Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
15 November 2005


                               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 10 November 2005, 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      Trustees of BT Pension Scheme     4,247,548    0.182%
Ltd.

Subsidiary Holdings:
----------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd.       Hermes Assured Limited           23,658,059    1.012%

Indirect Holdings
-------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd        Hermes UK Focus Fund             32,947,915
Chase Nominees Ltd        The Second Hermes UK Focus       14,401,999
                          Fund
Chase Nominees Ltd        The Third Hermes UK Focus        22,591,839
                          Fund
Total Indirect Holdings                                    69,941,753    2.992%

Total Interest                                             97,847,360    4.186%

Stock on Loan                                               4,765,152    0.204%





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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