Holding(s) in Company

Sage Group PLC
12 September 2005


Sage Group plc ('the Company')

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

The Company received notification today from Threadneedle Asset Management
Limited regarding the notifiable interest of Zurich Financial Services and its
Group.

They have a notifiable interest in 51,785,352 ordinary shares of 1p each in the
Company, representing 4.02% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

The shares are registered as follows:

Registered Owner                                  Ordinary 1p Shares

Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd                             36,746
Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd                             18,526
Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd                            244,728
BNY (OCS)Nominees Ltd a/c 219064                        641,429
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07199                       274,685
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07207                     4,920,670
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 02642                     2,409,121
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 21688                     2,064,408
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07205                     2,293,813
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 02891                    38,881,226

                           TOTAL                     51,785,352

Notes

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich
Assurance Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star
Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd. It is also a nominee
for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd and Zurich International (UK) Ltd. It is also a
nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Eagle
Star Insurance Company (Ireland) Ltd and Eagle Star Life Assurance Company of
Ireland Ltd.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.

This notification is made on behalf of:

Eagle Star Insurance Company (Ireland) Ltd, Eagle Star Life Assurance Company of
Ireland Ltd, Eagle Star Holding Company of Ireland, Eagle Star Group Holdings
Ltd, Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Zurich Assurance Ltd, Zurich Financial
Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd and
Eagle Star Holdings Limited;

Zurich International (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Insurance Company and Zurich
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd;

Alled Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA)Ltd, Zurich Group
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.


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