Holding(s) in Company

Sage Group PLC
23 May 2006



The Sage Group plc

NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING

The Company received notification on 23rd May 2006 that:

FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109

the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company
(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee of investment manager
of various pension and trust accounts,

and

Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
P.O. Box HM 670, Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),
Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments
Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients,

have a notifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company.

The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd
82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109

a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity
and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd act as a group or
in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to
submit these notifications on a joint basis.

The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where
a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

The registered holders are as follows:-

Registered Holder                      Management Company           Shares held

Northern Trust London                  FPM                           4,614,900
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 FPM                           3,288,580
Mellon Bank                            FPM                           1,672,500
State Street Bank and Trust            FPM                           1,460,810
Co Lndn
Bank of New York Brussels              FPM                           1,119,000
Bankers Trust London                   FPM                             663,000
Midland Securities Services            FPM                             293,000
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt      FPM                             204,400
JP Morgan, Chase Bank                  FPM                             111,000
Dexia Private Bank                     FPM                              23,400
Chase Manhattan London                 FPM                              21,400
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co           FMTC                          1,344,000
State Street Bank and Trust            FMTC                          1,018,700
Bank of New York                       FMTC                            482,100
Northern Trust Co                      FMTC                            458,300
JPMorgan Chase Bank                    FMTC                            454,700
Northern Trust London                  FMRCO                           280,500
State Street Bank and Trust            FMRCO                           114,100
Mellon Bank N.A.                       FMRCO                            90,900
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 FISL                         10,343,244
Brown Bros Harriman Lux                FIL                          31,184,877
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 FIL                           3,489,700
Northern Trust London                  FIL                             435,500
Bank of New York Brussels              FIL                             412,400
JP Morgan Bournemouth                  FIL                             395,900
State Street Bank and Trust London     FIL                             212,100
State Street Bank and Trust            FICL                            791,100
State Street Hong Kong                 FIA(K)L                          39,600

                               Total                                65,019,711

This represents 5.06% of the total amount of shares in issue.




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