15th Apr 2005 07:00
Future PLC15 April 2005 15 April 2005 FUTURE PLC FURTHER RESPONSE TO OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING ANNOUNCEMENT Following Future plc's statement yesterday, noting the Office of Fair Trading'sannouncement that it had referred to the Competition Commission the anticipatedacquisition by Future plc of the issued ordinary share capital of Highbury HouseCommunications plc ("Highbury") and that, consequently, the offer for the issuedordinary share capital of Highbury dated 11 March 2005 had lapsed in accordancewith its terms, Future plc believes that it would not be in the interests ofFuture plc's shareholders to pursue further a possible acquisition of the issuedordinary share capital of Highbury. Future plc will accordingly approach theCompetition Commission to seek a cancellation of the reference. Enquiries: Future plcGreg Ingham, Chief ExecutiveJohn Bowman, Finance Director Tel: 01225 442 244 Hogarth Partnership(Financial PR advisers to Future) James LongfieldGeorgina Briscoe Tel: 020 7357 9477 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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