Transaction in Own Shares

Next PLC 14 July 2005 Next plc Off-market purchases by way of contingent purchase contract by the Company of ordinary shares for cancellation Next plc announces today that, pursuant to the provisions of the contingent forward purchase contract it entered into with Deutsche Bank AG London on 9 June 2005, the suspension level has been exceeded and the contract terminated. Under this contract, the Company purchased a total of 200,000 ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 1424.82p per share. Editorial note: Under the contingent contract, the Company may purchase a fixed number of shares each week, in the period to 15 December 2005, at a fixed price that is at a discount to the market price prevailing at the start of the contract period. The contract is contingent in that it would terminate early, and no further shares would be purchased, if the Company's share price increases to a pre-determined suspension level during the contract period. This suspension level has been set at the start of the contract and is between 104% and 110% of the Company's share price at the start of the contract. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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