Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

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 relevant securities this Micro Focus Plc

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: 20/05/2011

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

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 395,066 GBP 4.00 GBP 3.80

Common - GB00B079W581 Sale 387,232 GBP 3.99 GBP 3.89

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of Product description   Nature of dealing Number of reference   Price per unit

relevant eg. CFD securities

security

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 766 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 26 GBP 3.98

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3105 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2627 GBP 3.91

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2539 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2441 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2309 GBP 3.91

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2121 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1999 GBP 3.91

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1584 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1532 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3734 GBP 3.93

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1065 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3880 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 754 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 591 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 494 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 468 GBP 4.01

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 298 GBP 4.00

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 258 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 155 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 71 GBP 4.01

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 62 GBP 3.98

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 60 GBP 3.98

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 27 GBP 3.98

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1128 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 4484 GBP 3.85

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 17209 GBP 3.96

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 19025 GBP 3.93

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 46874 GBP 3.97

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3564 GBP 3.85

Class of Product description   Nature of dealing Number of reference   Price per unit

relevant eg. CFD securities

security

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3564 GBP 3.95

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 27 GBP 3.89

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 60 GBP 3.91

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 62 GBP 3.91

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 226 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 258 GBP 3.95

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1128 GBP 3.96

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2175 GBP 3.95

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2627 GBP 3.96

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2875 GBP 3.95

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2909 GBP 3.97

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3282 GBP 3.96

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 26 GBP 3.88

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3800 GBP 3.98

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 4500 GBP 3.95

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 5950 GBP 3.90

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 7674 GBP 3.99

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 20630 GBP 3.95

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 21542 GBP 3.98

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 22905 GBP 3.94

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3188 GBP 3.95

(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 security Product description Number of securities Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if 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: 23/05/2011

Contact name: Doug Berwick

Telephone number: +44 20 7995 8859