Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4006E

Weir Group PLC

26 September 2008

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting
    rights are attached:

    The Weir Group PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No)

Other (please specify): (No)

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

  AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if 
    different):

   24 September 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26 September 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

  5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

INDIRECT

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
GB0009465807	10,518,094	10,518,094

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0009465807	578,274	578,274	9,829,574	0.28	4.68

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
10,407,848	4.95%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 

Name of Company / Fund	Number of shares	% of issues share capital
AXA  Direct	434,400	0.20670
AXA Winterthur Direct	108,824	0.05178154
AXA IM UK Direct	35,050	0.01668
AXA France Indirect	1,325,000	0.63047
AXA Framlington Indirect	8,504,574	4.04672
Total Direct	578,274	0.27516
Total Indirect	9,829,574	4.67719
TOTAL	10,407,848	4.95235

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

  N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

  N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

  N/A

13. Additional information:

  AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM S.A. which is in turn indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.

14. Contact name:

   Kyere Tabiri

15. Contact telephone number:

  0207 003 1510

 

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