Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
12 May 2004

As the result of the sale on 11 May 2004 of 80,569 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 pursuant to the exercise of long-term incentive share plan
('LTIP') awards and Deferred Annual bonus awards, the number of shares held by
the No.2 Trust, (in which Mr Jim Martin - Deputy Chairman, Mr Alan White - Chief
Executive and Mr Dean Moore - Finance Director, are technically interested as
potential beneficiaries) has reduced to 835,145 shares.

The total consideration received was £2. 



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