Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is processed, recorded, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
We evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
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Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Bentley Systems, Incorporated have been detected.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a‑15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) .
Our management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our internal control over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, has issued an audit report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, which is included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10‑K.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a or 15d of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
On December 17, 2025 , Werner Andre , the Company’s Chief Financial Officer , adopted a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5‑1 of the Exchange Act, which is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5‑1(c), to sell an aggregate of 29,757 shares of our Class B common stock. Mr. Andre’s plan expires on November 10, 2026 .
During the three months ended December 31, 2025, there were no other Company directors or executive officers who adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5‑1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5‑1 trading arrangement.”
Dividends Declared Subsequent to December 31, 2025
On February 23, 2026, our Board of Directors declared a $0.07 per share dividend for the first quarter of 2026. The cash dividend will be payable on March 19, 2026 to all stockholders of record of Class A and Class B common stock as of the close of business on March 10, 2026. The Company publicly announced the dividend declaration on February 26, 2026.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2026 Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days subsequent to December 31, 2025.
Information About Our Executive Officers
The following sets forth certain information as of February 26, 2026, regarding our executive officers.
Name Age Position
Gregory S. Bentley
70
Executive Chair and President
Nicholas H. Cumins
49
Chief Executive Officer
Werner Andre 56
Chief Financial Officer
Brock Ballard
49
Chief Revenue Officer
James Lee 46
Chief Operating Officer
Julien Moutte
47
Chief Technology Officer
David R. Shaman 60
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Gregory S. Bentley has served as our President since June 1996 and as our Executive Chair since July 2024. He served as our Chief Executive Officer from August 2000 to July 2024. Prior to joining us in 1991, Mr. Bentley founded and served as chief executive officer of Devon Systems International, Inc., a provider of financial trading software, which was sold to SunGard Data Systems, Inc. in 1987. Mr. Bentley served as a director of SunGard and a member of its audit committee from 1991 through 2005. He holds a B.S. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance and Decision Sciences from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Nicholas H. Cumins has served as our Chief Executive Officer since July 1, 2024 and is responsible for our overall strategy and growth. Mr. Cumins previously served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 1, 2022. Mr. Cumins joined us in September 2020 as our Chief Product Officer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cumins served as general manager of SAP Marketing Cloud, a comprehensive marketing automation platform, from 2018 to 2020. Mr. Cumins also served as chief product officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, in Barcelona from 2016 to 2018, and senior vice president of product with OpenX, a pioneer in programmatic advertising, in Los Angeles from 2013 to 2016. He holds Maîtrise de Droit (Law) and Maîtrise de Sciences de Gestion (Business) degrees from University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France.
Werner Andre has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 1, 2022 and is responsible for all aspects of finance including worldwide accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, and treasury. Mr. Andre joined us in 2015 as Global Corporate Controller and served as our Chief Accounting Officer from 2020 through March 2024. Prior to joining us, Mr. Andre served as the assistant corporate controller – international accounting and reporting for Rockwood Holdings, Inc. from 2010 to 2015, and held several roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1995 to 2010. He holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees in Accounting and Financial Reporting from the University for Economics and Business Administration in Vienna.
Brock Ballard has served as our Chief Revenue Officer since January 1, 2023 and is responsible for leading all of our accounts globally. Mr. Ballard joined us in 2020 as Vice President and Regional Executive, Americas. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ballard served in sales leadership positions with Dassault Systèmes, Autodesk, Inc., and Océ. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Information Sciences from the University of Alabama.
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James Lee has served as our Chief Operating Officer since joining us in January 2025. Mr. Lee is responsible for strengthening cross-functional planning and execution, driving operational excellence, and overseeing corporate development. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lee joined Google in 2020 and served as the general manager of the startups and AI business at Google Cloud, an infrastructure and platform services business, since 2023. Prior to joining Google, Mr. Lee worked at SAP, an enterprise software solutions company, from 2008 to 2020, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer for SAP Ariba and Fieldglass. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia, and a Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Julien Moutte has served as our Chief Technology Officer since 2023 and is the principal architect of our technology directions. Mr. Moutte has over 20 years of technology leadership experience in startups, scaleups, and large organizations. Prior to joining us as Vice President of Technology in 2021, Mr. Moutte served as head of technology for SAP Marketing Cloud and a member of the office of the chief technology officer with SAP Customer Experience. He also served as chief technology officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and the Fluendo, the Free Software multimedia experts, which he co‑founded in 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France.
