Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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): May 18, 2006

 

Open Text Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 : Other Events

On May 12, 2006 Open Text Corporation (the “Company”) announced that it initiated a program to repurchase, from time to time over the next 12 months, up to an aggregate of 2,444,104 Common Shares on the Nasdaq National Market. A copy of the Press Release making this announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.

 

(a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Open Text Corporation on May 12, 2006.

 

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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
May 18, 2006    By:  

/s/ Alan Hoverd

     Alan Hoverd
     Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Open Text on May 12, 2006.

 

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