Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
11 January 2001


            J D Wetherspoon plc ('J D Wetherspoon')
                               
J D Wetherspoon plc has today been advised that CGNU plc and
its subsidiaries hold a notifiable interest in 14,727,371
ordinary shares in the Company representing 7.00% of J D
Wetherspoon's issued ordinary share capital.

The shares are held as follows:

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd               3,261,380
Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd                  7,330,238
Chase GA Pension Nominees Ltd                  586,828
Chase Nominees Ltd                               8,700
CUIM Nominee Ltd                             3,531,925
State Street Bank Nominees Ltd                   8,300