We wanted to keep you up-to-date about some important questions that have been frequently asked by our user community members.

Why is HPE Spinning and Merging with Micro Focus?

HPE made the decision to spin-merge HPE Software with Micro Focus to create two businesses that are stronger, more focused, delivering faster outcomes to customers. The spin-merger creates a new industry player, Micro Focus, which will be valued at $4.5B and be one of the world's largest pure-play enterprise software companies.

Why is Micro Focus the perfect company to take on HPE Software assets?

Micro Focus has a proven track record of managing both growing and mature software assets. Together, HPE’s Software assets and Micro Focus will have global reach and strong go-to-market capability with nearly 4,000 salespeople and deep R&D resources – ensuring that our customers continue to receive best-in-class software solutions. The combination will enable higher levels of investment in growth areas, while maintaining a stable platform for mission-critical software products.

When will the HPE Spin-Merger with Micro Focus be complete?

The transaction is expected to be complete in the second half of HPE’s fiscal 2017, with customer and partner commitments remaining unchanged.

What will the HPE ownership of the new company be?

HPE will not have an ownership stake in the new organization – it will be an independent publicly traded company. HPE shareholders will own 50.1 percent of the new organization.

What will the leadership of the new company be?

Chris Hsu will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of the combined HPE Software and Micro Focus company pending deal close, which is currently targeted to be completed by approximately August 31, 2017. Until then, Stephen Murdoch will remain chief executive of Micro Focus, and then become chief operating officer.