Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6900L

Sage Group PLC

11 May 2010

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	7 May 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 May 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 1p shares	130,277,896	130,277,896	57,175,646		57,175,646		4.34%
GB0008021650

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
57,175,646	4.34%

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

Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 610,103 Bank of Ireland - 688,000 Bank of New York - 39,231,380 Bank of New York (Luxembourg) - 10,988 Boston Safe Deposit - 147,028 Citibank New York - 9,367 HSBC - 1,494,266 Morgan Stanley (London) - 9,879 State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 14,536,244 Trust & Custody Services - 11,276 Northern Trust Company (London) - 407,175 Other - 19,940

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Elaine Coleman
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 417394

 

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