Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
20 May 2002


LETTER TO: RNS


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 16 May 2002 of 
17,282 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 117,218 shares.


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



LETTER FROM: T J Kowalski
             Finance Director
             N BROWN GROUP PLC



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