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Open Text Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Friday 08. May 2009 - Open Text(TM) Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX: OTC), a leading provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, today announced unaudited financial results for its third quarter, ending March 31, 2009.(1)

Total revenue for the third quarter was $192.0 million, up 7% compared to $178.8 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. License revenue in the third quarter was $51.9 million, compared to $51.5 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.

Adjusted net income for the third quarter was $31.4 million or $0.59 per share on a diluted basis, up 24% compared to $25.4 million or $0.48 per share on a diluted basis, for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Net income for the third quarter, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), was $22.0 million or $0.41 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $7.3 million or $0.14 per share on a diluted basis, for the same period in the prior fiscal year.(3)

Total cash and cash equivalents, as of March 31, 2009 was $237.0 million, after deducting the net cash payment for Captaris of approximately $100.0 million. This compares to $254.9 million as of June 30, 2008. Accounts receivable as of March 31, 2009, totaled $111.7 million, compared to $134.4 million as of June 30, 2008 and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) was 52 days at the end of the third quarter of Fiscal 2009, compared to 60 days at June 30, 2008.

Operating cash flow in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was $72.9 million, up 46% compared to $49.8 million in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year and up 83% compared to $39.8 million in the previous quarter.

“Compliance based solutions continue to lead our sales initiatives, and we are experiencing renewed demand for the classic ECM solutions that improve business processes and efficiencies, to achieve rapid return-on-investment for our customers,” said John Shackleton, Chief Executive Officer of Open Text. “In the current economic environment we are focused on the bottom line and remain committed to meeting our profitability targets while generating strong cash flow from operations.”

Please see notes (2) and (3) below for a reconciliation of non-U.S. GAAP based financial measures used in this press release, to U.S. GAAP based financial measures.