Holding(s) in Company

Brown (N.) Group PLC
22 July 2004

Notification of major interests in shares

N Brown Group plc ('the Company')

The Company has been advised today that as a result of the purchase of shares on
19 July 2004, Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership, on behalf of client funds
that it manages, controls 11,277,737 shares in the Company. This represents
3.85% of the issued share capital of the Company.



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