David R. Shaman , our Chief Legal Officer, has led our legal team since 2015 and is responsible for legal, regulatory compliance, government relations, and license compliance activities. Mr. Shaman previously served as Deputy General Counsel from 2006 to 2015. Prior to joining us in 1998, Mr. Shaman was an associate at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP. Mr. Shaman’s international experience includes eight years leading our legal operations outside the United States, as well as tenures at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Informatics in Brussels and Harlequin Limited, a software company in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a Diploma in Mathematical Statistics from Cambridge University.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2026 Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days subsequent to December 31, 2025.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2026 Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days subsequent to December 31, 2025.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2026 Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days subsequent to December 31, 2025.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2026 Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days subsequent to December 31, 2025.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:
1. Financial Statements:
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ( KPMG LLP , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , PCAOB ID: 185 )
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
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Consolidated Statements of Equity
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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2. Financial Statement Schedules:
Financial statement schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
3. Exhibits:
Exhibit Incorporated by Reference Filed
Number
Exhibit Description
Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date Herewith
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bentley Systems, Incorporated
8-K
001-39548
3.1
September 25, 2020
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bentley Systems, Incorporated
8-K 001-39548 3.2 September 25, 2020
4.1 Form of Bentley Systems, Incorporated Class B common stock certificate
S-1/A 333-248246 4.1 September 18, 2020
4.2 Indenture, dated as of June 28, 2021, between Bentley Systems, Incorporated and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee
8-K
001-39548 4.1
June 29, 2021
4.3 Form of 0.375% Convertible Senior Note due 2027
8-K
001-39548 A in 4.1 June 29, 2021
4.4 Description of Bentley Systems, Incorporated Securities
10-K 001-39548 4.4 March 2, 2021
10.1 Form of Capped Call Confirmation relating to the 0.375% Convertible Senior Note due 2027
8-K 001-39548 10.1 June 29, 2021
10.2 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2024, by and among Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the lenders party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent
8-K 001-39548 10.1 October 22, 2024
10.3† Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
8-K 001-39548 10.1 September 25, 2020
10.4† Amendment No. 1 to the Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10-K 001-39548 10.10 March 1, 2022
10.5† Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended)
10-K 001-39548 10.12 February 28, 2023
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Exhibit Incorporated by Reference Filed
Number
Exhibit Description
Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date Herewith
10.6† Bentley Systems, Incorporated Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan
8-K 001-39548 10.2 September 25, 2020
10.7† Bentley Systems, Incorporated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective as of September 22, 2020
8-K 001-39548 10.3 September 25, 2020
10.8† Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Bentley Systems, Incorporated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
10-Q 001-39548 10.1 November 9, 2021
10.9† Bentley Systems, Incorporated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2015
S-1/A
333-248246
10.7
September 8, 2020
10.10† Bentley Systems, Incorporated Bonus Pool Plan, as amended and restated effective as of September 22, 2020
8-K 001-39548 10.4 September 25, 2020
10.11† Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Bentley Systems, Incorporated Bonus Pool Plan
10-Q 001-39548 10.1 November 8, 2022
10.12† Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Bentley Systems, Incorporated Bonus Pool Plan
8-K/A
001-39548 10.3
June 28, 2024
10.13† Bentley Systems, Incorporated Severance Policy for Key Executives
8-K/A
001-39548 10.1
June 28, 2024
10.14† Letter Agreement by and among Nicholas H. Cumins, Bentley Systems, Incorporated, and Bentley Systems France S.a.r.l.
8-K/A
001-39548 10.2
June 28, 2024
10.15† Employment Agreement by and between James Lee and Bentley Systems, Incorporated
X
10.16 Common Stock Purchase Agreement, by and among Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Siemens AG, and the persons listed as “Key Holders” therein, dated September 23, 2016, as amended on October 28, 2016, and April 23, 2018
S-1
333-248246
10.2
August 21, 2020
19 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Insider Trading Policy
10-K 001-39548 19 February 26, 2025
21 List of Subsidiaries
X
23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
X
31.1 Certification of CEO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
X
31.2
Certification of CFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
X
32* Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
X
97 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy, as Adopted on August 17, 2023 Pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5608
10-K
001-39548 97
February 27, 2024
101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document—the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File as its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document X
101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema X
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Exhibit Incorporated by Reference Filed
Number
Exhibit Description
Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date Herewith
101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase X
101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase X
101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase X
101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase X
104 Cover page formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101 X
† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
* Filed or furnished herewith. The certification attached as Exhibit 32 that accompanies this Annual Report on Form 10‑K is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Bentley Systems, Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10‑K, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
(b) Exhibits:
We hereby file the exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index.
(c) Financial Statement Schedules:
None.
Item 16. Form 10–K Summary
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Date: February 26, 2026
By: /s/ N ICHOLAS H. C UMINS
Nicholas H. Cumins
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated as of February 26, 2026.
Signature Title
/s/ N ICHOLAS H. C UMINS
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Nicholas H. Cumins
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ W ERNER A NDRE
Chief Financial Officer
Werner Andre (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ T HOMAS F. T RIMBACK
Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Thomas F. Trimback
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ G REGORY S. B ENTLEY
Executive Chair and President
Gregory S. Bentley
/s/ B ARRY J. B ENTLEY
Director
Barry J. Bentley
/s/ K EITH A. B ENTLEY
Director
Keith A. Bentley
/s/ R AYMOND B. B ENTLEY
Director
Raymond B. Bentley
/s/ K IRK B. G RISWOLD
Director
Kirk B. Griswold
/s/ J ANET B. H AUGEN
Director
Janet B. Haugen
/s/ B RIAN F. H UGHES
Director
Brian F. Hughes
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
Bentley Systems, Incorporated:
Opinions on the Consolidated Financial Statements and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bentley Systems, Incorporated and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three‑year period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three‑year period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Basis for Opinions
The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable
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assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
IT systems used in subscriptions and licenses revenues
As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements and disclosed in the consolidated statements of operations, the Company recorded $1,501,779 thousand of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025, of which $1,422,876 thousand related to subscriptions and licenses. There are high volumes of subscription and license transactions processed across multiple information technology (IT) systems.
We identified the evaluation of the sufficiency of audit evidence over subscriptions and licenses revenues as a critical audit matter. This matter required especially subjective auditor judgment because of the number of IT applications involved in the subscriptions and licenses revenue recognition process. This matter also included determining the nature and extent of audit evidence obtained over subscriptions and licenses revenues and required specialized skills and knowledge for the performance of certain procedures.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We applied auditor judgment to determine the nature and extent of procedures to be performed over subscriptions and licenses revenues, including the determination of the IT applications subject to testing. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls over the Company’s subscriptions and licenses revenue process, including associated IT controls. We assessed the recorded subscriptions and licenses revenues by selecting a sample of transactions and comparing the amounts recognized for consistency with underlying documentation, including contracts with customers. We also involved IT professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in testing key reports, application controls and general IT controls over certain IT applications that are used by the Company in its subscriptions and licenses revenue recognition process. We evaluated the sufficiency of audit evidence obtained by assessing the results of procedures performed, including the appropriateness of the nature and extent of such evidence.
/s/ KPMG LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2002.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 26, 2026
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
December 31,
2025 2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 123,278 $ 64,009
Accounts receivable 350,299 322,862
Allowance for doubtful accounts ( 7,609 ) ( 8,395 )
Prepaid income taxes 19,805 13,066
Prepaid and other current assets 53,260 50,531
Total current assets 539,033 442,073
Property and equipment, net 36,031 33,798
Operating lease right-of-use assets 31,141 32,303
Intangible assets, net 193,018 213,959
Goodwill 2,482,154 2,367,179
Investments 27,920 25,764
Deferred income taxes 170,368 198,286
Other assets 75,502 86,445
Total assets $ 3,555,167 $ 3,399,807
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 26,952 $ 16,479
Accruals and other current liabilities 173,255 169,522
Cloud Services Subscription deposits 463,312 366,895
Deferred revenues 278,244 245,729
Operating lease liabilities 13,669 11,656
Income taxes payable 4,778 4,053
Current portion of long-term debt — —
Total current liabilities 960,210 814,334
Long-term debt 1,248,912 1,388,088
Deferred compensation plan liabilities 106,831 96,684
Long-term operating lease liabilities 22,150 26,894
Deferred revenues 18,410 16,641
Deferred income taxes 4,368 8,612
Income taxes payable — 3,615
Other liabilities 4,794 3,819
Total liabilities 2,365,675 2,358,687
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Equity:
Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, authorized 100,000,000 shares; none issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024
— —
Class A common stock, $ 0.01 par value, authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 11,537,627 shares as of December 31, 2025 and 2024
115 115
Class B common stock, $ 0.01 par value, authorized 1,800,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 290,817,470 and 290,439,703 shares as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively
2,909 2,905
Additional paid-in capital 1,301,205 1,217,986
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
( 74,558 ) ( 104,078 )
Accumulated deficit ( 40,258 ) ( 75,941 )
Total Bentley Systems stockholders’ equity 1,189,413 1,040,987
Noncontrolling interest 79 133
Total equity 1,189,492 1,041,120
Total liabilities and equity
$ 3,555,167 $ 3,399,807
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Revenues:
Subscriptions $ 1,376,696 $ 1,223,362 $ 1,080,307
Perpetual licenses 46,180 45,961 46,038
Subscriptions and licenses 1,422,876 1,269,323 1,126,345
Services 78,903 83,772 102,068
Total revenues 1,501,779 1,353,095 1,228,413
Cost of revenues:
Cost of subscriptions and licenses 201,405 173,340 169,406
Cost of services 76,125 84,427 96,677
Total cost of revenues 277,530 257,767 266,083
Gross profit 1,224,249 1,095,328 962,330
Operating expenses:
Research and development 307,576 281,247 274,619
Selling and marketing 289,543 255,177 224,336
General and administrative 217,332 210,374 180,738
Deferred compensation plan 14,409 12,382 13,580
Amortization of purchased intangibles 32,768 33,998 38,515
Total operating expenses 861,628 793,178 731,788
Income from operations
362,621 302,150 230,542
Interest expense, net ( 12,435 ) ( 22,044 ) ( 39,793 )
Other income (expense), net
547 12,949 ( 7,222 )
Income before income taxes
350,733 293,055 183,527
(Provision) benefit for income taxes
( 72,977 ) ( 58,726 ) 143,241
Equity in net income of investees, net of tax
38 104 19
Net income
277,794 234,433 326,787
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest ( 67 ) ( 354 ) —
Net income attributable to Bentley Systems
$ 277,861 $ 234,787 $ 326,787
Net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders:
Basic $ 0.88 $ 0.75 $ 1.05
Diluted $ 0.85 $ 0.72 $ 1.00
Weighted average shares:
Basic 314,690,707 314,886,615 312,358,823
Diluted 333,089,213 333,774,167 332,503,633
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Net income
$ 277,794 $ 234,433 $ 326,787
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
Foreign currency translation adjustments 29,360 ( 19,308 ) 4,774
Actuarial gain (loss) on retirement plan, net of tax effect of $( 106 ), $( 45 ), and $( 89 ), respectively
173 175 ( 21 )
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
29,533 ( 19,133 ) 4,753
Comprehensive income
307,327 215,300 331,540
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest ( 67 ) ( 354 ) —
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest 13 ( 42 ) —
Comprehensive income attributable to Bentley Systems
$ 307,381 $ 215,696 $ 331,540
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Consolidated Statements of Equity
(in thousands, except share data)
Total
Accumulated Bentley
Class A and Class B Additional Other Systems Non-
Common Stock Paid-In Comprehensive Accumulated Stockholders' Controlling Total
Shares Par Value Capital Loss Deficit Equity Interest Equity
Balance, December 31, 2022 289,014,487 $ 2,890 $ 1,030,466 $ ( 89,740 ) $ ( 370,866 ) $ 572,750 $ 704 $ 573,454
Net income
— — — — 326,787 326,787 — 326,787
Other comprehensive income
— — — 4,753 — 4,753 — 4,753
Dividends declared — — — — ( 58,756 ) ( 58,756 ) — ( 58,756 )
Shares issued in connection with DCP, net 3,410,006 34 ( 34 ) — ( 38,456 ) ( 38,456 ) — ( 38,456 )
DCP elective participant deferrals — — 1,765 — — 1,765 — 1,765
Shares issued in connection with Bonus Plan, net 247,867 3 16,788 — ( 5,756 ) 11,035 — 11,035
Shares issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan, net 315,840 3 9,985 — ( 845 ) 9,143 — 9,143
Stock option exercises, net 2,621,959 26 11,689 — ( 6,581 ) 5,134 — 5,134
Shares issued for stock grants, net 12,639 — 600 — — 600 — 600
Stock-based compensation expense — — 55,982 — — 55,982 — 55,982
Shares related to restricted stock, net 643,039 7 ( 7 ) — ( 7,299 ) ( 7,299 ) — ( 7,299 )
Other — — — — ( 160 ) ( 160 ) — ( 160 )
Balance, December 31, 2023 296,265,837 2,963 1,127,234 ( 84,987 ) ( 161,932 ) 883,278 704 883,982
Net income (loss)
— — — — 234,787 234,787 ( 354 ) 234,433
Other comprehensive loss
— — — ( 19,091 ) — ( 19,091 ) ( 42 ) ( 19,133 )
Dividends declared — — — — ( 72,115 ) ( 72,115 ) — ( 72,115 )
Shares issued in connection with DCP 4,707,845 47 ( 47 ) — — — — —
DCP elective participant deferrals — — 188 — — 188 — 188
Shares issued in connection with Bonus Plan 282,340 3 14,473 — — 14,476 — 14,476
Shares issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan, net 253,578 2 11,226 — ( 348 ) 10,880 — 10,880
Stock option exercises, net 844,283 8 3,999 — ( 2,195 ) 1,812 — 1,812
