MICRO FOCUS INAUGURATES NEW ST. ALBANS OFFICES

-- Move represents continued commitment to Hertfordshire area --

ST. ALBANS, Herts, UK, June 02, 2004 - Micro Focus International Ltd. (Micro Focus®), the leading provider of COBOL application development and deployment software, today unveils its new St. Albans office at Churchill House, 26/30 Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, Herts. The new Hertfordshire presence in St. Albans represents Micro Focus' continued commitment to the region, the community and its employees. Richard Simpson, Vice President Worldwide Sales for Micro Focus, will lead the opening dedication of the new UK office today at 1.00 p.m.

Local dignitary Helen Ives-Rose, LabourCouncillor for the St. Peter's ward of St. Albans will lead the ribbon cutting and plaque unveiling of the new Micro Focus St. Albans office in a ceremony acknowledging the company's contributions to the local economy.

"The opening of Micro Focus' new offices in St. Albans demonstrates that Hertfordshire serves as a regional technology hub for multi-national organisations," said Helen Ives-Rose, Councillor of St Peter's ward, St. Albans. "It's refreshing to see a company like Micro Focus thriving in St. Albans. We recognise St. Albans' stakeholders are not only the residents of our community but also the businesses and local government. As such, we are constantly seeking ways in which these groups may work together. We welcome Micro Focus as an important stakeholder in the community and look forward to working together for the good of Micro Focus, its new neighbours in St. Albans and the Hertfordshire economy."

The new office will serve as a key sales hub from which Micro Focus can serve new and existing clients in the Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) market who wish to migrate, develop, extend and deploy enterprise applications and bridge COBOL with Java™, .NET, Linux and other emerging technology platforms of choice. Micro Focus' St. Albans' team comprises native speakers from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, providing award-winning sales, maintenance sales and telesales support for all Micro Focus products. The St. Albans team can be reached at 0800 328 4967 In addition to the new St. Albans office, Micro Focus also has a major office in Newbury, Berkshire, where the company's UK headquarters is located.

"The opening of our new office in St. Albans is yet another important step for Micro Focus as we continue to grow our business across the important EMEA market," said Richard Simpson, Vice President of worldwide sales for Micro Focus. "Micro Focus' established expertise of the legacy application market is now not only extended to new environments such as Web services, but we are offering a range of platform-agnostic products and services to organisations worldwide, wanting to migrate mainframe applications to new platforms, such as Windows and Linux, or indeed any platform of choice. The new St. Albans office aims to service this demand as Micro Focus continues to grow from strength throughout Europe, the Middle-East and Africa."

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus is the leading provider of COBOL application development and deployment software for contemporary platforms and architectures. Micro Focus enables organizations to unlock the value of their legacy by reusing their business-critical assets, resulting in reduced costs, increased agility and minimal risk. 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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