12th Dec 2005 15:07
Sage Group PLC12 December 2005 The Sage Group plc NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING The Company received notification on 9 December 2005 that: Fidelity International Limited ("FIL"), the parent holding company for variousdirect and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd(FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited(FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FidelityPension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FidelityInvestments International (FII), investment managers for various non-USinvestment companies and institutional clients, have a notifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity InternationalLimited. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unittrust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuantto Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notificationsof interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarityand efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries, or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd act as a group orin concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required tosubmit these notifications on a joint basis. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely wherea person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of suchrights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. The registered holders are as follows:- Registered Holder Management Company Shares held N/A N/A 17,400JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 3,034,480Northern Trust London FPM 2,207,900Mellon Bank FPM 1,244,700Bank of New York Brussels FPM 1,128,300State Street Bank and Trust Co Lndn FPM 897,710Bankers Trust London FPM 573,000Midland Securities Services FPM 263,200Clydesdale Bank plc FPM 170,800JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 1,845,281Brown Bros Harriman FIL 26,769,861Bank of New York Brussels FIL 292,800Northern Trust London FIL 115,100 Total 38,560,532 This represents 3.01% of the total amount of shares in issue. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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