Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sage Group PLC (The)

10 March 2026

 

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

10 March 2026

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Persons Closely Associated ("PCAs") with them

This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Upon the vesting of a share award granted under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), on 7 March 2026, Simon Longbottom, Chief Growth Officer and a member of the Executive Leadership Team of Sage and PDMR, became beneficially entitled to the number of ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in Sage ("Shares") noted below. Awards under the LTIP are granted as a performance share award ("PSA") or a restricted share award ("RSA"). This award was granted as an RSA, subject to the achievement of a financial underpin.

The Shares were released on 9 March 2026, being the next business day following the vesting date.

On 9 March 2026, Sage was notified that Simon Longbottom sold a number of Shares at the price noted below to cover employee tax and social security liabilities arising from the vesting. The resultant total shareholding of the PDMR is also included.

PDMR	Award	Number of ordinary shares acquired	Number of ordinary shares sold to cover tax liabilities	Sale price per share	Resultant total shareholding
Simon Longbottom	LTIP (RSA)	8,638	4,068	£8.3776	13,750

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Longbottom
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Growth Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Sage Group plc.
b)	LEI	2138005RN5XYLTF8G138
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of the beneficial interest in ordinary shares following the vesting of a share award under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan, granted on 20 May 2025
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			Nil	8,638
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	7 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Longbottom
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Growth Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Sage Group plc.
b)	LEI	2138005RN5XYLTF8G138
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary shares to cover employee tax and social security liabilities arising from the vesting on 7 March 2026 of a share award under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			£8.3776	4,068
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	9 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Name of contact:	Mohor Roy
Telephone number of contact:	+ 44(0) 203 810 7200

 

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