14th Aug 2006 14:33
Sage Group PLC14 August 2006 The Sage Group plc ("the Company") SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 11 August 2006 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 56,709,323 Ordinary shares of 1p eachof the Company. This represents 4.38% 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 747,700Nortrust Nominees 552,400 Total 1,300,100 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 436,800Bank of New York Nominees 10,041,973Nortrust Nominees Limited 4,022,310Chase Nominees Limited 5,688,860Midland Bank plc 533,200Bankers Trust 177,200Barclays Bank 78,100Citibank London 183,973Morgan Guaranty 578,400Nortrust Nominees Limited 6,193,226MSS Nominees Limited 91,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 2,589,537Lloyds Bank 112,900Citibank 173,436Citibank NA Toronto 1,088,100Deutsche Bank AG 187,400Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 112,800HSBC Bank plc 1,770,400Mellon Bank N.A. 320,100Northern Trust South Africa 1,226,200KAS UK 146,500Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 233,600Bank One London 401,300HSBC Kuala Lumpur 23,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 93,200Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 1,679,300Fortis Bank 17,500Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 270,800Nordea Bank 176,873Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 24,500 Total 38,674,088 Capital International S.A Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 51,000Chase Nominees Limited 1,245,400Midland Bank plc 243,000Lloyds Bank 61,800Citibank Toronto 39,000HSBC Bank plc 717,200JP Morgan Chase Bank 25,200Pictet & Cie, Geneva 162,000Bank of New York Nominees 19,900Barclays Bank 65,300Nortrust Nominees 19,900Morgan Stanley 23,200J.P. Morgan 1,855,100State Street Bank & Trust Co. 309,900Lombard Odier Et Cie, Geneva 323,200Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 21,700Credit Suisse, Zurich 104,500 Total 5,287,300 Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 3,256,000Bank of New York Nominees 1,231,734Chase Nominees Limited 4,504,700Nortrust Nominees 509,400Northern Trust 72,400Midland Bank plc 131,000State Street Bank & Trust Co 939,100Citibank NA Toronto 423,435HSBC Bank plc 97,066Citibank London 47,700J P Morgan Chase Bank 171,400Bankers Trust 63,900 Total 11,447,835 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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