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18 May 2012
JD Wetherspoon plc
("the Company")
Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares by a Director/PDMR
The Company was informed on 17 May 2012 that Tim Martin, Chairman of JD Wetherspoon plc purchased 657,000 of the company's ordinary shares at a price of 377.4377p per share. Following this transaction, the number of shares held by Tim Martin and his connected parties is 33,472,473 ordinary shares in the Company which represents 26.56% of voting rights.
The Company was also informed yesterday that Mark Reckitt, a non-executive director of JD Wetherspoon plc purchased 2,000 of the company's ordinary shares at a price of 378.845p per share. Mr Reckitt's resultant holding is now 2,000 ordinary shares.
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JD Wetherspoon plc
Sally Kenward, Asst. Company Secretary, Tel.: 01923 477764