(BWNG.L) Brown (N) Group PLC Buy/Sell

RNS Number : 7098B Brown (N.) Group PLC 30 October 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

N Brown Group plc

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Listing Rule 9.6.1

Two copies of the Company's Half-Yearly Report covering the 26 week period ended 29 August 2009 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

The Document Disclosure Team, UK Listing Authority, The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.

Tel: 020 7676 1000

P.F. Harland

Company Secretary

N Brown Group plc

(Our ref: PFH/DT/964)

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RNS Number : 4697B Brown (N.) Group PLC 27 October 2009

27th October 2009

N BROWN GROUP PLC

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1 Name of the issuer 2 State whether the
notification relates
to (i) a transaction
N BROWN GROUP PLC notified in
accordance with DTR
3.1.2 R, (ii) a
disclosure made in
accordance LR
9.8.6R(1) or (iii) a
disclosure made in
accordance with
section 793 of the
Companies Act (2006)
(i) & (ii)
3 Name of person 4 State whether
discharging notification relates
managerial to a person
responsibilities/ connected with a
director person discharging
managerial
responsibilities/
director named in 3
and identify the
ALAN WHITE connected person

5 Indicate whether the 6 Description of
notification is in shares (including
respect of a holding class), debentures
of the person or derivatives or
referred to in 3 or financial
4 above or in instruments relating
respect of a to shares

non-beneficial

interest 1
11 1/19p ORDINARY

DIRECTOR'S HOLDING

7 Name of registered 8 State the nature of
shareholder(s) and, the transaction

if more than one,

the number of shares

held by each of them (a) Exercise of
award under the
Company's Long Term
N Brown Group Incentive Plan.

Employee Trustees

Limited
(b) Sale of part of
shares acquired on
exercise of (a)
9 Number of shares, 10 Percentage of issued
debentures or class acquired
financial (treasury shares of
instruments relating that class should
to shares acquired not be taken into
account when
calculating
(a) 61,907 percentage)
(a) 0.02%
11 Number of shares, 12 Percentage of issued
debentures or class disposed
financial (treasury shares of
instruments relating that class should
to shares disposed not be taken into
account when
calculating
(b) 44,000 percentage)
(b) 0.01%
13 Price per share or 14 Date and place of
value of transaction transaction
(a) 26/10/09 -
Manchester
£2.603458 (Company's
Registered Office)
(b) 27/10/09 - N
Brown Group Employee
Trustees Office in
Jersey
15 Total holding 16 Date issuer informed
following of transaction

notification and

total percentage

holding following (a) 26/10/2009

notification (any

treasury shares

should not be taken (b) 27/10/2009

into account when

calculating

percentage)

610,405

0.22%

If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by the issuer complete the following boxes

17 Date of grant 18 Period during which
or date on which
exercisable

19 Total amount paid 20 Description of
(if any) for grant shares or debentures
of option involved (class and
number)
21 Exercise price (if 22 Total number of
fixed at time of shares or debentures
grant) or indication over which options
that price is to be held following
fixed at the time of notification

exercise

23 Any additional 24 Name of contact and
information telephone number for
queries
Peter John Tynan

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: Peter J Tynan

Date of notification: 27/10/09

Notes: This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification required by DR 3.3.

(1) An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.

(2) An issuer making a notification in respect of derivative relating the shares of the of the issuer complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

(3) An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.

(4) An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial instrument relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

RNS Number : 0301B Brown (N.) Group PLC 19 October 2009

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of N Brown Group PLC

existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

2: Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights no are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights no
Other (please specify): no
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Standard Life Investments Ltd

notification
obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different Vidacos Nominees

from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which 16 October 2009 the threshold
is crossed or reached):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 19 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 6%

reached:

8: Notified Details Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code GB00B1P6ZR11

Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares Number of voting rights
16,692,758 16,692,758

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares Number of voting rights Percentage of
voting rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
16,130,258 6,992,036 9,138,222 2.532% 3.310%

Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights Percentage of voting
period/date that may be acquired rights
(if the instrument
exercised/converted)

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion rights instrument
period refers to
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
16,130,258 5.842%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name: investments_mo@standardlife.com
Standard Life Investments Ltd or
Peter Tynan,N Brown Group plc

15. Contact telephone number: (0131) 245 6565 for : Investments
_mostandardlife.com
Standard Life Investmentsor
0161 238 2299 for N Brown Group plc

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The Times

SWEDES PREPARE TO SNAP UP STAKE IN BRITAIN'S NEW NUCLEAR

REACTORS

Vattenfall, Europe's fifth-largest electricity utility, is weighing up plans for a potential multibillion-pound investment in EDF's project to construct four new reactors in the UK at Hinkley Point in Somerset and Sizewell in Suffolk. EDF, which is 82 per cent owned by the French government, is looking to offload part of its stake in the project as it aims to reduce its 34.4 billion pounds debt burden. A spokesperson for Vattenfall confirmed that the company was "open to new opportunities" in Britain. "If we decide to make an active move then we will inform the market," he added.

SURPRISE FALL IN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT DISMISSED AS THE 'LULL

BEFORE THE STORM'

Unemployment in Britain defied expectations that it would

rise above 2.5 million as new official figures showed joblessness at 2.47 million in the three months to July. Similarly, the number of young people out of work dropped to 946,000, surprising economists who were expecting youth unemployment to jump through the one million mark. However, David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said the figures on youth joblessness simply pointed towards the "lull before the storm". Wednesday's better-than expected data lead some analysts to revise their forecasts that unemployment would climb to three million in 2010.

