Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
26 June 2002



26 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 160,242 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 882.173p per share.




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