Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2204B
Sage Group PLC
22 October 2009
 




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

  The Sage Group plc


2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 x


An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 


Other (please specify):

  

 


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:


 Invesco Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


 20 October 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:


 21 October 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


 9%, 10%

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the 
triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of

Shares

Number
of

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 Ordinary 1p shares

 129,837,372

129,837,372 

131,718,913

 

131,718,913

 

10.03%

 GB0008021650


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ 
Conversion 
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.


% of voting
rights

 

 

 

 

 


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Exercise 
price

Expiration 
date

Exercise/
Conversion 

period

Number of voting 
rights instrument 
refers to

% of voting rights


 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta


 

 


Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 131,718,913

10.03%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 699,235


Bank of Ireland - 709,000


Bank of New York - 108,371,419


Bank of New York (Brussels) - 74,781

Boston Safe Deposit - 105,181


Chase Bank - 79,586


Citibank New York - 9,367


HSBC - 1,909,198


Mellon Bank (Pittsburg) - 748,323


Morgan Stanley (London) - 13,911


State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 16,071,921


Trust & Custody Services - 11,276


Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,203,705


Other - 1,712,010


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 


13. Additional information:


 

14. Contact name:


 Sam Edwards

15. Contact telephone number:


 01491 416381



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