Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
21 November 2000


The company was informed on 20 November 2000 that, as a result of (i) the sale
on 20 November 2000 of 38,638 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.
2 Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the No. 2 Trust') to former group employees
on the exercise of long term incentive share plan awards and (ii) the sale on 17
November 2000 of 400,000 shares of the company by the No. 2 Trust to a group
employee on the exercise of an executive share option, 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 
348,722 shares.

The total consideration received for the sale referred to above was £374,007.