Monday 29 September 2003

                              The Sage Group plc                               

    Notification of preliminary results date and period-end trading update     

The Sage Group plc ("Sage") will be announcing its preliminary results for the
twelve months to 30 September 2003 on Tuesday 2 December 2003.

Sage will announce a period-end trading update for the year to 30 September
2003 on Monday 20 October 2003.

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