28th Jun 2006 16:53
Future PLC28 June 2006 FUTURE PLC NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Future plc (the "Company"), the international special interest media group,announces it received notification on 27 June 2006 from Abacus Corporate TrusteeLimited, the Trustee of its Employee Benefit Trust (The Future Network plc 1999Employee Benefit Trust), that it had, on 26 June 2006, purchased 745,341ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at a price of 40.25p per share,representing 0.2% of the issued share capital of the Company. Following this transaction, the Employee Benefit Trust owns 745,341 shares inthe Company representing 0.2% of the issued share capital of the Company. JohnBowman as Group Finance Director and Stevie Spring as Chief Executive designate,along with other employees, have a technical interest in those shares by virtueof them being members of a class of beneficiary. On 27 June 2006, the Company also received notification from the Trustee thatStevie Spring had, on 27 June 2006, acquired a beneficial interest in the above745,341 shares as a result of the grant by the Employee Benefit Trust of anexceptional restricted share award over that number of shares in accordance withthe terms of her service agreement. The award will vest in three equalinstalments on 31 December 2006, 31 December 2007 and 31 December 2008 subjectto Stevie Spring remaining in the employment of the Company at the date on whichvesting occurs. Full details of the award will be disclosed in the Annual Report2006. As a result of this grant, Stevie Spring's interest in shares of the Companyamounts to 745,341 shares representing 0.2% of the issued share capital of theCompany. Enquiries: Future plcMark Millar, Company Secretary 01225 442244 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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