Additional Listing

Sage Group PLC
13 December 2004

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 4,000,000 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 (2,000,000 Ords)

The Sage Group 1999 Executive Share Option Scheme (2,000,000 Ords).


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