Transfer of shares held in treasury

22 December 2011

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 10 pence each:

1,624 options at a price of 244.75 pence per share; and

2,558 options at a price of 285 pence per share.

These shares, all formerly held as treasury shares, were transferred to the participants on 21 December 2011.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company confirms that its issued share capital comprises 206,155,519 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each, of which 20,377,408 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 185,778,111.

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