Notification of Transactions of Directors
13 January 2009
The Sage Group plc (the Company)
This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a).
On the vesting of awards under the Sage Group Deferred Bonus Plan (the Plan) on 10 January 2009, the following directors of the Company became beneficially entitled to the number of ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company set out below, all of which were held in trust by Ogier Employee Benefit Trustee Limited as trustee of the Sage Group plc Employee Benefit Trust (the Trustee). The Trustee will transfer the legal title to the ordinary shares to the directors (or as they may direct) in accordance with the rules of the Plan, subject to the sale of any ordinary shares in order to discharge a director's tax liability in respect of the vesting of an award.
Director |
Number of ordinary shares acquired |
Guy Berruyer |
12,713 |
Paul Harrison |
9,119 |
Paul Stobart |
3,817 |
Paul Walker |
21,507 |
Under the rules of the Plan, no payment was made by the directors for the ordinary shares.
Date and place of transaction: 10th January 2009, St.Helier, Jersey.