Micro Focus Int plc (MCRO)

4 July 2012

Micro Focus International plc

Transfer of shares held in treasury

Micro Focus International plc announces that participants in the Company's employee share schemes have exercised the following options over ordinary shares of 11 ⁴/₁₁ pence each:

7,528 options at a price of 244.75 pence per share; and

738 options at a price of 401.6 pence per share.

These shares, all formerly held as treasury shares, were transferred to the participants on

3 July 2012.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company confirms that its issued share capital comprises 181,584,057Ordinary Shares of 11⁴/₁₁ pence each, of which 17,796,879 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 163,787,178.

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