Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
14 July 2004




                      J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')



J D Wetherspoon has today been advised that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
currently holds an interest in 13,780,678 Ordinary shares in the Company, which
represents 7.13% of the issued ordinary share capital.













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