PTC Chief Product Officer Jim Heppelmann to Speak at the Seventh Annua

    Business Editors/Software Writers/High-Tech Writers
    7th Annual Needham Growth Conference

    NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2005--PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer Jim Heppelmann will speak at the Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. (ET). To access the live audio webcast of the presentation, please visit www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm.
    A replay of the audio presentation will be available until 5:00 p.m. (ET) on January 17, 2005. To access the replay, please visit www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm.
    Company presentations will be archived for public replay for a period of three (3) business days from the date of the presentation. Please note that statements on the presentation are as of the date of the presentation and PTC does not assume any obligation to update the archived presentation. In addition, matters discussed in the presentation may include forward-looking statements regarding PTC's products, future operations or financial performance. Actual results in future periods may differ materially from current expectations due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.

    About PTC

    PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solutions to more than 35,000 companies worldwide. PTC customers include many of the world's most innovative manufacturing companies in the aerospace & defense, automotive, consumer, electronics & high technology, industrial equipment and medical products industries. PTC is included in the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indices. Further information on PTC is available at http://www.ptc.com.

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CONTACT: PTC Corporate Communications Meredith Mendola, 781-370-6151 mmendola@ptc.com

KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE SOFTWARE TRADESHOW SOURCE: PTC

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