Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex  
For filings with issuer exclude the annex   

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                               

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing                 
shares to which voting rights are attached:                                    
                                                                               
The Sage Group plc GB0008021650                                                
                                                                               
2. Reason for notification                                        [Yes/No]     
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                         Yes        
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which            No        
may result in the                                                              
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights                    
are attached                                                                   
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                     No        
                                                                               
Other (please specify):                                              No        
                                                                               
3. Full name of person(s) subject to     UBS Investment Bank                   
notification                                                                   
obligation:                                                                    
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if       UBS AG London Branch                  
different from 3):                                                             
                                                                               
5. Date of transaction (and date on      10 March 2008                         
which the                                                                      
threshold is crossed or reached if                                             
different):                                                                    
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:        12 March 2008                         
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or   4.29%                                 
reached:                                                                       

8: Notified Details                                                            
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                            

Class/type of Situation previous to           Resulting situation after           
shares           the triggering               the triggering transaction          
                   transaction                                                    
                                                                                  
If possible   Number of  Number of  Number of       Number of       Percentage of 
use             shares     voting     shares      voting rights     voting rights 
ISIN code                  rights                                                 
                                                                                  
                                                 Direct   Indirect Direct Indirect
                                                                                  
GB0008021650        None       None 56,003,000 56,003,000        -  4.29%        -
                                                                                  

B: Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           

Type of          Expiration      Exercise/      No. of voting    Percentage of 
financial           date        conversion    rights that may be voting rights 
instrument                      period/date    acquired (if the                
                                                  instrument                   
                                                exercised/conv                 
                                                    erted)                     
                                                                               

Total (A+B)                                                                    

Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights            
                                                                               
56,003,000                              4.29%                                  

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               

Proxy Voting:                                                                  
                                                                               
10. Name of proxy holder:                                                      
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy                                              
holder will cease to hold:                                                     
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will                                            
cease to hold voting rights:                                                   

13. Additional information:                                                    
                                                                               
14 Contact name:                    Cintia Goertz                              
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone name:         0207 568 4981                              

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares                               

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification         
obligation                                                                     

Full name                                                                      
(including legal form of legal                                                 
entities)                                                                      
                                                                               
Contact address                                                                
(registered office for legal                                                   
entities)                                                                      
                                                                               
Phone number & email                                                           
                                                                               
Other useful information                                                       
(at least legal representative                                                 
for legal persons)                                                             

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                     

Full name                                                                      
                                                                               
Contact address                                                                
                                                                               
Phone number & email                                                           
                                                                               
Other useful information                                                       
                                                                               
(e.g. functional relationship                                                  
with the                                                                       
person or legal entity subject                                                 
to the                                                                         
notification obligation)                                                       

C: Additional information