29 Apr 2019 12:53
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29 April 2019
Micro Focus International plc
Results of General Meeting
Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus" or "the Company", LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP) is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company's shareholders held earlier today, the resolution proposed to approve the B Share Scheme and to amend the Company's articles of association (the "Resolution") was duly passed on a poll vote.
The full text of the Resolution is shown in the notice of the General Meeting set out in the circular sent to Shareholders on 1 April 2019 and full details of the votes received from the Company's shareholders for the Resolution will be available on our website at www.microfocus.com.
A copy of the Resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where it will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Completion of the B Share Scheme is expected to occur later today. The Share Capital Consolidation is conditional upon Admission and is expected to take effect at 8.00 a.m. (UK time) on 30 April 2019, in respect of the Ordinary Shares and 9.30 a.m. (New York City time) on 30 April 2019 in respect of the ADSs, the Business Day following the redemption of the B Shares.
Application has been made for the admission of 371,641,408 New Ordinary Shares to be listed on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to be admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, comprising 343,275,832 New Ordinary Shares to be listed with voting rights, 19,535,213 New Ordinary Shares that will be held in treasury and a block listing of 8,830,363 New Ordinary Shares to be issued by the Company from time to time.
Please note that hard copies of the company's latest complete audited financial statements can be obtained free of charge by request to company.secretary@microfocus.com and are also available at www.microfocus.com.
Undefined capitalised terms have the same meanings as defined in the announcement on 1 April 2019.
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About Micro Focus
Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP) is a global enterprise software company supporting the technology needs and challenges of the Global 2000. Our solutions help organizations leverage existing IT investments, enterprise applications and emerging technologies to address complex, rapidly evolving business requirements while protecting corporate information at all times. Our product portfolios are Security, IT Operations Management, Application Delivery Management, Information Management & Governance and Application Modernization & Connectivity. For more information, visit: www.microfocus.com