Shares issued for stock grants, net 11,391 — 600 — — 600 — 600
Stock-based compensation expense — — 60,322 — — 60,322 — 60,322
Shares related to restricted stock, net 904,789 9 ( 9 ) — ( 9,966 ) ( 9,966 ) — ( 9,966 )
Repurchases of Class B common stock under approved program ( 1,292,733 ) ( 12 ) — — ( 64,347 ) ( 64,359 ) — ( 64,359 )
Other — — — — 175 175 ( 175 ) —
Balance, December 31, 2024 301,977,330 3,020 1,217,986 ( 104,078 ) ( 75,941 ) 1,040,987 133 1,041,120
Net income (loss)
— — — — 277,861 277,861 ( 67 ) 277,794
Other comprehensive income
— — — 29,520 — 29,520 13 29,533
Dividends declared — — — — ( 84,963 ) ( 84,963 ) — ( 84,963 )
Shares issued in connection with DCP, net
1,657,737 17 ( 17 ) — ( 14,396 ) ( 14,396 ) — ( 14,396 )
Shares issued in connection with Bonus Plan, net
83,791 1 6,485 — ( 2,371 ) 4,115 — 4,115
Shares issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan, net
280,767 3 11,531 — ( 539 ) 10,995 — 10,995
Shares issued for stock grants, net 12,591 — 600 — — 600 — 600
Stock-based compensation expense — — 64,632 — — 64,632 — 64,632
Shares related to restricted stock, net 1,230,105 12 ( 12 ) — ( 14,881 ) ( 14,881 ) — ( 14,881 )
Repurchases of Class B common stock under approved program ( 2,887,224 ) ( 29 ) — — ( 125,028 ) ( 125,057 ) — ( 125,057 )
Balance, December 31, 2025 302,355,097 $ 3,024 $ 1,301,205 $ ( 74,558 ) $ ( 40,258 ) $ 1,189,413 $ 79 $ 1,189,492
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$ 277,794 $ 234,433 $ 326,787
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization, and impairment 65,880 64,608 71,861
Deferred income taxes 24,333 12,571 ( 198,878 )
Stock-based compensation expense 72,576 74,417 72,972
Deferred compensation plan 14,409 12,382 13,580
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs 7,575 7,338 7,291
Change in fair value of derivative 10,238 ( 10 ) 5,038
Foreign currency remeasurement loss (gain)
664 ( 785 ) ( 452 )
Other 5,674 7,794 21,047
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable ( 18,584 ) ( 32,064 ) ( 5,180 )
Prepaid and other assets 10,543 ( 6,006 ) 4,112
Accounts payable, accruals, and other liabilities ( 18,440 ) ( 16,642 ) ( 9,167 )
Cloud Services Subscription deposits 77,190 91,595 77,900
Deferred revenues 19,006 ( 1,789 ) 19,933
Income taxes payable, net of prepaid income taxes ( 10,394 ) ( 12,550 ) 9,852
Net cash provided by operating activities
538,464 435,292 416,696
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and investment in capitalized software ( 18,255 ) ( 14,046 ) ( 25,002 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired ( 93,252 ) ( 130,407 ) ( 26,023 )
Purchases of investments ( 981 ) ( 1,435 ) ( 11,602 )
Proceeds from investments — — 2,123
Other 179 2,621 —
Net cash used in investing activities
( 112,309 ) ( 143,267 ) ( 60,504 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from credit facilities 289,567 517,643 588,154
Payments of credit facilities ( 424,882 ) ( 474,356 ) ( 841,723 )
Repayments of term loan — ( 190,000 ) ( 5,000 )
Repurchase of convertible senior notes ( 9,797 ) — —
Payments of debt issuance costs — ( 6,184 ) —
Payments of contingent and non-contingent consideration ( 310 ) ( 3,022 ) ( 4,324 )
Payments of dividends ( 84,963 ) ( 72,115 ) ( 58,756 )
Proceeds from stock purchases under employee stock purchase plan 11,534 11,228 9,988
Proceeds from exercise of stock options — 4,007 11,715
Payments for shares acquired including shares withheld for taxes ( 32,187 ) ( 12,504 ) ( 58,937 )
Repurchases of Class B common stock under approved program ( 125,057 ) ( 64,359 ) —
Other ( 203 ) ( 188 ) ( 191 )
Net cash used in financing activities
( 376,298 ) ( 289,850 ) ( 359,074 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 9,412 ( 6,578 ) ( 390 )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
59,269 ( 4,403 ) ( 3,272 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 64,009 68,412 71,684
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 123,278 $ 64,009 $ 68,412
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Supplemental information:
Cash paid for income taxes (1)
$ 61,488 $ 59,745 $ 43,619
Income tax refunds $ 2,393 $ 2,219 $ 1,188
Cash paid for interest $ 7,846 $ 17,202 $ 37,389
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Non-marketable equity investment $ — $ — $ 3,500
Deferred, non-contingent consideration, net $ — $ — $ 525
Share-settled Bonus Plan awards $ 6,486 $ 14,476 $ 16,791
DCP elective participant deferrals $ — $ 188 $ 1,765
(1) Cash paid for income taxes includes third‑party withholding taxes.
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Note 1: Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Business and Operations
Bentley Systems is the infrastructure engineering software company. The Company’s purpose is to advance the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life. The Company’s mission is to reshape how infrastructure systems and critical resources are delivered and optimized.
The Company serves enterprises and professionals across the infrastructure lifecycle, from the design and construction of new projects to the operation and maintenance of existing assets. The Company’s Bentley Open Applications and Seequent applications are primarily cloud-connected desktop modeling and simulation applications that support the breadth of engineering and geoprofessional disciplines. Bentley Infrastructure Cloud , provided via cloud and hybrid environments, extends enterprise collaboration during project delivery, and helps manage engineering information during operations and maintenance. Bentley Asset Analytics products automatically detect and analyze issues to trigger key operational workflows, improving overall asset performance. Powering these products is the Cesium and iTwin Platform , a cloud‑native technology platform to create, curate, and leverage infrastructure digital twins. Through the Company’s platform, products are becoming increasingly data-centric to take advantage of digital twin and AI capabilities.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in U.S. dollars. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are included in Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations. The assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated from their respective functional currencies into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the balance sheet date, and revenue and expense amounts are translated at average rates during the period. Foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded as a component of Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications of prior period amounts have been made to conform to the current period presentation.
Accounting Policies
The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which require management to select accounting policies and make estimates that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and contingent liabilities. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.
Information on other accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements are included, where applicable, in their respective notes to the consolidated financial statements that follow. Below is a discussion of accounting policies and methods used in the consolidated financial statements that are not presented within other notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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Cost of Revenues — Cost of Revenues is comprised of Cost of subscriptions and licenses and Cost of Services in the consolidated statements of operations. Cost of subscription and licenses expenses primarily include headcount‑related costs, as well as cloud‑related costs incurred for servicing the Company’s accounts using cloud provisioned offerings and the Company’s license administration platform. Cost of subscriptions and licenses expenses also include channel partner compensation for providing sales coverage to users, depreciation of property and equipment, amortization of capitalized software costs associated with servicing software subscriptions and the Company’s ACDP described below, and amortization of intangible assets associated with acquired software and technology. Cost of services expenses primarily include headcount‑related costs, as well as depreciation of property and equipment, and amortization of capitalized software costs used for providing training, implementation, configuration, and customization services to accounts.
Software Development Costs — The Company’s software development costs, including costs to develop software products or the software component of products to be sold, leased, or marketed to external accounts, before technological feasibility is reached, are included in Research and development in the consolidated statements of operations. Research and development expenses, which are generally expensed as incurred, primarily consist of headcount‑related costs. In general, technological feasibility is reached shortly before the release of such products.
Under its ACDP (the Company’s structured approach to an in‑house business incubator function), the Company capitalizes certain development costs related to specified projects once technological feasibility is established. Technological feasibility is established when a detailed program design has been completed and documented, the Company has established that the necessary skills, hardware, and software technology are available to produce the product, and there are no unresolved high‑risk development issues. Once the software is ready for its intended use, amortization is recorded over the software’s estimated useful life (generally three years ). Total costs capitalized under the ACDP were $ 2,053 , $ 3,878 , and $ 4,558 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Additionally, total ACDP related amortization was $ 5,711 , $ 3,720 , and $ 7,711 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and is included in Cost of subscriptions and licenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company evaluates the recoverability of capitalized ACDP costs whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable. Impairments of capitalized ACDP, which were recorded as amortization expense in Cost of subscriptions and licenses in the consolidated statements of operations, were not material during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, $ 10,270 and $ 12,961 of ACDP capitalized costs were recorded in Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
Advertising Expense — The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $ 6,387 , $ 6,383 , and $ 5,365 , respectively, and is included in Selling and marketing in the consolidated statements of operations.
Cash and Cash Equivalents — The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents consisted of money market funds and cash held in checking accounts maintained at various financial institutions. Cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates fair value.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts — Accounts receivable primarily represent receivables from customers for products and services invoiced by the Company for which payment is outstanding and also unbilled accounts receivable (see Note 3). Receivables are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest.
The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts for expected losses during the accounts receivable collection process. The allowance for doubtful accounts is presented separately in the consolidated balance sheets and reduces the accounts receivable balance to the net realizable value of the outstanding accounts receivable. The development of the allowance for doubtful accounts is based on an expected loss model which considers historical write‑off and recovery experience, aging trends affecting specific accounts, and general operational factors affecting all accounts. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.
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The Company considers current economic trends and takes into account reasonable and supportable forecasts of future conditions when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. If circumstances relating to specific customers change or unexpected changes occur in the general business environment, the Company’s estimate of the recoverability of receivables could be further adjusted.
Activity related to the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024
Balance, beginning of year $ 8,395 $ 8,965
Additions to reserve 6,537 7,365
Write-offs, net of recoveries ( 7,534 ) ( 7,634 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments 211 ( 301 )
Balance, end of year $ 7,609 $ 8,395
Concentration of Credit Risk — Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of its cash and cash equivalents, and receivables. To reduce credit risk, the Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and limits the amount of credit extended when deemed necessary. Generally, the Company requires no collateral from its customers. The Company maintains an allowance for potential credit losses, but historically has not experienced any significant losses related to individual customers or groups of customers in any particular industry or geographic region. No single customer accounted for more than 2% of the Company’s total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are deposited with financial institutions and invested in money market funds that the Company believes are of high credit quality.
