Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
29 December 2005







                      J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')



J D Wetherspoon was advised on 28 December 2005 that Legal and General Group plc
and/or its subsidiaries currently hold a notifiable interest in 6,582,981
Ordinary shares in the Company, which represents 3.92% of its issued ordinary
share capital.















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