Director/PDMR Shareholding

Future PLC
17 January 2007


                                    FUTURE PLC 

                  NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTOR'S INTERESTS IN SHARES


Future plc (LSE: FUTR) announces that under the rules of its Sharesave Scheme, 
it has granted options to a number of UK employees over 2,830,917 Ordinary 
shares in the Company.

Consequently, on 16 January 2007, the Company received notifications from Steve 
Spring (Chief Executive) and John Bowman (Group Finance Director) as follows:

- Stevie Spring was notified by the sharesave plan administrator on 11 January
  2007 that she had acquired, on 22 December 2006, a beneficial interest in 
  37,800 sharesave options, and

- John Bowman was notified by the sharesave plan administrator on 11 January 
  2007 that he had acquired, on 22 December 2006, a beneficial interest in 
  37,800 sharesave options.

These sharesave options are exercisable in three years in accordance with terms 
of Company's Sharesave Scheme, at an exercise price of 25p per share.


                                      ENDS

Enquires:

Mark Millar, Company Secretary or
John Bowman, Finance Director                    01225 442244
Future plc


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