20 February 2003

                                  MERANT plc                                   

                  Notification of third quarter results date                   

MERANT plc (London Stock Exchange: MRN; Nasdaq National Market: MRNT), a
leading provider of software and services that deliver flexible control of
code, content and other business-critical assets, will announce its third
quarter results for the three months ended 31 January 2003 on Thursday 27
February 2003 at 2.30pm London time. A conference call on the results will take
place at 4.00pm London time.

Enquiries:

Harriet Keen/Emma Rutherford

Financial Dynamics, Tel: 020 7831 3113



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