Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
30 November 2000


              J D Wetherspoon plc (the 'Company')
                               
J D Wetherspoon plc has been advised on 10 November 2000 by
Putnam Investment Management, Inc. and The Putnam Advisory
Company, Inc., that their clients now hold a notifiable
interest in 7,358,264 ordinary shares in J D Wetherspoon plc
which represents 3.506% of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital.