Result of EGM

Next PLC
29 November 2004


Contacts:          Andrew McKinlay, Company Secretary
                   Seonna Anderson, Deputy Company Secretary
                   NEXT PLC
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                   Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
                   Philip Dennis
                   Hudson Sandler
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                                    NEXT PLC

                    Result of Extraordinary General Meeting


The BOARD of NEXT plc is pleased to announce that, at the Extraordinary General
Meeting of NEXT shareholders held on 29 November 2004, the resolution to
authorise off-market purchases by the Company of Ordinary Shares for
cancellation by way of contingent purchase contracts, was duly passed as a
special resolution.  Details of the resolution were set out in the Notice of the
Meeting contained in the circular dated 5 November 2004 sent to NEXT
shareholders.

The resolution was passed on a poll, as detailed below;

                         Votes for the  Votes        Total Votes    Votes
                         resolution     against the  Cast           Withheld
                                        resolution

Votes Cast                149,958,040    2,361,748    152,319,788    3,049,024

Less votes disregarded     (6,000,000)*       -        (6,000,000)*      -
under the provisions of
Section 164(5) of the
Companies Act 1985
                        
Total Votes               143,958,040    2,361,748    146,319,788    3,049,024
                                                                     Percentage
Percentage of total            98.39%        1.61%                    of total
                                                                     shares in
                                                                      issue =
                                                                       1.16%
                                                                      
                                                                      
* Note : The total maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased by
Next for cancellation pursuant to such contingent purchase contracts is 6
million. As explained in the Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting, Next
has disregarded 6 million votes from both the total number of votes cast in
favour of the resolution and the total votes cast so that the voting of those
shares did not effect the result of the poll.

A copy of the resolution has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will
be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.








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