Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
13 June 2001


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 12th June 2001 of
5,556 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, and as a result of the purchase
of 5,556 shares of the company by the Trustees of the No.2 Trust, 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 remained at
286,331 shares.

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