# Merant Holdings

## Details

- **Company number:** [01872570](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01872570)
- **Status:** Liquidation
- **Type:** Private Unlimited Company
- **Incorporated:** 18 Dec 1984
- **Registered office:** 420 THAMES VALLEY PARK DRIVE, THAMES VALLEY PARK, READING, RG6 1PT
- **Nature of business:** [70100](/sic/70100) Activities of head offices
- **Corporate group:** [Open Text UK Investments Limited](/group/6729) (24 companies)


## Previous names

- Micro Focus Holdings Limited (until 16 Feb 1999)
- Falcondrum Limited (until 9 Aug 1995)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGRADY, Paul Andrew | director | - | 1 Apr 1996 |
| GUMUCIO, Marcelo Andres | director | 21 Jun 1996 | 17 Jul 1997 |
| BATES, Graham Christopher | secretary | - | 14 May 1998 |
| FORBES, Ronald Harold | director | 11 Jul 1995 | 14 May 1998 |
| WATERS, Martin | director | 16 Jul 1997 | 3 Sep 1998 |
| ADAMS, Paul | director | 21 Jun 1996 | 7 Sep 1999 |
| KOEHLER, Fritz | director | 15 Jun 1998 | 9 May 2000 |
| DAWSON, Michael Douglas | director | 3 Aug 2000 | 28 Feb 2002 |
| MILLSTEIN, Leo | director | 1 Jun 2000 | 30 Apr 2002 |
| BATES, Graham Christopher | director | 14 May 1998 | 19 Jul 2002 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | secretary | 14 May 1998 | 31 Jul 2002 |
| WATT, Stewart | secretary | 31 Jul 2002 | 2 Dec 2002 |
| STUART, John Arthur | director | 19 Jul 2002 | 24 Apr 2003 |
| WITHERS, William Rees | director | 24 Apr 2003 | 30 Apr 2004 |
| JUKES, Kenneth Robert | secretary | 2 Dec 2002 | 30 Apr 2004 |
| HILDEBRANDT, Scott | director | 19 Jul 2002 | 30 Apr 2004 |
| UNRUH, Brian Kenneth | director | 19 Jul 2002 | 30 Apr 2004 |
| STRIMAITIS, Vita A | secretary | 30 Apr 2004 | 10 Mar 2006 |
| STRIMAITIS, Vita A | director | 30 Apr 2004 | 10 Mar 2006 |
| PENDER JR, Robert I | secretary | 10 Mar 2006 | 10 Apr 2006 |
| WOODWARD, Mark Edward | director | 30 Apr 2004 | 20 Dec 2006 |
| LINDNER, Michael | director | 1 Aug 2006 | 4 May 2010 |
| PENDER JR, Robert I | director | 30 Apr 2004 | 31 Jul 2011 |
| MALYSZ, Edward Frank | director | 10 Apr 2006 | 2 May 2016 |
| MALYSZ, Edward Frank | secretary | 10 Apr 2006 | 2 May 2016 |
| NORTON, Graham Howard | secretary | 2 May 2016 | 4 May 2021 |
| NORTON, Graham Howard | director | 2 May 2016 | 4 May 2021 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | secretary | 4 May 2021 | 30 Jun 2022 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | director | 2 May 2016 | 30 Jun 2022 |
| CHISHOLM, Candice Tiffany | director | 30 Jun 2022 |  |
| JUKES, Kenneth Robert | director | 11 Jul 2005 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serena Holdings | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Merant Holdings → [Serena Holdings](/company/05188292) → [Micro Focus Integration Limited](/company/11283120) → [Micro Focus Mhc Limited](/company/09900691) → [Micro Focus Chc Limited](/company/09952065) → [Micro Focus (US) Holdings](/company/07119093)



## Controls

- [Serena Software Europe Limited](/company/01272886) (01272886)



## Directors' other companies

- [JUKES, Kenneth Robert](/person/5642149) - director at [Serena Software Europe Limited](/company/01272886)
- [JUKES, Kenneth Robert](/person/5642149) - director at [Serena Holdings](/company/05188292)



## Companies at the same address

- [Appriver UK Limited](/company/11614909) (11614909)
- [Autonomy Systems Limited](/company/03063054) (03063054)
- [GXS Limited](/company/01387566) (01387566)
- [Longsand Limited](/company/04598955) (04598955)
- [Micro Focus (IP) Holdings Limited](/company/10672226) (10672226)
- [Micro Focus (US) Holdings](/company/07119093) (07119093)
- [Micro Focus Chc Limited](/company/09952065) (09952065)
- [Micro Focus Foreign Holdco Ltd](/company/10749390) (10749390)
- [Micro Focus Global Limited](/company/02033363) (02033363)
- [Micro Focus Group Limited](/company/07788627) (07788627)