Pension Plans And Other Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 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 March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011:



	Total benefit obligation		Current portion of benefit obligation*		Noncurrent portion of benefit obligation
CDT defined benefit plan	$	20,975	$	507	$	20,468
CDT Anniversary plan	496		90		406
CDT early retirement plan	102		—		102
IXOS defined benefit plan	25		—		25
Total as of March 31, 2012	$	21,598	$	597	$	21,001



	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 Condensed 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 March 31, 2012			As of June 30, 2011
Benefit obligation—beginning of period	$	18,231		$	15,507
Service cost	248			350
Interest cost	666			868
Benefits paid	(320		)	(423		)
Actuarial (gain) loss	3,527			(688		)
Foreign exchange (gain) loss	(1,377		)	2,617
Benefit obligation—end of period	20,975			18,231
Less: current portion	(507		)	(489		)
Noncurrent portion of benefit obligation	$	20,468		$	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:



	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Pension expense:
Service cost	$	82	$	89	$	248	$	258
Interest cost	222		222		666		642
Net pension expense	$	304	$	311	$	914	$	900

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 March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively, we used the following weighted-average key assumptions:



	As of March 31, 2012		As of June 30, 2011
Assumptions:
Salary increases	2.25	%	2.25	%
Pension increases	1.75	%	1.50	%
Discount rate	4.30	%	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:




2012 (three months ending June 30)	$	114
2013	524
2014	610
2015	650
2016	745
2017 to 2021	4,779

Total	$	7,422