---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001002638-24-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OTEX"
cik: "0001002638"
company_name: "OPEN TEXT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T17:26:24.335839+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OpenText appoints Fletcher Previn to board of directors

## Summary
- Fletcher Previn appointed to OpenText Board on November 25, 2024.
- Previn is SVP & CIO of Cisco, previously IBM Global CIO leading 12,000+ IT professionals.
- Appointment supports board refreshment and skill-set diversity per Chair Tom Jenkins.
- Previn will receive standard non-employee director compensation and participate in DSU Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001002638-24-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OTEX
- cik: 0001002638
- company_name: OPEN TEXT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263824000078/0001002638-24-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263824000078/otex-20241125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001002638-24-000078
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001002638-24-000078.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001002638-24-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fletcher Previn was appointed as Director at OPEN TEXT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Open Text Corporation (“OpenText”) appointed Fletcher Previn to its board of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002638/000100263824000078/0001002638-24-000078-index.htm

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