Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)Micro Focus International plc

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Open Text Corporation

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

30 August 2022

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

10p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

6,023,930

1.79%

1,477,430

0.44%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,531,479

0.46%

5,978,587

1.78%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,555,409

2.25%

7,456,017

2.22%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,314,931

5.2020 GBP

5.158 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

841,394

5.2020 GBP

5.1579 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

26

5.1912 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

615

5.2008 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,000

5.1950 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

4,559

5.1953 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

5,192

5.1984 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,400

5.1949 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,506

5.1917 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

17,974

5.1732 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

22,432

5.1952 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,027

5.1957 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

44,611

5.1910 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

47,273

5.1639 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

83,941

5.1919 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

111,302

5.1866 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

400,000

5.1266 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

410,445

5.1913 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,871

5.1919 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

4,143

5.1922 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

5,663

5.1882 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

7,571

5.1816 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

9,049

5.1920 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

9,940

5.1852 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

11,486

5.1805 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

11,506

5.1917 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

12,587

5.1775 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

12,924

5.1628 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

15,314

5.1927 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

19,473

5.1635 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

33,070

5.1851 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

33,178

5.1910 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

34,857

5.1863 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

39,073

5.1909 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

52,320

5.1916 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

64,113

5.1877 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

66,050

5.1875 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

86,474

5.1898 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

128,130

5.1743 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

376,100

5.1796 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

25,827

5.1880 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

150,000

5.1716 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

225,000

5.1732 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

375,000

5.1951 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

500,000

5.1596 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

2,740

5.1798 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Closing Long

400,000

5.9450 USD

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

31 Aug 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213