27th Jan 2006 09:40
Sage Group PLC27 January 2006 The Sage Group plc ("the Company") SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 26 January 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 65,088,873 Ordinary shares of 1p eachof the Company. This represents 5.054% 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 974,200Nortrust Nominees 552,400 Total 1,526,600 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 180,900Bank of New York Nominees 15,574,045Nortrust Nominees Limited 4,638,610Chase Nominees Limited 7,872,860Midland Bank plc 434,000Barclays Bank 119,200Citibank London 1,397,973Morgan Guaranty 714,900Nortrust Nominees Limited 8,389,678Royal Bank of Scotland 942,500State Street Bank & Trust Co. 2,361,337Citibank 223,636Deutsche Bank AG 2,652,599HSBC Bank plc 2,268,400Mellon Bank N.A. 335,600Northern Trust South Africa 340,000KAS UK 88,400Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 233,600Bank One London 334,900 Total 49,103,138 Capital International S.A Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 51,000Chase Nominees Limited 833,100Royal Bank of Scotland 393,100Midland Bank plc 43,400Lloyds Bank 68,500Citibank Toronto 39,000HSBC Bank plc 717,200Pictet & Cie, Geneva 25,900RBSTB Nominees Ltd 176,200 Total 2,347,400 Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 3,484,100Bank of New York Nominees 1,338,534Chase Nominees Limited 4,456,700Nortrust Nominees 579,000Northern Trust 72,400Midland Bank plc 131,000State Street Bank & Trust Co 987,800Citibank NA Toronto 654,435HSBC Bank plc 135,566Citibank London 47,700J P Morgan Chase Bank 171,400Bankers Trust 53,100 Total 12,111,735 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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