Holding(s) in Company

Future Network PLC
13 February 2002


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     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

     12 FEBRUARY 2002


12)  Total holding following this notification

     35,458,673

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     11.11%


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 13 FEBRUARY 2002


                               FUTURE NETWORK PLC
                              ORDINARY £0.01 SHARES

Held as Principal                                        No of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                        51,650

Held in Customer Portfolios

Morgan Nominees                                            16,484,172

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                                     792,792

BT Globenet Nominees                                          252,100

Chase Nominees                                              4,835,345

Chase Nominees Account 14186                                  133,518

Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                             63,580

Deutsche Bank International Limited                           212,438

HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd                         300,583

Lothian Regional Council                                    1,022,577

Nortrust Nominees                                           3,857,903

Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees                  1,903,891

State Street Nominees                                       2,149,901

TOTAL                                                      35,458,873

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.

12 February 2002

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