Additional Listing

Sage Group PLC
15 January 2003

Sage Group plc ('the Company')

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange and the UK Listing
Authority of the FSA for the Block Listing of 13,200,000 Ordinary shares of 1p
each fully paid, ranking pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares, to the
Official List.

These shares will be issued to satisfy share options exercised under the
following schemes:-

The Sage Group No 2 Executive Share Option Scheme (5,000,000 Ords)

The State of the Art Share Option Plan (500,000 Ords).

The Sage Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme (6,000,000 Ords)

The Sage Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme Ireland (200,000 Ords)

The Sage Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme German Schedule (100,000
Ords)

The Sage Plan D'Epargne Enterprise (400,000 Ords)

The Sage Group 1999 Executive Share Option Scheme (1,000,000 Ords).


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