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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-09-152389
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090721
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090722
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090721

FILER:

	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:			A6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27544
		FILM NUMBER:		09955774

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		275 FRANK TOMPA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		WATERLOO
		CITY:			ONTARIO CANADA
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			N2L 0A1
		BUSINESS PHONE:		519-888-7111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		275 FRANK TOMPA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		WATERLOO
		CITY:			ONTARIO CANADA
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			N2L 0A1
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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
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SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P
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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&nbsp;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:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July&nbsp;21, 2009 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>Open Text Corporation </B>
</FONT></P> <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 Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Commission File No.)</B></FONT></TD>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L0A1 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(519) 888-7111 </B></FONT></P> <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> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Not applicable </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former name or
address, if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">On July&nbsp;21, 2009, Scenic Merger Corp. (&#147;Merger Sub&#148;), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text Corporation (&#147;Open Text&#148;), merged with and into Vignette Corporation (&#147;Vignette&#148;) (the
&#147;Merger&#148;) in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May&nbsp;5, 2009, among Open Text, Merger Sub and Vignette (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;).&nbsp;As a result of the Merger, Vignette became an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of Open Text, and the shares of Vignette common stock, which traded under the symbol &#147;VIGN&#148;, have ceased trading on, and are being delisted from, the Nasdaq Global Select Market. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of Vignette common stock was converted into the right to receive $8.00 in cash,
without interest and 0.1447 of one share of Open Text common stock.&nbsp;Open Text will issue approximately 3.45&nbsp;million shares of its common stock in connection with the Merger. Based on the closing price of $36.84 per share of Open Text
common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July&nbsp;20, 2009, the last trading day before the closing of the Merger, the aggregate value of the consideration paid in connection with the Merger to former holders of Vignette common stock was
approximately $321 million. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Neither Open Text and any of its affiliates nor any person who was then a director or officer of Open Text had
a material relationship with Vignette prior to the completion of the Merger. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The description of the Merger contained in this
Item&nbsp;2.01 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Open Text&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2009. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Events. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On July&nbsp;21, 2009, Open Text
issued a press release announcing the closing of the Merger.&nbsp;A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Financial Statements of
Businesses Acquired </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The historical financial statements of Vignette required pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K will be filed by Open Text
within 71 days of the filing of this Form 8-K by amendment hereto. </FONT></P>

