Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
17 August 2006


                               JD Wetherspoon plc

                                ('the Company')


    Notification of Interest in Shares Under Section 198  Companies Act 1985


JD Wetherspoon plc was today notified by Hermes Administration Services Ltd.
that, as at 15 August 2006, BriTel Fund Trustees Limited for Trustees of BT
Pension Scheme holds a material interest in ordinary shares in the company. The
shares are registered as follows:

Direct Holdings             Held on behalf of               Shares
-----------------           -------------------             --------
BriTel Fund Nominees Ltd.   Trustees of BT Pension Scheme    302,197    0.197%


Subsidiary Holdings:
----------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd.         Hermes Assured Limited         1,324,543    0.864%

Indirect Holdings
-------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd          Hermes UK Focus Fund           4,650,352
Chase Nominees Ltd          The Second Hermes UK Focus     1,712,048
                            Fund
Chase Nominees Ltd          The Third Hermes UK Focus      2,702,924
                            Fund
Total Indirect Holdings                                    9,065,324    5.914%

Total Interest                                            10,692,064    6.975%

Stock on Loan                                                900,689    0.588%


The Trustees of the BT Pension Scheme control Britel Fund Trustees Limited which
is owner of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. Hermes Focus Asset Management,
Hermes Investment Management Limited, Hermes Assured Limited and Hermes SLP
Limited are all subsidiaries of Hermes Pensions Management Limited.







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