Holding(s) in Company

Future Network PLC
24 January 2002
 

                  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 TO 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.

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 SHARES OF 1P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

NOT SPECIFIED


11)  Date company informed

23 JANUARY 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification


35,173,103
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.03%


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

MR JOHN BOWMAN
OR
MISS NINA SPARROW

TEL: [phone]

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

     Date of Notification ...24 JANUARY 2002.....................


SCHEDULE
FUTURE NETWORK PLC 
ORDINARY £0.01 SHARES

Held as Principal                                                 No of Shares
Deutsche Bank AG London                                             51,650
Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd                                             1,170

Held in Customer Portfolios
Morgan Nominees                                                 16,344,455
Morgan Nominees Account CHY                                        323,136
Morgan Nominees Account CSL                                         68,200
Morgan Nominees Account D131                                     1,784,602
Morgan Nominees Account ENF                                        213,994
Morgan Nominees Account LAM                                        281,006
Morgan Nominees Account MER                                         40,748
Morgan Nominees Account NG                                          86,849
Morgan Nominees Account SAM                                         73,310
Morgan Nominees Account SL                                         526,378
Bank of New York Nominees                                          219,120
BT Globenet Nominees                                               252,100
Chase Nominees                                                   5,328,522
Chase Nominees Account 14186                                       133,518
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                  63,580
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                212,438
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd                              320,383
Lothian Regional Council                                         1,022,577
Nortrust Nominees                                                3,197,903
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees                       2,477,563
State Street Nominees                                            2,149,901
   
TOTAL                                                           35,173,103

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.

23 January 2002

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