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Future PLC 4 May 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY FUTURE PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FMR CORP AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 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 SHAREHOLDERS 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. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class N/A 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 29 APRIL 2005 11) Date company informed 3 MAY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 29,240,121 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.97% 14) Any additional information CURRENT ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL IS 326,002,644 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries NINA SPARROW LEGAL PROJECTS CO-ORDINATOR - TEL: 01225 442244 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 4 MAY 2005 Schedule FMR Corp. & Fidelity International Limited JF Morgan, Bournemouth, Total FIL 1,218,160 Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux FIL 114,155 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total FIL 249,300 National Australia Bank, Melbourne FIL 82,100 JP Morgan, Bournemouth, Total FISL 23,010,376 Mellon Bank N.A. FMRCO 1,717,169 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co FMTC 59,200 JP Morgan Chase Bank FMTC 60,500 Morgan Stanley & Co Inc FMTC 70,310 State Street Bank and Trust Co FMTC 45,800 Bank of New York Brussels FPM 789,100 Clydesdale Bank plc FPM 58,900 HSBC Bank plc FPM 177,620 JP Morgan Bournemouth FPM 514,458 Northern Trust London FPM 332,300 State Street Bank & Trust Co London FPM 740,673 TOTAL 29,240,649 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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