REG - Future PLC - Response to press speculation

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20/09/2022 10:45

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RNS Number : 9876Z  Future PLC  20 September 2022

20 September 2022

Future plc

 

Response to press speculation and share price movement

 

Future plc (LSE: FUTR, "Future", "the Group"), the global platform for
specialist media, notes the recent press speculation and share price movement
and is providing the following clarification.

 

Future made it clear in last year's annual report that CEO succession planning
was an ongoing focus of the Board and Nomination Committee.  Zillah
Byng-Thorne, CEO, joined the business in November 2013 and is approaching 9
years at the Group. Zillah remains committed to the business, and has not
resigned, however she has informally indicated that she would like to step
down by the end of 2023.

 

Enquiries:

 

Future plc

Richard Huntingford, Chair

Marion Le Bot, Head of Investor Relations          +44 (0)777 564
1509

 

Media

Headland          +44 (0)203 805 4822

Stephen Malthouse, Rob Walker, Charlie Twigg

future@headlandconsultancy.com

 

 

About Future

 

Future is a global platform business for specialist media with diversified
revenue streams. Its content reaches 1 in 3 adults online in the UK and US.

 

The Media division is high-growth with complementary revenue streams including
eCommerce for products and services, events, and digital advertising
(including advertising within newsletters and video). It operates in a number
of sectors including technology, games & entertainment, music, home &
gardens, sports, TV & film, real life, knowledge, wealth & savings,
women's lifestyle and B2B. Its brands include TechRadar, PC Gamer, Tom's
Guide, Android Central, Truly, The Week, Kiplinger, GoCompare, Digital Camera
World, Homebuilding & Renovating Show, GamesRadar+, The Photography Show,
Top Ten Reviews, Marie Claire, Live Science, Guitar World, MusicRadar,
Space.com, What to Watch, Gardening Etc, Adventure and Tom's Hardware.

 

The Magazine division focuses on publishing specialist content, with a
combined global circulation of over 3 million delivered through more than 131
magazines, and 735 bookazines published a year. The portfolio spans
technology, knowledge, games & entertainment, sports, music, photography
& design, homes & garden, country lifestyle, TV & film and B2B.
Its titles include Country Life, Wallpaper*, Woman & Home, The Week,
Classic Rock, Decanter, Guitar Player, FourFourTwo, Homebuilding &
Renovating, Digital Camera, Guitarist, How It Works, Total Film, What Hi-Fi?
and Music Week.

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