Weir Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1139E)

TIDMWEIR

RNS Number : 1139E

Weir Group PLC

03 May 2017

3 May 2017

The Weir Group PLC

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Persons Closely Associated with them

The Weir Group PLC (the "Company") hereby announces that on 13 March 2017 Jon Stanton, PDMR, transferred 12,142 ordinary shares of 12.5p each in the Company from an Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Ltd account held in the name of his wife Rachel Stanton, to an Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Ltd account held in his own name. The shares were transferred as a gift at nil consideration.

This notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, further details below:

 
 1.              Details of the person discharging managerial 
                  responsibilities/ person closely associated 
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 a)    Name                                        Jon Stanton 
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 2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                      Chief Executive Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification/                  Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
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 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
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 a)    Name                                    The Weir Group PLC 
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 b)    LEI                                    549300KDR56WHY9I3D10 
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 4.    Details of the transaction(s): section to 
        be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
        (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
        date; (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
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 a)    Description                     Ordinary shares of 12.5p each 
        of the financial                fully paid 
        instrument,                     GB0009465807 
        type of instrument 
        Identification 
        code 
----  ------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of                       Acquisition of 12,142 ordinary 
        the transaction                 shares of 12.5p from spouse. 
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  c)   Price(s) and                     Price(s)    Volume(s) 
        volume(s)                       ----------  ---------- 
                                         GBP0        12,142 
                                        ----------  ---------- 
----  ------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 d)         Aggregated                 N/A 
             information 
              *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
              *    Price 
----  ------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the                     13 March 2017 
        transaction 
----  ------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the                    Outside a trading venue 
        transaction 
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 1.                Details of the person discharging managerial 
                    responsibilities/ person closely associated 
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 a)    Name                                        Rachel Stanton 
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 2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                   PCA of Jon Stanton Chief Executive 
                                                       Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification/                    Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
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 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                      The Weir Group PLC 
----  --------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                                      549300KDR56WHY9I3D10 
----  --------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 4.    Details of the transaction(s): section to 
        be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
        (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
        date; (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description                     Ordinary shares of 12.5p each 
        of the financial                fully paid 
        instrument,                     GB0009465807 
        type of instrument 
        Identification 
        code 
----  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of                       Transfer of 12,142 ordinary shares 
        the transaction                 of 12.5p to spouse. 
----  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
  c)   Price(s) and                     Price(s)    Volume(s) 
        volume(s)                       ----------  ---------- 
                                         GBP0        12,142 
                                        ----------  ---------- 
----  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 d)         Aggregated                 N/A 
             information 
              *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
              *    Price 
----  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the                     13 March 2017 
        transaction 
----  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the                    Outside a trading venue 
        transaction 
----  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 

For further information, please contact:

Christopher Morgan

Company Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

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