Weir Group PLC Holding(s) In Company
December 02 2016 - 4:38AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWEIR
For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: (ii) The Weir Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
instruments which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of
the accounts listed in Exhibit B
Teachers Advisors, LLC. on behalf of the funds
listed in Exhibit C
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Nuveen Investments, Inc. on behalf of the equities
notification obligation: (iii) referred to in Exhibit A
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):(iv) See Number 3
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: (v) 30 November 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 01 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: (vi, vii) 3%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
Class/type of
shares Situation previous
if possible using to the triggering
the ISIN CODE transaction Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
Number of
of Voting Number of Number of voting
Shares Rights shares rights % of voting rights (x)
Direct Direct (xi) Indirect (xii) Direct Indirect
GB0009465807 6,644,753 6,644,753 5,677,476 5,677,476 0 2.607% 0%
US94876Q2057
(ADRs in relation to Ordinary Shares with ISIN GB0009465807) 2,609 1,304.5 2,577 1,288.5 0 .001% 0%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ instrument is % of voting
instrument date (xiii) Conversion Period (xiv) exercised/ converted. rights
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/
instrument price date (xvii) Conversion period (xviii) Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights (xix, xx)
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Nominal Delta
N/A N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
5,678,764.5 2.608%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which
the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
(xxi)
The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby
informs you that on November 30, 2016 CREF bought
2,580 shares of The Weir Group Plc bringing its share
ownership to 1,911,135. CREF owns these shares through
two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities
Account and CREF Stock Account. It is our understanding
the total voting shares outstanding of The Weir Group
Plc is 217,738,348 bringing CREF's ownership in The
Weir Group Plc to a 0.878% level.
Additionally, affiliates of CREF on November 30, 2016
sold 969,857 shares of The Weir Group Plc. These shares
are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds") and the
TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds"), each of which
is a U.S.-based SEC registered investment company
that is managed by Teachers Advisors, LLC. ("TAI"),
an SEC registered investment adviser. TAI is affiliated
with TCIM and both are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries
of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
("TIAA"), a New York insurance company. In addition,
Nuveen Investments, Inc. ("NII") sold 32 ADR's on
November 30, 2016 bringing the total ADR's owned to
2,577 correlating to 1,288.5 ordinary shares in The
Weir Group Plc (We note that one ADR equals .5 ordinary
shares). The combined TIAA-Nuveen enterprise now has
aggregated holdings of 5,678,764.5 shares or 2.608%
of the issued and outstanding voting shares in The
Weir Group Plc.
Each of TCIM, TAI and NII are aggregating their holdings
in The Weir Group Plc as required by current FCA Disclosure
and Transparency Rules. However, each of TCIM, TAI
and NII separately and independently vote all proxies
for shares held in The Weir Group Plc.
(See Exhibit A)
Proxy Voting:
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors,
10. Name of the proxy holder: LLC. / Nuveen Investments, Inc.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights: N/A
13. Additional information: None
14. Contact name: Stuart R. Brunet
15. Contact telephone number: +1-415-882-3711
EXHIBIT A.
TIAA-CREF
Summary of Holdings of Weir Group Plc/The
Between November 29, 2016 - November 30, 2016
TIAA-CREF
Investment
Management LLC Teachers Advisors, Aggregate
("CREF") LLC. Holding
TIAA-
CREF TIAA-
Life CREF
TIAA- Inter- Intl Total Total
Global Total Total CREF Inter- national Equity Mutual Mutual
Equities Stock CREF CREF national Equity Equity Index Funds Funds Total Total
Account Account Holdings % Fund Fund Fund Holdings % Holdings %
Holdings
as of
November 29,
2016 14,586 1,893,969 1,908,555 0.877% 4,505,029 94,195 136,974 4,736,198 2.175% 6,644,753 3.052%
Transactions
as of
November 30,
2016 - 2,580 2,580 0.001% (956,320) (15,798) 2,261 (969,857) -0.445% (967,277) -0.444%
Holdings
as of
November 30,
2016 14,586 1,896,549 1,911,135 0.878% 3,548,709 78,397 139,235 3,766,341 1.730% 5,677,476 2.607%
Total Voting
Shares
Outstanding 217,738,348
ADR Nuveen Investments, Inc (NII)
Nuveen Total Total
Investments, Total Converted Nuveen Combined Combined
Inc Nuveen 1 ADR=.5 ORD % Holdings Percentage
Holdings
as of November 29,
2016 2,609 2,609 1,304.5 0.001% 6,646,057.5 3.052%
Transactions
as of
November 30,
2016 -32 16.0
Holdings
as of
November 30,
2016 2,577 2,577 1,288.5 0.001% 5,678,764.5 2.608%
Total Total
Combined Percentage
5,678,764.5 2.608%
Exhibit B.
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC
College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") *
-- CREF Stock Account
-- CREF Global Equities Account
* Registered Investment Company
Exhibit C.
Teachers Advisors, LLC.
TIAA-CREF Funds *
-- International Equity Fund
-- International Equity Index Fund
TIAA-CREF Life Funds *
-- Life International Equity Fund
* Registered Investment Company
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information
contained therein.
Source: The Weir Group PLC via Globenewswire
http://www.weir.co.uk/
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