Micro Focus International plc Transaction in Own Shares (9802N)
January 24 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9802N
Micro Focus International plc
24 January 2019
Micro Focus International plc
24 January 2019
Transaction in own shares
Micro Focus International plc (the "Company") announces that on
23 January 2019 it purchased for Treasury the following number of
its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its $400 million
extended share buyback programme, details of which were announced
on 6 November 2018.
Description of shares: Micro Focus International plc - ordinary
shares of 10 pence
Number of shares repurchased: 86,635
Date of transaction: 23 January 2019
Time of transaction: 08.00 - 16.29
Volume weighted average price paid per share: 1,484.85 pence
Lowest price paid per share: 1,467.00 pence
Highest price paid per share: 1,495.00 pence
Broker: Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi")
Of the ordinary shares purchased by the Company, 14,000 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 Aggregated
Price (GBP) Volume
XLON 14.8659 42,108
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CHIX 14.8319 44,524
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BATE 14.8850 3
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Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of
ordinary shares in issue will be 415,786,562 (excluding Treasury
shares), and the Company will hold 21,150,062 ordinary shares in
Treasury.
The figure of 415,786,562 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/9802N_1-2019-1-24.pdf
For further information, please contact:
Micro Focus International plc
Tim Brill, IR Director Tel: +44 (0) 1635 32646
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