Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
3 May 2001





                   J D Wetherspoon plc ('J D Wetherspoon')





J D Wetherspoon plc has today been advised by M&G Investment Management
Limited that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies now hold
9,714,220 ordinary shares in the company, which represents 4.61% of its issued
ordinary share capital.