Holding in Company

Sage Group PLC
30 March 2001

Sage Group plc (the 'Company')

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES

The Company was informed on 29 March 2001 that Deutsche Bank AG London has a
notifiable interest in 131,136,445 Ordinary shares of 1p each, representing
10.34% of the total shares in issue.

Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of which
Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch.

Further details are as follows:-

Registered Holders                                                No. of Shares

Held as Principal
Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd                                                720,989
Deutsche Bank AG London                                               3,022,486

Held in Customer Portfolios
Morgan Nominees
                                                                     52,898,168
Morgan Nominees BIPF                                                    567,096
Morgan Nominees CHY                                                     586,560
Morgan Nominees CSL                                                     180,701
Morgan Nominees DGR                                                     727,992
Morgan Nominees ENF                                                     460,608
Morgan Nominees LAM                                                     581,289
Morgan Nominees MER                                                     197,869
Morgan Nominees NG                                                      191,115
Morgan Nominees PGP                                                     108,744
Morgan Nominees SAM                                                      98,324
Morgan Nominees SL                                                    1,899,569
Bank of New York Nominees                                               198,340
Bank of New York Nominees VC                                             12,528
Bank of New York Nominees 588251                                          5,210
Bank of Tokyo London                                                      3,260
British Overseas Bank 6951                                              899,234
British Overseas Bank 7020                                              185,341
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                                975,730
Channel Nominees                                                        280,272
Chase Nominees                                                        4,012,398
Chase Nominees 14186                                                    285,034
Citicorp Nominees                                                        29,300
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                      821,859
Deutsche Bank International Ltd                                       1,090,300
Glyn Nominees AY                                                         63,321
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                                             25,800
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                    276,593
Lothian Regional Council                                              1,533,050
Mirglip Nominees                                                         83,300
MSS Nominees                                                         18,121,254
MSS Nominees 767137                                                      24,346
National & Provincial                                                   129,566
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                13,672,868
Perry Nominees                                                          259,288
Railways Pension Trustee Company Ltd                                  8,170,498
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Nominees                                          10,350
RBSTB Nominees                                                        8,833,333
RBSTB Nominees RTLDN                                                    225,775
State Street Nominees                                                 6,200,056
State Street Nominees SJ22                                              490,976
State Street Nominees SD12                                              494,132
Sutrin Nominees                                                          20,730
Tokyo Trust                                                             150,900
Vidacos Nominees                                                      1,307,713
To be advised                                                             2,280

TOTAL                                                               131,136,445

NOTE: The shares comprised under this notification may, from time to time, be
the subject of a stock lending agreement resulting in a change in registration
but not in DBAG's interest in the shares.