Annual Financial Report

15 July 2011

Micro Focus International plc

Annual Financial Report

Publication of the Micro Focus International plc Annual Report and Accounts and other Shareholder Documentation

Micro Focus International plc (the "Company") announces that it has published the following documents on its website at www.microfocus.com:

·; The annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 April 2011 (the "2011 Annual Report"); and

·; The Chairman's letter and notice of annual general meeting for 2011.

A copy of these documents is also available for inspection at the Company's offices in Newbury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, the above documents, together with the form of proxy for the Annual General Meeting 2011 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

The Annual General Meeting will be held on 22 September 2011 at the Company's offices in Newbury at 3pm (UK time).

Jane Smithard

Company Secretary

15 July 2011

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Information to be disclosed in accordance with DTR 6.3.5

In accordance with Rule 6.3.5 of the DTR, extracted below from the 2011 Annual Report is the unedited text from a management report which contains a statement of directors' responsibility. Page numbers refer to those in the 2011 Annual Report. This should be read in conjunction with Company's preliminary results announcement for the 12 months to 30 April 2011 issued on 23 June 2011, which included a condensed set of financial statements.

A - Statement of directors' responsibility

The following information has been reproduced from page 36 of the 2011 Annual Report:

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report, the directors' remuneration report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have prepared the Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRSs') as adopted by the European Union, and the parent Company financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and the Company and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

• Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• Make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• State whether applicable IFRSs as adopted by the European Union and applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Group and parent company financial statements respectively;

• Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and the Group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements and the directors' remuneration report comply with the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the Group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Company's website (www.microfocus.com). Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Each of the directors, whose names and functions are listed in the Directors' Report confirm that, to the best of each person's knowledge and belief:

• the Group financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Group; and

• the Directors' Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.

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About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com.