Director' Shareholding

The Sage Group plc (the `Company')

Directors' Shareholdings

The Company has been informed that on 1st December 2006 Paul Stobart, a
director of the Company, exercised options over 400,000 Ordinary shares of 1p
each in the Company at an exercise price of 81 pence per share and over 210,000
Ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at an exercise price of 136 pence per
share, both exercises being under the terms of The Sage Group (No 2) Executive
Share Option Scheme.

On the same day Mr Stobart subsequently sold 610,000 Ordinary shares of 1p each
at an average price of 260.5 pence per share.

Also on 1st December 2006, Ruth Markland, a non-executive director of the
Company, purchased 5,000 Ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at a price
of 263.25 pence per share.