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RNS Number : 3552M
Future PLC
15 July 2014 
 
15 July 2014 
 
Future plc ("Future", the "Company") 
 
Result of General Meeting 
 
The Board of Future is pleased to announce that at the Company's General
Meeting held today at 11.00am, the following resolutions, as proposed in the
Notice of General Meeting and put to the shareholders at the General Meeting,
were duly passed: 
 
·      The ordinary resolution to approve the disposal of a portfolio
comprising the Sport titles and the Craft titles to Immediate Media Company
Bristol Limited for the sum of up to £24m (the "Disposal") 
 
·      The special resolution to approve the transfer of the Company's listing
category on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and on the Main
Market of the London Stock Exchange from a premium listing (commercial
company) to a standard listing (shares) (the "Transfer of Listing"). 
 
The expected completion date of the Disposal is 21 July 2014. Following
shareholder approval, the Company will submit its application for the Transfer
of Listing to the UK Listing Authority shortly. Accordingly, the Company
expects the Transfer of Listing to take effect on or around 13 August 2014. 
 
The voting results were as detailed below: 
 
 Resolutions                                                                                                                                                                     For                       Against                   Withheld         
                                                                                                                                                                                 Number of votes  %        Number of votes  %        Number of votes  
 1.  To approve the terms of the Disposal and the authorisation  of the Directors to do or procure to be done all such acts to  give effect to the Disposal                      250,840,246      99.99    10,318           0.00     50               
 2.  To approve the proposed Transfer of Listing and the authorisation  of the Directors to do or procure to be done all such acts to  give effect to the Transfer of Listing    190,149,648      85.66    31,806,110       14.33    28,892,606       
 
 
 1  Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution. 
 
The total number of voting rights as at 14 July 2014 was 333,779,909 
 
An explanatory circular was submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (the
"NSM") on 26 June 2014 and is available for inspection at
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and on the Company's website at
http://www.futureplc.com/investors (along with the Notice of General Meeting).
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed will
be submitted to the NSM and will be available for inspection at 
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm in due course. 
 
Enquiries 
 
 Future plc                                                                  +44 (0) 20 7042 4000  
 Zillah Byng-Maddick, Chief Executive                                                              
                                                                                                   
 Numis Securities Limited (Financial adviser, sponsor and broker to Future)  +44 (0) 20 7260 1000  
 Lorna Tilbian / Nick Westlake /  Mark Lander                                                      
                                                                                                   
 
 
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