Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
16 July 2007




16 July 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 120,000 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 1970.7026 pence per share.






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