1 Aug 2019 16:15
DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING
1 August 2019
The Sage Group plc. (the Company)
Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
This announcement is made pursuant to Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.
The Company announces that Ron McMurtrie, who is a member of the Executive Committee of the Company, has exercised options over 1,964 Ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in the Company at an exercise price of 610 pence per share under the terms of The Sage Save and Share Plan. The options were originally granted on 1 June 2017 and matured today, 1 August 2019. The resultant total shareholding of Ron McMurtrie is 1,964 Ordinary shares of 14/77 pence each in the Company.
ANNEX
Notifications and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name | Ron McMurtrie | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status | Chief Marketing and Business Enablement Officer | |||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| The Sage Group plc. | |||
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| LEI
| 2138005RN5XYLTF8G138 | |||
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| 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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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares | |||
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Identification code | ISIN: GB00B8C3BL03 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of options to acquire Ordinary shares in the Company pursuant to The Sage Save and Share Plan | |||
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 610p | 1,964 |
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| Aggregated information | N/A - single transaction | |||
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e)
| Date of the transactions | 1 August 2019 | |||
f)
| Place of the transactions
| London Stock Exchange | |||
Name of contact: | Mohor Roy |
Telephone number of contact: | +44(0) 191 294 3457 |
Sage Group (SGE)