified The
Weir Group PLC ('the Company') on 17 December 2004 that their material interest
now totalled a holding of 22,725,038 ordinary shares in the Company representing
11.11% 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 a purchase of 1,277,183 ordinary shares.

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 204,550,166
ordinary shares of GBP0.125.

   Holding             Management Company             Nominee/Registered Name

 2,560,700       Fidelity International Limited       Bank of New York Europe
                                                      London Total

     4,100       Fidelity International Limited       Brown Brothers Harriman
                                                      Ltd LUX Total

 9,779,824    Fidelity Investment Services Limited    JP Morgan Bournemouth
                                                      Total

 1,469,555   Fidelity Management & Research Company   Brown Brothers Harriman
                                                      and Co Total

    20,000   Fidelity Management & Research Company   Citibank NA Total

    28,400     Fidelity Management Trust Company      Brown Brothers Harriman
                                                      and Co Total

    10,215     Fidelity Management Trust Company      Mellon Bank N.A. Total

    48,400     Fidelity Management Trust Company      State Street Bank & Trust
                                                      Co Total

   177,900        Fidelity Pension Management         Citibank London Total

 2,269,079        Fidelity Pension Management         Bank of New York Brussels
                                                      Total

   110,500        Fidelity Pension Management         Bank of New York Europe
                                                      London Total

 3,093,900        Fidelity Pension Management         Northern Trust London
                                                      Total

 1,455,865        Fidelity Pension Management         State Street Bank & Trust
                                                      Co London Total

   148,600        Fidelity Pension Management         Clydesdale Bank PLC
                                                      Total

   525,500        Fidelity Pension Management         Mellon Bank Total

 1,022,500        Fidelity Pension Management         JP Morgan Bournemouth
                                                      Total

22,725,038                                            TOTAL


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