WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX:OTC), confirmed today that the nine nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated August 14, 2015 were elected as its directors. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors at its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held earlier today in Waterloo, Ontario are set out below. Shareholders holding 104,169,651 common shares representing 85.11% 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                97,088,321 95.80%                 4,258,759  4.20%

    Mark
     Barrenechea            99,596,461 98.27%                 1,750,619  1.73%

    Randy Fowlie            99,117,262 97.80%                 2,229,818  2.20%

    Gail E.
     Hamilton              100,194,008 98.86%                 1,153,072  1.14%

    Brian J.
     Jackman                97,279,356 95.99%                 4,067,724  4.01%

    Stephen J.
     Sadler                 80,020,572 78.96%                21,326,508 21.04%

    Michael
     Slaunwhite             96,178,287 94.90%                 5,168,793  5.10%

    Katharine B.
     Stevenson              99,800,553 98.47%                 1,546,527  1.53%

    Deborah
     Weinstein              96,569,852 95.29%                 4,777,228  4.71%

The results of other matters considered at the Meeting are reported in the Report of Voting Results as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and OpenText's Form 8-K as filed on EDGAR (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), each of which was filed on October 2, 2015.

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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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