Purchase of Company's shares by EBT

29 May 2026

Future plc

("Future" or the "Company")

Notification of purchase of the Company's shares by Employee Benefit Trust

The Company was notified yesterday, 28 May 2026, by the Trustee of The Future plc Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"), that the EBT had purchased 633,000 ordinary shares of 15 pence each in the Company as at 28 May 2026, at a price of £2,091,902.16.

The EBT is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Executive Directors of the Company.

Following this transaction, a total of 1,720,159 shares, representing 1.88% of the Company's total voting rights, are held in the EBT.

Enquiries:

David Bateson

General Counsel and Company SecretaryFuture plc

Tel: 01225 442244

LEI: 213800K2581YRLEXV353

About Future

We are the platform for creating and distributing trusted, specialist content, to build engaged and valuable global communities. We operate ~170 brands in diversified content verticals, with multiple market-leading positions and three core monetisation frameworks: advertising, eCommerce affiliate and direct consumer monetisation (subscriptions and newstrade magazine sale). Our content is published and distributed through a range of formats including websites, email newsletters, videos, magazines and live events. The successful execution of our strategy is focused on three pillars: brand and content, monetisation and efficiency.