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The Weir Group PLC
LEI Number: 549300KDR56WHY9I3D10
3 November 2017
The Weir Group PLC Scrip Dividend Scheme - Additional Listing
The Weir Group PLC (the "Company") confirms the allotment and issue of 857,635 ordinary shares of 12.5 pence each in the Company (the New Shares), at a price of 1869.4p per New Share, to shareholders who are participants in the Company's Scrip Dividend Scheme (the Scrip Scheme) in respect of the interim dividend for the period ended 30 June 2017. The New Shares issued rank equally with existing issued ordinary shares in the Company.
Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for the New Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Shares to be admitted to trading. Dealings in the New Shares commenced today, 3 November 2017.
Details of the Scrip Scheme can be found in The Weir Group PLC Scrip Dividend Scheme Terms and Conditions which are available on the Company's website, www.global.weir.
In accordance with the FCA Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the DTR) we hereby notify that subsequent to this share issue the Company's capital consists of 224,691,028 ordinary shares in issue. The number of ordinary shares held in Treasury is 473,912.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 224,217,116.
The above figure, 224,217,116, may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the DTR.
Christopher Morgan
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 308 3771