Result of AGM

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

9 May 2012

Voting Results

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 9 May 2012 at 2.30 pm.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.  Resolutions 1 to 14 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 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 30 December 2011	139,362,296	99.92	115,290	0.08	139,477,586	111,163	65.64%
2	To declare a dividend	139,474,535	100.00	4,150	0.00	139,478,685	110,653	65.64%
3	To approve the remuneration report for the 52 weeks ended 30 December 2011	129,832,914	96.23	5,090,099	3.77	134,923,013	4,662,216	63.49%
4	To elect Alan Ferguson as a director	139,138,759	99.77	324,624	0.23	139,463,383	125,848	65.63%
5	To elect Melanie Gee as a director	139,073,164	96.74	366,165	0.26	139,439,329	127,109	65.62%
6	To re-elect Lord Smith as a director	131,773,285	95.93	5,588,933	4.07	137,362,218	2,211,219	64.64%
7	To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director	132,558,900	95.05	6,906,394	4.95	139,465,294	118,144	65.63%
8	To re-elect Richard Menell as a director	139,115,024	99.75	344,036	0.25	139,459,060	124,271	65.63%
9	To re-elect John Mogford as a director	139,113,176	99.75	353,180	0.25	139,466,356	119,557	65.63%
10	To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director	136,759,742	99.56	604,563	0.44	137,364,305	2,225,132	64.64%
11	To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director	139,048,579	99.70	421,624	0.30	139,470,203	119,235	65.63%
12	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	132,215,474	94.81	7,234,942	5.19	139,450,416	120,772	65.62%
13	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	132,335,157	94.89	7,127,532	5.11	139,462,682	120,749	65.63%
14	To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities	118,473,374	86.18	18,997,709	13.82	137,471,083	2,111,355	64.69%
15	To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares	137,144,338	99.89	149,873	0.11	137,294,211	2,278,177	64.61%
16	To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares	136,977,673	99.72	382,042	0.28	137,359,715	2,222,722	64.64%
17	To reduce the notice period for general meetings	129,987,743	93.21	9,471,697	6.79	139,459,440	128,998	65.63%

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

2. At close of business on 8 May 2012 there were 212,503,081 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).   

A copy of the Resolutions passed has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

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