Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Amendment

AMENDMENT to section 2. (a) and (b) FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

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

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose Micro Focus Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Advisor to Bain Capital

principal trader is connected:

(d) Date dealing undertaken: 26/07/2011

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today NO

disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other

party to this offer?

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of Purchase/ Total number Highest price Lowest price

relevant Sales of securities per unit per unit

security paid/received paid/received

Common - GB00B079W581 Purchase 36,231 GBP 3.04 GBP 3.01

Common - GB00B079W581 Sale 27,988 GBP 3.04 GBP 3.01

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference securities

security eg. CFD

Common - Swap SHORT 1693 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap SHORT 23 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap SHORT 27 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap SHORT 30 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap SHORT 48 GBP 3.03

Common - Swap SHORT 61 GBP 3.00

Common - Swap SHORT 93 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap SHORT 220 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap SHORT 476 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap SHORT 549 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap SHORT 620 GBP 3.04

Common - Swap SHORT 641 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap SHORT 870 GBP 3.03

Common - Swap SHORT 16 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap SHORT 1476 GBP 3.04

Common - Swap SHORT 2436 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap SHORT 1277 GBP 3.04

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference securities

security eg. CFD

Common - Swap LONG 62 GBP 3.04

Common - Swap LONG 1693 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap LONG 1263 GBP 3.04

Common - Swap LONG 1232 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap LONG 1142 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap LONG 620 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap LONG 549 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap LONG 492 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap LONG 414 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap LONG 286 GBP 3.01

Common - Swap LONG 231 GBP 3.03

Common - Swap LONG 92 GBP 3.02

Common - Swap LONG 75 GBP 3.03

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option

relevant description purchasing, securities price date money

security selling, to which per unit paid/

varying etc. option received

relates per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant Product description Number of securities Exercise price per unit

security

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if

security applicable)

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

Date of disclosure: 28/07/2011

Contact name: Doug Berwick

Telephone number: +44 20 7995 8859