Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
23 May 2001









                   J D Wetherspoon plc ('J D Wetherspoon')





J D Wetherspoon plc was advised on 22 May 2001 that Standard Life Investments
purchased 265,028 shares on behalf of Standard Life Group, this increased the
total held as a material interest to 6,491,159 shares being 3.077% of the
issued stock of that class.