Holding(s) in Company

Future Network PLC
14 October 2002



                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     THE FUTURE NETWORK PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     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

     PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them. 

     CHASE NOMINEES LTD              18,773,292
     HSBC                             3,381,800
     BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON             98,400
     BANKERS TRUST                      197,363
     CITIBANK                           325,900

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

     14 OCTOBER 2002 

12)  Total holding following this notification

     22,776,755
                
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 

     7.09% 

14)  Any additional information 



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries 

     MARK MILLAR OR NINA SPARROW - TEL. [phone]

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

     MARK MILLAR
     Date of Notification .........14 OCTOBER 2002.................. 



                                   SCHEDULE

Notification is made in respect of Fidelity International Limited as parent  
holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity  
Investment Services Ltd, investment managers for various non-US investment  
companies and institutional clients. 

The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C. 
Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited. 


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            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 

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