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UNITED STATES

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): December 13, 2016

 

 

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

On December 13, 2016, Open Text Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement by and among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. as Representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule I thereto, relating to the offering by the Company of 9,250,000 common shares pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-195479). The Company granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,387,500 common shares to cover over-allotments, if any.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 herewith and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2016, by and among Open Text Corporation and Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. as Representatives of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I thereto.
  5.1    Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
23.1    Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).


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
December 19, 2016     By:  

/s/    JOHN M. DOOLITTLE        

      John M. Doolittle
      Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2016, by and among Open Text Corporation and Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. as Representatives of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I thereto.
  5.1    Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
23.1    Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).