Holding(s) in Company

Future Network PLC 21 December 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE FUTURE NETWORK PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS 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 SHAREHOLDER IN 2 ABOVE AND/OR ONE OR MORE OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES 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) Percentage of issued Class NOT SPECIFIED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT SPECIFIED 8) Percentage of issued Class NOT SPECIFIED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1P EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT SPECIFIED 11) Date company informed 20 DECEMBER 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 12,759,124 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.93% 14) Any additional information CURRENT ISSUES SHARE CAPITAL IS 324,595,757 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MARK MILLAR OR NINA SPARROW TEL: 01225 442244 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification .....21 DECEMBER 2004................... LEGAL ENTITY REPORT FUTURE NETWORK SEDOL: 0723998 As at 09 December 2004 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 12,759,124 ORD GBP0.01 representing 3.93 % of the issued share capital of 324,476,926 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,695,269 0.5225 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,615,612 2.9634 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,448,243 0.4463 Group Holding 12,759,124 3.9322 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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