Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
19 October 2000


                      J D Wetherspoon plc
                               

J D Wetherspoon plc has today been advised that The Capital
Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, now holds
18,892,995 ordinary shares in the company, representing 9.00%
of its issued ordinary share capital.

The shares are held by:

Capital Guardian Trust Company             1,604,684     0.76%
Capital International Limited              4,199,274     2.00%
Capital International, Inc.                  184,102     0.09%
Capital Research and Management Company   12,904,935     6.15%