Holding(s) in Company

Next PLC
18 January 2008


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:
Next plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket
/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( X )

Other (please specify) : ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):
16 January 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:
17 January 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5% (Group)
Above 5% (LGIM)

8. Notified details:
.................

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using    Situation previous to the Triggering
the ISIN CODE                             transaction
                                          Number of       Number of voting
                                          shares          Rights
GB0032089863                              BELOW 5%
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if   Number of   Number of voting       % of voting
possible using the ISIN   shares      rights                 rights
CODE
                          Direct      Direct      Indirect   Direct   Indirect
GB0032089863              9,351,381   9,351,381    710,049   4.6478%    0.3529%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of      Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights that may   % of
financial    Date       Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is   voting
instrument              Period/       exercised/ converted.              rights
                        Date

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights
10,061,430                                   5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (10,061,430 - 5.00% =
Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (10,061,430 - 5.00% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
(10,061,430 - 5% = Total Position)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (9,351,381 - 4.64% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)
(8,246,331 - 4.09% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (8,246,331 - 4.09%
= PMC)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/A

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 201,196,687

14. Contact name:
Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3124 3851



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