Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
29 July 2005


Purchase of shares in Next Plc

29 July 2005

Next plc

Close period share repurchase programme


Next plc announces that it will commence an irrevocable, non-discretionary
programme to purchase shares on its own behalf, for cancellation, during its
close period which commences on 1 August 2005 and ends on 15 September 2005. The
programme may or may not result in Next shares being purchased but in any event
no more than 1.0 million shares will be acquired during the period.


Acquisitions 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 of the UK Listing Authority.


A J R McKinlay
Company Secretary
Next plc







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