Result of AGM

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

29 April 2015

Voting Results

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 29 April 2015 at 2.30 pm.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.  Resolutions 1 to 15 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 being passed as special resolutions.

No.	Resolution	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive and adopt the report and financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 2 January 2015	154,990,183	99.82	283,786	0.18	155,273,969	72.77%	286,023
2	To declare a dividend	153,914,221	99.83	269,188	0.17	154,183,409	72.26%	1,376,583
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	153,306,119	99.56	677,994	0.44	153,984,113	72.16%	1,575,878
4	To elect Sir Jim McDonald as a director	155,119,368	99.93	112,953	0.07	155,232,321	72.75%	327,149
5	To re-elect Charles Berry as a director	151,796,342	97.85	3,329,687	2.15	155,126,029	72.70%	433,962
6	To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director	145,043,364	93.44	10,188,494	6.56	155,231,858	72.75%	328,134
7	To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a director	154,980,660	99.84	247,501	0.16	155,228,161	72.75%	331,831
8	To re-elect Melanie Gee as a director	154,599,033	99.86	221,965	0.14	154,820,998	72.56%	737,428
9	To re-elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a director	155,086,658	99.91	139,453	0.09	155,226,111	72.75%	327,881
10	To re-elect Richard Menell as a director	154,952,421	99.83	271,171	0.17	155,223,592	72.74%	336,400
11	To re-elect John Mogford as a director	155,100,751	99.92	118,110	0.08	155,218,861	72.74%	341,131
12	To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director	154,016,588	99.23	1,198,574	0.77	155,215,162	72.74%	338,830
13	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	151,624,386	97.65	3,648,965	2.35	155,273,351	72.77%	286,640
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors	154,079,496	99.23	1,192,157	0.77	155,271,653	72.77%	288,338
15	To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities	149,355,760	96.21	5,889,380	3.79	155,245,140	72.75%	312,406
16	To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares	154,142,030	99.30	1,079,457	0.70	155,221,487	72.74%	330,505
17	To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares	155,078,863	99.88	186,538	0.12	155,265,401	72.76%	294,591
18	To reduce the notice period for general meetings	131,813,022	84.90	23,450,050	15.10	155,263,072	72.76%	296,919

1. Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. At close of business on 28 April 2015 there were 213,381,020 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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