Result of AGM

Weir Group PLC
10 May 2006


THE WEIR GROUP PLC

                                                                   
Voting Results                                                       10 May 2006


The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 10 May
2006 at 12 noon. All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.
Resolutions 1-10 being passed as ordinary resolutions with resolutions 11-13
being passed as special resolutions.

 No.   Resolution    No of votes   Percentage   No of    Percentage No of votes
                       for the      of votes    votes     of votes    withheld
                      resolution    received   against    received
                                                 the
                                              resolution

  1   To receive     143,313,107      99.90    138,847       0.10       52,489
      and adopt the
      financial
      statements
      for the 52
      weeks ended
      30 December
      2005, and the
      reports of
      the directors
      and auditors
      thereon

  2   To declare a   143,465,086     100.00          0       0.00       51,827
      dividend

  3   To approve     142,868,299      99.69    448,075       0.31      200,539
      the
      Remuneration
      Committee
      Report as set
      out in the
      annual report
      for the 52
      weeks ended
      30 December
      2005

  4   To re-elect    143,318,530      99.92    119,681       0.08       70,233
      Christopher
      Clarke as a
      director


  5   To re-elect    143,325,159      99.91    123,415       0.09       68,339
      Michael
      Dearden as a
      director


  6   To re-elect    143,233,062      99.87    180,915       0.13       82,236
      Lord
      Robertson as
      a director


  7   To re-elect    143,146,505      99.80    293,358       0.20       77,030
      Prof. Ian
      Percy as a
      director


  8   To re-appoint  141,902,504      99.60    562,861       0.40    1,051,548
      Ernst & Young
      LLP as
      auditors


  9   To authorise   143,101,176      99.77    332,479       0.23       82,238
      the directors
      to fix the
      remuneration
      of the
      auditors


 10   To renew the   140,529,101      99.96     61,581       0.04    2,926,211
      directors'
      general
      authority to
      allot
      relevant
      securities


 11   To disapply,   140,452,706      99.93     95,949       0.07    2,968,238
      within
      certain
      limits, the
      statutory
      pre-emption
      rights
      arising on
      the allotment
      of shares


 12   To renew the   140,493,957      99.93     92,206       0.07    2,930,730
      Company's
      power to
      purchase its
      own shares


 13   To amend the   140,463,130      99.93     94,457       0.07    2,959,306
      Articles of
      Association


  a)  Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been
      included in the 'for' total.

  b)  At close of business on 9 May 2006 there were 206,825,637 relevant
      shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).





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