Director Shareholding

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
17 May 2001



                   J D Wetherspoon plc ('J D Wetherspoon')

The company advises that the following Directors' shareholdings have increased
as shown below as a result of their acceptance of the Scrip Dividend
Alternative payable on 17 May 2001.



Name            Record Date Holding      Scrip                        New Total
                        at 30/03/01
                                    Allocation

Mrs Suzanne                  30,407         84                           24,491
Baker
                                                (Following sale of 6,000 shares
                                                               on 3 April 2001)
Mr Jim Clarke                 7,106         19                            7,125
Mr John                     133,435        369                          133,804
Hutson
Mr Brian Roy                 29,839         82                           29,921
Jervis