Purchase of Own Securities

Next PLC
15 July 2002

15 July 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 573,371 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 853.7005p per share.




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