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3 February 2011

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OpenText Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results

Open Text™ Corporation announced unaudited financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2010. (1)

Total revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was $267.5 million, up 7.9% compared to $247.8 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. License revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was $79.2 million, up 8.9% compared to $72.7 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.

Adjusted net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was $70.5 million or $1.21 per share on a diluted basis, up 41% compared to $50.1 million or $0.87 per share on a diluted basis for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Net income in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP") was $37.1 million or $0.64 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $21.2 million or $0.37 per share on a diluted basis for the same period in the prior fiscal year. (2)

Operating cash flow in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was $40.0 million, compared to $32.5 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.

The cash and cash equivalents balance as of December 31, 2010 was $340.8 million. Accounts receivable as of December 31, 2010 totaled $135.3 million, compared to $132.1 million as of June 30, 2010 and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) was 44 days in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, compared to 52 days in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.

"We had an excellent quarter. With license sales rebounding, our sales groups are performing well in all regions," said John Shackleton, President and Chief Executive Officer of OpenText. "We are encouraged by the level of demand for our compliance based solutions, especially in the financial services and energy verticals, and I am confident that we are on track to meet our targets for the fiscal year."

Please see note (2) below for a reconciliation of non-US GAAP based financial measures used in this press release, to US GAAP based financial measures.

Teleconference Call

OpenText will host a conference call on February 2, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss its final financial results.

A replay of the call will be available beginning February 2, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. on February 16, 2011 and can be accessed by dialing 416-640-1917 and using passcode 4399170 followed by the number sign.

For more information or to listen to the call via web cast, please use the following link:

http://www.opentext.com/2/global/ex_event.html?evtype=events&id=701D0000000Uk2VIAS

 (1) Based on comparison of historical revenue figures publicly disseminated by companies in the Enterprise Content Management ("ECM") sector. All dollar amounts in this press release are in US Dollars unless otherwise indicated.

(2) Use of US Non-GAAP financial measures

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with US GAAP, the Company provides certain non-US GAAP financial measures that are not in accordance with US GAAP. These non-US GAAP financial measures have certain limitations in that they do not have a standardized meaning and thus the Company's definition may be different from similar non-US GAAP financial measures used by other companies and/or analysts and may differ from period to period. Thus it may be more difficult to compare the Company's financial performance to that of other companies. However, the Company's management compensates for these limitations by providing the relevant disclosure of the items excluded in the calculation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS both in its reconciliation to the US GAAP financial measures of net income and EPS and its consolidated financial statements, all of which should be considered when evaluating the Company's results. The Company uses the financial measures adjusted EPS and adjusted net income to supplement the information provided in its consolidated financial statements, which are presented in accordance with US GAAP. The presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS is not meant to be a substitute for net income or net income per share presented in accordance with US GAAP, but rather should be evaluated in conjunction with and as a supplement to such US GAAP measures. OpenText strongly encourages investors to review its financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure. The Company therefore believes that despite these limitations, it is appropriate to supplement the disclosure of the US GAAP measures with certain non-US GAAP measures for the reasons set forth below. Adjusted net income and adjusted EPS are calculated as net income or net income per share on a diluted basis, excluding, where applicable, the amortization of acquired intangible assets, other income (expense), share-based compensation, and restructuring, all net of tax. The Company's management believes that the presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS provides useful information to investors because it excludes non-operational charges. The use of the term "non-operational charge" is defined by the Company as those that do not impact operating decisions taken by the Company's management and is based upon the way the Company's management evaluates the performance of the Company's business for use in the Company's internal reports. In the course of such evaluation and for the purpose of making operating decisions, the Company's management excludes certain items from its analysis, such as amortization of acquired intangibles, restructuring costs, share-based compensation, other income (expense) and the taxation impact of these items. These items are excluded based upon the manner in which management evaluates the business of the Company and are not excluded in the sense that they may be used under US GAAP. The Company believes the provision of supplemental non-US GAAP measures allows investors to evaluate the operational and financial performance of the Company's core business using the same evaluation measures that management uses, and is therefore a useful indication of OpenText's performance or expected performance of recurring operations and facilitates period-to-period comparison of operating performance. As a result, the Company considers it appropriate and reasonable to provide, in addition to US GAAP measures, supplementary non-US GAAP financial measures that exclude certain items from the presentation of its financial results in this press release.

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