Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
11 October 2007


                                JD Wetherspoon plc

                                  ('the Company')


Deferred Bonus Scheme


The Company announces that it has today been informed that the trustee to the
scheme purchased the following ordinary shares under the Company's Deferred
Bonus Scheme on behalf of the under mentioned directors:

Director     Date of       Number of     Number of shares    Date of      Price
            purchase          shares    sold to cover tax       Sale      
                           purchased
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John Hutson 17/09/07           2,428                  996   17/09/07      £5.55
John Hutson 18/09/07           5,085                2,085   19/09/07      £5.57
Jim Clarke  18/09/07           3,453                1,416   19/09/07      £5.57


Share Incentive Plan

Following the maturity of a Share Incentive Plan on Monday 8th October 2007,
ordinary shares have been sold to cover  the cost of the tax on the unapproved
shares for the under mentioned directors:


Director           Date of           Shares          No. of       Sale 
                      Sale          Matured     Shares Sold      Price
                                               to cover tax
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John Hutson       10/10/07            8,906           3,657      £5.60
Jim Clarke        10/10/07            5,991           2,462      £5.60

Following this transaction, Mr Hutson now holds an interest of 109,548 ordinary
shares in the Company and Mr Clarke  holds 24,476.

11 October 2007



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