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Sage Group PLC

Capital/Financing Update Feb 15, 2023

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EXECUTION VERSION

FINAL TERMS

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (EEA). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, MiFID II); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the Insurance Distribution Directive), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, s old or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom (UK). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of UK domes tic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the UK Pros pectus Regulation). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the UK PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.

UK MiFIR PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS AND ELIGIBLE COUNTERPARTIES ONLY TARGET MARKET – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties, as defined in the UK Financial Conduct Authority Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MiFIR), only; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate.Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a distributor) should take into consideration the manufacturer/s' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the UK Financial Conduct Authority Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules) is res ponsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

13 February 2023

The Sage Group plc

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138005RN5XYLTF8G138

Issue of EUR500,000,000 3.820 per cent. Notes due 15 February 2028 unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Sage Treasury Company Limited under the £1,500,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 31 January 2023 which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation (the Base Prospectus). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus in order to obtain all the relevant information. The Base Prospectus has been published on the website of the Issuer at www.sage.com.

1. (a) Issuer: The Sage Group plc
(b) Guarantor: Sage Treasury Company Limited
2. (a) Series Number: 1
(b) Tranche Number: 1
(c) Date on which the Notes will be
consolidated and form a single
Series:
Not Applicable
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro (EUR)
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(a) Series: EUR500,000,000
(b) Tranche: EUR500,000,000
5. Issue Price: 100.00
per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount
6. (a) Specified Denominations: EUR100,000 and integral multiples of EUR1,000
in
excess
thereof
up
to
and
including
EUR199,000. No Notes in definitive form will be
issued with a denomination above EUR199,000.
(b) Calculation Amount (in relation
to calculation of interest on Notes
in global form see Conditions):
EUR1,000
7. (a) Issue Date: 15
February 2023
(b) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 15
February 2028
9. Interest Basis: 3.820
per cent. Fixed Rate
(see paragraph 14
below)
10. Redemption Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early
redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the
Maturity Date at 100
per cent. of their nominal
amount
11. Change of Interest Basis: Not Applicable
12. Put/Call Options: Issuer Call
Issuer Par Call
Change of Control Put
Clean-Up Call
(see paragraphs
18, 19, 21
and 22
below)
13. (a) Status of the Notes: Senior
(b) Status of the Guarantee: Senior
(c) Date Board approval for issuanc e
of Notes and Guarantee obtained:
14
November
2022
and
27
January
2023,
respectively

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(a) Rate(s) of Interest: 3.820
per cent. per annum payable in arrear on
each Interest Payment Date
(b) Interest Payment Date(s): 15 February
in each year from and including 15
February 2024 up
to and including the Maturity
Date
(c) Fixed
Coupon
Amount(s)
for
Notes in definitive form (and in
relation to Notes in global form
see Conditions):
EUR38.20
per Calculation Amount
(d) Broken Amount(s) for Notes in
definitive form (and in relation to
Notes
in
global
form
see
Conditions):
Not Applicable
(e) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(f) Determination Date(s): 15 February in each year
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

17. Notice periods for Condition 6.2: Minimum period: 30 days
Maximum period: 60 days
18. Issuer Call: Applicable
(a) Optional Redemption Date(s): Any date during the period from and including the
Issue Date
to but excluding 15
January
2028
(b) Optional Redemption Amount: Make-whole Amount
(i) Reference Bond: DBR
0.500
per cent. due 15 February 2028
(ISIN
DE0001102440)
(ii) Redemption Margin: 0.250
per cent.
(iii)
Quotation Time:
11.00 a.m. Central European Time
(c) If redeemable in part: Applicable
(i) Minimum
Amount:
Redemption EUR100,000
(ii) Maximum
Amount:
Redemption Not Applicable
(d) Notice periods: Minimum period: 15 days
Maximum period: 30 days
19. Issuer Par Call: Applicable
(a) Par Call Period: From and including 15 January 2028
(the Par
Call Period Commencement Date) to but
excluding the Maturity Date
(b) Notice Periods: Minimum period:
15
days
Maximum period:
30
days
20. Investor Put: Not Applicable
21. Change of Control Put: Applicable
(a) Optional Redemption Amount: EUR1,000 per Calculation Amount

22. Clean-Up Call: Applicable
(a)
Optional Redemption Amount:
EUR1,000
per Calculation Amount
(b)
Notice periods:
Minimum period: 15
days
Maximum period: 30
days
23. Final Redemption Amount: EUR1,000
per Calculation Amount
24. Early Redemption
Amount payable on
redemption for taxation reasons or on
event of default:
EUR1,000
per Calculation Amount

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

  1. Form of Notes: (a) Form: Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon an Exchange Event (b) New Global Note: Yes 26. Additional Financial Centre(s): London 27. Talons for future Coupons to be attac hed to Definitive Notes: No

THIRD PARTY INFORMATION

The description of the ratings of the Notes set out in paragraph 2 of Part B below has been extracted from the website of S&P Global Ratings UK Limited (S&P). Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor confirms that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by S&P, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.

PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

1. LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

  • (i) Listing and Admission to trading Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market and to be listed on the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority with effect from the Issue Date.
  • (ii) Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: £5,500

2. RATINGS

Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:

S&P: BBB+

S&P has in its November 2021 article titled "S&P Global Ratings Definitions" described a rating of "BBB" in the following terms: "An obligation rated 'BBB' exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation."

Ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the rating categories.

3. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save for the fees payable to the Joint Lead Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer. The Joint Lead Managers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform other services for, the Issuer and the Guarantor and their respective affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

4. REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS

(i) Reasons for the offer: General corporate purposes including repayment of
certain existing debt
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: EUR498,375,000
5. YIELD
(Fixed Rate Notes only)
Indication of yield:
3.820
per cent. per annum
The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis

of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

6. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION (i) ISIN: XS2587306403 (ii) Common Code: 258730640 (iii) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and the relevant identification number(s): Not Applicable (iv) Delivery: Delivery against payment (v) Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): Not Applicable (vi) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility: Yes. Note that the designation "yes" simply means that the Notes are intended upon issue to be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper and does not necessarily mean that the Notes will be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.

7. DISTRIBUTION

(i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
(ii) If syndicated, names of Managers: Joint Lead Managers
HSBC Bank plc
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc
Merrill Lynch International
Standard Chartered Bank
(iii) Stabilisation Manager(s) (if any): Not Applicable
(iv) If non-syndicated, name of relevant
Dealer:
Not Applicable
(v) U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D
(vi) Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail
Investors:
Applicable
(vii) Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail
Investors:
Applicable

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