12th Sep 2005 16:06
Sage Group PLC12 September 2005 Sage Group plc ("the Company") SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification today from Threadneedle Asset ManagementLimited regarding the notifiable interest of Zurich Financial Services and itsGroup. They have a notifiable interest in 51,785,352 ordinary shares of 1p each in theCompany, representing 4.02% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The shares are registered as follows: Registered Owner Ordinary 1p Shares Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd 36,746Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd 18,526Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd 244,728BNY (OCS)Nominees Ltd a/c 219064 641,429Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07199 274,685Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07207 4,920,670Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 02642 2,409,121Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 21688 2,064,408Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07205 2,293,813Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 02891 38,881,226 TOTAL 51,785,352 Notes Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: ZurichAssurance Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle StarExecutives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd. It is also a nomineefor various companies not within the ZFS Group. BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: ZurichInsurance Company (UK) Ltd and Zurich International (UK) Ltd. It is also anominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group. Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: EagleStar Insurance Company (Ireland) Ltd and Eagle Star Life Assurance Company ofIreland Ltd. ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland. This notification is made on behalf of: Eagle Star Insurance Company (Ireland) Ltd, Eagle Star Life Assurance Company ofIreland Ltd, Eagle Star Holding Company of Ireland, Eagle Star Group HoldingsLtd, Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Zurich Assurance Ltd, Zurich FinancialServices UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd andEagle Star Holdings Limited; Zurich International (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Insurance Company and ZurichInsurance Company (UK) Ltd; Alled Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA)Ltd, Zurich GroupHolding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediateholding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich FinancialServices, their ultimate holding company. The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short termre-registration. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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