Open Text Invites Public to Participate in Annual General and Special Meeting Online

Interested Parties Can View Live Presentations Using MeetingZone

Waterloo, ON - 2004-12-08 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the world s largest provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, announced its fiscal 2004 Annual General and Special Shareholders Meeting (AGM) will take place at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Conference Centre on Thursday, December 9, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

The AGM will feature live product demonstrations as well as presentations by the Open Text global executive team, and will be broadcast through the use of Livelink® MeetingZone , Open Text s powerful, real-time collaboration tool. MeetingZone works on any Web browser and does not require additional software installations.

Demonstrations of Livelink Enterprise Server 9.5, Livelink Touchpoint, and Livelink for E-mail Archiving will be available in the foyer from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

To view the AGM via Livelink MeetingZone, please email investors@opentext.com by 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 to receive your user-name and password.

Date: Thursday, December 9, 2004
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Phone: 416-640-1907
Web cast: www.opentext.com/events/event.html?id=5317899
Replay: 416-640-1917
Pass code: 21103441#


Replay of the conference call will be available from 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 9, 2004 through to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 23, 2004.

For more information on the AGM, please visit www.opentext.com/events/event.html?id=5317899

About Open Text

Open Text is the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes and information in global organizations. Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the company supports more than 17 million seats across 13,000 deployments in 67 countries and 12 languages worldwide. For more information on Open Text, go to: www.opentext.com

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Release Disclaimer

This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the success of any of the Company s strategic initiatives, the Company s growth and profitability prospects, the benefits of the Company s products to be realized by customers, the Company s position in the market and future opportunities therein, the deployment of Livelink and our other products by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks involved in the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2004. You should not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

For more information, please contact

Tammy Gaudun
Corporate Communications Coordinator
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2297
tammyg@opentext.com

Anne Marie K. Schwartz
Director, Investor Relations
Open Text Corporation
+1-617-378-3369
aschwartz@opentext.com

Greg Secord
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2408
gsecord@opentext.com