Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - amendment

Amendment to 2(a) 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: 12/07/2011

(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 58,372 GBP 3.35 GBP 3.30

Common - GB00B079W581 Sale 82,236 GBP 3.37 GBP 3.29

(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 - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 60 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 304 GBP 3.31

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 71 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 149 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 192 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 195 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 195 GBP 3.30

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 205 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 218 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 267 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3922 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 70 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2343 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 340 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3520 GBP 3.33

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 346 GBP 3.30

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 503 GBP 3.29

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 545 GBP 3.32

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 753 GBP 3.31

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 786 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 897 GBP 3.31

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 900 GBP 3.32

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 918 GBP 3.33

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 11785 GBP 3.30

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1302 GBP 3.31

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 333 GBP 3.36

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference securities

security eg. CFD

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 786 GBP 3.32

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 71 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 38889 GBP 3.31

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 11785 GBP 3.32

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 9370 GBP 3.32

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3552 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3520 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3257 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2343 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1522 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1117 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 134 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 665 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 545 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 498 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 218 GBP 3.32

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 218 GBP 3.35

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 217 GBP 3.36

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 170 GBP 3.34

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1088 GBP 3.30

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1961 GBP 3.36

(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: 14/07/2011

Contact name: Doug Berwick

Telephone number: +44 20 7995 8859