Additional Listing

Brown (N.) Group PLC
14 December 2001


                              N BROWN GROUP  PLC


Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange and the UK Listing
Authority for a Blocklisting of 1,000,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each of N
Brown Group PLC to be admitted to the Official List.  The shares will be
listed in connection with the company's share option and incentive schemes.

The shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued
ordinary share capital of the company.

Copies of this announcement will be available for fourteen days following the
date of this announcement from the offices of Credit Suisse First Boston de
Zoete & Bevan Limited, One Cabot Square London E14 4 QJ.