Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
03 June 2005







                      J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')



J D Wetherspoon was today advised that as at 1 June 2005 Aviva plc and Morley
Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of Aviva plc) currently hold an interest
in 10,733,737 Ordinary shares in the Company, which represents 6.01% of the
issued ordinary share capital.



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