27th Mar 2020 07:00
27 March 2020
Micro Focus International plc
(the "Company")
Shareholdings of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR)
The Company announces that it has been notified by Greg Lock, non-executive Chairman, that on 26 March 2020 he and his wife purchased in aggregate 238,500 ordinary shares in the Company. Mr Lock already owns 60,000 ordinary shares and has purchased an additional 86,000 ordinary shares. Mr Lock's wife, Rosemary Lock, already owns 140,000 ordinary shares and has purchased an additional 152,500 ordinary shares. This means Mr Lock has an interest in 438,500 ordinary shares in the Company.
The following notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations gives further details.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||
a)
| Name
| Greg Lock and Rosemary Lock
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2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a)
| Position/status
| Greg Lock, Chairman (PDMR) and PCA to PDMR | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a)
| Name
| Micro Focus International plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800F8E4X648142844 | ||||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code
| Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00BJ1F4N75 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of shares
| ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
238,500
£874,959.30 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 26 March 2020 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| XLON | ||||
Enquiries:
Micro Focus
Tel: +44 (0)1635 32646
Stephen Murdoch, CEO
Brian McArthur-Muscroft, CFO
Ben Donnelly, Investor relations
Brunswick
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Sarah West
Jonathan Glass
Notes to Editors:
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 Security, IT Operations Management, Application Delivery Management, Information Management & Governance and Application Modernization & Connectivity. For more information, visit: www.microfocus.com
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