Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
13 November 2001


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 12 November 2001 
of 6,482 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.2 Employee Share 
Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to an 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 152,620 shares.

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