Open Text to Report First Quarter Financial Results on Thursday November 3rd

Waterloo, ON - 2005-10-05 - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX:OTC), the leading independent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software, today announced that financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2006 will be released on Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET.

Teleconference Call

Open Text will host a conference call on November 3rd, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss final financial results of its first quarter.

Date:	Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Time:	5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT
Length:	60 minutes
Where:	416-640-1907

Please dial-in approximately 10 minutes before the teleconference is scheduled to begin. A replay of the call will be available beginning November 3, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. on November 17, 2005 and can be accessed by dialing 416-640-1917 and using pass code 21156960#.

For more information or to listen to the call via Web cast, please use the following link: http://www.opentext.com/investor/investor_events/

About Open Text

Open Text(TM) is a 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. Today, the company supports almost 20 million seats across 13,000 deployments in 114 countries and 12 languages worldwide. For more information on Open Text, go to www.opentext.com

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Forward-looking statements in this press release are not promises or guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The Company cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the Company's expectations regarding the timing of the announcement of financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2006. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others, the failure to develop new products, risks involved in fluctuations in currency exchange rates, delays in purchasing decisions of customers, 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, demand for the Company's products and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2005. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

For more information, please contact

Alan Hoverd
Chief Financial Officer
Open Text Corporation
+1-905-762-6222
ahoverd@opentext.com

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

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