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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)                
                                August 27, 2024                                 

                                                                                
                                    PTC Inc.                                    
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)             

                                                                                


       Massachusetts            0-18059         04-2866152     
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission     (IRS Employer   
     of Incorporation)        File Number)  Identification No.)



         121 Seaport Boulevard              02210   
                   ,                                
                 Boston                             
                   ,                                
                   MA                               
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)              
                                     (781)                                      
                                    370-5000                                    
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)          

                                                                                
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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


         Title of each class            Trading     Name of each exchange   
                                        Symbols      on which registered    
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share    PTC    NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as 
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 ((s)230.405 of this chapter) 
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ((s)240.12b-2 of this 
chapter).
                                                         Emerging growth company
                                                                                
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has 
elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new 
or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) 
of the Exchange Act.




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                Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management                 


Item	5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
          of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.           

Appointment of New Director
On August 27, 2024, Robert Bernshteyn was appointed to the Board of Directors 
of PTC Inc., effective as of September 9, 2024. Mr. Bernshteyn has also been 
appointed to serve as a member of the Compensation & People Committee of the 
Board of Directors.
Robert Bernshteyn has been a General Partner at ICONIQ Capital, a venture 
capital firm, since February 2024. Before that Mr. Bernshteyn served as the 
Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of Coupa Software 
Incorporated, a provider of Business Spend Management solutions, from February 
2009 through May 2023. Previously, Mr. Bernshteyn served in various positions 
at Success Factors Inc., a provider of cloud-based HCM solutions, and at 
Siebel Systems, Inc. Mr. Bernshteyn served on the board of directors of 
Medallia, Inc. from June 2019 to October 2021. Mr. Bernshteyn earned a B.S. in 
Information Systems from the State University of New York at Albany and an 
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Bernshteyn is 51 years old.
Mr. Bernshteyn's compensation for service as a director will be commensurate 
with that for our outside directors, other than our Board Chair, for the 
current Board service year, as prorated for the year. He will be paid an 
annual cash retainer of $60,000, as
pro-rated
for the current year, payable quarterly in arrears, and will be granted an 
annual equity retainer of RSUs valued at approximately $250,000 on the grant 
date, as prorated for the year, which RSUs will vest on the earlier of the 
2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and March 15, 2025. He will also receive a

one-time
initial new director grant of RSUs valued at $375,000 on the grant date, which 
RSUs will vest in two substantially equal installments on September 15, 2025 
and 2026. For his service on the Compensation & People Committee, Mr. 
Bernshteyn will receive compensation commensurate with that for other 
Compensation & People Committee members, other than the Committee Chair, for 
the current service year. He will be paid a cash retainer of $12,500, which 
will be prorated for the year and will be payable quarterly in arrears.

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                                   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.


                         PTC Inc.                                                
Date: September 3, 2024   By:                                                     /s/Catherine Gorecki
                          Catherine Gorecki                                     
                          Senior Vice President, Corporate & Securities Counsel,
                          Assistant Secretary                                   


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