Treasury Stock

10 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:

4,384 options at a price of 244.75 pence per share;

11,186 options at a price of 358 pence per share;

2,304 options at a price of 244 pence per share;

343 options at a price of 218.4 pence per share; and

340 options at a price of 323.2 pence per share

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

9 July 2012.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company confirms that its issued share capital comprises 181,601,289Ordinary Shares of 114/11 pence each, of which 17,748,667 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 163,852,622.

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