Board and Management Team Changes

8 January 2018

Micro Focus International plc

Board and Management Team Changes

Micro Focus International plc (LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP), the global enterprise software product group, announces that Mike Phillips, currently CFO, will be moving to the new role of Director of M&A. Micro Focus also announces the appointments of Chris Kennedy as CFO and Ian Fraser as Chief Human Resources Officer. These appointments are with immediate effect.

Mike Phillips, Chris Kennedy and Ian Fraser will report to Chris Hsu, CEO. Mike Phillips will step down from the Board on 31st January 2018.

Kevin Loosemore, Executive Chairman of Micro Focus, commented: "I am delighted to announce that we are further strengthening our management team in support of our strategy and the growth of the business. We have talked to our shareholders in the past year about how we scale our approach to M&A. I am pleased to announce that Mike Phillips, having been CFO since 2010, will take on the newly created role of Director of M&A. Taking over from Mike as CFO, and joining the Board with immediate effect, will be Chris Kennedy, previously CFO at ARM and easyJet and well known to our investor base. I am also delighted that Ian Fraser will join Micro Focus as Chief Human Resources Officer, having held similar roles at RELX Group and BHP Billiton. Both Chris and Ian bring recent relevant experience in functional terms and also in dealing with listed businesses of scale in the UK and the US, and we welcome them to the team."

In line with disclosures required pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules, the following information is relevant. Chris Kennedy was Chief Financial Officer of ARM Holdings plc from September 2015 to April 2017. Prior to that, Chris was Group Finance Director of easyJet plc for five years. He currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of Whitbread plc and as a trustee of the EMI Group Archive Trust and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust. There are no further disclosures required.

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Enquiries:

Micro Focus Tel: +44 (0) 1635 565200

Kevin Loosemore, Executive Chairman

Chis Hsu, Chief Executive

Tim Brill, IR Director

Powerscourt (PR adviser) Tel: +44 20 7250 1446

Victoria Palmer-Moore

Celine MacDougall

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP) 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 (which included HPE Software from completion) 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. Within HPE Software our solution portfolios are IT Operation Management, Application Delivery Management, Enterprise Security Product, Platform, and Information Management Business. With effect from 1 November 2017 the Micro Focus solution portfolios are Security, IT Operations Management, Application Delivery Management, Information Management & Governance and Application Modernization & Connectivity. For more information, visit: www.microfocus.com. SUSE, a pioneer in Open Source software, provides reliable, interoperable Linux, Software Defined Infrastructure and Application Delivery platforms that give customers greater control and flexibility while reducing cost. For more information, visit: www.suse.com.