Holding(s) in Company

Future Network PLC
7 March 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 SCHEDULE 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

     6 MARCH 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

     34,384,454
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     10.71%

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 MANAGER

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 7 MARCH 2002


                                SCHEDULE
                                --------

                            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                                         15,968,646
Morgan Nominees Account CHY                                323,136
Morgan Nominees Account CSL                                 68,200
Morgan Nominees Account D131                             1,778,843
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                                        4,344,743
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees               1,903,891
State Street Nominees                                    1,110,027

TOTAL                                                   34,384,454

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.


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