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Future Network PLC 12 March 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE FUTURE NETWORK PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FMR CORP AND 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 NOTIFICATION RELATES TO SHAREHOLDERS 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 SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 5,097,729 6) Percentage of issued Class NOT SPECIFIED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT SPECIFIED 8) Percentage of issued Class NOT SPECIFIED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1P EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT SPECIFIED 11) Date company informed 11 MARCH 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 48,144,870 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MARK MILLAR OR NINA SPARROW TEL: 01225 442244 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 12 MARCH 2004 SCHEDULE FMR CORP. & FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Mellon Bank 1,717,169 State Street Nominee's Limited 73,100 JP Morgan Chase 73,810 State Street Nominees Ltd 84,200 BT Globenet Nominees Limited 64,300 State Street Bank & Trust 45,800 Chase Nominees Ltd 15,500,972 Chase Manhattan Bank London 7,485,184 Chase Nominees Ltd 273,500 HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 373,100 Chase Nominees Ltd 1,468,260 HSBC 17,880,183 Bank of New York London 98,400 Deutsche Bank 855,763 Citibank 372,200 Chase Manhattan Bank London 1,195,429 State Street Bank & Trust 142,200 Northern Trust 110,500 JP Morgan 221,500 Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX 109,300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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