Director/PDMR Shareholding

Next PLC
20 April 2006


Next plc

Next ESOP Trust

The Next ESOP Trust has purchased the following Ordinary Shares of 10p each in 
Next plc:

Date of Acquisition     No. of Shares     Price per Share
18 April 2006           290,000           1627.9427p


The Next ESOP Trust was established for the benefit of employees of companies in 
the Next plc Group.

Executive Directors of Next plc who are participants in the Company share option 
schemes are deemed to be discretionary beneficiaries of the Trust and are 
consequently considered to be interested in all of the shares held by the Trust 
which amount to 8,502,521.

This transaction notification disclosure is in accordance with DR 3.1.4(R)(1)(b).

Mr A J R McKinlay 
Company Secretary 
Next plc


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