Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
16 October 2007

16 October 2007

                                    Next PLC
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                             Purchase of own shares
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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 1,000,000
Ordinary shares of 10p each at an average price of 2028.0931p per share.

The highest price paid was 2036 pence per share and the lowest price paid was
2013 pence per share.


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