RNS Number : 1946H

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

15 May 2014



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:		J D 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:	08 May 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 10%

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        13,860,363 13,860,363 70,746 70,746 11,730,071 0.057%                         9.407%

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
CFD				53,073	0.043%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,853,890	9.507%

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	28,965
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	388,237
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	53,073
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	382,430
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	98,353
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	511,229
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	53,304
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	92,251
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	34,914
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	136,019
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	36,793
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	2,786,033
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	163,086
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	1,132,540
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	21,119
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	49,627
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	7,190
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	15,493
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	2,067
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	34,128
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	10,243
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	68,914
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	197,037
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	223,115
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	207,181
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	2,598,376
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	522,868
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	1,664,976
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	176,546
Threadneedle Specialist Funds ICVC	A/c 34204	157,783

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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