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Capital Group Companies Inc18 March 2005 Lodge with Company Announcements Office (which will publicize and copy to thePanel). Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings havebeen made. Date of disclosure: 17 March 2005 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) AND 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERSAND MERGERS FORM 8.1/8.3 Date of dealing: 17 March 2005 Dealing in: Future plc (1) Class of securities (e.g. ordinary shares): Ordinary shares (2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per Unit 0 shares 50,000 shares 0.8400 - GBP (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled: (and percentage of class): 8,922,000 shares (2.73%) (4) Party making disclosure: The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1) The Capital Group Companies, Inc. OR (b) If dealing with discretionary client(s) name of fund management organization. (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 N/A (b) Rules 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more ofthe class of relevant securities dealt in): YES Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above: (Also print name of signatory): Liliane Corzo Telephone and extension: (Contact Greg Dickinson on (213) 615-0469) Note: Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant, also identifycontroller of owners, e.g. where an owner normally acts on instructions of acontroller. Note: Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state allreasons. Note: Specify which offeror if there is more than one. When an arrangementexists with any offeror, with the offeree company or with an associate of anyofferor or of the offeree company in relation to relevant securities, details ofsuch arrangement must be disclosed, as required by Note 5 on Rule 8. For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If indoubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers Tel. No. 071-382-9026. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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