Next plc
Next plc announces that it has commenced an irrevocable, non-discretionary programme to purchase its own shares for cancellation during its close period. The programme commences on 31 January 2011 and runs up to and including 23 March 2011. The programme may or may not result in Next plc shares being purchased but in any event the maximum amount of shares acquired will not exceed 1.4 million shares.
Any shares purchased will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with both Next's general authority to repurchase shares and Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules which requires that the maximum price paid to be limited to no more than 105 per cent of the average middle market closing price of the Company's shares for the 5 dealing days preceding the date of purchase. Next plc confirms that it currently has no unpublished price sensitive information.