Director Shareholding

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02 November 2004


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Directors

The Company has been notified today that Mr Christos Angelides exercised options
granted to him under the Company Share Option Scheme to purchase Ordinary Shares
of 10p each in Next plc as follows:

Name                  Date of Exercise    No of Shares      Exercise Price
Christos Angelides    1 November 2004        25,000              530p


Mr Angelides also disposed of a beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares of 10p
each in Next plc as follows:

Name                   Date of Disposal    No of Shares          Price
Christos Angelides     1 November 2004       25,000              1675p


After the above disposal, Mr Angelides continues to have a beneficial interest
in 77,001 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in Next plc.


Next ESOP Trust

On 2 November 2004 the Next ESOP Trust disposed of 30,462 Ordinary Shares of 10p
each in Next plc to satisfy share options exercised by employees of the Company.

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 9,120,890.


Mr A J R McKinlay
Company Secretary
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