Director Shareholding

Future Network PLC
20 November 2001



          Notification of Directors' Interests in Share Options

The Future Network plc ('the Company') today announces that, on Monday 19 
November 2001, it received notification that:

John Bowman is beneficially interested in 400,000 shares in the Company pursuant
to the terms of a share option granted to him by the Company on 19 November 
2001, which option has an exercise price of 47 pence per share;

Greg Ingham is beneficially interested in an additional 400,000 shares in the 
Company pursuant to the terms of a share option granted to him by the Company on
19 November 2001, which option has an exercise price of 47 pence per share; in 
aggregate. Greg Ingham is now beneficially interested in 621,197 shares of the 
Company by virtue of share options granted to him, which figure takes into 
account the adjustment made to all outstanding share options following the 
rights issue;

Colin Morrison is beneficially interested in 400,000 shares in the Company 
pursuant to the terms of a share option granted to him by the Company on 19 
November 2001, which option has an exercise price of 47 pence per share; and

Patrick Taylor is beneficially interested in 100,000 shares in the Company 
pursuant to the terms of a share option granted to him by the Company on 19 
November 2001, which option has an exercise price of 47 pence per share.

The Company has also granted share options to a number of staff over a total of 
3,916,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company at an 
exercise price of 47 pence per share.

All of the share options granted by the Company on 19 November 2001 are subject 
to performance criteria, in terms of which the total shareholder return of the 
Company, for a three year period from the date of grant, must be sufficient to 
place it in the top quartile of UK companies whose shares are listed in the 
Media and Photography sector of the London Share Service of the Financial Times 
newspaper. If the Company ranks in the second quartile of this comparator group 
then only one half of the options granted will vest and become exercisable. If 
the Company ranks below the 50th percentile of this comparator group, then none 
of the options will become exercisable.

The Company plans to issue invitations to UK staff to apply for the grant of 
options in accordance with the Company's Sharesave Scheme and it is expected 
that invitations to eligible employees will be distributed during the next week.
The Board has determined that the maximum number of scheme shares over which 
options may be granted in response to this issue of invitations will be 
3,000,000 shares. Any share options granted pursuant to the Sharesave Scheme 
will not be subject to performance criteria.  A further announcement concerning 
the number of share options granted under the Sharesave invitation will be made 
in due course.


For further information, please contact:

John Bowman / Nina Sparrow 
The Future Network plc                        01225 442244 

Rob Day, Company Secretary                    0207 533 2988