UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
 
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
 
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the Month of: September 2019
 
Commission File Number: 001-38187
 
 
MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
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): ☐
 
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CONTENTS
 
 
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
99.1
Transaction in Own Shares, dated 11 September 2019
                
 
Micro Focus International plc
11 September 2019
 
Transaction in own shares
 
Micro Focus International plc (the "Company") announces that on 10 September 2019 it purchased for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its $200 million share buyback programme, details of which were announced on 17 July 2019.
 
Description of shares: Micro Focus International plc - ordinary shares of 10 pence
 
Number of shares repurchased: 293,508
 
Date of transaction: 10 September 2019
 
Time of transaction: 08:00 - 16:29
 
Volume weighted average price paid per share: 1,093.6886 pence
 
Lowest price paid per share: 1,057.20 pence
 
Highest price paid per share: 1,121.80 pence
 
Broker: Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi")
 
Of the ordinary shares purchased by the Company, 45,000 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
Volume weighted Average Price (GBP)
Aggregated Volume
XLON
10.9450
246,086
CHIX
10.8947
47,322
BATE
11.0000
100
 
Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 337,331,509 (excluding Treasury shares), and the Company will hold 26,208,102 ordinary shares in Treasury.
 
The figure of 337,331,509 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/8898L_1-2019-9-10.pdf
 
 
For further information, please contact:
 
Micro Focus International plc
 
Ben Donnelly, IR Manager                                                                                           Tel: +44 (0) 1635 565200
 
 
 
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: 11 September 2019
 
 
Micro Focus International plc
 
 
By:
/s/ Brian McArthur-Muscroft
 
Name:
Brian McArthur-Muscroft
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 
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