RNS Number : 6340R

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

30 June 2015



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:	25th June 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29th June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 12%

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        13,705,421 13,705,421 86,721 86,721 14,395,613 0.071%                         11.863%

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				84,422	0.070%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,566,756	12.004%

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

Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA08	33,304
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	351,970
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 75102	223,921
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	84,422
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 847452	28,164
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	254,029
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	94,833
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	482,936
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	53,654
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	87,903
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	34,766
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	114,454
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c 2GQ6	2,599,092
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	35,299
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA03	2,716,050
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA05	194,144
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA07	1,008,579
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	25,560
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	61,161
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	6,760
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA09	15,431
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	1,980
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA12	49,423
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA14	15,394
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c 34789	114,456
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	230,452
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	252,073
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	198,918
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	2,745,658
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	497,689
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	1,575,570
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	256,856
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10489	121,855

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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