MICRO FOCUS OPENS NEW WAYNE, PA OFFICES

-- Move represents continued commitment to Southeastern Pennsylvania area --

WAYNE, PA. Sept. 29, 2003 - Micro Focus International Ltd. (Micro Focus®), today unveils its new Wayne office at 480 East Swedesford Road. The enhanced presence in Wayne represents Micro Focus's continued commitment to the Mid-Atlantic and Philadelphia regions, the community and its employees. Richard Lloyd, Chief Financial Officer for Micro Focus, will lead the opening dedication of the new North American office today at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Local government leaders including Robert Lamina and Judy DiFilippo, chairman and vice-chairman respectively of the Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors will participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony and plaque unveiling that acknowledges Micro Focus' contributions to the local economy.

"The opening of Micro Focus' new offices in Wayne is a testament to the resiliency of the regional economy," said Robert Lamina, chairman of the Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors. "With the recent turmoil in the technology sector, it is refreshing to see a company like Micro Focus not only surviving, but thriving. We recognize Wayne stakeholders are not only the residents of our community but also the businesses and local government. As such, we seek ways in which these groups may work together. We look forward to working together with Micro Focus, its new neighbors and the community at large."

The new office will support existing regional clients and drive additional business in the Mid-Atlantic area by creating a local hub from which Micro Focus can continue to deliver the software needed to migrate, develop, extend and deploy enterprise applications and bridge COBOL with Java, .NET and other emerging technologies. Micro Focus's Wayne team includes executive leadership, salespeople, product managers and its award-winning 24x7 customer support via SupportLine. The Wayne team can be reached at 610-263-3400. In addition to the new office, Micro Focus also has a physical presence in Sunnyvale, CA, Rockville, Md., Beaverton, OR and Morrisville, N.C.

"The opening of our new Wayne office is another important step for Micro Focus as we continue to grow our business here, in the vital Mid-Atlantic region, North America, and around the world," said Richard Lloyd, chief financial officer for Micro Focus. "With a 27 year history of customer success, we are entering a new chapter in which we take our established expertise of the legacy application market and extend it to new environments such as Web services, .NET, J2EE. It is fitting that we ring in this next phase of our evolution with an enhanced physical presence in one of our original locations in Pennsylvania."

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus is the fastest, most effective way to migrate, extend, develop and deploy enterprise applications. As the industry standard for COBOL, Micro Focus bridges business-critical legacy assets with Web services, J2EE, XML and .NET, enabling organizations to reduce costs, increase agility and minimize risk for accelerated business success. The company's software products for COBOL are among the most widely used in the industry with an estimated 130,000 COBOL developers in 80,000 organizations producing applications used by more that 3,000,000 people around the world. Founded in 1976, Micro Focus is a global company with principal offices in the United Kingdom, United States and Japan. For more information, visit www.microfocus.com.

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