17th Nov 2005 11:41
Sage Group PLC17 November 2005 The Sage Group plc ("the Company") SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 16 November 2005 that The Capital GroupCompanies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital Guardian TrustCompany, Capital International S.A., Capital International, Inc., and CapitalInternational Limited, have an interest in 66,444,273 Ordinary shares of 1p eachof the Company. This represents 5.170% of the issued share capital of the Company. The holdings are registered in the following names :- Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of Shares Chase Nominees Limited 974,200Nortrust Nominees 552,400 Total 1,526,600 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 180,900Bank of New York Nominees 15,906,045Nortrust Nominees Limited 4,498,810Chase Nominees Limited 7,565,260Midland Bank plc 405,300Bankers Trust 367,900Barclays Bank 244,000Citibank London 1,222,673Morgan Guaranty 714,900Nortrust Nominees Limited 9,290,578Royal Bank of Scotland 790,000State Street Bank & Trust Co. 2,436,037Citibank 223,636Deutsche Bank AG 3,330,699HSBC Bank plc 2,154,100Mellon Bank N.A. 988,300Northern Trust South Africa 340,000KAS UK 70,700Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 233,600Bank One London 291,800 Total 51,255,238 Capital International S.A Registered Holder Number of Shares Bank of New York Nominees 56,800Chase Nominees Limited 808,200Royal Bank of Scotland 136,100Midland Bank plc 20,200Lloyds Bank 53,500Citibank Toronto 27,800HSBC Bank plc 351,400 Total 1,454,000 Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 3,484,100Bank of New York Nominees 1,338,534Chase Nominees Limited 4,456,700Nortrust Nominees 579,000Northern Trust 72,400Midland Bank plc 131,000State Street Bank & Trust Co 987,800Citibank NA Toronto 654,435HSBC Bank plc 123,766Citibank London 47,700J P Morgan Chase Bank 171,400Bankers Trust 53,100Citibank London 108,500 Total 12,208,435 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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