Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
3 July 2002

03 July 2002

                                    Next PLC

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                             Purchase of own shares

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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 843,681 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 923.3441p per share.


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