Micro Focus Appoints David Taylor As President Of Asia Pacific & Japan  

New appointment to spearhead regional expansion 

NEWBURY, England, Friday 3 July 2009 — Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernisation solutions, today announced the appointment of David Taylor as President, Asia Pacific and Japan. With over fifteen years of executive experience, Taylor will spearhead Micro Focus’ aggressive growth strategy in the region.

Taylor’s appointment follows a number of strategic client wins in the region, including Insular Life in the Philippines, United Overseas Bank in Singapore, Citic Kah Wah Bank in Hong Kong and the China Construction Bank. The appointment also coincides with the 25^th anniversary of the establishment of Micro Focus’ subsidiary in Japan in 1984. Taylor will be based in Singapore, and will report directly to Marc Andrews, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing for Micro Focus. Hiroshi Tajima (Country Manager, Japan), Stephen Chan (Director of Sales, APAC) and Keith Mante (Country Head, Australia) will report directly to Taylor.

“David has a proven track record in managing high growth businesses and has demonstrated his ability to achieve great results over many years. The merger of the Asia Pacific and Japan regions presents a significant opportunity to build on Micro Focus’ global growth and David is the man to lead this charge.” said Marc Andrews, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing for Micro Focus. “This is a very exciting time for Micro Focus and I am delighted to welcome David to the role.”

Most recently, Taylor served as Managing Director of Indigo Pacific based in Sydney. Prior to that, he held executive roles at Saba, Integrated Research, NetIQ Inc, Azure Wireless and Compuware. As Regional Director for NetIQ’s Australian/New Zealand operation (2003-2006), Taylor more than doubled revenues across all product lines and was later promoted to Regional Director for the Asia Pacific region. As Regional Vice President for Latin America, Middle East & Africa at Compuware (1999-2001), Taylor oversaw revenues in excess of $22 million and achieved a 590% improvement in direct profit against the previous year.

“This is a very exciting opportunity for me,” said Taylor. “At a time when most companies’ are bedding down and taking a cautious approach, Micro Focus is bucking the trend with its strong customer pipeline, continually evolving product portfolio and aggressive acquisition strategy. It is a privilege to work with such a strong management team and I relish the challenge ahead.”

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Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com