Brown Group Regulatory News (BWNG)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

N Brown Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

02.10.14

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03.10.14

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Below 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

14,495,112

14,307,833

14,096,907

N/A

14,096,907

N/A

4.974%

GB00B1P6ZR11

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,096,907

4.974%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder Investment Management Limited 13,118,713 4.629%

Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited 978,194 0.345%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 283,429,454.

14. Contact name:

Scott Dickenson

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 658 6000

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

N Brown Group plc

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

Griffin House

40 Lever Street

Manchester M60 2ES

Phone number & email

0161 238 2299

Peter.tynan@jdwilliams.co.uk

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Schroders plc

Contact address

31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA

Phone number & email

 Scott Dickenson

0207 658 6000scott.dickenson@schroders.com

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.