Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
27 September 2000


              J D Wetherspoon plc (the 'Company')
                               
J D Wetherspoon plc has today been advised by Putnam
Investment Management, Inc. and The Putnam Advisory Company,
Inc., that their clients now hold a notifiable interest in
10,759,965 ordinary shares in J D Wetherspoon plc which
represents 5.127% of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital.