Result of AGM

Weir Group PLC
12 May 2005

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

                                                                     12 May 2005

Voting Results



The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 11 May
2005 at 12 noon.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.
Resolutions 1-9 being passed as ordinary resolutions with resolutions 10 and 11
being passed as special resolutions.


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

1    To receive and adopt the statement of   154,661,802       99.7            431,323            0.3             2,833
     accounts for the 53 weeks ended 31
     December 2004, and the reports of the
     directors and auditors thereon
2    To declare a dividend                   155,098,063      100.0               0               0.0               0
3    To approve the Remuneration Committee   149,485,728       96.4           2,406,009           1.6         3,204,102
     Report as set out in the annual
     report for the 53 weeks ended 31
     December 2004
4    To elect SA King as a director          154,879,537       99.8            202,244            0.1            14,058
5    To re-elect Professor JP Percy as a     154,791,305       99.8            283,081            0.2            23,677
     director
6    To re-elect MW Selway as a director     154,876,375       99.8            205,848            0.1            15,840
7    To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as      152,059,724       98.0           2,336,763           1.5            701,576
     auditors
8    To authorise the directors to fix the   153,066,202       98.7           2,016,921           1.3            12,716
     remuneration of the auditors
9    To renew the directors' general         153,230,061       98.8           1,832,618           1.2            35,384
     authority to allot relevant
     securities
10   To disapply, within certain limits,     154,931,776       99.9             98,003            0.1            66,060
     the statutory pre-emption rights
     arising on the allotment of shares
11   To renew the Company's power to         154,997,845       99.9             69,739            0.0            27,079
     purchase its own shares



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

b)       At close of business on 10 May 2005 there were 206,106,560 relevant
shares in issue.


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