Director/PDMR Shareholding

Next PLC
05 October 2005

Next plc

Next ESOP Trust

The Next ESOP Trust has purchased on the London Stock Exchange the following
Ordinary Shares of 10p each in Next plc:

Date of Acquisition           No. of Shares           Price per Share
  5 October 2005                314,304                  1373.9461p

The Next ESOP Trust was established for the benefit of employees of companies in
the Next plc Group.

Executive Directors of Next plc who are participants in the Company share option
schemes are deemed to be discretionary beneficiaries of the Trust and are
consequently considered to be interested in all of the shares held by the Trust
which amount to 8,896,347.

Mr A J R McKinlay
Company Secretary
Next plc






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