J D Wetherspoon plcLSE: JDW

J D Wetherspoon: Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Summary by 6ix AI

On October 21, 2026, J D Wetherspoon plc granted awards over its shares to three employee directors and seven other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (senior managers) under its unapproved Share Incentive Plan, an employee share scheme.

Key details

  • Employee Directors Hudson Simmons (award over 213 shares) and Debbie Whittingham (633 shares), and Associate Employee Director Will Fotheringham (844 shares).
  • Martin Geoghegan, Operations Director, was granted an award over 3,556 shares; David Capstick, IT Director, an award over 4,525 shares; and Nigel Connor, Company Secretary & Legal Director, an award over 2,080 shares.
  • Michael Barron, Commercial Director, was granted an award over 2,159 shares; Tom Ball, People Director, an award over 2,099 shares; Paul Brimmer, Purchasing Director, an award over 1,904 shares; and Jonathan Yates, Marketing Director, an award over 1,669 shares.
  • The awards are over ordinary shares of 2 pence each and were granted at a nil price. At vesting, each participant can choose to receive the shares or a cash amount equal to their value, in both cases less deductions for tax and National Insurance.

What’s still pending

  • The awards vest on August 14, 2029, subject to each participant's continued employment.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

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Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
22 October 2026
 


J D Wetherspoon plc

("the Company")

TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Share Incentive Plan – Unapproved Award

The Company announces that the following awards over shares in the Company were granted to directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) of the Company under the Company's unapproved Share Incentive Plan (SIP) on 21st October 2026. The awards shall vest 14th August 2029, subject to the participant's continued employment, at which time the participant can elect to receive the shares under awards (less any deductions for tax and National Insurance) or a cash amount equal to the value of the shares ( less any deductions for tax and National Insurance).

Unapproved SIP

Shares subject to award

Employee Directors

Hudson Simmons

213

Debbie Whittingham

633

Will Fotheringham

844

PDMR

Martin Geoghegan

3,556

David Capstick

4,525

Nigel Connor

2,080

Michael Barron

2,159

Tom Ball

2,099

Paul Brimmer

1,904

Jonathan Yates

1,669

22nd October 2026

Enquiries

JD Wetherspoon plc

Tel.: 01923 477777

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Hudson Simmons

b)

Position/status

 Employee Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

213 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Debbie Whittingham

b)

Position/status

 Employee Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

633 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

 21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Will Fotheringham

b)

Position/status

 Associate Employee Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

844 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Martin Geoghegan

b)

Position/status

 Operations Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

3,556 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

 21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 David Capstick

b)

Position/status

 IT Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

4,525 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Nigel Connor

b)

Position/status

 Company Secretary & Legal Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

2,080 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Michael Barron

b)

Position/status

 Commercial Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

2,159 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Tom Ball

b)

Position/status

 People Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

2,099 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Paul Brimmer

b)

Position/status

 Purchasing Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

1,904 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

 Jonathan Yates

b)

Position/status

 Marketing Director

c)

Initial notification/

amendment

 Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

 J D Wetherspoon plc

b)

LEI

213800CHWARFAAN7UB85

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transaction(s) has been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

 Ordinary shares of 2 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”)

 ISIN: GB0001638955

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of an award of shares under the J D Wetherspoon plc unapproved SIP scheme

c)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

nil

1,669 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

n/a (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

21st October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London

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