30th Jan 2006 16:46
Sage Group PLC30 January 2006 The Sage Group plc NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING The Company received notification on 30 January 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 3,371,700JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 3,256,080Mellon Bank FPM 1,472,700Bank of New York Brussels FPM 1,288,400State Street Bank and Trust Co Lndn FPM 1,056,910Bankers Trust London FPM 630,200Midland Securities Services FPM 279,700Clydesdale Bank plc FPM 179,400Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt FPM 68,900JP Morgan, Chase Bank FPM 35,400Dexia Private Bank FPM 16,200Chase Manhattan London FPM 14,800Brown Brothers Harriman & Co FMTC 431,700State Street Bank and Trust FMTC 363,000Bank of New York FMTC 176,100Northern Trust Co FMTC 156,600JPMorgan Chase Bank FMTC 143,900Northern Trust London FMRCO 60,200State Street Bank and Trust FMRCO 39,100Mellon Bank N.A. FMRCO 29,000JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 7,360,844Brown Bros Harriman Lux FIL 29,806,377JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 1,745,100Bank of New York Brussels FIL 379,500Northern Trust FIL 262,300State Street Bank and Trust FIL 97,300JP Morgan Bournemouth FIL 84,900State Street Bank and Trust FICL 130,700State Street Hong Kong FIA(K)L 22,200 Total 52,959,211 This represents 4.14% 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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