Treasury Stock

RNS Number : 8309X

Sage Group PLC

21 February 2012

 

21 February 2012

The Sage Group plc

Treasury Shares-Transfers

In accordance with Listing Rule 12.6.4 The Sage Group plc announces that on 21 February 2012 it transferred 3,500,000 shares from treasury to the trustee of the Sage Group plc Employee Benefit Trust for the purpose of satisfying awards under the company's Performance Share Plan. No price was paid by the trustee for the treasury shares.

Following the above transfer The Sage Group plc holds a total of 19,284,613 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, is 1,307,905,619.

Enquiries:

Michael Robinson, Company Secretary

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