Wetherspoon (J.D) Regulatory News (JDW)

27 Jul 2005 10:49

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC27 July 2005 JD Wetherspoon plc ('the Company') Notification of Interest in Shares Under Section 198 Companies Act 1985 JD Wetherspoon plc was today notified by Hermes Administration Services Ltd.that, as at 26th July 2005, BriTel Fund Trustees Limited - The Trustees of BTPension Scheme holds an interest in ordinary shares in the company. The sharesare registered as follows: BriTel Fund Nominees Ltd. 394,411 shares 0.228%Chase Nominees Ltd. 10,892,005 shares 6.293%Total Shares 11,286,416 shares 6.521%Amount of Shares on Loan 1,447,590 shares 0.837%Total Holding 9,838,826 shares 5.684% JD Wetherspoon plc was further notified by Hermes Focus Asset Management, asgeneral partners of various partnerships controls the following. The Shares areregistered as follows: Chase Nominees Ltd. 9,329,473 shares 5.390%Total Holding 9,329,473 shares 5.390% Hermes Focus Asset Management and Hermes SLP Limited are both subsidiaries ofHermes Pensions Management Limited which is ultimately owned by BreTel FundTrustees Limited, a company controlled by the Trustees of the BT Pension Scheme. This notifiable interest arises either as controller of Hermes Focus AssetManagement Ltd. and/or Hermes SLP Limited and/or as a partner in one or more ofthe partnerships. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange