The FY’12 targets assume a non-GAAP tax rate of 25%, a GAAP tax rate of 20% and 121 million diluted shares outstanding. The FY’12 non-GAAP targets exclude approximately $21 million in restructuring charges, $3 million for the effect of purchase accounting on acquired MKS deferred maintenance revenue, $51 million of stock-based compensation expense, $36 million of acquisition-related intangible asset amortization, $1 million of other expense, $3 million of acquisition-related expenses, and their related income tax effects.

Glidden added, “For Q3, we are providing guidance of $300 to $315 million in non-GAAP revenue, which includes approximately $22 million in non-GAAP revenue from the MKS and 4CS businesses. We are expecting approximately $75 to $85 million in license revenue in Q3, services revenue growth of approximately 12%, and non-GAAP maintenance revenue growth of approximately 7%. We are expecting non-GAAP EPS of $0.28 to $0.32.” For Q3, the GAAP EPS target is $0.15 to $0.20.

The Q3 guidance assumes a non-GAAP tax rate of 25%, a GAAP tax rate of 20% and 121 million diluted shares outstanding. The Q3 non-GAAP guidance excludes $0.2 million for the effect of purchase accounting on acquired MKS deferred maintenance revenue, $12 million of stock-based compensation expense, $9 million of acquisition-related intangible asset amortization expense, and their related income tax effects.

Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 8:30 am Eastern Time to discuss Q2 results.

Q2 Final Results Conference Call and Webcast

The earnings press release and accompanying prepared remarks will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site at www.ptc.com.

Important Information About Non-GAAP References

PTC provides non-GAAP supplemental information to its financial results. Non-GAAP revenue, operating expenses, margin and EPS exclude the effect of purchase accounting on the fair value of the acquired deferred maintenance balance of MKS Inc., stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related expenses, restructuring charges, certain foreign currency transaction losses, and the related tax effects of the preceding items and any one-time tax items. We use these non-GAAP measures, and we believe that they assist our investors, to make period-to-period comparisons of our operational performance because they provide a view of our operating results without items that are not, in our view, indicative of our core operating results. We believe that these non-GAAP measures help illustrate underlying trends in our business, and we use the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing our business and evaluating our performance. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures affords investors a view of our operating results that may be more easily compared to the results of peer companies. In addition, compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on these non-GAAP measures. However, non-GAAP information should not be construed as an alternative to GAAP information as the items excluded from the non-GAAP measures often have a material impact on PTC’s financial results. Management uses, and investors should consider, non-GAAP measures in conjunction with our GAAP results.