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Pension Plans And Other Post Retirement Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
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 Open Text Software GmbH (IXOS) as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
| As of March 31, 2013
| Total benefit obligation |  | Current portion of benefit obligation* |  | Non-current portion of benefit obligation
CDT defined benefit plan | $ | 23,856 |  |  | $ | 518 |  |  | $ | 23,338 |
CDT anniversary plan | 457 |  |  | 82 |  |  | 375 |
CDT early retirement plan | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
IXOS defined benefit plans | 716 |  |  | — |  |  | 716 |
Total | $ | 25,029 |  |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 24,429 |
| As of June 30, 2012
| Total benefit obligation |  | Current portion of benefit obligation* |  | Non-current 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 plans | 698 |  |  | — |  |  | 698 |
Total | $ | 22,685 |  |  | $ | 611 |  |  | $ | 22,074 |
* | The current portion of the benefit obligation has been included within "Accounts payable and accrued liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Schedule Of The Change In The Benefit Obligation Of CDT Defined Benefit Plan | The following are the details of the change in the benefit obligation for the CDT pension plan for the periods indicated:
| As of March 31, 2013 |  | As of June 30, 2012
Benefit obligation—as of June 30, 2012 | $ | 21,461 |  |  | $ | 18,231 |
Service cost | 343 |  |  | 326 |
Interest cost | 666 |  |  | 873 |
Benefits paid | (345 | ) |  | (441 | )
Actuarial loss | 752 |  |  | 5,179 |
Foreign exchange (gain) loss | 979 |  |  | (2,707 | )
Benefit obligation—as of March 31, 2013 | 23,856 |  |  | 21,461 |
Less: Current portion | (518 | ) |  | (475 | )
Non current portion of benefit obligation | $ | 23,338 |  |  | $ | 20,986 |
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,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Pension expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 248 |
Interest cost |  | 220 |  |  | 222 |  |  | 666 |  |  | 666 |
Amortization of actuarial gains and losses |  | 69 |  |  | — |  |  | 208 |  |  | — |
Net pension expense |  | $ | 402 |  |  | $ | 304 |  |  | $ | 1,217 |  |  | $ | 914 |
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, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively, we used the following weighted-average key assumptions:
| As of March 31, 2013 |  | As of June 30, 2012
Assumptions: |  |  |
Salary increases | 2.50 | % |  | 2.50 | %
Pension increases | 2.00 | % |  | 2.00 | %
Discount rate | 3.60 | % |  | 4.00 | %
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:
| Fiscal years ending June 30, |
2013 (three months ended June 30) | $ | 130 |
2014 | 534 |
2015 | 601 |
2016 | 672 |
2017 | 733 |
2018 to 2022 | 5,730 |
Total | $ | 8,400 |

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