Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
14 June 2002

14 June 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 1,105,000
Ordinary shares of 10p each at an average price of 942.4661p per share.




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