Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0297W

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

23 January 2012

For immediate release

JD Wetherspoon plc ("the Company")

Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) or connected persons

JD Wetherspoon plc was notified on 23 January 2012 (that as part of the Company's partnership shares plan, whereby employees are able to purchase ordinary shares in the Company using deductions from monthly salary at the then prevailing market price), EES Corporate Trustees Limited acquired the following ordinary shares of the Company on behalf of directors and PDMRs at a price per ordinary share of 409.5 pence on 18 January 2012:

Name	Role	No. of ordinary shares purchased
John Hutson	Chief Executive Officer	31
Martin Geoghegan	Director of Operations	31
David Capstick	IT & Property Director	31
Rebecca Payton	Marketing & Catering Director	30
Su Cacioppo	Personnel & Legal Director	30
Paul Hine	Director of Purchasing & Logistics	30
Miles Slade	Deputy Operations Director	31