Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
22 October 2002

22 October 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 348,004 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 914.0043p per share.






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