Transfer of shares held in treasury

5 March 2012

Micro Focus International plc

Transfer of shares held in treasury

Micro Focus International plc announces that participants in the Company's employee share schemes have exercised the following options over ordinary shares of 11 4/11 pence each:

10,008 options at a price of 271.25 pence per share; and

2,238 options at a price of 244.75 pence per share.

These shares, all formerly held as treasury shares, were transferred to the participants on 2 March 2012.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company confirms that its issued share capital comprises 181,535,568 Ordinary Shares of 114/11 pence each, of which 17,913,475 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 163,622,093.

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