Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
21 May 2002

21 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 1,225,000
Ordinary shares of 10p each at an average price of 1038.4898p per share.


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