LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Micro Focus, the multinational software and information technology business, today raised its dividend by 25 per cent in the first half after reporting revenue growth of 24 per cent and margins of 43 per cent.

In an interview on cantos.com, Stephen Kelly, CEO, said current trading remained strong and that the full year guidance was unchanged.

He also discusses the enhanced relationship with Micro Focus and cloud computing, the proposed acquisition of Liant and the execution of the organic growth strategy.

Addressing the company's outlook, Nick Bray, CFO, said:

The pipeline across all areas - effectively all areas, geographies, products and other ways of looking at the business -certainly it looks pretty strong right now.

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