Purchase of Own Securities

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
16 May 2003



                               JD Wetherspoon plc





JD Wetherspoon plc ('the Company') today announces that it acquired 1,000,000
shares of the Company on 15 May 2003 at an average price of 235 pence per share
through Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein for cancellation representing a reduction
of approximately 0.5% of its issued share capital.



The Company has authority from its last AGM to purchase up to 10% of its shares
via on-market purchases from time to time.  The Company intends to use this
authority as it sees fit whilst seeking to maintain an appropriate capital
structure.



The Company announced its third quarter sales update on 2 May 2003.  The full
year results are expected to be released in the first week of September.





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