Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
27 September 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
14,183,991 ordinary shares in the company, representing 6.77%
of its issued ordinary share capital.

The shares are held by:

Capital Guardian Trust Company                  1,641,410     0.78%
Capital International Limited                   3,953,544     1.89%
Capital International, Inc.                       184,102     0.09%
Capital Research and Management Company         8,404,935     4.01%