Result of AGM

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

1 May 2014

Voting Results

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 1 May 2014 at 2.30 pm.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.  Resolutions 1 to 17 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 being passed as special resolutions.

No.	Resolution	Votes for the resolution	%	Votes against the resolution	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC Voted	Votes withheld
1	To receive and adopt the report and financial statements for the 53 weeks ended 3 January 2014	146,760,125	99.98	35,866	0.02	146,795,991	68.83%	372,387
2	To declare a dividend	146,789,929	99.99	7,713	0.01	146,797,642	68.83%	370,736
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	146,473,090	99.84	227,564	0.16	146,700,654	68.79%	467,724
4	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	144,926,563	99.61	564,376	0.39	145,490,939	68.22%	1,676,889
5	To elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a director	146,644,637	99.91	127,948	0.09	146,772,585	68.82%	394,333
6	To re-elect Charles Berry as a director	140,872,984	97.35	3,830,997	2.65	144,703,981	67.85%	2,464,397
7	To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director	140,755,447	95.89	6,032,098	4.11	146,787,545	68.83%	380,823
8	To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a director	146,645,745	99.91	132,209	0.09	146,777,954	68.82%	384,424
9	To re-elect Melanie Gee as a director	146,535,781	99.84	236,906	0.16	146,772,687	68.82%	391,691
10	To re-elect Richard Menell as a director	146,648,139	99.91	135,137	0.09	146,783,276	68.83%	385,102
11	To re-elect John Mogford as a director	146,671,283	99.93	109,907	0.07	146,781,190	68.82%	387,188
12	To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director	145,838,132	99.36	941,555	0.64	146,779,687	68.82%	387,691
13	To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director	146,675,225	99.93	105,244	0.07	146,780,469	68.82%	381,434
14	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	140,508,729	96.16	5,615,200	3.84	146,123,929	68.52%	1,044,449
15	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	142,152,827	97.25	4,022,844	2.75	146,175,671	68.54%	992,707
16	To approve and adopt the rules of The Weir Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2014	143,560,160	98.15	2,701,797	1.85	146,261,957	68.58%	868,201
17	To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities	143,420,384	97.71	3,355,719	2.29	146,776,103	68.82%	392,275
18	To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares	145,996,057	99.48	767,076	0.52	146,763,133	68.82%	405,245
19	To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares	146,592,449	99.87	190,342	0.13	146,782,791	68.82%	381,587
20	To reduce the notice period for general meetings	125,252,445	85.33	21,536,053	14.67	146,788,498	68.83%	379,880
21	To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association of the Company	146,590,725	99.90	147,585	0.10	146,738,310	68.80%	428,955

1. Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. At close of business on 30 April 2014 there were 213,270,184 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). 

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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Source: The Weir Group PLC via Globenewswire

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