Result of EGM

Next PLC
15 July 2005



                    RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING



NEXT held its Extraordinary General Meeting today and shareholders voted on a
new risk/reward investment plan, similar to that implemented last year.


The BOARD of NEXT is pleased to announce that, at the Extraordinary General
Meeting of NEXT shareholders held on 15 July 2005, the ordinary resolution that
the Next Risk / Reward Investment Plan (the 'Plan') be approved by shareholders
and the Directors authorised to take any action necessary to implement the Plan,
such authority to expire at the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting in
2006, was duly passed by a show of hands.


The resolution was overwhelmingly supported by shareholders with over 96.6% of
proxy votes cast being cast in favour.  Full details of proxy voting are given
below.

+----------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------+
|            For       |        Against      |  TOTAL VOTES    |    Votes      |
|                      |                     |     CAST        |  withheld     |
+--------------+-------+--------------+------+-----------------+---------------+
|No. of Votes  |    %  |No. of Votes  |   %  |No. of Votes     |No. of Votes   |
+--------------+-------+--------------+------+-----------------+---------------+
| 131,513,875  | 96.6% |   4,616,821  | 3.4% |    136,130,696  |      150,423  |
+--------------+-------+--------------+------+-----------------+---------------+


Details of the Risk / Reward Plan and resolution are set out in the notice of
the meeting contained in the circular posted to NEXT shareholders on 29 June
2005 and also available on the Company's website (www.next.co.uk).


John Barton, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee said:


'We are delighted with the resounding support of our shareholders for this
scheme.  It allows public companies to engineer exceptional rewards for
exceptional performance, without incurring exceptional costs'.


For further information please contact:


Next Plc

Andrew McKinlay, Company Secretary                        Tel: [phone]
Seonna Anderson, Deputy Company Secretary                 Tel: [phone]


Hudson Sandler

Alistair Mackinnon-Musson                                 Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]






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