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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
Month of: March 2019
Commission
File Number: 001-38187
MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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The Lawn, 22-30 Old Bath Road
Newbury, Berkshire
RG14 1QN
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1635-565-459
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate
by check mark whether this registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7): ☐
CONTENTS
Exhibit No.
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Exhibit Description
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99.1
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Transaction
in Own Shares, dated 13 March 2019
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Micro Focus International plc
13 March 2019
Transaction in own shares
Micro Focus International plc (the "Company") announces that on 12 March 2019 it purchased
for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 10
pence each pursuant to its $110 million extended share buyback
programme, details of which were announced on 14 February
2019.
Description of shares: Micro Focus International plc - ordinary
shares of 10 pence
Number of shares repurchased: 139,700
Date of transaction: 12 March 2019
Time of transaction: 08.00 - 16.29
Volume weighted average price paid per share: 1,880.9786
pence
Lowest price paid per share: 1,843.00 pence
Highest price paid per share: 1,894.50 pence
Broker: Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi")
Of the ordinary shares purchased by the Company, 22,000 ordinary
shares were purchased through Citi acquiring ADRs representing
ordinary shares of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange,
cancelling the ADRs in return for the underlying ordinary shares
and selling the underlying ordinary shares to the
Company.
Aggregated information on shares purchased according to trading
venues:
Venue
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Volume
weighted Average Price (GBP)
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Aggregated
Volume
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XLON
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18.8156
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74,800
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CHIX
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18.8028
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64,188
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BATE
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18.8304
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712
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Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of
ordinary shares in issue will be 411,701,836 (excluding Treasury
shares), and the Company will hold 25,408,565 ordinary shares in
Treasury.
The figure of 411,701,836 may be used by shareholders (and others
with notification obligations) 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, the
Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014
(the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the
individual purchases is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6649S_1-2019-3-12.pdf
For further information, please contact:
Micro Focus International plc
Tim Brill, IR Director
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 32646
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Date:
13 March 2019
Micro
Focus International plc
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By:
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/s/
Brian McArthur-Muscroft
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Name:
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Brian
McArthur-Muscroft
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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