Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1571D

Sage Group PLC

17 March 2011

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Sage Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					√
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: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited  6,271,718* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 37,201,677* Chase Nominees Limited                       1,257,940* CUIM Nominee Limited                        1,014,624* Kas Bank NV                                            142,529* Vidacos Nominees Limited                          73,363*                                                                 *denotes direct interest BNP Paribas - London                             243,296 BT Globenet Nominees Limited                  13,820  Chase Nominees Limited                       7,800,978 Vidacos Nominees Limited                  12,961,673
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		16 March 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17 March 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		<5% to 5% Change at Combined Interest Level

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares GB0008021650

40,098,344

40,098,344

66,981,618

45,961,851

21,019,767

3.48%

1.59%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

166,000

Nominal

Delta

0.01%

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

67,147,618

5.08%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited and Delta Lloyd Asset Management NV , with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) Delta Lloyd Asset Management NV: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva International Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Insurance Limited) ·      Aviva International Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Insurance Limited) ·      CGU International Holdings BV (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Holdings Limited) ·      Delta Lloyd NV (majority owned subsidiary of CGU International Holdings BV) ·      Delta Lloyd Asset Management NV (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd NV)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 1,320,916,029 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 28 February 2011.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva Plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

 

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