Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2204B

Sage Group PLC

22 October 2009

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

The Sage Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		x
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:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	20 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	9%, 10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 1p shares	129,837,372	129,837,372	131,718,913		131,718,913		10.03%
GB0008021650

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
131,718,913	10.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 699,235 Bank of Ireland - 709,000 Bank of New York - 108,371,419 Bank of New York (Brussels) - 74,781 Boston Safe Deposit - 105,181 Chase Bank - 79,586 Citibank New York - 9,367 HSBC - 1,909,198 Mellon Bank (Pittsburg) - 748,323 Morgan Stanley (London) - 13,911 State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 16,071,921 Trust & Custody Services - 11,276 Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,203,705 Other - 1,712,010

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:
14. Contact name:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

 

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