Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
28 May 2004



28 May 2004





                                    Next PLC

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                             Purchase of own shares

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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 1,078,575
Ordinary shares of 10p each at an average price of 1386.7593 per share.






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