15 May 2012 17:17
15th May 2012
JD Wetherspoon plc ("the Company")
Transaction in own shares
Pursuant to the authority given to the Company by shareholders, the Company announces that it has purchased ordinary shares of 2p each as follows:
Date of purchase: 15 May 2012
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 800,000
Highest and lowest price paid: 372p
The purchase represented an average price of 372.0 pence per share.
The purchased shares will be cancelled. Following this purchase, the total number of voting rights in JD Wetherspoon plc is 126,021,873.
Enquiries:
Sally Kenward, Tel.: 01923 477764
Asst. Company Secretary