Director/PDMR Shareholding

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On August 5, 2026, The Sage Group plc announced that two Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) exercised options granted under The Sage Save and Share Plan on June 16, 2023, which matured on August 1, 2026. Steve Hare, the Chief Executive Officer, exercised options for 2,608 ordinary shares at £6.90 per share, retaining his entire holding of 675,120 shares. Derk Bleeker, the Chief Commercial Officer, also exercised options for 2,608 ordinary shares at £6.90 per share, and subsequently sold 2,608 ordinary shares at £10.11 per share, leaving him with a resultant shareholding of 259,019 shares.

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Sage Group PLC (The)
05 August 2026
 

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

 

5 August 2026

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Sage announces that on 4 August 2026, the undernoted PDMRs, who are members of the Executive Leadership Team of Sage, exercised options granted to them under The Sage Save and Share Plan, over the number of ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in Sage ("Ordinary Shares"), and at the option price as set out below. The options were granted on 16 June 2023 and matured on 1 August 2026.

On 4 August 2026, Derk Bleeker also sold 2,608 Ordinary Shares at a price of £10.11 per share.

PDMR

Number of shares acquired

Option price per share

Number of shares sold

Sale price per share

Resultant total shareholding

Steve Hare

2,608

£6.90

N/A

N/A

675,120

Derk Bleeker

2,608

£6.90

2,608

£10.11

259,019

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

Steve Hare

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

Chief Executive 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

 

Exercise of options to acquire ordinary shares in Sage granted under The Sage Save and Share Plan

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




£6.90

2,608







d)

 

Aggregated information

N/A - single transaction



- Aggregated volume




- Price




e)

 

Date of the transaction

4 August 2026

 

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

Derk Bleeker

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

Chief Commercial 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

 

Exercise of options to acquire ordinary shares in Sage granted under The Sage Save and Share Plan

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




£6.90

2,608







d)

 

Aggregated information

N/A - single transaction



- Aggregated volume




- Price




e)

 

Date of the transaction

4 August 2026

 

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

Derk Bleeker

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

Chief Commercial 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

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




£10.11

2,608







d)

 

Aggregated information

N/A - single transaction



- Aggregated volume




- Price




e)

 

Date of the transaction

4 August 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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