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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2011
Registration No. 333-            

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Massachusetts
  
04-2866152
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
140 Kendrick Street, Needham, MA 02494
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
2000 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of Plan)
 
Aaron C. von Staats
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Parametric Technology Corporation
140 Kendrick Street
Needham, Massachusetts 02494
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(781) 370-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
       
Large accelerated filer  þ
Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨
Smaller reporting company  ¨
   
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
  
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of securities
to be registered
  
Amount
to be
registered
    
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
    
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
    
Amount of
registration
fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
  
4,500,000 shares 
    
$23.00(1)
    
$103,500,000(1)
    
$12,017
 
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on March 2, 2011.

 
 
 


Statement Regarding Incorporation by Reference from Effective Registration Statement
 
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Parametric Technology Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 16, 2000 (Commission File No. 333- 30516) (the “Original Registration Statement”), relating to the registration of 4,600,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), authorized for issuance under the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2000 EIP”), is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.  We have filed three additional Registration Statements on Form S-8 with the Commission relating to the registration of additional shares of Common Stock for issuance under the 2000 EIP since the filing of the Original Registration Statement:  one on May 20, 2005 relating to the registration of 5,200,000 additional shares (Commission File No. 333-125108) (the “May 2005 Registration Statement”), one on March 7, 2007 relating to the registration of 5,000,000 additional shares (Commission File No. 333-141112) and one on May 13, 2009 relating to the registration of 7,500,000 additional shares (Commission File No. 333-159194).  The number of shares registered on the Original Registration Statement and the May 2005 Registration Statement have been adjusted to reflect our 2-for-5 reverse stock split effected on February 28, 2006.  This Registration Statement provides for the registration of an additional 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2000 EIP.

 
 
 


Signatures
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Needham, Massachusetts, on the 9th day of March, 2011.
 
     
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
   
By:
  
/s/ James E. Heppelmann
   
James E. Heppelmann
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
Power of Attorney
 
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Parametric Technology Corporation, hereby severally constitute Aaron C. von Staats, Esq., and Matthew C. Dallett, Esq., and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Parametric Technology Corporation to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
 
WITNESS our hands and common seal on the date set forth below.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
   
Signature
 
  
Title
 
  
Date
 
(i)
  
Principal Executive Officer:
  
      
       
   
/s/ James E. Heppelmann
  
Chief Executive Officer and Director
  
March 9, 2011
 
James E. Heppelmann
    
       
(ii)
  
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:
  
      
       
   
/s/ Jeffrey D. Glidden
  
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  
March 9, 2011
   
Jeffrey D. Glidden
          
     
  
        


 
 
 


   
Signature
  
Title
  
Date
(iii)
  
Board of Directors:
  
      
       
   
/s/ C. Richard Harrison
  
Chairman of the Board of Directors
  
March 9, 2011
 
C. Richard Harrison
    
       
   
/s/ Donald K. Grierson
  
Director
  
March 9, 2011
 
Donald K. Grierson
    
       
   
/s/ Paul A. Lacy
  
Director
  
March 9, 2011
   
Paul A. Lacy
        
             
   
/s/ Michael E. Porter
  
Director
  
March 9, 2011
   
Michael E. Porter
        
             
   
/s/ Robert P. Schechter
  
Director
  
March 9, 2011
   
Robert P. Schechter
        
 

 
 
 


Exhibit Index
 
     
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
   
4.1(a)
  
Restated Articles of Organization of Parametric Technology Corporation adopted February 4, 1993 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 1996 (File No. 0-18059) and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4.1(b)
  
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Organization adopted February 9, 1996 (filed as Exhibit 4.1(b) to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-01297) and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4.1(c)
  
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Organization adopted February 13, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 4.1(b) to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-22169) and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4.1(d)
  
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Organization adopted February 10, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2000 (File No. 0-18059) and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4.1(e)
  
Certificate of Vote of Directors establishing Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 3.1(e) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000 (File No. 0-18059) and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4.1(f)
  
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Organization adopted February 28, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 3.1(f) to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2006 (File No. 0-18059) and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.2    
  
By-Laws, as amended and restated, of Parametric Technology Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 4, 2009 (File No. 0-18059) and incorporated herein by reference).
   
   
5.1     
  
Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP as to the legality of the securities registered hereunder.
   
10.1
  
2000 Equity Incentive Plan.
     
23.1     
  
Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   
23.2     
  
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
   
24.1     
  
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto).