8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2012

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Open Text Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Canada	0-27544	98-0154400
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 0A1

(Address of principal executive offices)

(519) 888-7111

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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Item 5.02(b)    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Mr. Eugene Roman

On June 11, 2012, Open Text Corporation (the “Company”) announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Eugene Roman resigned from his position. Mr. Roman's last day as an employee with the Company will be August 16, 2012.

In addition to announcing Mr. Roman's resignation, the Company also announced the addition of three new employees who will join the Company's executive leadership team; Mr. Greg Corgan joins as EVP for Worldwide Field Operations, Mr. Muhi Majzoub joins as SVP of Engineering and will be assuming the responsibilities of Mr. Roman, and Mr. Manuel Sousa joins as SVP of Human Resources. For further details of this announcement, please see attached the Company's press release filed as an exhibit under Item 9.01 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued by Open Text Corporation on June 11, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
June 12, 2012	By:	/s/ Gordon A. Davies
		Gordon A. Davies Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by Open Text Corporation on June 11, 2012.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

OpenText Strengthens Executive Leadership Team

Announces New Leadership for Worldwide Field Operations, Engineering, and Human Resources

Waterloo, ON - 2012-06-11 - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX:OTC), today announced three key appointments to its executive leadership team designed to strengthen and propel the Company through its next stage of growth.

Joining OpenText as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations, is Greg Corgan. Mr. Corgan was most recently Corporate Senior Vice President and President, Global Field Operations for Infor, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software for a broad range of business functions including inventory and asset management, resource planning, and human capital management. Prior to Infor, he was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales for Fair Isaac Corporation, a leading developer of credit scoring systems. Mr. Corgan spent three years at CA Technologies at positions including Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales.

Muhi S. Majzoub joins OpenText as Senior Vice President, Engineering. Mr. Majzoub is a seasoned enterprise software technology executive having recently served as Head of Products for NorthgateArinso. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President of Product Development for CA, Technologies. Mr. Majzoub also worked for several years as Vice President for Product Development at Oracle Corporation. Mr. Majzoub replaces outgoing Chief Technology Officer, Eugene Roman.

OpenText also announced Manuel Sousa as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Mr. Sousa was recently Head of Human Resources for International Banking and Global Insurance for RBC Royal Bank. Prior to that he served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Take-Two Interactive, Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President at T-Mobile USA, and Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President at Saks Fifth Avenue.

"The addition of these three executives complement and strengthen our leadership team, said OpenText Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Barrenechea. OpenText is attracting top industry talent as we position ourselves to take advantage of growing market opportunities in Enterprise Information Management. Greg, Muhi and Manny are proven executives, and I look forward to working with them for years to come. As OpenText continues to grow, we need executives experienced in operating a multi-billion dollar business.

About OpenText

OpenText is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software. The Company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in the world's largest companies, government agencies and professional service firms. OpenText supports approximately 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries and 12 languages. For more information about OpenText, visit www.opentext.com.

Copyright © 2012 by Open Text Corporation. OPENTEXT , OPENTEXT EVERYWHERE and the OPENTEXT ECM SUITE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners.

For more information, please contact

Greg Secord

Vice President, Investor Relations

Open Text Corporation

gsecord@opentext.com