DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

4 August 2017

The Sage Group plc (the Company)

Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a).

On the vesting of an award under the Sage Group Performance Share Plan (the PSP) on 4 August 2017, the following members of the Executive Committee of the Company became beneficially entitled to the number of ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each in the Company set out below, all of which were held in trust by Intertrust Employee Benefit Trustee Limited as trustee of the Sage Group plc Employee Benefit Trust (the Trustee).  On 4 August 2017 the Company was notified that the following members of the Executive Committee disposed of the number of ordinary shares of 1^4/77 pence each set out below in respect of which the individual had become beneficially entitled under The Sage Group Performance Share Plan, at the price per ordinary share set out below, to cover tax obligations arising from the vesting.

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Template for notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them