Director dealings: PCA of Sage's John Bates snaps up shares

(Sharecast News) - Sage Group revealed on Friday that non-executive director Jillian Bates, a person closely associated with non-executive director John Bates, had acquired 35,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed software company. Jillian Bates purchased the shares on Thursday at an average price of 810.97p each, for a total value of £283,839.51.

Following the transaction, Jillian Bates holds a total of 51,735 ordinary Sage shares.

As of 1520 GMT, Sage shares were up 1.54% at 805.80p.





Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

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