Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
14 August 2002


The company announces 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 reduced from 164,010 to 54,422 by virtue
of the QUEST transferring on 13th and 14th August 2002 109,588 of such shares to
various employees of the company (not including Mr Martin or Mr Kowalski)
pursuant to the Company's Employee Share Option Schemes.


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