DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING
8 December 2023
The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")
Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Persons Closely Associated with them
This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation. Upon the vesting of The Sage 2016 Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("DSBP 2016") award, on 2 December 2023 the undernoted PDMR became beneficially entitled to the number of ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in Sage ("Shares") noted below.
On 6 December 2023, Sage was notified that the PDMR sold a number of Shares in respect of which they had become beneficially entitled at the price noted below, to cover tax obligations arising from the vesting. The resultant total shareholding of the PDMR is also included.
| PDMR | Award | Number of ordinary shares acquired | Number of ordinary shares sold to cover tax obligations | Sale price per share | Resultant total shareholding |
| Aaron Harris | DSBP 2016 | 7,290 | 1,759 | £11.4272 | 381,034 |
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name | Aaron Harris | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status | Chief Technology Officer
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| 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 | |||
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03 | ||||
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Vesting of ordinary shares under The Sage 2016 Deferred Share Bonus Plan, granted on 2 December 2020
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price | Volume | | |
| | | Nil | 7,290 | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | N/A - single transaction | |||
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| - Aggregated volume | | ||||
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| - Price | | ||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction | 2 December 2023 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name | Aaron Harris | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status | Chief Technology Officer
| |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| 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
| ||||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares | |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of ordinary shares to cover tax obligations arising from the vesting of ordinary shares under The Sage 2016 Deferred Share Bonus Plan, granted on 2 December 2020 | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price | Volume | | |
| | | £11.4272 | 1,759 | | |
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| | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | N/A - single transaction | |||
| | | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction | 6 December 2023 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange | |||
| Name of contact: | Mohor Roy |
| Telephone number of contact: | + 44(0) 203 810 7200 |
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