Disclosure of Interest

Sage Group PLC
07 August 2006


Sage Group plc ('the Company')

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

The Company received notification on 4th August 2006 that Ameriprise Financial,
Inc and its group, of which Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited is
the ultimate intermediate holding company in the UK, through the legal entities
listed below, has a notifiable interest in 131,029,751 Ordinary Shares of 1p
each in the Company, representing 10.13% of the issued share capital.

Further information is provided.

Registered Owner                             Account Name     In Ordinary Shares

Ameriprise Financial Inc                     A/C -                       179,742
Bank of Ireland Nominees                     A/C 4239914                 791,405
Bank of Ireland Nominees                     A/C 4270483               1,271,133
Bank of Ireland Nominees                     A/C 4261416                 593,741
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                       A/C 219709                1,354,341
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                       A/C 219720                1,626,898
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                       A/C 277650                1,501,061
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                       A/C 219064                1,076,751
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 02642                 3,970,119
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 30337                   135,033
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10489                 1,959,316
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10488                22,974,005
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10491                 9,953,299
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10492                 2,425,742
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10469                 1,324,764
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 07196                   158,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 07207                 6,832,511
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 21688                 2,018,939
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 07205                 2,974,984
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10479                    48,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 11121                    20,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 35822                    28,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 10478                    34,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 27642                   909,448
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 07198                 4,251,457
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 02891                54,564,802
Littledown Nominees Ltd                      A/C 07199                   225,828
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                     A/C WWSF0004002           1,178,273
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                     A/C AVOF0003002           2,311,875
Roy Nominees                                 A/C 104450                  398,557
State Street Nominees Ltd                    A/C JTAV                    268,361
State Street Nominees Ltd                    A/C JY17                  3,524,366
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd   A/C 301780                  115,000

TOTAL                                                                131,029,751



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