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Special Charges (Recoveries) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 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 September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Fiscal 2015 Restructuring Plan |  | $ | 15,474 |  |  | $ | — |
OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan |  | (152 | ) |  | 2,806 |
Restructuring Plans prior to OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan |  | — |  |  | 87 |
Acquisition-related costs |  | 177 |  |  | 436 |
Other charges (recoveries) |  | 1,838 |  |  | 840 |
Total |  | $ | 17,337 |  |  | $ | 4,169 |
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 three months ended September 30, 2015 is shown below.
Fiscal 2015 Restructuring Plan | Workforce reduction |  | Facility costs |  | Total
Balance as of June 30, 2015 | $ | 3,842 |  |  | $ | 2,126 |  |  | $ | 5,968 |
Accruals and adjustments | 15,084 |  |  | 390 |  |  | 15,474 |
Cash payments | (7,657 | ) |  | (401 | ) |  | (8,058 | )
Foreign exchange | (470 | ) |  | 597 |  |  | 127 |
Balance as of September 30, 2015 | $ | 10,799 |  |  | $ | 2,712 |  |  | $ | 13,511 |
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 three months ended September 30, 2015 are shown below.
OpenText/GXS Restructuring Plan | Workforce reduction |  | Facility costs |  | Total
Balance as of June 30, 2015 | $ | 2,846 |  |  | $ | 4,436 |  |  | $ | 7,282 |
Accruals and adjustments | (156 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (155 | )
Cash payments | (328 | ) |  | (847 | ) |  | (1,175 | )
Foreign exchange | 128 |  |  | (23 | ) |  | 105 |
Balance as of September 30, 2015 | $ | 2,490 |  |  | $ | 3,567 |  |  | $ | 6,057 |

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