---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001002638-22-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OTEX"
cik: "0001002638"
company_name: "OPEN TEXT CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:14:13.608039+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OpenText CAO Howard Rosen retires; Cosmin Balota appointed successor

## Summary
- Howard Rosen retires as Chief Accounting Officer effective December 15, 2022; stays through transition.
- Cosmin Balota, 48, appointed SVP and Chief Accounting Officer effective same date.
- Balota has 25+ years accounting experience; most recently VP Accounting & Reporting at OpenText since 2019.
- Balota's annual base salary set at C$385,000; reports to CFO Madhu Ranganathan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001002638-22-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OTEX
- cik: 0001002638
- company_name: OPEN TEXT CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263822000043/0001002638-22-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263822000043/otex-20221202.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001002638-22-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001002638-22-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001002638-22-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Howard Rosen retired as Chief Accounting Officer at OPEN TEXT CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On December 2, 2022, Howard Rosen, Chief Accounting Officer of Open Text Corporation (OpenText or the Company) retired from the Company and his position as principal accounting officer, effective December 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263822000043/0001002638-22-000043-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cosmin Balota was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at OPEN TEXT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed OpenText finance executive veteran, Cosmin Balota, 48, as its principal accounting officer to serve in the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of December 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263822000043/0001002638-22-000043-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.