MS INTERNATIONAL PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Sep 16, 2014

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RNS Number : 8523R

Micro Focus International plc

16 September 2014

TR-1:          Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1:   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Micro Focus International PLC

2:    Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		no
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		no
Other (please specify):		no

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification                          obligation:	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -7.21% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited -  7.2% Ignis Investment Services Limited -0.01%
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Vidacos Nominees/HSBC
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold        is crossed or reached):	15/09/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16/09/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%

8:    Notified Details
## A:   Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB00BCZM1F64
### Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
9,663,970		9,663,970
### Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
10,066,954	6,363,407	3,703,547	4.556%	2.652%

## B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments
### Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
### Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
10,066,954	7.208%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -7.21% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited -7.20% Ignis Investment Services Limited -0.01%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	GIOS@standardlife.com Standard Life Investments Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:	(0131) 245 6565

16.  Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Jane Smithard (Micro Focus International plc)
Contact address	The Lawn, 22-30 Old Bath Road, Newbury, RG14 1QN
Phone number & email	+44 1635 565492
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Company Secretary
17. Additional information
Micro Focus International plc received this notification from Citigroup on behalf of Standard Life Investments Ltd and is disclosing this information in accordance with DTR 5.8.12.

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