29th Nov 2006 15:30
Sage Group PLC29 November 2006 The Sage Group plc NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING The Company received notification on 29th November 2006 that: FMR Corp.82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109 the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee of investment managerof various pension and trust accounts, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL)P.O. Box HM 670, Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity InvestmentsManagement (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients, have a notifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109 a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 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 Northern Trust London FPM 5,099,600JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 3,477,000Mellon Bank FPM 1,615,800State Street Bank and Trust FPM 1,969,700Co LndnBank of New York Brussels FPM 1,068,400Bankers Trust London FPM 874,800Midland Securities Services FPM 413,600Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt FPM 208,400JP Morgan, Chase Bank FPM 111,000Dexia Private Bank FPM 23,400 Mellon Bank N.A. FMTC 62,800State Street Bank and Trust FMTC 784,600Bank of New York FMTC 583,300Northern Trust Co FMTC 365,400JPMorgan Chase Bank FMTC 138,500 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co FMRCO 1,398,000Northern Trust London FMRCO 208,500State Street Bank and Trust FMRCO 114,100Mellon Bank N.A. FMRCO 90,900Northern Trust Co FMRCO 55,200 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 11,497,893Brown Bros Harriman Lux FIL 27,833,161JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 4,400,500Northern Trust London FIL 438,700JP Morgan Bournemouth FIL 479,900State Street Bank and Trust London FIL 82,400State Street Bank and Trust FICL 791,100State Street Hong Kong FIA(K)L 46,200 Total 64,232,854 This represents 4.96% 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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