Holding(s) in Company

Sage Group PLC
18 March 2002

The Sage Group plc (the 'Company')

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES

The Company was informed on 13 February 2002 that Deutsche Bank AG and its
subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 166,875,580 Ordinary shares
of 1p each, representing 13.10% of the total shares in issue.

Further details are as follows:-
Held as Principal                                                No. of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                            5,786,406
Morgan Grenfell & Co Limited                                         771,184

Held in Customer Portfolio

Morgan Nominees                                                     64,833,295
Morgan Nominees CHY                                                    613,475
Morgan Nominees CSL                                                    228,466
Morgan Nominees DGR                                                    697,693
Morgan Nominees ENF                                                    628,243
Morgan Nominees LAM                                                    699,386
Morgan Nominees MER                                                    198,169
Morgan Nominees NG                                                     311,115
Morgan Nominees SAM                                                    112,929
Morgan Nominees SL                                                   1,071,943
Bank of New York Nominees                                            3,869,588
Bank of New York Nominees A/C VC                                        61,488
Bank of New York Nominees 588251                                        40,900
Bank of Tokyo London                                                     3,260
British Overseas Bank A/c 7020                                         252,797
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                               813,279
Channel Nominees                                                       380,516
Chase Nominees                                                      30,753,606
Chase Nominees A/c 14186                                               391,043
Citicorp Nominees                                                       29,300
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                     704,615
Deutsche Asset Management GmbH                                       3,437,162
Deutsche Bank Alex Brown NY                                          2,297,291
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                  1,289,159
Deutsche Bank Japan Ltd                                                 68,587
Deutsche Bank (C I) Limited                                            108,492
Finanza & Futuro                                                       200,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                                         3,936,809
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                   368,726
Lothian Regional Council                                             2,191,182
Mirglip Nominees                                                        83,300
National Provincial                                                    227,696
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                               18,061,357
Perry Nominees                                                         339,242
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Nominees                                         15,465
RBSTB Nominees                                                       9,228,034
RBSTB Nominees A/c RTLDN                                               293,175
State Street Nominees                                                8,278,272
State Street Nominees A/c SD12                                       1,057,657
Sutrin Nominees                                                         55,650
Tokyo Trust                                                            395,560
Vidacos Nominees                                                     1,686,588
To be Advised                                                            3,480

TOTAL                                                              166,875,580





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