BAE LEFT LICKING TS WOUNDS ON ARMOR ACQUISITION

After losing a major contract to build armoured trucks for the US Army, BAE Systems warned on Wednesday that it might have to write down a "significant" part of the 2.4 billion pounds goodwill linked to its acquisition of Armor Holdings in 2007. In a trading update, the company also denied any wrongdoing following an earlier announcement by the Serious Fraud Office that BAE could be charged over accusations of corruption in arms exports. It added that it was not possible to estimate the potential financial impact of the SFO's inquiries.
TEMPUS:

N Brown (buy)

Datatec (buy on weakness)

Air Partner (there will be better times to buy)

The Daily Telegraph

DIAGEO SALES DECLINE WORSENS AS US STOCKS CUT FURTHER

Spirits maker Diageo has reported a worse-than-expected six per cent drop in first-quarter sales, as its US customers continued to reduce the amount of stock they hold. The fall is twice the amount expected by analysts and greater than the two percent contraction of the final quarter of the last fiscal year. The company said it expects "low single-digit" profit growth this year and is on track to slash costs by 120 million pounds. Diageo's cost-cutting programme includes the closure of two sites in Scotland - a decision attacked by Scotland's First Minister.

GRADE BLAMES 'SELF-OBSESSED' MEDIA FOR ITV EXECUTIVE SAGA.
Michael Grade, the outgoing executive chairman of

ITV, has blamed the media's focus on the broadcaster for its difficulty in finding a new chairman and chief executive. Speaking before the House of Lords Communications Committee on Wednesday in response to a query by Lord Fowler, Grade explained: "There is a round-by-round commentary going on in the media. the media is utterly self-obsessed and we get more ink than we should get". Meanwhile, it is rumoured that some of ITV's leading shareholders do not want to see an internal candidate appointed as chief executive.

PUNCH PURSUES MORE PUB SALES TO REPAY DEBT AFTER REDUCING

BORROWINGS BY ONE BILLION POUNDS

Having raised 414 million pounds by selling about 800 pubs in the year to August 22, Punch Taverns plans to generate another 200 million pounds by selling more pubs next year. The group, which aims to reduce debt and dispose of its worst-performing outlets, has written down the value of its estate by 663 million pounds to reflect shrinking earnings amid the recession. The write-down widened the group's pre-tax losses to 405.7 million pounds, compared to last year's 80.2 million pound loss. Chief executive Giles Thorley said write-downs should come to an end when pub earnings start to rise again.
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The Independent

PHYTOPHARM SOARS 340 PER CENT ON DRUG TRIAL

Shares in biotechnology group Phytopharm closed up 339.6 per cent at 26.95 pence after announcing that early trials of its potential Parkinson's disease treatment had produced impressive results. The group said Cogane reduced Parkinsonian disability in monkeys by 43 per cent, while in a separate phase 1b clinical trial, the drug was found to be safe in both healthy volunteers and Parkinson's disease sufferers. The Michael J Fox Foundation contributed 1.16 million dollars for the study. However, Andy Smith, of Axa Framlington, pointed out that it could take up to ten years before the product comes to market.

BREAKINGVIEWS SOLD

Thomson Reuters is to acquire the financial

commentary website Breakingviews in a deal believed to be worth 13 million pounds. The group announced the deal in the US on Wednesday night, when it stated it should be completed in eight weeks. The site will be merged with the commentary team established by Thomson last year. Breakingviews founder Hugo Dixon will run the combined division and will once again work with his former business partner Jonathan Ford. The move follows Bloomberg's purchase of Business Week magazine.

HANSON TO BE STRAND CHAIRMAN

Robert Hanson, son of the late Lord Hanson, is to take on the role of chairman at Strand Partners, the Mayfair-based investment banking boutique. The move will see Hanson step down from the advisory panel at Hanson Westhouse, the corporate finance and broking house. Hanson will take a ten per cent stake in Strand, which will now be known as Strand Hanson. The placing of his 19.62 per cent stake in Westhouse should net him around 1.3 million pounds.

INVESTMENT COLUMN:

Punch Taverns (sell)

N Brown (buy)

Air Partner (hold)
The Guardian

BSKYB REPORTS TO INTERNET THREAT BY ALLOWING ITS PROGRAMMES

ON TO FREEVIEW

BSkyB is set to respond to the emerging online television threat by announcing a deal with London-based IP Vision on Thursday that will enable viewers to watch its programming through a Freeview set-top box. The move is expected to boost the broadcaster's argument that licence fee money should not be spent into content platforms such as Canvas, the online TV service put together by ITV, Channel Four, BBC and BT which will be open to any internet service provider or broadcaster. Viewers will need to purchase a Fetch TV set-top box and connect it into a broadband internet connection as well as their TV set and aerial.

HANDBAGS AND SNOODS BOOST SALES FOR LUXURY BRAND BURBERRY

Shares in Burberry rose 28.5 pence to close at 565.5

pence as the luxury goods label reported a recession-busting performance in the second quarter. The company reported sales of 343 million pounds in the period, five per cent higher compared to the same time last year. Retail sales, which account for more than half of group sales, increased by 14 per cent in the first half, or 27 per cent taking into consideration the boost from the pound/dollar exchange rate. Burberry has opened nine new stores in the last six months, including new sites in Singapore and Tokyo.

MAIL ORDER FIRM N BROWN REVEALS RECORD PROFITS

N Brown, the British mail order firm, revealed plans to launch in the US as it reported record half-year profits on Wednesday. For the six months to 29 August, the company's profits were 41.8 million pounds, a 13 per cent increase. Chief executive Alan White commented on the specialist retailer's decision to break into the American market: "The total market for the outsize customer is something of the order of 35 billion dollars. So if you can get even a small share of a big market, it's worth having."

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