Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
05 April 2007


                             JD Wetherspoon plc

                              ('the Company')


Mr John Hutson, Chief Executive Officer, of JD Wetherspoon plc, today exercised 
10,000 options to subscribe to ordinary 2p shares, the exercise consisted of 
10,000 options at 237.1p.

Mr Hutson immediately sold 10,000 of the company's ordinary shares at a price 
of 741.5p per share.

Mr Hutson's interest remains at 94,871 ordinary shares in the Company.

5th April 2007


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