Holding(s) in Company

Sage Group PLC
28 November 2002

The Sage Group plc (the 'Company')

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES

The Company was informed on 27 November 2002 that Deutsche Bank AG and its
subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 177,215,520 Ordinary shares
of 1p each, representing 13.89% of the total shares in issue.

Further details are as follows:-

Held as Principal                                                              No. of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                                            2,420,246
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc                                                         131,814

Held in Customer Portfolio

Morgan Nominees                                                                    74,296,002
Morgan Nominees CHY                                                                   582,439
Morgan Nominees CSL                                                                   226,184
Morgan Nominees DGR                                                                   734,693
Morgan Nominees ENF                                                                   581,743
Morgan Nominees LAM                                                                   679,586
Morgan Nominees MER                                                                   233,669
Morgan Nominees NG                                                                    311,115
Morgan Nominees SAM                                                                   149,211
Morgan Nominees SL                                                                   1,125,164
Bank of New York Nominees                                                            7,760,022
Bank of New York Nominees A/C VC                                                       61,488
Bank of Tokyo London                                                                   10,550
British Overseas Bank A/c 7020                                                        329,560
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                                              990,587
Channel Nominees                                                                      312,171
Chase Nominees                                                                       33,601,790
Chase Nominees A/c 14186                                                              391,043
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                                    744,682
CSFB Depositary                                                                        72,000
Deutsche Asset Management GmbH                                                       1,933,542
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas                                                 1,406,324
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                                  1,172,716
Deutsche Bank Japan Ltd                                                               736,530
Deutsche Bank (C I) Limited                                                            86,352
Deutsche Bank S A E Spain                                                             235,424
DWS Investment GmbH                                                                   100,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                                                         3,799,979
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                                  412,488
Lothian Regional Council                                                             1,890,217
National Provincial                                                                   167,326
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                                23,690,462
Perry Nominees                                                                        347,959
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Nominees                                                        27,765
RBSTB Nominees                                                                         49,105
RBSTB Nominees A/c RTLDN                                                              348,175
Scudder Investment Management                                                        1,502,240
State Street Nominees                                                                9,760,934
State Street Nominees A/c SD12                                                       1,352,457
Tokyo Trust                                                                           295,340
Vidacos Nominees                                                                      543,146
To be Advised                                                                        1,611,280

TOTAL                                                                             177,215,520




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