Update re Return of Value and B/C Share Scheme

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12 January 2012

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC

("MICRO FOCUS" OR THE "COMPANY")

RETURN OF VALUE TO SHAREHOLDERS: ADMISSION OF NEW ORDINARY SHARES AND RESULTS OF B/C SHARE SCHEME ELECTIONS

Following the approval by Shareholders of the Return of Value and B/C Share Scheme and certain related matters at the General Meeting of the Company held on 6 January 2012, the Company today provides an update in respect of the Return of Value and B/C Share Scheme.

Admission of New Ordinary Shares

The Company announces that, following the Share Capital Consolidation undertaken as part of the B/C Share Scheme, the New Ordinary Shares of 11 4/11 pence each in the capital of the Company will be admitted at 8.00 a.m. today to the premium listing segment of the Official List under ISIN GB00B7786072 and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. Following Admission, there will be a total of 181,464,756 New Ordinary Shares in issue, of which 17,925,721 Ordinary Shares of 11 4/11 pence each are held in treasury. Therefore, the resulting total number of voting rights in Micro Focus is 163,539,035.

Following Admission, the above figure of 163,539,035 may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Ordinary Shares to the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

With effect from Admission, share certificates in respect of Existing Ordinary Shares will cease to be valid. It is expected that by 24 January 2012, the Company will despatch share certificates in respect of New Ordinary Shares to those Shareholders who held their Existing Ordinary Shares in certificated form and until such time Shareholders should retain any share certificate(s) they currently hold in respect of Existing Ordinary Shares. Shareholders who held their Existing Ordinary Shares in CREST will have the New Ordinary Shares to which they are entitled automatically credited to their CREST accounts at approximately 8.00 a.m. today.

Results of B/C Share Scheme elections

As at the Election Deadline of 4.30 p.m. on 11 January 2012, Shareholders' elections or, as the case may be, deemed elections, for the Share Alternatives in respect of the B/C Share Scheme were as follows:

Shareholders who had not made a valid election, and all Overseas Shareholders with a registered address in a Restricted Territory, have been deemed to have elected for the Income Option in respect of all of their Existing Ordinary Shares.

For the Share Alternatives set out above, 81,230,534 B Shares of 45 pence each and 104,609,278 C Shares of 0.0000001 pence each were allotted and will be issued at 8.00 a.m. today, split between the Share Alternatives as follows:

No application has been, or will be, made for the B Shares or the C Shares to be admitted to listing on the Official List or admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities, nor will the B Shares or the C Shares be listed or admitted to trading on any other recognised

investment exchange.

Treasury Shares

In accordance with Listing Rule 12.6.4R, the Company advises that prior to the Share Capital Consolidation it had a total of 20,370,143 Existing Ordinary Shares held in treasury, and that on 11 January 2012 it cancelled from treasury 5 Existing Ordinary Shares in order to ensure that the number of New Ordinary Shares admitted to trading following the Share Capital Consolidation is a round number.

As set out above, following the above cancellation and the Share Capital Consolidation, the Company holds a total of 17,925,721 New Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Settlement

It is expected that on 18 January 2012 the Company will make a further announcement concerning the redemption of B Shares issued pursuant to the Capital Option, the Single C Share Dividend in respect of C Shares issued under the Income Option and the repurchase of the Deferred Shares.

It is expected that Shareholders that have elected for either the Income Option or Capital Option will receive their proceeds from the B/C Share Scheme by 24 January 2012.

Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Circular. All references in this announcement to times are to London times unless otherwise stated.

Enquiries

Important information

This announcement may not be published, distributed or transmitted by any means or media, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the Restricted Territories.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the Restricted Territories.

Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent (i) registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or (ii) an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act and will not be offered to the public in the United States.