Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
31 January 2006


                               JD Wetherspoon plc

                                ('the Company')           


    Notification of Interest in Shares Under Section 198  Companies Act 1985


JD Wetherspoon plc was today notified by Hermes Administration Services Ltd.
that, as at 20 January 2006, BriTel Fund Trustees Limited for Trustees of BT
Pension Scheme holds a material interest in ordinary shares in the company. The
shares are registered as follows:

Direct Holdings           Held on behalf of               Shares
-----------------         -------------------             --------
BriTel Fund Nominees      Trustees of BT Pension Scheme       307,717    0.185%
Ltd.

Subsidiary Holdings:
----------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd.       Hermes Assured Limited            1,408,654    0.848%

Indirect Holdings
-------------------
Chase Nominees Ltd        Hermes UK Focus Fund              5,967,489
Chase Nominees Ltd        The Second Hermes UK Focus        2,211,635
                          Fund
Chase Nominees Ltd        The Third Hermes UK Focus         3,501,940
                          Fund
Total Indirect Holdings                                    11,681,064    7.028%

Total Interest                                             13,397,435    8.061%

Stock on Loan                                                 716,413    0.431%



The Trustees of the BT Pension Scheme control Britel Fund Trustees Limited which
is owner of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. Hermes Focus Asset Management,
Hermes Investment Management Limited, Hermes Assured Limited and Hermes SLP
Limited are all subsidiaries of Hermes Pensions Management Limited.







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