Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company
For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
Weir Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
1st October 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:8th October 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
Holding has gone below 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of  voting rights x
DirectDirect xiIndirect xiiDirectIndirect
GB000946580710,641,93910,641,939N/AN/AN/AN/ABelow 5%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise priceExpiration date xviiExercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to% of voting rights xix, xx
NominalDelta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rightsPercentage of voting rights
N/ABelow 5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - N/A (Below 5%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:
BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:Andrew Manchester
15. Contact telephone number:020 7743 5773

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal entities)
BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address
(registered office for legal entities)
12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL
Phone number & email020 7743 5773; andrew.manchester@blackrock.com
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)
Andrew Manchester
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.



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