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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-15 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 30, 1997
Micro Focus Group Public Limited Company
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
The Lawn, Old Bath Road, Newbury, England RG14 1QN
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F _____
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.)
Yes X No _____
(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2 (b): 82-795.)
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AVS: 277433
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT OFFICE
Please Contact:
Ron Forbes
UK - 01635 32646
Vice President, International Finance
Stuart McGill
UK - 01635 32646
International Business Manager Year 2000
Les Thomas
UK - 01202 304410
Managing Director, Millennium
MICRO FOCUS GROUP PLC ("MICRO FOCUS")
ACQUIRES MILLENNIUM (UK) LIMITED A YEAR 2000 CONSULTING COMPANY
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30 April 1997 - Further to the announcement made on 26 March 1997, Micro Focus
has now completed the acquisition of Millennium (UK) Limited for a total
consideration of GBP 4 million (US$ 6.5 million). The consideration has been
satisfied by a cash payment of GBP 2 million (US$ 3.25 million) and the issue to
the vendors of 149,142 new Ordinary shares of 10p each in Micro Focus
("shares").
Each of the vendors has undertaken not to dispose of more than one third of the
shares in the twelve months following completion and not to dispose of more than
two thirds in aggregate of such shares in the 2 years following completion
without the consent of Micro Focus.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange Limited for the shares to
be admitted to the Official List. These shares will rank pari passu with the
existing issued Ordinary shares. It is expected that permission to admit the new
shares will be granted on Wednesday, 30 April 1997 and that dealings will
commence on Thursday, 1 May 1997.
Micro Focus provides tools and technology for managing enterprise computing
assets. The Company's state-of-the-art programming solutions allow applications
developers to manage and extend their enterprise applications for: Distributed
Computing - developing and deploying production systems in distributed
environments; Legacy Solutions - moving application development and maintenance
off the mainframe; and Year 2000 assessment and implementation - providing
solutions for re-engineering systems to handle the millennium date change.
Micro Focus is located in the UK at The Lawn, 22-30 Old Bath Road, Newbury,
Berkshire, RG14 1QN - telephone 01635 32646 and in the US at 2465 East Bayshore
Road, Palo Alto, California 94303 - telephone 415-856-4161. For additional
information on Micro Focus and its products, visit the Micro Focus Web site at
http://www.microfocus.com.
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SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Micro Focus Group Public Limited Company
(Registrant)
Date: April 30, 1997 By: /s/ Loren E. Hillberg
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Loren E. Hillberg
Vice President and General Counsel
