Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus" or "the Company") today announces that the Board is no longer recommending a final dividend for the year ended 31 October 2019 and therefore it intends to withdraw resolution number 2 as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 February 2020 (the "Notice") relating to the approval of a proposed final dividend of 58.33 cents per ordinary share at its forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Today's announcement is made in the context of the current increased macro uncertainty, which has been uniquely impacted by the global spread of COVID-19.