Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
24 October 2000


The company was informed on 23 October 2000 that, as a result of the sale on 
23 October 2000 of 10,748 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No. 2
Employee Share Ownership Trust ('No. 2 Trust') to a former group employee on the
exercise of a long term incentive share plan award, the number of shares held by
the No. 2 Trust, in which Mr Jim Martin (Chief Executive) and Mr Tim Kowalski
(Finance Director) together with other employees within the group, 
are technically interested as potential beneficiaries, has reduced to 787,360
shares.

The total consideration received for the sale referred to above was £2.