Result of AGM

Next PLC
16 May 2007


Contacts: Andrew McKinlay, Company Secretary
Seonna Anderson, Deputy Company Secretary
NEXT PLC
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Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
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                                    NEXT PLC
                 Results of 2007 Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

The BOARD of NEXT plc is pleased to announce that, at the AGM of NEXT
shareholders held on 16 May 2007, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of
Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 27
January 2007 were passed. Ordinary business resolutions were carried on a show
of hands and special business resolutions were decided by poll votes.

The total number of shares in issue at the date of the AGM is 227,003,930.

For ordinary business resolutions decided on a show of hands, the following
proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:

+------------+----------+---------------------+------------------+-------------+-----------+
|            |          |         For         |      Against     |TOTAL PROXY  |Proxy Votes|
|            |          |                     |                  |VOTES CAST   |withheld*  |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|Resolution  |Special / |No. of       |    %  |No. of     |   %  |No. of       |No. of     |
|            |Ordinary  |Votes        |       |Votes      |      |Votes        |Votes      |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|1. To adopt |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|the accounts|          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|and reports |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|of          |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|the         |Ordinary  |141,727,674  |98.67  |1,915,436  |1.33  |143,643,110  |  587,403  |
|directors   |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|and auditors|          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|2. To       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|approve     |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|the         |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|remuneration|Ordinary  |135,594,563  |96.42  |5,033,521  |3.58  |140,628,084  |3,602,429  |
|report      |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|3. To       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|declare     |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|a final     |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|ordinary    |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|dividend of |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|33.5p per   |Ordinary  |144,029,441  |99.86  |  197,737  |0.14  |144,227,178  |    3,335  |
|share       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|4. To       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|re-elect    |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|David Keens |Ordinary  |143,652,021  |99.60  |  570,783  |0.40  |144,222,804  |    7,709  |
|as          |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|a director  |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|5. To       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|re-elect    |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|Nick Brookes|Ordinary  |143,726,001  |99.66  |  493,015  |0.34  |144,219,016  |   11,497  |
|as a        |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|director    |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|6. To       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|re-elect    |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|Derek       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|Netherton as|Ordinary  |140,369,514  |98.77  |1,754,010  |1.23  |142,123,524  |2,106,989  |
|a           |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|director    |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+
|7. To       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|re-appoint  |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|Ernst &     |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|Young       |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|LLP as      |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|auditors and|          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|authorise   |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|the         |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|directors to|Ordinary  |143,280,365  |99.35  |  943,136  |0.65  |144,223,501  |    7,012  |
|set their   |          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
|remuneration|          |             |       |           |      |             |           |
+------------+----------+-------------+-------+-----------+------+-------------+-----------+

For special business resolutions decided by poll votes the results are detailed
below:

+--------------+----------+-----------------------+-------------------+---------------+-----------+
|              |          |           For         |      Against      |TOTAL VOTES    |Votes      |
|              |          |                       |                   |CAST           |withheld   |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|Resolution    |Special / |No. of Votes   |    %  |No. of      |   %  |No. of Votes   |No. of     |
|              |Ordinary  |               |       |Votes       |      |               |Votes      |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|8. To approve |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|the Next      |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Risk/Reward   |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Investment    |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Plan          |Ordinary  |  135,366,866  |95.54  | 6,314,030  |4.46  |  141,680,896  |2,561,861  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|9. Authority  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|to allot      |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|shares        |Ordinary  |  142,117,510  |98.54  | 2,099,626  |1.46  |  144,217,136  |   25,621  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|10. Authority |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|to disapply   |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|pre-emption   |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|rights        |Special   |  143,038,021  |99.19  | 1,169,686  |0.81  |  144,207,707  |   35,050  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|11. Authority |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|for on-market |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|purchase of   |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|own shares    |Special   |  140,122,782  |98.28  | 2,447,432  |1.72  |  142,570,214  |1,672,543  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|12**.         |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Authority to  |Special   |  129,877,393  |90.80  | 13,163,096 |9.20  |  143,040,489  |1,202,268  |
|enter into    |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Programme     |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Agreements    |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|with each of  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Goldman Sachs |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|International,|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|UBS AG,       |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Deutsche Bank |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|AG and        |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Barclays Bank |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|plc           |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|              |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Less votes    |          |(10,000,000)** |       |     -      |      |(10,000,000)** |     -     |
|disregarded   |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|under the     |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|provisions of |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Section 164(5)|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|of the        |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Companies Act |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|1985          |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|              |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|Resolution 12 |          |  119,877,393  |90.11  | 13,163,096 |9.89  |  133,040,489  |1,202,268  |
|total         |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |  
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|13. Deletion  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|of Article 101|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|which requires|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|directors to  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|retire when   |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|they reach 70 |Special   |  142,151,196  |99.00  | 1,441,197  |1.00  |  143,592,393  |  650,364  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|14. Changes to|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|the Articles  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|to facilitate |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|communications|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|with          |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|shareholders  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|using         |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|electronic    |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|means         |Special   |  142,296,710  |99.12  | 1,265,869  |0.88  |  143,562,579  |  680,178  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+
|15. Authority |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|to communicate|          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|with          |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|shareholders  |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|using         |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|electronic    |          |               |       |            |      |               |           |
|means         |Ordinary  |  142,573,992  |98.94  | 1,529,103  |1.06  |  144,103,095  |  139,662  |
+--------------+----------+---------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+-----------+

Note*: The 'Vote Withheld' option is provided to enable the shareholder to
abstain on any resolution. It is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
Note**: The total maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased by
Next for cancellation pursuant to such contingent purchase contracts is 10
million. As explained in the Notice of Meeting, Next has disregarded 10 million
votes from both the total number of votes cast in favour of the resolution and
the total votes cast so that the voting of those shares did not affect the
result of the poll.

Two copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf,
London, E14 5HS.



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