Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0561S

Sage Group PLC

01 November 2013

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Sage Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					ü
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: iii		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		31.10.13
6. Date on which issuer notified:		01.11.13
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary GB00B8C3BL03

<5%

<5%

55,717,156

N/A

55,038,549

N/A

5.007%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

182,997

Nominal

Delta

0.017%

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

55,221,546

5.024%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Cazenove Capital Holding Ltd                                                            36,228,096 shares      3.296% Schroder Investment Management Ltd                                              14,633,936 shares      1.331% Schroders Channel Islands Ltd                                                          473,269 shares           0.043% Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd                      573,656 shares           0.052% Schroder and Co Ltd                                                                           3,312,589 shares        0.301%
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:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 1,099,205,817
14. Contact name:	Laura Whelan
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Schroder Plc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	31 Gresham Street London EC2V 7QA
Phone number & email	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Group Disclosure Team
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Laura Whelan
Contact address
Phone number & email	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Compliance Specialist
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

 

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