Holding(s) in Company

Sage Group PLC 30 January 2006 The Sage Group plc NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING The Company received notification on 30 January 2006 that: FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109 the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee of investment manager of various pension and trust accounts, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670, Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients, have a notifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109 a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. The registered holders are as follows:- Registered Holder Management Company Shares held Northern Trust London FPM 3,371,700 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 3,256,080 Mellon Bank FPM 1,472,700 Bank of New York Brussels FPM 1,288,400 State Street Bank and Trust Co Lndn FPM 1,056,910 Bankers Trust London FPM 630,200 Midland Securities Services FPM 279,700 Clydesdale Bank plc FPM 179,400 Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt FPM 68,900 JP Morgan, Chase Bank FPM 35,400 Dexia Private Bank FPM 16,200 Chase Manhattan London FPM 14,800 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co FMTC 431,700 State Street Bank and Trust FMTC 363,000 Bank of New York FMTC 176,100 Northern Trust Co FMTC 156,600 JPMorgan Chase Bank FMTC 143,900 Northern Trust London FMRCO 60,200 State Street Bank and Trust FMRCO 39,100 Mellon Bank N.A. FMRCO 29,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 7,360,844 Brown Bros Harriman Lux FIL 29,806,377 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 1,745,100 Bank of New York Brussels FIL 379,500 Northern Trust FIL 262,300 State Street Bank and Trust FIL 97,300 JP Morgan Bournemouth FIL 84,900 State Street Bank and Trust FICL 130,700 State Street Hong Kong FIA(K)L 22,200 Total 52,959,211 This represents 4.14% of the total amount of shares in issue. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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