Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

AMENDMENT TO SECTION 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: 08/08/2011

(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 139,587 GBP 2.60 GBP 2.38

Common - GB00B079W581 Sale 166,981 GBP 2.60 GBP 2.40

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference

security eg. CFD securities

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1268 GBP 2.53

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 23 GBP 2.44

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 14828 GBP 2.44

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 14116 GBP 2.44

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 10983 GBP 2.43

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 8849 GBP 2.44

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 8474 GBP 2.50

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 6256 GBP 2.41

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 3246 GBP 2.42

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2789 GBP 2.40

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 18663 GBP 2.43

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 1278 GBP 2.46

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 38889 GBP 2.43

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 869 GBP 2.42

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 777 GBP 2.45

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 729 GBP 2.40

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 505 GBP 2.43

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 396 GBP 2.53

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 395 GBP 2.53

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 393 GBP 2.40

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 230 GBP 2.40

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 122 GBP 2.53

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap SHORT 2667 GBP 2.46

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference

security eg. CFD securities

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2365 GBP 2.48

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 172 GBP 2.42

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 230 GBP 2.41

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 393 GBP 2.41

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 395 GBP 2.46

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 729 GBP 2.41

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 869 GBP 2.42

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1231 GBP 2.45

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1268 GBP 2.42

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 1598 GBP 2.43

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 91655 GBP 2.45

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2168 GBP 2.51

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 23 GBP 2.44

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2667 GBP 2.48

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2789 GBP 2.41

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 3558 GBP 2.46

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 4206 GBP 2.51

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 4353 GBP 2.41

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 8474 GBP 2.48

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 8849 GBP 2.43

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 9385 GBP 2.45

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 14828 GBP 2.50

Common - GB00B079W581 Swap LONG 2050 GBP 2.43

(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: 10/08/2011

Contact name: Doug Berwick

Telephone number: +44 20 7995 8859