Directors' Dealings

BROWN (N) GROUP PLC
14 October 1999


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 13 October 1999
of 4,692 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.2 Employee Share
Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to a group employee on exercise of a long
term incentive share plan award, 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 462,462 shares.

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