Pension Plans And Other Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of CDT Defined Benefit Plan And CDT Long-Term Employee Benefit Obligations

The following table provides details of our defined benefit pension plans and long-term employee benefit obligations for Open Text Document Technologies GmbH (CDT) and IXOS AG (IXOS) as of June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011:



	Total benefit obligation		Current portion of benefit obligation*		Noncurrent portion of benefit obligation
CDT defined benefit plan	$	21,461	$	475	$	20,986
CDT Anniversary plan	457		67		390
CDT early retirement plan	69		69		—
IXOS defined benefit plan	698		—		698
Total as of June 30, 2012	$	22,685	$	611	$	22,074



	Total benefit obligation		Current portion of benefit obligation*		Noncurrent portion of benefit obligation
CDT defined benefit plan	$	18,231	$	489	$	17,742
CDT Anniversary plan	550		57		493
CDT early retirement plan	234		—		234
IXOS defined benefit plan	9		—		9
Total as of June 30, 2011	$	19,024	$	546	$	18,478



*	The current portion of the benefit obligation has been included within "Accounts payable and accrued liabilities" within the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Schedule Of The Change In The Benefit Obligation Of CDT Defined Benefit Plan

The following are the components of net periodic benefit costs for the CDT pension plan and the details of the change in the benefit obligation for the periods indicated:



	As of June 30, 2012			As of June 30, 2011
Benefit obligation—beginning of period	$	18,231		$	15,507
Service cost	326			350
Interest cost	873			868
Benefits paid	(441		)	(423		)
Actuarial (gain) loss	5,179			(688		)
Foreign exchange (gain) loss	(2,707		)	2,617
Benefit obligation—end of period	21,461			18,231
Less: current portion	(475		)	(489		)
Noncurrent portion of benefit obligation	$	20,986		$	17,742

Components Of Net Pension Expense For CDT Pension Plan

The following are the details of net pension expense for the CDT pension plan for the periods indicated:



	Year Ended June 30,
	2012		2011
Pension expense:
Service cost	$	326	$	350
Interest cost	873		868
Net pension expense	$	1,199	$	1,218

Schedule Of Weighted-Average Key Assumptions Used For CDT Pension Plan

In determining the fair value of the CDT pension plan benefit obligations as of June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively, we used the following weighted-average key assumptions:



	As of June 30, 2012		As of June 30, 2011
Assumptions:
Salary increases	2.50	%	2.25	%
Pension increases	2.00	%	1.50	%
Discount rate	4.00	%	5.25	%
Employee fluctuation rate:
to age 30	1.00	%	1.00	%
to age 35	0.50	%	0.50	%
to age 40	—	%	—	%
to age 45	0.50	%	0.50	%
to age 50	0.50	%	0.50	%
from age 51	1.00	%	1.00	%

Anticipated Pension Payments Under CDT Pension Plan

Anticipated pension payments under the CDT pension plan for the fiscal years indicated below are as follows:



2013	$	475
2014	531
2015	587
2016	651
2017	725
2018 to 2022	4,788

Total	$	7,757