Holding(s) in Company

Sage Group PLC
29 November 2006


The Sage Group plc

NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING

The Company received notification on 29th November 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                           5,099,600
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 FPM                           3,477,000
Mellon Bank                            FPM                           1,615,800
State Street Bank and Trust            FPM                           1,969,700
Co Lndn
Bank of New York Brussels              FPM                           1,068,400
Bankers Trust London                   FPM                             874,800
Midland Securities Services            FPM                             413,600
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt      FPM                             208,400
JP Morgan, Chase Bank                  FPM                             111,000
Dexia Private Bank                     FPM                              23,400

Mellon Bank N.A.                       FMTC                             62,800
State Street Bank and Trust            FMTC                            784,600
Bank of New York                       FMTC                            583,300
Northern Trust Co                      FMTC                            365,400
JPMorgan Chase Bank                    FMTC                            138,500

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co           FMRCO                         1,398,000
Northern Trust London                  FMRCO                           208,500
State Street Bank and Trust            FMRCO                           114,100
Mellon Bank N.A.                       FMRCO                            90,900
Northern Trust Co                      FMRCO                            55,200

JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 FISL                         11,497,893
Brown Bros Harriman Lux                FIL                          27,833,161
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 FIL                           4,400,500
Northern Trust London                  FIL                             438,700
JP Morgan Bournemouth                  FIL                             479,900
State Street Bank and Trust London     FIL                              82,400
State Street Bank and Trust            FICL                            791,100
State Street Hong Kong                 FIA(K)L                          46,200

                               Total                                64,232,854

This represents 4.96% of the total amount of shares in issue.




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