Treasury Stock

11 October 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:

34,362 options at a price of 310.08 pence per share;

15,723 options at a price of 324.275 pence per share; and

1,387 options at a price of 218.4 pence per share.

These shares, all formerly held as treasury shares, were transferred on 10 October 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 17,554,362 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 164,050,867

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