Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
04 October 2004




                      J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')


J D Wetherspoon has today been advised that as at 1st October 2004 The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc. currently holds an interest in 10,793,850 Ordinary shares in
the Company, which represents 5.705% of the issued ordinary share capital.








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