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FINANCIAL BRIEF: For the six months ended 31 March 2013, The Sage Group plc revenues increased 5% to L708.1M. Net loss before extraordinary items totaled L75.9M vs. income of L118.6M. Revenues reflect North America segment increase of 16% to L230.3M, Europe segment increase of 1% to L403.2M, AAMEA segment increase of 1% to L74.6M. Net loss reflects North America segment loss totaling L121.2M vs. income of L46.7M, Europe segment income decrease of 6% to L100.2M. more »

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30th Sep 2013
30th Sep 2014

Price Target: 322.6p (-11.71% below Price) Net Profit EPS DPS Net Profit EPS DPS
Est. Long Term Growth Rate: +8.3% (£) (p) (p) (£) (p) (p)
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Broker Recommendations for Sage
Recommendation:Strong SellSellHoldBuyStrong Buy
No. of Analysts: 2 4 13 4 2

Named Brokers and Analysts
Jefferies & Company, Inc. Milan Radia , Credit Suisse Charles Brennan , Investec Bank (UK) Plc Julian Yates , Canaccord Genuity Bob Liao , Nomura Securities , Jefferies International Ltd , Panmure Gordon George O'Connor , N+1 Brewin , Numis Securities David Toms , Peel Hunt Paul Morland , Natixis Gwenael Giard Richard Beaudoux , CA Cheuvreux , Societe Generale Richard Nguyen , Evolution Securities (Hist) , WestLB Equity Markets , Berenberg Daud Khan , Northland Capital Partners Limited , Charles Stanley Tom Gidley-Kitchin , Cenkos Securities Andy Bryant , Bryan Garnier Gregory Ramirez , Espirito Santo Investment Bank Vijay Anand , Morningstar, Inc. Andrew Lange , Day by Day Valerie Gastaldy , Matrix Corporate Capital LLP , Sanlam Securities UK Roger Phillips , Alphavalue Helene Coumes , Baader Bank Equity Research Knut Woller ,

The Sage Group plc, along with its subsidiaries, is principally engaged in development, distribution and support of business management software, and related products and services for medium-sized and smaller businesses. It operates in four segments. Its products and services range from accounts, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and payroll software to payment processing, customer relationship management (CRM) and industry-specific solutions, such as healthcare, manufacturing, non-profit and construction. In March 2013, The Sage Group PLC announced that it has completed the sale of Sage ACT! and Sage Saleslogix to Swiftpage and Sage Nonprofit Solutions to Accel-KKR. In May 2013, The Sage Group PLC completed the sale of C&I, ATL, Automotive and Aytos.

Directors: Guy Berruyer (CEO) , Paul Harrison (CFO) 48, Ivan Epstein (Corp. Exec.) , Pascal Houillon (Corp. Exec.) , Alvaro Ramirez (Corp. Exec.) , Klaus-Michael Vogelberg (CTO) , Amanda Jobbins (CMO) , Karen Geary (Dir.-HR) , Michael Robinson (Secy.) ,

No. of Employees: 13,095 No. of Shareholders: n/a


Last Annual September 30th, 2012
Last Interim March 31st, 2013
Shares in Issue 1,166,543,388
Free Float 1.16bn (99.4%)

SGE SHARE PRICE PERFORMANCE SGE QUOTE
SGE Share Price GBp
367.2p
Day's Change
1.8  0.5%
Traded 4:43pm · Minimum 15 min delayed

LATEST SGE NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS (delayed)

UPCOMING SGE EVENTS
Monday 3rd June, 2013
Sage Group PLC Extraordinary Shareholder Meeting
Monday 10th June, 2013
Dividend For SGE.L
Monday 10th June, 2013
The Sage Group PLC Reverse Split For SGE.L
Tuesday 23rd July, 2013
Q3 2013 Sage Group PLC Interim Management Statement
Wednesday 4th December, 2013
Preliminary 2012/2013 Sage Group PLC Earnings Release

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Thursday 16th May, 2013
Dividend For SGPYY
Wednesday 8th May, 2013
Interim 2012/2013 Sage Group PLC Earnings Release
Wednesday 8th May, 2013
Interim 2012/2013 Sage Group PLC Earnings Conference Call
Friday 1st March, 2013
Sage Group PLC Annual Shareholder Meeting
Wednesday 13th February, 2013
Dividend For SGE.L
Wednesday 13th February, 2013
Dividend For SGPYY.PK
Wednesday 23rd January, 2013
Q1 2013 Sage Group PLC Interim Management Statement
Wednesday 5th December, 2012
Full Year 2012 Sage Group PLC Earnings Release
Wednesday 5th December, 2012
Full Year 2012 Sage Group PLC Earnings Conference Call
Wednesday 5th September, 2012
Sage Group PLC at Deutsche Bank European Technology, Media, Telecommunications Conference


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