Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)MicroFocus International Amend

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to Section 3(b)

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 relevant securities this form relates:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

Open Text Corporation

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

20 Jan 2023

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

13,530,022

3.99%

119,545

0.04%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,344

0.00%

13,448,544

3.96%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

13,532,366

3.99%

13,568,089

4.00%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

10p ordinary

Purchase

858210

5.3057 GBP

5.2997 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

71687

5.3060 GBP

5.2999 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

210

5.3000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

700

5.2999 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,720

5.3000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,746

5.3024 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

56

5.3019 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62

5.3010 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

735

5.3003 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,253

5.3001 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,119

5.3020 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,195

5.3055 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,684

5.3000 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

17,292

5.3029 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

33,106

5.3036 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

697,818

5.2982 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,993

5.3032 GBP

ADR

CFD

Opening Long

697,818

6.5050 USD

ADR

CFD

Closing Long

697,818

6.5050 USD

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

27-Jan-23

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213