Holding in Company

Future Network PLC
31 July 2000


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

The Future Network plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

Deutsche Bank AG

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Notification relates ot the shareholder named in 2 above

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

Please see below

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

Not specified

6)   ( Not specified %) of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not specified

8)   ( Not specified %) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

Ordinary Shres of 1p each

10)  Date of transaction

Not specified

11)  Date company informed

26 July 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

16,985,847
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

12.01%

14)  Any additional information

The holdings are held on behalf of a number of clients whose portfolios are
managed on a discretionary basis by companies within the Deutsche Bank Group
acting as fund managers.

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Rob Day, Group Counsel
The Future Network plc
Tel:  [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ......31 July 2000..



                              FUTURE NETWORK PLC
                             ORDINARY £0.01 SHARES

Registered Holders                                             No of Shares

Morgan Nominees                                                  5,945,622
Morgan Nominees Account BIPF                                        49,800
Morgan Nominees Account CHY                                         84,021
Morgan Nominees Account D131                                       823,699
Morgan Nominees Account ENF                                        102,370
Morgan Nominees Account LAM                                        135,630
Morgan Nominees Account MER                                         18,522
Morgan Nominees Account NG                                          41,092
Morgan Nominees Account PGP                                         27,000
Morgan Nominees Account SAM                                         20,910
Morgan Nominees Account SL                                         438,303
Bank of New York Nominees                                           28,800
Bank of New york Nominees Account VC                                 2,200
Bank of New York, Brussels                                           9,670
Bank of New York 588251                                              3,780
Bank of Tokyo, London                                                1,850
British Overseas Bank A/c 7020                                      27,106
BT Globenet Nominees                                               518,218
BT Globenet Account HLF XLF                                        374,014
Channel Nominees                                                   135,200
Chase Nominees                                                     495,550
Chase Nominees Account 14186                                        62,390
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                  88,205
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                154,780
Glyn Nominees                                                        9,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                                         3,800
Lloyds Bank Custodian Nominees                                      19,554
Lloyds Bank Stock Exchange Branch Nominees                           5,210
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                62,210
Lothian Regional Council                                           464,808
Mirglip Nominees                                                    16,600
MSS Nominees                                                     1,689,601
MSS Nominees Account 767137                                          6,170
National Provincial Nominees                                         6,160
Nortrust Nominees                                                1,414,636
Perry Nominees                                                      30,232
Raiffelsen Zentralebank Nominees                                     3,250
Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited                         1,029,745
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees                       1,407,509
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees A/c RTLDN                34,800
State Street Nominees                                              832,850
State Street Nominees Account SJ22                                 101,200
Sutrin Nominees Limited                                             15,510
Tokyo Trust                                                        111,160
Vidacos Nominees                                                   131,200
To be Advised                                                        1,510

TOTAL                                                           16,985,847

NOTE:  The shares comprised under this notification may, from time to time, be
the subject of a stock lending agreement resulting in a change in registration
but not in DBAG's interest in the shares.