Director/PDMR Shareholding

* 20 March 2008
   
  * The Sage Group plc (the Company)
   
  * Notification of Transactions of Directors
   
This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R
(1)(a).

On the vesting of awards under the Sage Group Performance Share Plan (the Plan)
on 18 March 2008, the following directors of the Company became beneficially
entitled to the number of ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company set out
below, all of which were held in trust by Ogier Employee Benefit Trustee
Limited as trustee of the Sage Group plc Employee Benefit Trust (the Trustee).

Director                Number of ordinary shares acquired     
                                                               
Paul Harrison                         55,918                   
                                                               
Paul Stobart                          75,965                   
                                                               
Guy Berruyer                          77,956                   
                                                               
Paul Walker                          131,885                   

Under the rules of the Plan, no payment was made by the directors for the
ordinary shares.

In addition, on 19 March 2008, the Trustee disposed of, on behalf of the
directors named below, the number of ordinary shares set out below in respect
of which the directors had become beneficially entitled to under the Plan at a
price of 189.945 pence per ordinary share.

Director              Number of ordinary shares disposed of    
                                                               
Paul Harrison                         23,290                   
                                                               
Paul Stobart                          31,639                   

Date of transactions: 18th and 19th of March 2008.

Place of transactions: St.Helier, Jersey