Board Change

05 January 2012

Micro Focus International plc

Board Change

Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus"; LSE MCRO.L), announces the departure of Paul Pester as a Non-Executive Director, and the appointment of Tom Virden as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect,

After four years as a director of Micro Focus, Paul Pester advised the Company of his intention to step down from the Board as soon as a strong successor could be found and appointed. With the appointment of Thomas Virden, Dr Pester, who is CEO of Verde, the new bank being set up by Lloyds, will step down from his Non-Executive responsibilities with immediate effect.

Tom Virden began his career at Apple Inc, and over a period of ten years held a range of leadership roles in market development and product marketing, including the leadership of the company's initiatives in the Small Business and the Music industries.

More recently, Virden spent six years at lastminute.com as International Business Development Director with responsibility for international strategy for the company and launching subsidiaries and fully localised sites in France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Australia and Ireland. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Marketing at Digidesign, a California company that brought digital multitrack recording and editing to personal computers. Virden has also started and led a number of technology companies including Katz Media SARL, Virtual European Office (VEO), and most recently, Boatbookings.com, the world's largest online yacht charter site, with 8,000 yachts worldwide.

Mr Virden holds a Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in Psychology and Economics from Stanford University in the US. He is a dual US and British citizen residing in France.

Commenting on this directorate change, Kevin Loosemore, Executive Chairman, said:

"I would like to thank Paul for his contribution to the Board of Micro Focus over the past four years and wish him every success for the future.

"I am delighted to welcome Tom to the Board. He has a first rate track record as a highly successful entrepreneur in the digital and technology sectors, both at Apple and lastminute.com in addition to a number of other start-up ventures. Tom's experience will provide valuable insights as we seek to improve the company's distribution and partner strategies."

Mr Virden, age 54, holds two other Board positions. He has been a Non-Executive Director at Atari Inc since April 2010 (where he chairs the Compensation committee) and serves on the Board of SweetBeam, a start-up company that is improving in-room hotel promotions and services.

There are no other details to be disclosed in respect of the requirements of paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Financial Services Authority.

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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, Management and Testing 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.