Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
26 July 2007



26 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 1,500,000
Ordinary shares of 10p each at an average price of 1788.6785pence per share.














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