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Company · Reading Liquidation

Merant Holdings

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 21

  1. Michael Lindner 2006-2010 Director View profile
  2. Mark Edward Woodward 2004-2006 Director View profile
  3. William Rees Withers 2003-2004 Director View profile
  4. Brian Kenneth Unruh 2002-2004 Director View profile
  5. Scott Hildebrandt 2002-2004 Director View profile
  6. John Arthur Stuart 2002-2003 Director View profile
  7. Michael Douglas Dawson 2000-2002 Director View profile
  8. Leo Millstein 2000-2002 Director View profile
  9. Fritz Koehler 1998-2000 Director View profile
  10. Jane Caroline Grantham Smithard 1998-2022 Director View profile
  11. Graham Christopher Bates 1998-2002 Director View profile
  12. Martin Waters 1997-1998 Director View profile
  13. Paul Adams 1996-1999 Director View profile
  14. Marcelo Andres Gumucio 1996-1997 Director View profile
  15. Ronald Harold Forbes 1995-1998 Director View profile
  16. Paul Andrew Ogrady 1996 Director View profile
  17. Graham Howard Norton 2016-2021 Secretary View profile
  18. Edward Frank Malysz 2006-2016 Secretary View profile
  19. Vita A Strimaitis 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  20. Robert I Pender Jr 2004-2011 Secretary View profile
  21. Stewart Watt 2002-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
18/12/1984
Registered office
Reading

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Merant Holdings is controlled by Serena Holdings
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Serena Holdings is controlled by Micro Focus Integration Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2018-04-27 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Micro Focus Integration Limited is controlled by Micro Focus MHC Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2018-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Micro Focus MHC Limited is controlled by Micro Focus CHC Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Micro Focus CHC Limited is controlled by Micro Focus (US) Holdings
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Micro Focus (US) Holdings is controlled by Micro Focus Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Micro Focus Group Limited is controlled by Micro Focus Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Micro Focus Midco Limited is controlled by Micro Focus Midco Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2017-10-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. Micro Focus Midco Holdings Limited is controlled by Micro Focus International Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-08-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. Micro Focus International Limited is controlled by Open Text UK Holding Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Open Text UK Holding Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

13.8y median 13.8y
average tenure
23.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

1
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Tech and media 4

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01872570
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Unlimited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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