Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7971Z

Sage Group PLC

25 May 2021

 

THE SAGE GROUP PLC.

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage" or the "Group") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 1 ⁴/₇ pence each (the "Shares") on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral Trading Facilities from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. This is pursuant to the share buyback programme announced on 4 March 2021 which is expected to end no later than 4 September 2021.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:  25 May 2021

Number of ordinary shares purchased:                      352,613

Highest price paid per share:                                        675.80p

Lowest price paid per share:                                         669.20p

Volume weighted average price paid per share:     672.38p

These Shares will be held in treasury and used to meet obligations arising from share option programmes, or other allocations of shares, to employees or directors.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a schedule of individual trades by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc is available using the following link:

https://www.sage.com/en-gb/-/media/files/sagedotcom/master/documents/pdf/Transaction_In_Own_Shares_25_05_21.pdf

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