Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3805A

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31 July 2008

 



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Off-market purchases by way of contingent purchase contract by the Company of ordinary shares for cancellation

Next plc announces that, pursuant to the contingent forward purchase contract with Barclays Bank Plc on 8 January 2008, it purchased 50,000 ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 1248.81 pence per share on 29 July 2008.

A J R McKinlay

Company Secretary

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Editorial note:

Under the contingent contract, the Company may purchase a fixed number of shares each week in the period to 5 August 2008, at a fixed price that is at a discount to the market price prevailing at the start of the contract period. The contract is contingent in that it would terminate early, and no further shares would be purchased, if the Company's share price increases to a pre-determined suspension level during the contract period. This suspension level has been set at the start of the contract and is between 104% and 110% of the Company's share price at the start of the contract.

 

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