Treasury Stock

31 August 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:

5,582 options at a price of 244.75 pence per share; and

412 options at a price of 218.4 pence per share.

These shares, all formerly held as treasury shares, were transferred on 30 August 2012.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company confirms that its issued share capital comprises 181,605,229 Ordinary Shares of 114/11 pence each, of which 17,673,842 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 163,931,387.

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