form8k.htm
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)
February 28, 2011
 
Parametric Technology Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Massachusetts
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
0-18059
04-2866152
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
140 Kendrick Street
Needham, Massachusetts
 
02494-2714
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(781) 370-5000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Section 7 - Regulation FD

Item 7.01.                   Regulation FD Disclosure.

We are conducting a search for an additional member of our board of directors with the intention of appointing the new director as soon as practicable, but no longer than six months, after our Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 9, 2011.  We intend that our new director will not only satisfy the independence requirements under the Nasdaq listing requirements but will have no material connection to PTC (that is, no material financial, personal, business, or other relationship that a reasonable person could conclude could potentially influence boardroom objectivity) prior to being appointed to the Board.

 
 
 

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.


 
Parametric Technology Corporation
  
       
       
       
Date:  February 28, 2011
By:
/s/ Aaron C. von Staats
  
   
Aaron C. von Staats
  
   
Corporate Vice President and General Counsel