Director/PDMR Shareholding

Next PLC
19 July 2007


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Directors

The Company has been notified today that Mr David Keens acquired a beneficial
interest in Next plc 5.25% 2013 Bonds as follows:

+-------------------------------+---------------------------+------------------+
|Date of Acquisition            |Nominal Amount             |Price (p)         |
+-------------------------------+---------------------------+------------------+
|17 July 2007                   |£42,000                    |94.05p            |
+-------------------------------+---------------------------+------------------+

A J R McKinlay
Company Secretary
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