Threadneedle Asset - Rule 8 - Future PLC

RNS Number:2492K
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd
29 March 2005


FORM 8.1/8.3


Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel.  Use a
separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made.


Date of Disclosure

29/03/2005...............................................................


DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS
AND MERGERS


Date of dealing

24/03/2005...............................................................


Dealing in (name of company)

Future Plc...........................


1. Class of securities (eg ordinary shares)

Ordinary...............................................................


2.


Amount                          Amount                           Price
Bought                          Sold                             Per Unit

500,000                                                          0.8275


3. Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage of
   class)


5,793,400                  1.781%


4. Party making disclosure


Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.................................


5. EITHER (a) Name of purchaser / vendor (Note 1)


...............................................................


OR (b) if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management
organisation


Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd .................................


6. Reason for disclosure (Note 2)


...............................................................


(a) associate of


(i)  offeror (Note 3)


NO


(ii) offeree company


NO


Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)


...............................................................


If category (8), explain


...............................................................


(b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the
class of relevant securities dealt in)


YES


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above


...............................................................


(Also print name of signatory)


Martyn Horn.............................................


Telephone and Extension number


01793 363011..........................................


For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If in
doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No:
020 7638 0129. Email: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk


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