Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
15 August 2001


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 15 August 2001 of
6,230 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.2 Employee Share
Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to a former group employee on exercise of
long-term incentive share plan awards, 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 242,955 shares.

The total consideration received for the sale referred to above was £1. 






The company wishes to announce that it became aware on 14 August 2001 that the
number of ordinary shares of 10p each held by the N Brown Group Qualifying
Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the QUEST'), in which Mr J Martin (Chief
Executive) and Mr T J Kowalski (Finance Director) are technically beneficially
interested, has increased from 87,721 to 93,203 by virtue of the QUEST
transferring on 14 March 2001 87,721 of such shares to various employees of the
company (not including Mr Martin or Mr Kowalski) and on 14 August 2001 the QUEST
being allotted 93,203 such shares at £2.585 per share.