Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
20 May 2002

20 May 2002


                                    Next PLC

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                             Purchase of own shares

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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 873,386 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 10.397424p per share.



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