Sage Group PLC
11 May 2005
Sage Group plc
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES
The Company received notification on 11 May 2005 from Threadneedle Asset
Management Limited that, Zurich Financial Services and its group have a
notifiable interest in 38,998,317 Ordinary shares in the Company, representing
3% of the Company's shares in issue.
The shares are registered in the following names:
Registered Account Ordinary 1p Shares
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd 219064 1,223,259
Littledown Nominees Ltd 07199 252,008
Littledown Nominees Ltd 07207 4,173,563
Littledown Nominees Ltd 02642 1,171,357
Littledown Nominees Ltd 21688 2,034,744
Littledown Nominees Ltd 07205 2,071,122
Littledown Nominees Ltd 02891 28,072,264
Total 38,998,317
Notes:
Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich
Assurance Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star
Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd. It is also a nominee
for various companies not within the ZFS Group.
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd and Zurich International (UK) Ltd. It is also a
nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.
ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.
This notification is made on behalf of:
Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Zurich Assurance Ltd, Zurich Financial Services
UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd and Eagle Star
Holdings Limited;
Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.
The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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