FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the 'Code')

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

FUTURE PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

FUTURE PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

27 November 2020

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state 'N/A'

YES - disclosed previously for GOCO GROUP PLC

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

15p ordinary

Purchases

135,652

17.6200 GBP

16.3200 GBP

15p ordinary

Sales

120,711

17.5400 GBP

16.3200 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

201

16.4600 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

256

16.4600 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,880

16.4778 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

157

16.5319 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

130

16.5319 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

16

16.5319 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

276

16.5584 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

121

16.5721 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

207

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

366

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

848

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

95

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

153

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

256

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,301

16.5919 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

546

16.6024 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

451

16.6024 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

55

16.6024 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

68

16.6179 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

56

16.6179 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

7

16.6179 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

103

16.6199 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

85

16.6199 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

10

16.6199 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

431

16.6252 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,853

16.6576 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

550

16.6787 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

63

16.6908 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

52

16.6908 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6

16.6908 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,606

16.6926 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

738

16.7782 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,203

16.8000 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,562

16.8000 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

40

16.8000 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,027

16.8077 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

126

16.8625 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

104

16.8625 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

13

16.8625 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

133

16.9204 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

111

16.9204 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

14

16.9204 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

101

16.9556 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,500

16.9649 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

132

16.9825 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

109

16.9825 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

13

16.9825 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3,481

17.5400 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

10,986

17.5400 GBP

15p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

67

17.5400 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising / exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state 'none'

NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state 'none'

NONE

Date of disclosure:

30 November 2020

Contact name:

Paul Grainger and Kashif Rafiq

Telephone number:

+44(20) 7552 9835 / +44(20) 7051 0547

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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