Directors' Dealings

Brown (N.) Group PLC
14 February 2000

The Company was informed on 11 February 2000 that, as a result of the sale of 11
February 2000 of 6,025 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.2 
Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the No.2 trust') to group employees on the
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 433,485
shares.

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