Directors' Shareholdings

The Sage Group plc (the `Company')

Directors' Shareholdings

The Company has been informed that on 4 January 2007 Guy Berruyer, a director
of the Company, exercised options over 250,000 Ordinary shares of 1p each in
the Company at an exercise price of 81.10 pence per share under the terms of
The Sage Group (No 2) Executive Share Option Scheme and over 223,880 Ordinary
shares of 1p each in the Company at an exercise price of 134.00 pence per share
under the terms of The Sage Group 1999 Executive Share Option Scheme.

On the same day Mr Berruyer subsequently sold 250,000 Ordinary shares of 1p
each at a price of 266.50 per share.

Also on 4 January 2007, Ronald Verni, a director of the Company, purchased
25,000 Ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at a price of 266.50 pence per
share.