Sage Group Regulatory News (SGE)

TR1 Notification of major interest in sharesi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

The Sage Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

Registered Holder:

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 1,500,326*

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 28,240,296*

Chase Nominees Limited 258,114*

CUIM Nominee Limited 236,082*

State Street Nominees Limited 21,741,369*

*denotes direct interest

BNP Paribas - London 173,423

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 319,932

Chase Nominees Limited 5,148,595

Vidacos Nominees Limited 7,330,988

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

13 July 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 July 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

3% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level (Box 8A)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary SharesGB00B8C3BL03

64,995,988*

64,995,988*

64,949,125

51,976,187

12,972,938

4.82%

1.20%

* Includes Right to recall loaned shares (9,000,000)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

64,949,125

6.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

· Aviva plc (Parent Company)

· Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

· Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

· Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 1,079,488,731 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 30 June 2016.

14. Contact name:

Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 684420