Holding(s) in Company

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RNS Number : 8910G

Next PLC

12 May 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Next plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

FMR LLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

See attached section (9)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

9th May 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12th May 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

14%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0032089863	21,737,285	21,737,285	21,675,785		21,675,785		13.98%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

21,675,785

13.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Custodian Day to Day IM Total

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 8,200

HARRIMAN AND CO FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 16,708,141

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 304,100

FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 2,652,400

NORTHERN TRUST CO (C) FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 781,744

FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 42,100

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 95,000

FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 1,084,100

Grand Total: 21,675,785

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FMR LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

61,500

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

9th May 2014

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Shelley Muller

15. Contact telephone number:

[email protected]

01737 834624

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
period

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights

Title: Holding(s) in Company
Time: 17:12:53
Date: 12 May 2014
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 8910G