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01 August 2005

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Disclosure of Interest in shares - Part VI Companies Act 1985

A notification of disclosable interests dated 29 July 2005 has been received by
the Company from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., that they hold 7,896,854
Ordinary Shares of 10p each of Next plc which represents 3.08% of the issued
share capital.

Mr A J R McKinlay
Company Secretary
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