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Special Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Restructuring Reserve | Special charges include costs that relate to certain restructuring initiatives that we have undertaken from time to time under our various restructuring plans, as well as acquisition-related costs and other similar charges.
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  | Nine Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
OpenText/Actuate Restructuring Plan |  | $ | 2,071 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,071 |  |  | $ | — |
OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan |  | 455 |  |  | 11,538 |  |  | 4,647 |  |  | 11,538 |
Restructuring Plans prior to OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan |  | (1,275 | ) |  | 1,385 |  |  | (1,600 | ) |  | 8,002 |
Acquisition-related costs |  | 1,506 |  |  | 3,491 |  |  | 4,284 |  |  | 9,229 |
Other charges (recoveries) |  | 2,865 |  |  | (512 | ) |  | (5,370 | ) |  | (2,868 | )
Total |  | $ | 5,622 |  |  | $ | 15,902 |  |  | $ | 4,032 |  |  | $ | 25,901 |
OpenText/Actuate Restructuring Plan [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Restructuring Reserve | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability for the nine months ended March 31, 2015 is shown below.
OpenText/Actuate Restructuring Plan | Workforce reduction |  | Facility costs |  | Total
Balance as of June 30, 2014 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Accruals and adjustments | 1,886 |  |  | 185 |  |  | 2,071 |
Cash payments | (813 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (815 | )
Foreign exchange | (25 | ) |  | — |  |  | (25 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2015 | $ | 1,048 |  |  | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 1,231 |
OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Restructuring Reserve | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability for the nine months ended March 31, 2015 is shown below.
OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan | Workforce reduction |  | Facility costs |  | Total
Balance as of June 30, 2014 | $ | 5,051 |  |  | $ | 6,028 |  |  | $ | 11,079 |
Accruals and adjustments | 5,244 |  |  | (597 | ) |  | 4,647 |
Cash payments | (5,437 | ) |  | (2,153 | ) |  | (7,590 | )
Foreign exchange | (703 | ) |  | (266 | ) |  | (969 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2015 | $ | 4,155 |  |  | $ | 3,012 |  |  | $ | 7,167 |

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