FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

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 2, 2012

 

 

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 2, 2012, Open Text Corporation (“the Company”) entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. John Shackleton for a period of six months ending June 30, 2012, for which the Company will engage Mr. Shackleton as an independent contractor to provide advisory services on an as requested basis.

For full details of the consulting agreement please see the attached exhibit under Item 9.01 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Consulting Letter Agreement between Open Text Corporation and John Shackleton, dated January 2, 2012

 

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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
January 6, 2012   By:  

/s/ Gordon A. Davies

   

Gordon A. Davies

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Consulting Letter Agreement between Open Text Corporation and John Shackleton, dated January 2, 2012

 

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