11th Dec 2006 11:19
Sage Group PLC11 December 2006 The Sage Group plc ("the Company") SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 7 December 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 51,367,448 Ordinary shares of 1p eachof the Company. This represents 3.969% 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 747,700Nortrust Nominees 552,400 Total 1,300,100 Capital International LimitedRegistered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 408,500Bank of New York Nominees 8,869,178Nortrust Nominees Limited 3,783,710Chase Nominees Limited 5,517,180Midland Bank plc 486,700Bankers Trust 177,200Barclays Bank 78,100Citibank London 183,973Morgan Guaranty 578,400Nortrust Nominees Limited 5,887,526MSS Nominees Limited 91,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 2,285,637Lloyds Bank 50,000Citibank 115,436Citibank NA Toronto 1,088,100Deutsche Bank AG 175,600Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 112,800HSBC Bank plc 1,770,400Mellon Bank N.A. 320,100KAS UK 146,500Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 233,600Bank One London 359,200HSBC Kuala Lumpur 11,000JP Morgan Chase Bank 93,200Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 1,683,000Fortis Bank 17,500Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 270,800Nordea Bank 176,873Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 24,500 Total 34,996,513 Capital International S.ARegistered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 51,000Chase Nominees Limited 957,200Midland Bank plc 255,400Barclays Bank 65,300Pictet & Cie, Geneva 162,000Nortrust Nominees 19,900Morgan Stanley 23,200JP Morgan 1,901,600State Street Bank & Trust Co 286,700Lloyds Bank 61,900Citibank NA, Toronto 39,000HSBC Bank plc 710,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 25,200Lombard Odier Et Cie, Geneva 284,200Metzler Seel Sohn & Co 21,700Credit Suisse, Zurich 104,500 Total 4,969,300 Capital International, Inc.Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 1,889,500Bank of New York Nominees 1,198,134NorTrust Nominees Ltd 72,400Chase Nominees Ltd 4,504,700Midland Bank plc 131,000Bankers Trust 63,900Nortrust Nominees 509,400State Street Bank & Trust Co 939,100Citibank 47,700Citibank NA, Toronto 477,235HSBC Bank plc 97,066JP Morgan Chase Bank 171,400 Total 10,101,535 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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