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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-04-002179
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040108
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20040108

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OPEN TEXT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001002638
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
		IRS NUMBER:				980154400
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			K6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27544
		FILM NUMBER:		04515777

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		185 COLUMBIA ST W
		STREET 2:		WATERLOO
		CITY:			ONTARIO CANADA
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			N2L 5Z5

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		185 COLUMBIA ST W
		STREET 2:		WATERLOO
		CITY:			ONTARIO CANADA
		ZIP:			M2L 5Z5
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2004 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="6"><B>Open Text Corporation </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="66%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="30%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Ontario</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="48" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>0-27544</B></FONT><BR><HR WIDTH="56" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="12%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>98-0154400</B></FONT><BR><HR WIDTH="82" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>of Incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="12%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(IRS Employer<BR>Identification&nbsp;No.)</B></FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>185 Columbia Street
West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L5Z5 </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="66%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)
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NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code </B></FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Results of Operations and Financial Condition </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 12, &#147;Results of
Operations and Financial Condition.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On January 8, 2004
Open Text Corporation issued a press release announcing its preliminary financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2003. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="89%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="65" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="3%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="89%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release issued by Open Text on January 8, 2004.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="44%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P. T<SMALL>HOMAS</SMALL> J<SMALL>ENKINS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="44%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">P. Thomas Jenkins</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Executive
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>OPEN TEXT ANNOUNCES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>PRELIMINARY SECOND QUARTER RESULTS EXCEED GUIDANCE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><I>Revenues Driven by 50% License Sales Growth </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Waterloo, ON &#151;January 08, 2004&#151;</B>Open Text<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>&#153;<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SUP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT> Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX; TSX: OTC), an enterprise content management (ECM)
vendor and provider of Livelink<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>&reg;<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SUP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT>, the leading
collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, today announced preliminary financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2003. These results do not include any contribution from the proposed business
combination with IXOS Software AG. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company anticipates total revenue for
the second quarter in the range of $60 million to $62 million, an increase of approximately 42% over revenue of $43 million reported for the same quarter one year ago. License revenues are expected to be in the range of $25 million to $27 million
for the quarter, an increase of approximately 50% over last year. (1) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based on
preliminary financial data for the second quarter, the Company estimates adjusted net income to be in the range of $8 million to $9 million ($0.18 to $0.21 adjusted EPS). Also based on preliminary financial data, the Company estimates GAAP net
income to be in the range of $6 million to $7 million ($0.14 to $0.17 EPS). (2, 3) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">The Company&#146;s preliminary estimates for the second quarter exceed the earnings and revenue guidance issued by the Company on October 23, 2003. At that time, the Company guided that total revenue for the quarter would be $53 million and
that adjusted EPS would be $0.16 cents. (2, 3) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;We are delighted to
report record revenues, based upon preliminary estimates for the quarter&#148;, said Tom Jenkins, CEO of Open Text. &#147;The strong demand for LiveLink continues and is accelerating our growth.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text will provide more details in its regularly scheduled quarterly conference call on
Thursday, January 22, 2004 at 5:30 pm. Details of this call are available at our web site at <U>www.opentext.com</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text invites the public to listen to the Company&#146;s teleconference call discussing its preliminary financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 at
5:30 p.m. EST /2:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, January 8th, 2004. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thursday, January 8th, 2004</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5:30 p.m. EST
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">416-640-1907</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please dial the above number 10
minutes before the teleconference is scheduled to begin. The operator will take your name and connect your line with the meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For more information and playback instructions: please visit our web site at <U>www.opentext.com/investor/investor_events</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All amounts in this Press Release are expressed in U.S. dollars. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About Open Text and Livelink </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>&#153;<FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SUP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT> is the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes
and information in global organizations. Since launching the world&#146;s first Internet search engine and the first Web-based enterprise collaboration and knowledge management software, Open Text has continued its leadership in providing global
enterprises with innovative and effective solutions. Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the company supports fifteen million seats across 10,000
deployments in 31 countries and 12 languages worldwide. Open Text&#146;s flagship product, Livelink&reg; seamlessly combines collaboration with content management, helping organizations transform information into knowledge to provide the foundation
for innovation, compliance and accelerated growth. For more information on Open Text and Livelink, go to: <U>www.opentext.com</U> and <U>www.opentext.com/livelink</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"># # # </FONT></P>

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preliminary estimates and future growth are made pursuant to the &#147;safe harbor&#148; provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release are not promises or
guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The Company cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date made and constitute the Company&#146;s current intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of the future, which are therefor inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company&#146;s actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in the Company&#146;s forward-looking statements based on various factors, including without limitation: the cancellation or deferral of customer orders, risks involved in the completion and integration of
acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company&#146;s customers, demand for the Company&#146;s products and other risks detailed from time to time in
the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2003, and the Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2003. Forward-looking statements are based on
management&#146;s beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management&#146;s beliefs or opinions change. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Copyright (C) 2004 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK, LIVELINK MEETINGZONE, and OPEN TEXT
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names,
company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="8%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Calculated using the mid-point of the range. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reported under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). EPS is calculated on a fully diluted basis. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company uses the financial measures &#147;adjusted net income&#148; and &#147;adjusted EPS&#148; to supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are presented in
accordance with U.S. GAAP. The presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS are not meant to be a substitute for net income or net income per share presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, but rather should be evaluated in conjunction with
such GAAP measures. Adjusted net income is calculated as net income excluding <B>(a)</B> the amortization of acquired intangible assets of approximately $1.8 million <B>(b)</B> other income, gain (loss) on investments (nil) <B>(c)</B> income tax on
equity gain (nil). Adjusted EPS is calculated as adjusted income divided by the number of common shares of the Company outstanding on a fully diluted basis. The terms adjusted net income and adjusted EPS do not have a standardized meaning prescribed
by GAAP, and therefore the Company&#146;s definitions are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. The Company&#146;s management believes that the presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS provide useful
information to investors because they exclude non-operational charges and are a better indication of Open Text&#146;s profitability from recurring operations. The items excluded from the computation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS, which are
otherwise included in the determination of net income and EPS prepared in accordance with GAAP, are items that Open Text does not consider to be meaningful in evaluating the Company&#146;s past financial performance or the future prospects and may
hinder a comparison of its period-to-period profitability. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>For more information, please contact: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Anne Marie Rahm </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director, Investor Relations </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text Corporation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">+1-617-204-3359 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">arahm@opentext.com </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Greg Secord </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director, Investor Relations </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text Corporation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">+1-519-888-7111 ext.2408 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">gsecord@opentext.com </FONT></P>
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