Result of AGM

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

1 May 2013

Voting Results

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 1 May 2013 at 2.30 pm.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.  Resolutions 1 to 15 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 being passed as special resolutions.

No.	Resolution	Votes for the resolution	%	Votes against the resolution	%	VOTES TOTAL	Votes withheld	% of ISC Voted
1	To approve and adopt the directors report and financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2012	136,225,375	99.91	125,712	0.09	136,351,087	63.99%	2,919,066
2	To declare a dividend	138,603,698	100.00	1,257	0.00	138,604,955	65.05%	668,656
3	To approve the remuneration report for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2012	133,236,019	96.81	4,389,417	3.19	137,625,436	64.59%	1,645,175
4	To elect Charles Berry as a director	132,737,700	97.04	4,053,369	2.96	136,791,069	64.20%	2,482,284
5	To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director	131,891,429	95.18	6,682,290	4.82	138,573,719	65.04%	688,985
6	To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a director	138,377,054	99.88	160,343	0.12	138,537,397	65.02%	735,957
7	To re-elect Melanie Gee as a director	138,318,937	99.49	704,695	0.51	139,023,632	65.25%	249,722
8	To re-elect Richard Menell as a director	138,384,794	99.86	190,840	0.14	138,575,634	65.04%	697,720
9	To re-elect John Mogford as a director	138,404,864	99.56	612,593	0.44	139,017,457	65.24%	255,897
10	To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director	137,909,584	99.21	1,094,927	0.79	139,004,511	65.24%	260,985
11	To re-elect Lord Smith as a director	133,593,372	96.92	4,244,869	3.08	137,838,241	64.69%	1,423,962
12	To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director	138,395,093	99.87	177,450	0.13	138,572,543	65.04%	700,811
13	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	132,844,834	97.44	3,495,700	2.56	136,340,534	63.99%	2,932,676
14	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	135,110,069	97.50	3,464,894	2.50	138,574,963	65.04%	687,741
15	To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities	130,575,731	94.25	7,970,167	5.75	138,545,898	65.02%	727,456
16	To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares	137,998,420	99.62	520,724	0.38	138,519,144	65.01%	754,210
17	To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares	138,345,883	99.83	232,411	0.17	138,578,294	65.04%	695,060
18	To reduce the notice period for general meetings	128,145,293	92.48	10,417,071	7.52	138,562,364	65.03%	699,204

1. Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. 

2. At close of business on 30 April 2013 there were 213,070,950 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).   

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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