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Weir Group PLC 08 March 2006 THE WEIR GROUP PLC 8 March 2006 Fidelity International Limited ('FIL') and FMR Corp notified The Weir Group PLC ('the Company') on 8 March 2006 that their material interest totalled on 6 March 2006 a holding of 13,826,992 ordinary shares in the Company representing 6.74% of the Company's issued share capital as detailed in the table below, and that such notification also comprised the interest of Edward C. Johnson III as a principal shareholder of FIL and FMR Corp. The notification of change is due to the sale of 2,226,758 ordinary shares. Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 205,207,119 ordinary shares of GBP0.125. Holding Management Company Nominee/Registered Name 2,567,613 FPM Northern Trust London 1,779,597 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co London 1,114,579 FPM Bank of New York Brussels 1,037,900 FPM JP Morgan Bournemouth 437,041 FPM Mellon Bank 56,100 FPM Clydesdale Bank PLC 52,700 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 40,600 FMTC JP Morgan Chase Bank 30,000 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust Co 700,000 FMRCO Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 3,296,262 FISL JP Morgan Bournemouth 918,300 FIL JP Morgan Bournemouth 105,400 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 59,700 FIL National ASTL BK Melbourne 4,100 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX 1,627,100 FII Bank of New York Europe London 13,826,992 TOTAL This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange LVLFBQXBEBBL

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