Director/PDMR Shareholding

Future PLC
05 December 2006

5 December 2006

                                   FUTURE PLC
 
                 NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES

Future plc (LSE : FUTR) announces that, on 1 December 2006, it granted Awards in
accordance with the rules of its Performance Share Plan ('PSP') and its Deferred
Annual Bonus Scheme ('DABS') over 1,776,470 and 245,491 Ordinary shares in the
Company respectively.

Consequently, on 4 December 2006, the Company received notification that the
following Directors acquired, on 1 December 2006, a beneficial interest in the
following Ordinary shares in the Company:

-    Stevie Spring (Chief Executive, Future plc) acquired a beneficial interest
     in 838,235 Ordinary shares in the Company under the PSP; and

-    John Bowman (Finance Director, Future plc) acquired a beneficial interest
     in 705,882 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 performance
targets measured over the three financial years from 1 October 2006 to 30
September 2009 having been met and provided that the participants remain in
employment of the Group at the vesting date. Vesting of the Awards is subject to
both Total Shareholder Return (TSR) and Earnings Per Share (EPS) performance.

The vesting of 50% of the Award will be determined by the Company's TSR
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 18 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 50% of the 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



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