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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The pro forma financial statements required pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K will be filed by Open Text within 71 days of the filing of this Form 8-K by amendment hereto. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The following exhibits are filed with this report: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2009, among Open Text Corporation, Scenic Merger Corp. and Vignette Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Open Text&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2009).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated July 21, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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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
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: July 21, 2009</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Paul McFeeters</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Paul McFeeters </FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2009, among Open Text Corporation, Scenic Merger Corp. and Vignette Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Open Text&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;7, 2009).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated July 21, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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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:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Open Text Completes Vignette Acquisition </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Open Text Will Continue to Support Vignette Products to
Meet the Full Range of Web </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Content Management Needs </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Waterloo, ON. &#150; July&nbsp;21, 2009 &#150;</B> Open Text&#153; Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced that it has completed the acquisition
of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ: VIGN). The acquisition has now received approval by Vignette&#146;s stockholders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">With its acquisition of Vignette now complete, Open Text said today that it is laying the strategic groundwork that will further its position as the independent leader in ECM, with a comprehensive portfolio of Web solutions to meet the
broad range of market requirements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text will continue to support Vignette&#146;s products and installed base, including users of previous versions
of Vignette Content Management, as well as Open Text&#146;s existing Web Solutions products. The combined product line will provide users with a full set of feature options, from an easy-to-use, fast-to-deploy web publishing application, to a fully
integrated, enterprise-class e-business platform for large-scale deployments. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;The new demands of social and digital media, and fast-growing user
expectations for more personalized Web interactions are placing enormous pressures on customers to keep up,&#148; said John Shackleton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Open Text. &#147;This is an important area of innovation for us going
forward as we expand our ECM portfolio &#150; Vignette will play a key role in this strategy. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;We are making a strong commitment of support to our
WCM customers and, at the same time, taking advantage of an opportunity to broaden our WCM capabilities to address a much wider range of needs in the market. Vignette expands our capabilities to meet the evolving needs of organizations to deliver
compelling, interactive sites that drive e-business, customer loyalty and lead generation. We gain important capabilities that expand our leadership in WCM and complement our current range of products in this space.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">According to Shackleton, Open Text also sees opportunities to leverage other key components of Vignette&#146;s product portfolio within the Open Text ECM Suite. Open
Text will announce more details on product strategy in the weeks ahead, and will roll out a detailed product roadmap to include Vignette products at its annual Content World 2009 Conference, in October
(<U>http://www.opentext.com/contentworld/2009</U>) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition to technology and expanded market leadership, Open Text gains other benefits from the deal:
Open Text adds Vignette&#146;s experienced WCM professionals to the Open Text team, and Vignette supplements Open Text&#146;s global reach and already strong presence in key markets worldwide. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On the Vignette side, Vignette customers will benefit from Open Text&#146;s expanded ECM solutions portfolio, Open Text&#146;s strategic partnerships and integrations
with major enterprise players such as SAP, Oracle and Microsoft, and the support of the world&#146;s largest independent ECM solutions provider. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Merger
Agreement </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of Vignette common stock was converted into the right to receive $8.00
in cash, without interest and 0.1447 shares of </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text common stock.&nbsp;Open Text will issue approximately 3.45&nbsp;million shares of its common stock in connection with the Merger. Based on the
closing price of $36.84 per share of Open Text common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July&nbsp;20, 2009, the last trading day before the closing of the Merger, the aggregate value of the consideration paid in connection with the Merger
was approximately $321 million. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text expects to incur restructuring charges associated with this merger and will disclose, on Monday, July&nbsp;27,
2009, estimates of the range of amounts expected to be incurred in connection with the restructuring initiative in a Form 8-K filing. Management will provide further information regarding the future plans and prospects of the combined company when
it provides fiscal year-end results on August&nbsp;20, 2009. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Teleconference Call </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text will host a conference call on August&nbsp;20, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. ET. On the call, Open Text management will discuss the final financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year-end 2009, as well as the
acquisition of Vignette. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">416-644-3415</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">800-733-7571&nbsp;(Toll
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please dial-in approximately 10 minutes before the teleconference is scheduled to begin. A replay of the call will
be available beginning August&nbsp;20, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. on September&nbsp;3, 2009 and can be accessed by dialing 416-640-1917 and using passcode 21310608 followed by the number sign. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For more information or to listen to the call via Web cast, please use the following link: <U>http://www.opentext.com/2/investors/ir-events.htm</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About Open Text </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Open Text, an enterprise software company and leader
in enterprise content management, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of their business content. Open Text brings two decades of expertise supporting 50&nbsp;million users in 114 countries.&nbsp;Working with our customers and
partners, we bring together leading Content Experts&#153; to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness.&nbsp;For more
information, visit <U>www.opentext.com</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the success of any of the Company&#146;s strategic initiatives, the Company&#146;s growth and
profitability prospects, the benefits of the Company&#146;s products to be realized by customers, the Company&#146;s position in the market and future opportunities therein, the deployment of Open Text ECM Suite and our other products by customers,
and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or
guarantees and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others, the failure to develop new products, risks
involved in fluctuations in currency exchange rates, delays in purchasing decisions of customers, 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 Form 10-K for the
year ended June&nbsp;30, 2008. You should not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which 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>

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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Copyright &copy; 2009 by Open Text Corporation. OPEN TEXT, the OPEN TEXT ECM SUITE AND OPEN TEXT WEB SOLUTIONS 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:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>For more information, please contact: </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard Maganini</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">+1-847-961-0662</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>rmaganin@opentext.com</U></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephanie Fazio</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. 2429</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>sfazio@opentext.com</U></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <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">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:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>gsecord@opentext.com</U></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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