Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
31 August 2001


The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 29 August 2001 of
35,331 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 and a
former employee 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
203,443 shares.

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