Holding in Company

Future Network PLC
24 October 2000

                  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.

     Please see below

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     Not specified

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class 

     Not specified

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Not specified


8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

     Not specified

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary Shares of 1p each

10)  Date of transaction

     Not specified

11)  Date company informed

     23 October 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

     19,400,371
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     13.57%

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 managers



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Edward Griffiths

     The Future Network plc
     Tel: [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ..24 July 2000..............................



SCHEDULE

Registered Holders                                 No. of Shares

Morgan Nominees                                        6,868,200
Morgan Nominees Account BIPF                              49,800
Morgan Nominees Account CHY                              155,080
Morgan Nominees Account CSL                               26,000
Morgan Nominees Account D131                             823,699
Morgan Nominees Account ENF                               97,270
Morgan Nominees Account LAM                              127,730
Morgan Nominees Account MER                               18,522
Morgan Nominees Account NG                                41,092
Morgan Nominees Account PGP                               27,000
Morgan Nominees Account SAM                               20,910
Morgan Nominees Account SL                               439,603
Bank of New York Nominees                                 38,710
Bank of New York Nominees Account VC                       2,200
Bank of New York 588251                                    3,780
Bank of Tokyo, London                                      2,450
British Overseas Bank A/c 7020                            27,106
BT Globenet Nominees                                     593,808
BT Globenet Account HLF XLF                              374,014
Channel Nominees                                         134,850
Chase Nominees                                           998,565
Chase Nominees Account 14186                              60,690
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                       109,105
Deutsche Bank International Limited                      223,570
Glyn Nominees                                              9,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                               3,800
Lloyds Bank Stock Exchange Branch Nominees                 6,610
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                      80,104
Lothian Regional Council                                 464,808
Mirglip Nominees                                          16,600
MSS Nominees                                           1,685,201
MSS Nominees Account 767137                                6,170
National Provincial Nominees                               5,970
Nortrust Nominees                                      1,619,655
Raiffeisen Zentralebank Nominees                           2,550
Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited               1,029,745
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees             1,826,124
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees
A/c RTLDN                                                 34,800
State Street Nominees                                    984,490
State Street Nominees Account SJ22                       101,200
Sutrin Nominees Limited                                   14,520
Tokyo Trust                                              111,160
Vidacos Nominees                                         131,200
To be Advised                                              1,510

TOTAL                                                 19,400,371


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.

23 October 2000