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): January 5, 2005

 

 

Open Text Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Ontario   0-27544   98-0154400

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

185 Columbia Street West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L5Z5

(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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition.”

 

On January 5, 2005 Open Text Corporation issued a press release announcing its preliminary results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2004. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.
  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Open Text Corporation on January 5, 2005.

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

January 5, 2005

  

By:

  

/s/ P. Thomas Jenkins

       

P. Thomas Jenkins

       

Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.
  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Open Text on January 5, 2005.