11th May 2005 16:10
Sage Group PLC11 May 2005 Sage Group plc DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES The Company received notification on 11 May 2005 from Threadneedle AssetManagement Limited that, Zurich Financial Services and its group have anotifiable interest in 38,998,317 Ordinary shares in the Company, representing3% of the Company's shares in issue. The shares are registered in the following names: Registered Account Ordinary 1p Shares BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd 219064 1,223,259 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07199 252,008 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07207 4,173,563 Littledown Nominees Ltd 02642 1,171,357 Littledown Nominees Ltd 21688 2,034,744 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07205 2,071,122 Littledown Nominees Ltd 02891 28,072,264 Total 38,998,317 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 Limited 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. ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland. This notification is made on behalf of: Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Zurich Assurance Ltd, Zurich Financial ServicesUK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd and Eagle StarHoldings Limited; Allied 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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