Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
11 January 2005


11 January 2005
                                    Next PLC
                              --------------------
                             Purchase of own shares
                             ----------------------


Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 400,000 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 1592.6602p per share.


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange