2nd May 2006 15:24
Sage Group PLC02 May 2006 The Sage Group plc ("the Company") SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 28 April 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 63,722,117 Ordinary shares of 1p eachof the Company. This represents 4.931% of the issued share capital of the Company. The holdings are registered in the following names :- Capital Guardian Trust CompanyRegistered Holder Number of Shares Chase Nominees Limited 818,200Nortrust Nominees 552,400 Total 1,370,600 Capital International LimitedRegistered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 436,800Bank of New York Nominees 12,083,741Nortrust Nominees Limited 4,220,010Chase Nominees Limited 7,095,160Midland Bank plc 533,200Bankers Trust 177,200Barclays Bank 197,300Citibank London 186,500Morgan Guaranty 578,400Nortrust Nominees Limited 6,677,926MSS Nominees Limited 91,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 4,165,136Lloyds Bank 112,900Citibank 223,636Citibank NA Toronto 1,088,100Deutsche Bank AG 187,400Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 112,800HSBC Bank plc 2,016,900Mellon 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 43,200JP Morgan Chase Bank 118,400Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 1,943,600Fortis Bank 17,500Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 270,800Nordea Bank 219,373Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 24,500 Total 45,149,982 Capital International S.ARegistered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 51,000Chase Nominees Limited 1,318,900Midland Bank plc 260,300Lloyds Bank 61,800Citibank Toronto 39,000HSBC Bank plc 717,200Pictet & 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. 202,000Lombard Odier Et Cie, Geneva 433,200Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 21,700Credit Suisse, Zurich 104,500 Total 5,355,000 Capital International, Inc.Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 3,339,500Bank of New York Nominees 1,338,534Chase Nominees Limited 4,456,700Nortrust Nominees 565,800Northern Trust 72,400Midland Bank plc 131,000State Street Bank & Trust Co 939,100Citibank NA Toronto 584,935HSBC Bank plc 135,566Citibank London 47,700J P Morgan Chase Bank 171,400Bankers Trust 63,900 Total 11,846,535 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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