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: October 2018
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)
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CONTENTS
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description |
| 99.1 | Transaction in Own Shares, dated 16 October 2018 |
Micro Focus International plc
16 October 2018
Transaction in own shares
Micro Focus International plc (the "Company") announces that on 15 October 2018 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 29 August 2018.
Description of shares: Micro Focus International plc - ordinary shares of 10 pence
Number of shares repurchased: 91,692
Date of transaction: 15 October 2018
Time of transaction: 08.00 - 16.29
Volume weighted average price paid per share: 1,384.03 pence
Lowest price paid per share: 1,370.00 pence
Highest price paid per share: 1,407.00 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 Price (GBp) | Aggregated Volume |
| XLON | 1383.1326 | 61,692 |
| CHIX | 1386.0422 | 15,000 |
| BATE | 1385.7221 | 15,000 |
Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 428,808,473 (excluding Treasury shares), and the Company will hold 7,977,415 ordinary shares in Treasury.
The figure of 428,808,473 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/1569E_1-2018-10-16.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: 16 October 2018
Micro Focus International plc
| By: | /s/ Chris Kennedy | |
| Name: | Chris Kennedy | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |