Director/PDMR Shareholding

9 November 2016

The Weir Group PLC

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Persons Closely Associated with them

The Weir Group PLC (the "Company") hereby announces that it has received notification from the PDMRs listed below that they acquired ordinary shares of 12.5 pence each in the Company through the Company's Scrip Dividend Scheme at £15.758 per share. The shares were acquired on 4 November 2016.

This notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, further details below:

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/ person closely associated
a)	Name		Charles Berry Jon Stanton John Heasley Melanie Gee Paul Coppinger Ricardo Garib Andrew Neilson Pauline Lafferty Keith Cochrane Dean Jenkins
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment		Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		The Weir Group PLC
b)	LEI		549300KDR56WHY9I3D10
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 12.5p each fully paid GB0009465807
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares acquired under The Weir Group PLC Scrip Dividend Scheme.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	PDMR		Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Charles Berry		£15.758	20
		Jon Stanton		£15.758	47
		John Heasley		£15.758	31
		Melanie Gee		£15.758	24
		Paul Coppinger		£15.758	206
		Ricardo Garib		£15.758	1,164
		Andrew Neilson		£15.758	44
		Pauline Lafferty		£15.758	80
		Keith Cochrane		£15.758	2,998
		Dean Jenkins		£15.758	200
d)	Aggregated information  - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	4 November 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange Main Market (XLON)

For further information, please contact:

Christopher Morgan
Company Secretary
Telephone: [phone]

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Source: The Weir Group PLC via Globenewswire