Dividend Payment

WETHERSPOON (JD) PLC
10 September 1999


                      J D Wetherspoon plc
                        Final Dividend
                               

J D Wetherspoon plc advises that further to this mornings
announcement of their preliminary results for the year ended 1
August 1999, they will be paying a final dividend of 1.60p net
on 30 November 1999 to shareholders on the register on 24
September 1999.