Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
27 January 2003

27 January 2003



                                    Next PLC

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                             Purchase of own shares

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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 200,000 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 759.7622p per share.






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