Major Interests in Shares

Future PLC
04 July 2007



For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing FUTURE- GB0007239980
shares to which voting rights are attached:                   

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                              Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition  N/A
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached                           

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                         N/A

Other (please specify):______________                                                    N/A

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT- TRADITIONAL
obligation:   

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.
3):
                                                  UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co.
                                                  UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited
                                                  UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the     29th June 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):   

6. Date on which issuer notified:                 3rd July 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   Below 3%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of shares    triggering transaction
If possible
use ISIN
code
GB0007239980
Number of    Number of    Number of      Number of voting rights       Percentage of
             shares       voting       shares                                       voting rights
                          rights
             17,247,507   17,247,507   Non-notifiable

                                                      
                                                      Direct         Indirect       Direct Indirect
                                                      Non-notifiable Non-notifiable Below  Below 3%
                                                                                    3%    


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of         Expiration date   Exercise/ conversion    No. of voting rights that  Percentage of
financial                         period/date             may be acquired (if the    voting rights
instrument                                                instrument exercised/  
                                                          converted)

            -                 -                       -                          -              -

Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                        Percentage of voting rights

Non-notifiable                                 Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial
instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Below 3%, non-notifiable disclosure

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                      UBS GAM on behalf of a number of asset management
                                               clients

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                                                   -
cease to hold:                                                        

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                                                    -
hold voting rights:                                                   

13. Additional information:                                                                     -

14 Contact name:                               Mark Millar
                                               Company Secretary
                                               Future plc

15. Contact telephone name:                    01225 442244





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