Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sage Group PLC

27 June 2023

 

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

27 June 2023

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

On 23 June 2023, Walid Abu-Hadba purchased 500 ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in Sage, at a price of £8.71 per share.  On 26 June 2023, Walid Abu-Hadba purchased 2,500 ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in Sage at a price of £8.76 per share. These ordinary shares were acquired via ADRs issued by Fidelity.  The purchases were made in US dollars with the price per share given in this announcement in GBP as converted at the exchange rate on the date of purchase.

On 26 June 2023, Walid Abu-Hadba also purchased 10,000 ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in Sage at a price of £8.68 per share, which are held in his broker account (held jointly with his PCA, Hala Rashid).

The resultant shareholding for Walid Abu-Hadba is 165,599 ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in Sage.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Walid Abu-Hadba
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Product Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Sage Group plc.
b)	LEI	2138005RN5XYLTF8G138
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares in The Sage Group plc. acquired via ADR
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03
b)	Nature of the transaction	Share purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			£8.71	500
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	23 June 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Walid Abu-Hadba
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Product Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Sage Group plc.
b)	LEI	2138005RN5XYLTF8G138
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares in The Sage Group plc. acquired via ADR
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03
b)	Nature of the transaction	Share purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			£8.76	2,500
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Walid Abu-Hadba
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Product Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Sage Group plc.
b)	LEI	2138005RN5XYLTF8G138
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03
b)	Nature of the transaction	Share purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			£8.68	10,000
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Name of contact:	Mohor Roy, Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone number of contact:	+ 44(0) 203 810 7200

 

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