Employee Benefit Trust Share Purchase

21 July 2020

Micro Focus International plc

(the "Company")

Employee Benefit Trust Share Purchase 

The Company was notified on 20 July 2020 by the Trustee of The Micro Focus Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") that the EBT had purchased 16,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company on 20 July 2020 at a price of 288.23 pence per share.

The EBT is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Executive Directors of the Company.

The shares will be used to satisfy vesting of share awards and exercises of share options granted to employees under the Company's employee share plans.

Following this transaction, a total of 16,000 shares representing 0.0048% of the Company's total voting rights, are held in the EBT.

Enquiries:

Micro Focus Tel: +44 (0)1635 32646

Stephen Murdoch, CEO [email protected]

Brian McArthur-Muscroft, CFO

Ben Donnelly, Investor relations

Brunswick Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Sarah West [email protected]

Jonathan Glass

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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