Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 24, 2009

 

 

Open Text Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Canada   0-27544   98-0154400

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 0A1

(Address of principal executive offices)

(519) 888-7111

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 1.01, “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement”

On September 24, 2009, Open Text Corporation (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amended Credit Agreement with Royal Bank of Canada to amend a Credit Agreement, originally signed on October 2, 2006. The amended Credit Agreement amends the definition of “Permitted Acquisitions” under clause (e) of section 1.01 of the October 2006 Credit Agreement. A copy of the amended Credit Agreement is furnished as Exhibit 10.29 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.29

   Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement between Open Text Corporation and Royal Bank of Canada and others, dated September 24, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
September 30, 2009     By:  

/s/ Paul McFeeters

     

Paul McFeeters

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.29

   Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement between Open Text Corporation and Royal Bank of Canada and others, dated September 24, 2009.