Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
14 November 2002

14 November 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 455,655 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 896.3397p per share.



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