Result of AGM

Weir Group PLC
09 May 2007


THE WEIR GROUP PLC

9 May 2007

Voting Results


The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 9 May
2007 at 11 am. All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.
Resolutions 1-10 being passed as ordinary resolutions with resolutions 11-14
being passed as special resolutions.

No. Resolution       No. of votes  Percentage No. of votes Percentage     No. of
                          for the    of votes  against the   of votes      votes
                       resolution    received   resolution   received   withheld
1   To receive and    127,887,063       99.88      151,750       0.12      5,057
    adopt the
    financial
    statements for
    the 52 weeks
    ended 29 December 
    2006, and the
    reports of the
    directors and
    auditors thereon

2   To declare a      128,043,449      100.00        1,200       0.00        300
    dividend

3   To approve the    123,292,482       96.44    4,547,716       3.56    204,749
    Remuneration
    Committee
    Report as set
    out in the
    annual report
    for the 52
    weeks ended 29
    December 2006

4   To elect Keith    127,809,540       99.84      204,001       0.16     28,908
    Cochrane as a
    director

5   To re-elect       127,811,700       99.84      207,008       0.16     26,162
    Sir Robert
    Smith as a
    director

6   To re-elect       127,835,602       99.86      184,226       0.14     21,668
    Alan
    Mitchelson as
    a director

7   To re-elect       127,058,516       99.69      394,815       0.31    592,618
    Prof. Ian
    Percy as a
    director

8   To re-appoint     127,861,463       99.88      150,742       0.12     29,291
    Ernst & Young
    LLP as
    auditors

9   To authorise      127,870,569       99.88      151,131       0.12     12,463
    the directors
    to fix the
    remuneration
    of the
    auditors

10  To renew the      127,893,324       99.91      118,700       0.09     33,925
    directors'
    general
    authority to
    allot relevant
    securities

11  To disapply,      127,803,193       99.88      147,481       0.12     95,275
    within certain
    limits, the
    statutory
    pre-emption
    rights arising
    on the
    allotment of
    shares

12  To renew the      127,900,666       99.92      103,275       0.08     40,929
    Company's
    power to
    purchase its
    own shares

13  To allow the      127,682,852       99.81      237,794       0.19    124,224
    Company to
    default to
    electronic
    communications
    and approve
    the subsequent
    amendment to
    the Articles
    of Association

14  To amend the      127,751,450      99.86      182,691       0.14    111,808
    Articles of
    Association


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

b) At close of business on 8 May 2007 there were 208,255,936 relevant
shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange