RNS Number : 2424W

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

23 January 2013



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		JD Wetherspoon PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	22 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 January 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 11%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001638955             13,909,224                   13,909,224                  73,803                      73,803                     13,786,560                   0.059%               10.939%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,860,363	10.998%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA08	30,514
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	697,861
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	43,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	346,881
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	124,336
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	556,169
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	59,859
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	40,493
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	39,785
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	118,994
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	51,550
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	3,654,014
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	165,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	1,376,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	28,803
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	45,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	18,018
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	2,090
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	46,883
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	12,627
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	76,000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	237,102
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	232,384
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	250,078
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	3,445,145
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	524,201
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	1,399,671
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	237,905

14 Contact name:

Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group

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