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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-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 11, 1998
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 _____
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(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 _____
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(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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Editorial Contacts:
Colleen Brickley
Corporate Relations
804-762-5831
[email protected]
MICRO FOCUS APPOINTS KEN SEXTON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
LONDON, England and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Dec. 11, 1998 -- Micro Focus Group
Plc (London Stock Exchange: MICF; NASDAQ: MIFGY) today announced the appointment
of Ken Sexton as chief financial officer. Mr. Sexton was formerly CFO of
INTERSOLV, which was recently acquired by Micro Focus. He replaces Rick Van
Hoesen, who becomes general manager of the company's largest business unit,
Application Development Solutions (ADS).
"Ken and I have worked closely together since 1991," said Gary Greenfield, Micro
Focus president and CEO. "We are extremely fortunate to have executives of the
caliber of Rick and Ken leading the progress of Micro Focus in these key
positions."
MICRO FOCUS CORPORATE PROFILE
Micro Focus is a leading software solutions vendor that enables corporations to
accelerate the development and delivery of applications designed to run in
today's distributed enterprise computing environments. The company's solutions
allow its customers to leverage their existing IT investments in applications
and people; to access information quickly and easily; to build applications that
integrate existing information assets across the enterprise; and to manage the
development and deployment process to ensure quality applications.
Founded in 1976, Micro Focus is known as a leading provider of enterprise
application development and maintenance solutions for MVS, UNIX, Windows, NT and
Web environments. With its recent acquisition of INTERSOLV, a global market
leader in software change management and open data connectivity products and
services, Micro Focus is now a leader in helping its customers respond quickly
to business and technological change.
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Micro Focus products include the PVCS(R) line of software change management
products, the DataDirect line of standards-based data access and connectivity
products, and the Micro Focus line of applications development and
transformation solutions.
In the U.S., Micro Focus is located at 701 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View,
Calif. 94043; telephone 650-938-3700. In the UK, Micro Focus is located at The
Lawn, 22-30 Old Bath Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1QN; telephone 01635 32646.
For additional information on Micro Focus and its products, visit the Micro
Focus Web site at http://www.microfocus.com.
Micro Focus is a registered trademark of Micro Focus Limited, and INTERSOLV is a
registered trademark of INTERSOLV, Inc. All other trademarks as they appear in
this announcement are the property of their respective owners.
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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: December 14, 1998 By: /s/ Richard Van Hoesen
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Richard Van Hoesen
Secretary
