18th May 2005 17:01
Weir Group PLC18 May 2005 18 May 2005 The Weir Group PLC ----------------------------- Purchase of own shares ---------------------------- The Weir Group PLC ("Weir") announces that it has purchased the following numberof its ordinary shares of 12.5p each on the London Stock Exchange via UBSInvestment Bank. Date of purchase: 18.05.2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 87,630 Average price paid per share: 300.9727p Highest price paid: 301p Lowest price paid: 300.5p Weir intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Weir holds 1,477,630 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 205,918,930 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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