Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
24 May 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 22 May 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         307,717   0.192%


Subsidiary Holdings:
----------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd.       Hermes Assured Limited              1,324,543   0.827%


Indirect Holdings
-------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd        Hermes UK Focus Fund                5,967,489
Chase Nominees Ltd        The Second Hermes UK Focus Fund     2,211,635
Chase Nominees Ltd        The Third Hermes UK Focus Fund      3,501,940
                          
Total Indirect Holdings                                      11,681,064   7.297%

Total Interest                                               13,313,324   8.317%

Stock on Loan                                                   578,172   0.361%



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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