Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0784D

Sage Group PLC

09 September 2008

 

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:

Sage Group plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Invesco Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	3 September 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 September 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%, 9%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 1p Shares (GB0008021650)	131,986,001	131,986,001	129,837,372		129,837,372		9.92%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
129,837,372	9,92%

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

Bank of Ireland - 813,363 Bank of New York - 148,465 Banque Paribas - 105,600 Bank of New York (Brussels) - 70,000 Chase Bank - 332,999 JP Morgan Chase - 1,739,235 Citibank New York - 40,369 Vidacos Nominees - 107,055,850 Deutsche Bank UK - 48,563 HSBC - 2,202,497 Mellon Bank (Pittsburg) - 827,872 Morgan Stanley (London) - 199,220 State Street Sydney - 8,000 State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 14,823,075 Trust & Custody Services - 14,021 Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,282,671 Other - 125,572

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:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 417 404

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

 

END

 

 

HOLEKLFBVKBZBBQ