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Micro Focus counts cost of Hewlett deal

The group’s market cap halved in one day, after cutting this year's sales forecasts
March 21, 2018

How the mighty have fallen. Shares in former IC buy tip Micro Focus (MCRO) plummeted more than 50 per cent this week, halving the market cap of what had become the UK’s largest listed tech company. This shareholder exodus followed concerns that Micro Focus had bitten off more than it could chew when it acquired Hewlett Packard (HPE’s) software arm for an enormous $8.8bn (£6.3bn) last September.

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