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Pension Plans And Other Post Retirement Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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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 |

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