Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC
24 May 2006

24 May 2006

                                    Next PLC
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                             Purchase of own shares
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Next PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 546,077 Ordinary
shares of 10p each at an average price of 1660.6333p per share.


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