Holding(s) in Company

Weir Group PLC
06 December 2006


                               The Weir Group PLC

                                                                 6 December 2006



The Weir Group PLC (the 'Company') received notice from Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings Limited on 6 December 2006 that, for the purposes of Section
198 of the Companies Act 1985, Ameriprise Financial, Inc and its group has
ceased to have a notifiable interest in the Ordinary shares of the Company.








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