Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sage Group PLC (The)

30 September 2026

 

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

30 September 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 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

On 28 September 2026, the undernoted PDMRs, who are members of the Executive Leadership Team of Sage, were granted conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in Sage ("Shares") under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").

Awards under the LTIP may be granted as a performance share award ("PSA"), or restricted share award ("RSA") (the "Awards").

No price is payable by the PDMRs on either the grant or vesting of the Awards.

The Awards will vest on the date set out in the table below, subject to continued employment, and/or performance conditions (as applicable). The Awards are subject to malus (withholding) and clawback (recovery).

PDMR	Awards	Number of Shares subject to Awards	Vest Date	Total number of Shares subject to Awards granted to PDMR
Krish Vitaldevara	PSA	80,855	02.12.2028	1,993,661
	RSA	80,855	Award vests in four tranches, so the award will be fully vested by 2.12.2029
	RSA	1,831,951	Award vests in four tranches, so the award will be fully vested by 2.12.2029
Anand Swaminathan	RSA	196,363	Award vests in four tranches, so the award will be fully vested by 2.12.2029	1,120,424
	RSA	924,061	Awards vests in four tranches in December and May annually, so the award will be fully vested by 18.5.2028
Derk Bleeker	RSA	318,627	Award vests in three tranches, so the award will be fully vested by 28.9.2029	318,627

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Krish Vitaldevara
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Product 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	Grant of a conditional share award under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			Nil	1,993,661
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Anand Swaminathan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Strategy 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	Grant of a conditional share award under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			Nil	1,120,424
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 September 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	Grant of a conditional share award under The Sage Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price	Volume
			Nil	318,627
d)	Aggregated information	N/A - single transaction
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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

 

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