Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2817K

Sage Group PLC

31 August 2021

 

THE SAGE GROUP PLC.

Transactions in own shares

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage" or the "Group") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 1 ⁴ / ₇ pence each (the "Shares") on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral Trading Facilities from J.P. Morgan Securities plc. This is pursuant to the share buyback programme announced on 4 March 2021 which is expected to end no later than 4 September 2021.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	31 August 2021
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	375,000
Highest price paid per share:	748.4000 p
Lowest price paid per share:	739.4000 p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	743.0655 p

These Shares will be held in treasury and used to meet obligations arising from share option programmes, or other allocations of shares, to employees or directors.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a schedule of individual trades by J.P. Morgan Securities plc is available using the following link:

https://www.sage.com/en-gb/-/media/files/sagedotcom/master/documents/pdf/Transaction_In_Own_Shares_31_08_21.pdf  

 

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