Director/PDMR Shareholding

Future PLC
12 January 2006


12 January 2006


                                 FUTURE PLC 

               NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES

Future plc (LSE : FUTR) announces that, on 10 January 2006, it granted Awards in 
accordance with the rules of its Performance Share Plan ('PSP') and its Deferred 
Annual Bonus Scheme ('DABS') over 1,567,318 and £61,625 Ordinary shares in the 
Company respectively.

Consequently, on 12 January 2006, the Company received notification that the 
following Directors acquired, on 10 January 2006, a beneficial interest in the 
following Ordinary shares in the Company:

-     Greg Ingham (Chief Executive, Future plc) acquired a beneficial interest 
      in 603,44.8 Ordinary shares in the Company under the PSP; and

-     John Bowman (Finance Director, Future plc) acquired a beneficial interest 
      in 413,793 Ordinary shares in the Company under the PSP.

The PSP Awards will vest three years from the date of grant, at no cost to the 
participants, in accordance with the rules of the PSP subject to the 
satisfaction by the Company of performance criteria approved at the 2005 AGM 
when the scheme was adopted: 50% of the Award is subject to total shareholder 
return (TSR) performance and 50% of the Award is subject to earnings per share 
(EPS) performance.

The vesting of the TSR part of the PSP Award will be determined by the Company's 
performance compared to a group of similar companies, not being Less than 15 in 
number, such that if the Company's performance places it below median, no part 
of the Award will vest, 25% will vest if the Company's performance is median and 
100% if the Company's performance places it in the top quintile (20%) as against 
the comparator companies, and on a pro rata straight line basis between the two. 
Initially, this group comprises 19 companies (as Listed on page 58 of the 2005 
Annual Report). To alleviate short-term volatility, the return index will be 
averaged in the TSR calculations for each company over the three months prior to 
the start and end of the performance period.

The vesting of the other part of the PSP Award will be determined by the 
Company's EPS performance against the Retail Price Index (RPI). EPS growth 
targets have been determined by the Remuneration Committee for these Awards as 
follows: in the event that the Company's EPS growth is less than RPI + 3%, none 
of that part of the Award will vest, vesting commences at over RPI +3% and, at 
RPI +8%. 100% of that part of the Award will vest, and vesting will be on a pro 
rata straight line basis between the two. Earnings per share is defined as 
before amortisation of intangible assets and exceptional items.
 
The DABS awards are related to performance in the most recent financial year and 
the relevant shares wilL be transferred to the eligible employees three years 
after the date of award, subject only to the participants remaining within the 
employment of the Group until the date of vesting.

                                   ENDS

Enquiries:

John Bowman, Finance Director                                      01225 442244
Mark Millar, Company Secretary Future plc
About Future

Future plc was founded in the UK in 1985. Today, it publishes over 150 special-
interest consumer magazines worldwide with strong portfolios in the computing, 
games, music, automotive, sports, crafts and leisure sectors. It is the fifth 
largest magazine publisher in the UK. Future employs 1,450 people in offices in 
the UK, US, France and Italy. Over 100 international editions of Future's 
magazines are also published under Licence in 30 other countries across the 
world. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR).


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