3rd Jun 2005 07:00
Micro Focus International plc03 June 2005 Not for release, publication or distribution in, or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan 3 June 2005 Micro Focus International plc Announcement of Exercise of Over-Allotment Option Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus" or the "Company") announces that inconnection with the initial public offering of the Company (the "Global Offer")Goldman Sachs International has given notice, as stabilising manager, that it isexercising on behalf of the Underwriters, the over-allotment option in respectof 6,706,690 Ordinary Shares in the Company. None of the £8.7 million proceedsarising from the exercise of the over-allotment option will be received by MicroFocus. Including the exercise of the over-allotment arrangements, the total sizeof the Global Offer was £75.1m (57,776,292 Ordinary Shares). This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, directly orindirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in anyjurisdiction, including the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered underthe US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered orsold in the United States unless they are registered under the Securities Act orpursuant to an available exemption there from. No public offering of securitiesof the Company is being made in the United States. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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