Brown Group Regulatory News (BWNG)

1 Jun 2005 09:36

Brown (N.) Group PLC1 June 2005 LETTER TO: RNS The company wishes to announce the purchase of Deposited Shares and the grant ofoptions to acquire matching shares in connection with awards under its DeferredAnnual Bonus Scheme, to Mr A White (Chief Executive) and Mr D Moore (FinanceDirector). Disclosure form below As a result of the purchase of the said Deposited Shares of the Company by theTrustees of the N Brown Group plc No. 2 Employee Share Ownership Trust ("the No.2 Trust") the number of shares held by the No.2 Trust, in which Mr Alan White(Chief Executive), Mr Jim Martin (Deputy Chairman) and Mr Dean Moore (FinanceDirector) are technically interested as potential beneficiaries, has increasedfrom 669,164 shares to 742,681 shares. From: P J Tynan For and on behalf of N Brown Group plc SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) NAME OF COMPANY N BROWN GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR MR A WHITE 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest OWN HOLDING 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) MR A WHITE 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary 1. PURCHASE OF DEPOSITED SHARES UNDER COMPANY DEFERRED ANNUAL BONUS SCHEME (DABS) 2. GRANT OF OPTION TO ACQUIRE MATCHING SHARES UNDER COMPANY DEFERRED ANNUAL BONUS SCHEME (DABS) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 1. 18,211 8) Percentage of issued Class 1. 0.0061% 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 10) Percentage of issued Class 11) Class of security 1. 10P ORDINARY SHARES 12) Price per share 1. £1.3442 13) Date of transaction 1. 27.05.05 14) Date company informed 1. 31.05.05 15) Total holding following this notification 72,492 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.024% IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant 2. DABS 27.05.05 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 2. DABS 27.05.07 - 26.11.07 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option NIL 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. 2. DABS 30,351 ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 2. NIL 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification OPTIONS 1,328,465 LTIP AWARDS 715,535 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries P J TYNAN 0161 238 2299 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 01/06/2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange