Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
16 June 2003


16 June 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 18,780 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 964.7981p per share.


                      This information is provided by RNS
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