Holding in Company

Sage Group PLC
27 June 2001


Sage Group plc (the 'Company')

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES

The Company was informed on 26 June 2001 that Deutsche Bank AG and its
subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 140,922,304 Ordinary shares
of 1p each, representing 11.07% of the total shares in issue.

Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany.

Further details are as follows:-
Registered Holders                                          No. of Shares
Held as Principal
Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd                                                158,743
Deutsche Bank AG London                                               3,091,723
Other Holdings                                                        2,548,254

Held in Customer Portfolios
Morgan Nominees                                                      56,343,061
Morgan Nominees BIPF                                                    629,196
Morgan Nominees CHY                                                     592,960
Morgan Nominees CSL                                                     176,741
Morgan Nominees DGR                                                     742,392
Morgan Nominees ENF                                                     460,608
Morgan Nominees LAM                                                     581,289
Morgan Nominees MER                                                     201,169
Morgan Nominees NG                                                      191,115
Morgan Nominees PGP                                                     111,313
Morgan Nominees SAM                                                     108,519
Morgan Nominees SL                                                    2,317,265
Bank of New York Nominees                                               162,289
Bank of New York Nominees VC                                             12,528
Bank of New York Nominees 588251                                          6,610
Bank of Tokyo London                                                      3,260
British Overseas Bank 6951                                              852,234
British Overseas Bank 7020                                              227,568
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                              1,012,523
Channel Nominees                                                        284,432
Chase Nominees                                                        3,611,751
Chase Nominees 14186                                                    285,034
Citicorp Nominees                                                        29,300
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                      872,721
Deutsche Bank International Ltd                                       1,157,813
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                                             25,800
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                    380,973
Lothian Regional Council                                              1,901,880
Mirglip Nominees                                                         83,300
MSS Nominees                                                         18,322,159
National & Provincial                                                   129,566
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                15,607,262
Perry Nominees                                                          317,288
Railways Pension Trustee Company Ltd                                  8,687,498
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Nominees                                          10,350
RBSTB Nominees                                                        9,564,953
RBSTB Nominees RTLDN                                                    225,775
State Street Nominees                                                 6,870,794
State Street Nominees SD12                                              508,952
Sutrin Nominees                                                          24,430
Tokyo Trust                                                             178,920
Vidacos Nominees                                                      1,307,713
To be advised                                                             2,280

TOTAL                                                               140,922,304

NOTE: The shares comprised under this notification may, from time to time, be
the subject of a stock lending agreement resulting in a change in registration
but not in DBAG's interest in the shares.