Holding in Company

Future Network PLC
3 May 2001


                  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.

     SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     NOT SPECIFIED

6)   (NOT SPECIFIED %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     NOT SPECIFIED

8)   (NOT SPECIFIED %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 1P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT SPECIFIED

11)  Date company informed

     2 MAY 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

     19,445,738
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     13.56%

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

     MR R. DAY     TEL: [phone]

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

     Date of Notification .......3 MAY 2001.................



                               FUTURE NETWORK PLC
                             ORDINARY £0.01 SHARES

Held as Principal                                                No. of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                                51,651
Held in Customer Portfolios                    
Morgan Nominees                                                     7,951,111
Morgan Nominees Account BIPF                                           49,800
Morgan Nominees Account CHY                                           155,080
Morgan Nominees Account CSL                                            31,000
Morgan Nominees Account D131                                          814,349
Morgan Nominees Account ENF                                            97,270
Morgan Nominees Account LAM                                           127,730
Morgan Nominees Account MER                                            18,522
Morgan Nominees Account NG                                             39,477
Morgan Nominees Account PGP                                            27,000
Morgan Nominees Account SAM                                            33,323
Morgan Nominees Account SL                                            439,603
Bank of New York Nominees                                              17,810
Bank of New York 588251                                                 3,780
Bank of Tokyo, London                                                   2,450
British Overseas Bank A/C 7020                                         27,106
BT Globenet Nominees                                                  458,703
Channel Nominees                                                       72,450
Chase Nominees                                                        506,449
Chase Nominees Account 14186                                           60,690
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                     53,000
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                   223,570
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                   55,180
Lothian Regional Council                                              464,808
MSS Nominees                                                        1,792,614
National Provincial Nominees                                            5,970
Nortrust Nominees                                                   1,968,676
Railway Pension Trustee Company Limited                             1,029,745
Raiffeisen Zentralebank Nominees                                        4,130
Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank Nominees                          1,679,225
State Street Nominees                                                 947,256
State Street Nominees Account SJ22                                    101,200
Sulrin Nominees Limited                                                13,740
Tokyo Trust                                                           111,160
Vidacos Nominees                                                        8,600
To be advised                                                           1,510

TOTAL                                                              19,445,738

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.


2 MAY 2001