Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4327N

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

28 September 2012

JD Wetherspoon plc

("the Company")

Deferred Bonus Scheme

The Company announces that it has been informed that the trustee to the scheme purchased the following ordinary shares to satisfy awards to be made pursuant to the Company's Deferred Bonus Scheme to the under mentioned directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs):

2011/12 Scheme

The following shares were purchased on 24 September 2012 at a price of £4.724. The shares will vest over a two year period*.

Directors	Number of shares purchased
John Hutson	23,831
Kirk Davis	11,063
Su Cacioppo	12,383
PDMRs
David Capstick	12,108
Martin Geoghegan	15,686
Paul Hine	5,321
Miles Slade	5,063

The following shares vested under the scheme:

2011/12

Initial Month Vest

Name

No. Vesting

No. sold to cover tax/ni

Extra shares sold

Sale Price on 24 September 2012

Martin Geoghegan

5,229

2,725

£4.74

*Please note the other directors and PDMRs chose to take their first award as a cash bonus rather than shares.

Share Incentive Plan

The Company was informed on 26 September 2012, that following the maturity of an unapproved SIP award on 24 September 2012, ordinary shares were sold on 24 September 2012 to cover either the cost of the tax and NI or sell the whole of the share vest on the unapproved shares for the directors and PDMRs listed below. The sale price for all shares was £4.74 per share:

	Shares Matured	No. of Shares Sold
Director
John Hutson	9,480	4,933
Kirk Davis	3,277	1,675
Su Cacioppo	4,185	4,185
PDMR
David Capstick	4,059	4,059
Martin Geoghegan	3,176	1,655
Paul Hine	1,248	654
Miles Slade	1,168	1,168

Following the above transactions, the directors and PDMR's now hold the following:

Director	Total Approved SIPS held in Trust	Total Unapproved SIPS held in Trust	Shareholding
John Hutson	8,200	57,276	43,103
Kirk Davis	2,005	21,058	3,256
Su Cacioppo	7,636	26,945	44,532
PDMRs
David Capstick	5,165	26,223	38,199
Martin Geoghegan	7,354	23,669	25,468
Paul Hine	4,879	8,604	808
Miles Slade	2,653	7,876	-