Internal-Use Software Implementation Costs — The Company has entered into cloud-based software hosting arrangements related to new internal-use information technology systems, including new enterprise-wide administrative and business management platforms. Certain implementation costs are capitalized and included in Prepaid and other current assets or Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets, depending on the short- or long-term nature of such costs. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage and post-implementation stage are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal-use software implementation costs are amortized, beginning on the date the related software is ready for its intended use, on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the hosting arrangement primarily as a component of General and administrative and Selling and marketing in the consolidated statements of operations. Options to extend the hosting arrangement are considered in determining the remaining term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. The Company evaluates the recoverability of capitalized internal-use software implementation costs whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable.
Capitalized internal-use software implementation costs are included in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:
December 31,
2025 2024
Prepaid and other current assets $ 4,556 $ 2,862
Other assets 21,617 15,929
Total internal-use software implementation costs $ 26,173 $ 18,791
Amortization of internal-use software implementation costs for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $ 3,673 , $ 1,712 , and $ 865 , respectively.
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Note 2: Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2025‑06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350‑40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software (“ASU 2025‑06”), which amends certain aspects of the accounting for and disclosure of software costs under Subtopic 350-40, referred to as internal-use software. ASU 2025-06 is effective for the Company for the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within that annual reporting period. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The amendments in ASU 2025-06 may be adopted on a prospective basis to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date, on a retrospective basis to all periods presented, or on a modified prospective transition basis for in-process projects through a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2025‑06 on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025‑05, Financial Instruments–Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (“ASU 2025‑05”), which provides public entities with an optional practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses for current accounts receivables and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), that assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. ASU 2025-05 is effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods if the Company elects the practical expedient. Early adoption is permitted. The Company currently does not expect a material impact of the adoption of ASU 2025‑05 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024‑03, Income Statements–Reporting Comprehensive Income–Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024‑03”), which requires enhanced disclosure of income statement expense categories to improve transparency and provide financial statement users with more detailed information about the nature, amount, and timing of expenses impacting financial performance. ASU 2024-03 is effective for the Company for the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 may be adopted either on a prospective basis to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date or on a retrospective basis to all periods presented. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2024‑03, however, other than additional disclosure, the Company does not expect a change to the consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the SEC adopted the final rule under SEC Release No. 33‑11275, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate‑Related Disclosures for Investors . The final rule requires registrants to disclose certain climate‑related information in registration statements and annual reports. The final rule disclosure requirements would have begun phasing in prospectively for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2025. In April 2024, the SEC issued an order staying the final rule pending completion of a judicial review of certain petitions challenging their validity. In March 2025, the SEC voted to end its defense of the final rule. In September 2025, judicial review was suspended awaiting SEC clarity on its position. The Company is currently monitoring the status of the final rule pending the court’s ultimate decision and evaluating the impact of the final rule on its consolidated financial statements disclosures.
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023‑09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023‑09”), which expands disclosures in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and regarding cash taxes paid both in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The Company adopted this ASU during the year ended December 31, 2025 (see Note 16).
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Note 3: Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Disaggregation of Revenues
The Company’s revenues consist of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Subscriptions:
Enterprise subscriptions (1)
$ 623,064 $ 530,367 $ 433,321
SELECT subscriptions 267,242 258,504 258,288
Term license subscriptions 486,390 434,491 388,698
Subscriptions 1,376,696 1,223,362 1,080,307
Perpetual licenses 46,180 45,961 46,038
Subscriptions and licenses 1,422,876 1,269,323 1,126,345
Services:
Recurring 14,654 14,642 16,370
Other 64,249 69,130 85,698
Services 78,903 83,772 102,068
Total revenues $ 1,501,779 $ 1,353,095 $ 1,228,413
(1) Enterprise subscriptions are primarily revenues attributable to E365 subscriptions of $ 614,306 , $ 517,997 , and $ 411,025 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
The Company recognizes perpetual licenses and the term license component of subscriptions as revenue when either the licenses are delivered or at the start of the subscription term. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized $ 777,411 , $ 679,811 , and $ 592,737 of license related revenues, respectively, of which $ 731,231 , $ 633,850 , and $ 546,699 , respectively, were attributable to the term license component of the Company’s subscription‑based commercial offerings recorded in Subscriptions in the consolidated statements of operations.
Revenue from external customers is attributed to individual countries based upon the location of the customer. Revenues by geographic region are as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Americas (1)
$ 790,495 $ 717,002 $ 650,926
EMEA 436,828 388,384 353,550
APAC 274,456 247,709 223,937
Total revenues $ 1,501,779 $ 1,353,095 $ 1,228,413
(1) Americas includes the U.S., Canada, and Latin America (including the Caribbean). Revenue attributable to the U.S. totaled $ 620,441 , $ 561,683 , and $ 511,828 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
The Company primarily utilizes its direct internal sales force and also has arrangements through independent channel partners to promote and sell its products and subscriptions to end‑users. Channel partners are authorized to promote the sale of an authorized set of the Company’s products and subscriptions within an authorized geographic region under a Channel Partner Agreement. The Company derived 6 %, 7 %, and 8 % of its total revenues through channel partners for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
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Nature of Products and Services
The Company recognizes revenue upon the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the expected consideration received in exchange for those goods or services. The Company generates revenues from subscriptions, perpetual licenses, and services.
