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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * NIERENBERG NICOLAS   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ACTUATE CORP [BIRT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman & Chief Architect (Last) (First) (Middle) ACTUATE CORPORATION, 951 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/16/2015 (Street) SAN MATEO, CA 94404 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/16/2015   U(1)   209,280 D $ 6.6 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock option (right to buy)

$ 5.11

01/16/2015

D

100,000

(2)

01/24/2017

Common Stock

100,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
NIERENBERG NICOLAS ACTUATE CORPORATION 951 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD. SAN MATEO, CA 94404	X		Chairman & Chief Architect

Signatures

/s/ Nicolas Nierenberg		01/20/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 5, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement") by and among Actuate Corporation ("Actuate"), Open Text Corporation ("Parent") and Asteroid Acquisition Corporation ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub purchased each share of Actuate common stock, par value $0.001, including the associated preferred stock purchase right issued under the Company Rights Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (each, a "Share"), tendered and accepted for payment in the Offer (as defined in the Merger Agreement) at a price per share of $6.60 (the "Offer Price"), net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and less any required withholding taxes.
(2)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on January 16, 2015, at the Effective Time by virtue of the Merger, each company stock option, whether or not vested and exercisable, that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time, accelerated and was automatically converted in to the right to receive the excess, if any, of the price per share of $6.60 (the "Offer Price"), without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes (the "Merger Consideration") over the exercise price per share of the stock option, subject to any applicable tax withholding.

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