Annual Financial Report
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The Weir Group PLC today published on the Company's website,
http://www.weir.co.uk/, its
Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 26 December 2008 and the
Notice of the 2009 Annual General Meeting.
A hard copy version of the Annual Report 2008 together with the
Notice of Annual General Meeting will be sent to those shareholders
who have elected to continue to receive paper communications.
Shareholders who have not elected to continue to receive paper
communications will be sent the Notice of the Annual General
Meeting and notice of availability of the Annual Report 2008 on the
Company's website.
The Notice of Annual General Meeting, together with the 2008
Annual Report and financial statements have been submitted to the
UK Listing Authority in compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, and
will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS
Tel: 0207 676 1000
The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at 11am on
Wednesday 13 May 2009 at the Burrell Collection, Pollok Park,
Glasgow.
In accordance with Rule 6.3.5 of the Disclosure and Transparency
Rules ("DTR"), we set out below a management report extracted from
the 2008 Annual Report in unedited full text. Accordingly,
the page numbers refer to those in the 2008 Annual Report.
This extract, taken with the condensed set of financial statements
included in the preliminary announcement issued on 10 March 2009,
are in compliance with DTR 6.3.5.
The 2008 Annual Report contains a responsibility statement,
which is repeated in the extract in compliance with DTR 4.1.12, and
was signed on behalf of the Board by Alan Mitchelson, Director and
Secretary.
Directors statement of responsibilities
Each of the directors, whose names are listed below, confirms to
the best of his knowledge that:
- the financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU and IFRS as issued by
IASB, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit or loss of the Group; and
- the Directors Report includes a fair review of the development
and performance of the business and the position of the Group,
together with a description of the principal risks and
uncertainties that it faces.
Mark Selway, Chief Executive
The Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman
Alan Mitchelson, Legal and Commercial Director & Company
Secretary
Keith Cochrane, Group Finance Director
Professor Ian Percy CBE, Deputy Chairman & Senior
Non-Executive Director
Stephen King, Chairman Audit Committee
Michael Dearden, Chairman Remuneration Committee
John Mogford, Non-Executive Director
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (George) KT, GCMG, HonFRSE, PC,
Non-Executive Director
For further information please contact:
Frances McCaw
Assistant Company Secretary
The Weir Group PLC
Clydesdale Bank Exchange
20 Waterloo Street
Glasgow G2 6DB
Tel: 0141 308 3737
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