Pre Year-End Trading Update

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
15 July 2005

                                                                    15 July 2005


                               JD WETHERSPOON PLC

                                 Press Release

                          Pre Year-End Trading Update

Current trading

For the first 11 weeks (to 10 July 2005) of the final quarter, like-for-like
sales decreased by 0.4%, resulting in a year to date like-for-like sales
decrease of 0.5%. Like-for-like sales for the first 7 weeks of the final quarter
decreased by 1.8% (in line with the third quarter) but turned positive during
the following 3 weeks, when the comparison was with Euro 2004. Total company
sales increased by 2.6% to £172.8 million for the 11 weeks (to 10 July 2005) and
by 3.0% to £779.0 million in the year to date.

Property

We have opened a total of 13 pubs in the year to 24 July 2005. Progress
continues to be made on the pubs previously identified for disposal.

Non-smoking pubs

As at the 14 July 2005, we have a total of 25 non-smoking pubs. We intend to
convert approximately a further 30 pubs to non-smoking by this Christmas, as set
out in the attached list.

Outlook

The Board currently expects the result for the year to 24 July 2005 to be in
line with market expectations.

The company currently intends to announce its preliminary results on 2 September
2005.

Enquiries:



Jim Clarke            Finance Director       01923 477777
Eddie Gershon        Company Spokesman       0208 352 5012/
                                             07956392234

Visit our web site at www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk


NON-SMOKING PUBS

ALREADY OPEN

Ivy Wall, Spalding
Waterend Barn, St Albans
George's Meeting House, Exeter
The Draper's Arms, Peterborough
Abraham Derby, Birmingham
The Back of Beyond, Reading
The Old Manor, Bracknell
The Welkin, Liverpool
The King of Wessex, Bath
Wetherspoons, Metrocentre, Gateshead
The Pennsylvanian, Rickmansworth
Moon On The Square, Basildon
The Pommelers Rest, Tower Bridge
Dockle Farmhouse, Swindon
The Good Yarn, Uxbridge
The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon
The West Gate Inn, Canterbury
The Counting House, Glasgow
The Central Bar, Cardiff
The Swan, Weymouth
The Trawl Boat Inn, St. Anne's on Sea
Wetherspoons, Southport
The Commercial Rooms, Bristol
The Battesford Court, Witham
The Waterhouse, Manchester


NON-SMOKING PUBS

COMING SOON

The High Cross, Leicester
The Dolphin & Anchor, Chichester
The Lynd Cross, Horsham
The Miles Thompson, Kendal
The Packhorse Inn, Sleaford
The Brass Balance, Birkenhead
The Kings Fee, Hereford
The Bishop Vesey, Sutton Coldfield
Yr Hen Dderwen, Carmarthen
The Plimsoll Line, Redcar
The Cap in Hand, Surbiton
Wetherspoons, Livingston
The Whiffler, Norwich
Lloyds No. 1 Bar, Portsmouth
Wetherspoons, Eastbourne
The Royal Oak, Dorchester
The Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne
Wetherspoons, Sheffield
The Jack Phillips, Godalming
Jewel of the Severn, Bridgnorth
The Society Rooms, Macclesfield
The Three John Scotts, Kingston Upon Hull
The Golden Bee, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Briar Rose, Birmingham
The Railway, Putney
The Saxon Shore, Herne Bay
The Sovereign of the Seas, Petts Wood
Waggon and Horses, Alfreton
The Roebuck Inn, Nottingham
The Quay, Poole


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