Treasury Share Transfer

23 July 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:

6,510 options at a price of 244.75 pence per share; and

10,065 options at a price of 265.75 pence per share.

These shares, all formerly held as treasury shares, were transferred to the participants on

20 July 2012.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company confirms that its issued share capital comprises 181,602,330Ordinary Shares of 114/11 pence each, of which 17,697,678 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 163,904,652.

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