Option grants & awards of Additional Share Grants

18 September 2014

Micro Focus International plc

Option grants and awards of conditional Additional Share Grants

The Board of Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus" or the "Company") announces the conditional award of certain Additional Share Grants ("ASGs") and the award of options over ordinary shares in the Company pursuant to the Micro Focus International plc Incentive Plan 2005.

In the announcement of its proposed merger with The Attachmate Group Inc, on 15 September 2014, the Company announced that it proposed that ASGs be made to certain Executive Directors and senior managers of the Enlarged Group by way of the grant of nil cost options over ordinary shares in the Company in order to incentivise key management to deliver exceptional returns. On 18 September 2014, the Board granted the following ASGs to the Executive Directors, and to certain other senior managers of the Company, as follows:

The grant of the above ASGs is conditional on shareholder approval of the New Incentive Arrangements and Completion. The vesting date for these awards will be three years from the earlier of the date of Completion or 1 November 2014.

The Board also today announces that, on 18 September 2014, certain nil cost options over ordinary shares in the Company were granted to the Executive Directors of the Company pursuant to the Micro Focus International plc Incentive Plan 2005. These awards, as set out below, represent ordinary course grants which could not previously be awarded due to the recipients' insider status as a result of their involvement in negotiations relating to the Merger.

This announcement is being made pursuant to Rule 3.1.2 R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Terms used in this announcement, but not defined, have the same meaning as those set out in the Company's announcement of the Merger on 15 September 2014.

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