Directorship in another plc

03 November 2011

Micro Focus International plc

(the "Company")

New Directorship Held in Another Publicly Quoted Company

The Company announces that Mike Phillips, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has today been appointed to the Board of Parity Group PLC as a non-executive director.

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Micro Focus Tel: +44 (0)1635 32646

Tim Brill, IR Director

Notes to editors:

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com