Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
21 July 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 19th July 2005, BriTel Fund Trustees Limited - The Trustees of BT
Pension Scheme holds an interest in ordinary shares in the company. The shares
are registered as follows:

BriTel Fund Nominees Ltd.            394,411 shares                      0.226%
Chase Nominees Ltd.                  10,892,005 shares                   6.248%
Total Shares                         11,286,416 shares                   6.474%
Amount of Shares on Loan             822,590 shares                      0.472%
Total Holding                        10,463,826 shares                   6.002%


JD Wetherspoon plc was further notified by Hermes Focus Asset Management, as
general partners of various partnerships controls the following. The Shares are
registered as follows:

Chase Nominees Ltd.              9,329,473 shares                        5.351%
Total Holding                    9,329,473 shares                        5.351%


Hermes Focus Asset Management and Hermes SLP Limited are both subsidiaries of
Hermes Pensions Management Limited which is ultimately owned by BreTel Fund
Trustees Limited, a company controlled by the Trustees of the BT Pension Scheme.


This notifiable interest arises either as controller of Hermes Focus Asset
Management Ltd. and/or Hermes SLP Limited and/or as a partner in one or more of
the partnerships.






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