<NEXT PLC> <NEXL.L> FIVE MONTHS TO END JANUARY
Shr 7.67p vs 5.34p
    Div 1.5p vs 1.08p
    Pretax profit 30.12 mln stg vs 12.40 mln
    Net interest payable 2.55 mln vs 200 stg
    Net after tax 19.58 vs 7.44 mln
    Turnover excluding VAT 257.66 mln vs 74.09 mln
    Note - The company said it intends to issue a second
interim statement for the six months to July 1987 and to pay a
related dividend in early 1988.
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