Annual Financial Report

3 August 2016

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 today published the following documents:

· The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2016 (the "2016 Annual Report"); and

· The Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting for 2016 ("2016 AGM Notice"), as well as the form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.

The 2016 Annual Report and 2016 AGM Notice are available on the Company's website at www.microfocus.com. Copies of these documents (as well as the form of proxy) are also available for inspection at the Company's offices in Newbury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, the above documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

The Annual General Meeting will be held on 22 September 2016 at 3pm (UK time) at the Company's offices at The Lawn, 22-30 Old Bath Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1QN, United Kingdom.

Jane Smithard

Company Secretary

3 August 2016

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About Micro Focus

Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L) is a global enterprise software Company supporting the technology needs and challenges of the Global 2000. Our solutions help organizations leverage existing IT investments, enterprise applications and emerging technologies to address complex, rapidly evolving business requirements while protecting corporate information at all times. Our Product Portfolios are Micro Focus and SUSE. Within Micro Focus our solution portfolios are COBOL Development and Mainframe Solutions, Host Connectivity, Identity and Access Security, IT Development and Operations Management Tools, and Collaboration and Networking. For more information, visit: www.microfocus.com. SUSE, a pioneer in Open Source software, provides reliable, interoperable Linux, cloud infrastructure and storage solutions that give enterprises greater control and flexibility. For more information, visit: www.suse.com.

In accordance with Rule 6.3.5(2)(b) of the DTR, the information set out in the Appendix to this announcement is extracted in full unedited text from the 2016 Annual Report and should be read in conjunction with the Company's Final Results Announcement issued on 14 July 2016 both of which can be found at www.microfocus.com. Together, these constitute the material required by Rule 6.3.5(2)(b) of the DTR to be communicated to the media in full unedited text through a Regulatory Information Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the 2016 Annual Report in full and page numbers in the Appendix refer to those in the 2016 Annual Report.

Appendix

Statement of directors' responsibility

The following information has been reproduced from page 90 of the 2016 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, comprising Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), 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 assets, liabilities and financial position of the Group and the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company and Group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

· Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

· Make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

· State whether IFRSs as adopted by the European Union and applicable UK Accounting Standards comprising FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Group and parent company financial statements respectively;

· Notify its shareholders in writing about the use of disclosure exemptions, if any, of FRS 102 used in the preparation of financial statements; and

· Prepares 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. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The directors consider that the Annual Report and Accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Company's performance, business model and strategy.

Each of the directors, whose names and functions are listed in the board of directors section within the corporate governance report on pages 48 to 53 confirm that, to the best of their knowledge:

- 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 taken as a whole; and

- The Directors' report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Group taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.

Each of the persons who are a director in office at the date of this report confirms that:

(a) So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditors are unaware; and

(b) The director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that information.

This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of section 418 of the Companies Act 2006.

By order of the board,

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