Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4324A

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

20 March 2013

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 19 March 2013 (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 508.0 pence on 18 March 2013:

Name	Role	No. of ordinary shares purchased
John Hutson	Chief Executive Officer	25
Martin Geoghegan	Operations Director	25
David Capstick	IT & Property Director	25
Su Cacioppo	Personnel & Legal Director	24
Paul Hine	Director of Purchasing & Logistics	25
Miles Slade	Deputy Operations Director	24