WATERLOO, Ontario, Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), confirmed today that the nine nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated August 15, 2014 were elected as its directors. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held earlier today in Waterloo, Ontario are set out below. Shareholders holding 104,574,476 common shares representing 85.76% of the outstanding common shares were present in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

On a vote by ballot, each of the following nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of OpenText:



                      Votes For                    Votes Withheld
                      ---------                    --------------

    P. Thomas Jenkins            98,198,238 96.31%                 3,765,172  3.69%

    Mark Barrenechea             99,150,952 97.24%                 2,812,458  2.76%

    Randy Fowlie                 99,101,059 97.19%                 2,862,351  2.81%

    Gail E. Hamilton            101,812,502 99.85%                   150,908  0.15%

    Brian J. Jackman             99,596,293 97.68%                 2,367,117  2.32%

    Stephen J. Sadler            84,936,954 83.30%                17,026,456 16.70%

    Michael
     Slaunwhite                  96,490,296 94.63%                 5,473,114  5.37%

    Katharine B.
     Stevenson                  101,558,065 99.60%                   405,345  0.40%

    Deborah Weinstein           100,486,444 98.55%                 1,476,966  1.45%

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For more information, please contact

Greg Secord
Vice President, Investor Relations
Open Text Corporation
San Francisco: (415) 963-0825
gsecord@opentext.com

Sonya Mehan
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Open Text Corporation
Waterloo: 519-888-7111 Ext. 2446
smehan@opentext.com

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