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DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING
15 December 2020
The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")
Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.
Lee Perkins, a member of the Executive Committee of Sage ("PDMR") has notified Sage of the transfer of 33,508 ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in Sage ("Shares") from his Employee Share Account to his Broker Account on 14 December 2020. Lee Perkins remains the beneficial owner of the Shares and his total Sage shareholding is 34,244 ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in Sage which includes 736 shares that Lee held in his Broker Account previously.
Lee Perkins held 728 ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in Sage in his Broker Account prior to becoming a PDMR in January 2019. Lee subsequently acquired 1 ordinary share of 14/77 pence each in Sage on 12 July 2019 and 7 further ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in Sage on 13 March 2020, both as a result of automatic reinvestment of dividends paid on these shares.
ANNEX
Notifications and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name | Lee Perkins | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status | Chief Operating Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| The Sage Group plc. | |||
b)
| LEI
| 2138005RN5XYLTF8G138 | |||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Transfer of ordinary shares from Employee Share Account to Broker Account. No change in beneficial ownership. | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price | Volume | ||||
0.00 | 33,508 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | N/A - single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transactions | 14 December 2020 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
Name of contact: | Mohor Roy |
Telephone number of contact: | + 44(0) 203 810 7200 |