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Sage Group PLC 02 November 2005 The Sage Group plc ('the Company') SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 1 November 2005 that The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International S.A., Capital International, Inc., and Capital International Limited, have an interest in 66,584,718 Ordinary shares of 1p each of the Company. This represents 5.181% of the issued share capital of the Company. The holdings are registered in the following names :- Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of Shares Chase Nominees Limited 974,200 Nortrust Nominees 552,400 Total 1,526,600 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 484,870 Bank of New York Nominees 15,818,590 Nortrust Nominees Limited 4,450,310 Chase Nominees Limited 7,565,260 Midland Bank plc 405,300 Bankers Trust 472,900 Barclays Bank 244,000 Citibank London 1,222,673 Morgan Guaranty 714,900 Nortrust Nominees Limited 9,495,578 Royal Bank of Scotland 790,000 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 2,132,067 Citibank 223,636 Deutsche Bank AG 3,330,699 HSBC Bank plc 2,154,100 Mellon Bank N.A. 954,700 Northern Trust South Africa 340,000 KAS UK 70,700 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 233,600 Bank One London 291,800 Total 51,395,683 Capital International S.A Registered Holder Number of Shares Bank of New York Nominees 56,800 Chase Nominees Limited 808,200 Royal Bank of Scotland 136,100 Midland Bank plc 20,200 Lloyds Bank 53,500 Citibank Toronto 27,800 HSBC Bank plc 351,400 Total 1,454,000 Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 3,484,100 Bank of New York Nominees 1,338,534 Chase Nominees Limited 4,456,700 Nortrust Nominees 579,000 Northern Trust 72,400 Midland Bank plc 131,000 State Street Bank & Trust Co 987,800 Citibank NA Toronto 654,435 HSBC Bank plc 123,766 Citibank London 47,700 J P Morgan Chase Bank 171,400 Bankers Trust 53,100 Citibank London 108,500 Total 12,208,435 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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