Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
12 June 2002



The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 11 June 2002 of
16,230 shares of the company by the N Brown Group plc No.2 Employee Share
Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to various employees of the group on 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 101,015 shares.


The total consideration received for the sale referred to above was £10. 


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