Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
18 November 2005

18 November 2005
                                    Next PLC
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                             Purchase of own shares
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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 156,116 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 1338.9924p per share.


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