Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
18 December 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  4,775,864 ordinary shares
in J D Wetherspoon plc which no longer represents a notifiable
interest.