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Awarded a GSA Schedule 70 Contract, Micro Focus affirms commitment to the federal market, streamlines customer access to application modernization solutions

ROCKVILLE, MD - February 18, 2009

Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management, development and modernization solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a Schedule 70 contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA Schedule is the preferred method of purchasing within government agencies, and the contract award reaffirms Micro Focus’ commitment to help government agencies reduce operational costs while modernizing existing IT assets. As a result, federal government agencies will have easier access to Micro Focus’ industry-leading application modernization solutions.

Micro Focus’ enterprise application modernization solutions enable government customers to efficiently and dramatically increase the business value of their core agency applications, while allowing them to embrace modern architectures such as Web services and cloud computing. Additionally, Micro Focus technology streamlines data sharing between agencies, improves application performance and reduces redundancy, allowing government customers to save time, money and resources.

Federal agencies interested in information about Micro Focus’ services can visit its Website (http://www.microfocus.com/Solutions/FederalGovernment/) or access the GSA Schedules e-Library (http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/) and search by the contract number 35F-0168V.

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“Being awarded a GSA Schedule 70 contract will enable our federal clients to take full advantage of the value Micro Focus solutions bring to the rest of the world,” said Bill Errico, Vice President, Federal Sales & Marketing, Micro Focus. “As the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, this contract will allow us to be more responsive to the wants and needs of our federal client base.”

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Micro Focus, (LSE: MCRO.L), 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, visit www.MicroFocus.com .

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GSA is the premier federal acquisition and procurement force offering equipment, supplies, telecommunications, and integrated information technology solutions to customer agencies. Acting as a catalyst for nearly $66 billion in federal spending, it accounts for more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars. Approximately 12,000 GSA employees provide valuable support to other federal agencies and the general public.

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