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JD Wetherspoon plc

("the Company")

Deferred Bonus Scheme

The Company announces that it has today been informed that the trustee to the scheme purchased the following ordinary shares to satisfy awards to be made pursuant to the Company's Deferred Bonus Scheme to the under mentioned directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs) on Friday 27 September 2013 at a price of 738.2p:

2013 Scheme*

Directors

Number of shares purchased

John Hutson

32,334

Kirk Davis

15,928

Su Cacioppo

16,800

PDMRs


David Capstick

16,428

Martin Geoghegan

14,188

Paul Hine

8,586

Miles Slade

8,960

*Please note the directors and PDMRs chose to take their first award as a cash bonus rather than shares and the above relates to the second and third tranches of the scheme which will vest over the next 2 years.

2012 Scheme - 12 Month Vest

The following shares from the 2012 scheme vested on 24 September 2013 at a price of £7.375.


2012 Tranche 2 Vest

Directors

Shares  Vesting

No. sold

John Hutson

11,916

5,612

Kirk Davis

5,531

5,531

Su Cacioppo

6,192

6,192

PDMRs



David Capstick

6,054

6,054

Martin Geoghegan

5,229

5,229

Paul Hine

2,661

1,120

Miles Slade

2,531

2,531



Share Incentive Plan - Unapproved Vest

The Company was informed on 26 September 2013, that following the maturity of an unapproved SIP award on 23 September 2013, ordinary shares were sold on 23 September 2013 to cover either the cost of the tax and NI or sell the whole of the share vest on the unapproved shares for the directors and PDMRs listed below. The sale price for all shares was £7.394308 per share:

Shares Matured

No. of Shares Sold

Director

John Hutson

10,959

5,153

Kirk Davis

3,235

3,235

Su Cacioppo

4,838

4,838

PDMR

David Capstick

4,693

4,963

Martin Geoghegan

4,255

2,002

Paul Hine

1,442

608

Miles Slade

1,399

1,399

Following the above transactions, the directors and PDMR's now hold the following:

Director

Total Approved SIPS held in Trust (less than 3 years

Total Unapproved SIPS held in Trust

Total Deferred Bonus Scheme held in Trust

Shareholding including SIPS held in trust (over 3 years)

John Hutson

2,316

56,571

44,250

49,611

Kirk Davis

1,292

24,302

21,459

2,568

Su Cacioppo

1,904

27,593

22,992

51,082

PDMRs





David Capstick

2,506

26,900

22,482

41,711

Martin Geoghegan

2,535

23,732

19,417

20,605

Paul Hine

2,666

10,615

11,247

3,580

Miles Slade

2,134

10,179

11,621

1,337

30 September 2013

Enquiries

Sally Kenward, Tel.:  01923 477764

Assistant Company Secretary, JD Wetherspoon plc


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