As the Scheme has now become effective, Stephen Murdoch, Matthew Ashley, Richard Atkins, Amanda Brown, Pauline Campbell, Lawton Fitt, Gregory Lock, Debra Polishook, Vidya Rao and Robert Youngjohns have stepped down from the Micro Focus International plc Board; Stephen Murdoch has also departed as CEO of Micro Focus with effect from today's date. OpenText announces that Christian Waida, Mark Wilkinson and Madhu Ranganathan have been appointed as directors of Micro Focus.