Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
22 August 2001


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 21 August 2001 of
4,168 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.2 Employee Share
Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to an employee within the group on exercise
of their 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 238,787
shares.

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