Subscriptions and perpetual licenses are typically paid upfront, and services are typically paid in arrears, based on the contract terms described below, generally with payment terms of 30 days. The Company does not have any material variable consideration, such as obligations for returns, refunds, or warranties.
Subscriptions
Enterprise Subscriptions
The Company provides enterprise subscription offerings, which provide its enterprise accounts with complete and unlimited global access to the Company’s comprehensive portfolio of integrated software offerings. E365 subscriptions require a CSS (described below) and are charged to accounts primarily based upon daily usage. The daily usage fee includes a term license component, SELECT maintenance and support, hosting, and “Blueprints,” which are specific, structured engagements outlined in a statement of work and designed to enable accounts to achieve optimal business outcomes through more efficient and effective utilization of the Company’s software. E365 revenues are recognized based upon usage incurred by the account. Usage is primarily defined as distinct user access on a daily basis. E365 subscriptions typically contain quarterly usage floors or ceilings. The term of E365 subscriptions aligns with calendar quarters and revenue is recognized based on actual usage.
SELECT Subscriptions
The Company provides prepaid annual recurring subscriptions that accounts (which are based on distinct contractual and billing relationships with the Company, where affiliated entities of a single parent company may each have an independent account with the Company) can elect to add to a new or previously purchased perpetual license. SELECT provides accounts with benefits, including upgrades, comprehensive technical support, pooled licensing benefits, annual portfolio balancing exchange rights, learning benefits, certain Azure‑based cloud collaboration services, mobility advantages, and access to other available benefits. SELECT subscriptions revenues are recognized as distinct performance obligations are satisfied. The performance obligations within the SELECT offering, outside of the portfolio balancing exchange right, are concurrently delivered and have the same pattern of recognition. These performance obligations are accounted for ratably over the term as a single performance obligation.
Term License Subscriptions
The Company provides annual, quarterly, and monthly term licenses for its software products. Term license subscriptions contain a term license component and SELECT maintenance and support. Revenue is allocated to the various performance obligations based on their SSP. Annual term licenses (“ATL”) are generally prepaid annually for named user access to specific products and include the Company’s Virtuoso subscriptions sold via the Company’s Virtuosity eStore for practitioner licenses. Virtuoso subscriptions are bundles with customizable training and expert consultation administered through “keys” or credits. Quarterly term license (“QTL”) subscriptions allow accounts to pay quarterly in arrears for license usage that is beyond their prepaid subscriptions. Monthly term license (“MTL”) subscriptions are identical to QTL subscriptions, except for the term of the license, and the manner in which they are monetized. MTL subscriptions require a CSS described below. For ATL, revenue allocated to the term license component is recognized upon delivery at the start of the subscription term while revenue for the SELECT maintenance and support is recognized as delivered over the subscription term. For Virtuoso keys, revenue is recognized as services are delivered. For usage‑based QTL and MTL subscriptions, revenues are recognized based upon usage incurred by the account. Usage is defined as peak usage over the respective terms. The terms of QTL and MTL subscriptions align with calendar quarters and calendar months, respectively, and revenue is recognized based on actual usage.
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Visas are QTLs or ATLs enabling users to access specific project or enterprise information and entitles users to certain functionality of the Company’s Bentley Infrastructure Cloud offerings. The Company’s standard offerings are usage based with monetization through the Company’s CSS program described below.
CSS is a program designed to streamline the procurement, administration, and payment process. The program requires an estimation of annual usage for CSS eligible offerings and a deposit of funds in advance. Actual consumption is monitored and invoiced against the deposit on a calendar quarter basis. CSS balances not utilized for eligible products or services may roll over to future periods or are refundable. Paid and unconsumed CSS balances are recorded in Cloud Services Subscription deposits in the consolidated balance sheets. Software and services consumed under CSS are recognized pursuant to the applicable revenue recognition guidance for the respective software or service and classified as subscriptions or services based on their respective nature.
Perpetual Licenses
Perpetual licenses may be sold with or without attaching a SELECT subscription. Historically, attachment and retention of the SELECT subscription has been high given the benefits of the SELECT subscription discussed above. Perpetual licenses revenues are recognized upon delivery of the license to the user.
Services
The Company provides professional services, including training, implementation, configuration, and customization services. The Company performs projects on both a time and materials and a fixed fee basis. Certain of the Company’s fixed‑fee arrangements, including its Success Services offerings, are structured as subscription‑like, packaged offerings that are annually recurring in nature. Success Services are standard service offerings that provide a level of dedicated professional services above the standard technical support offered to all accounts as part of their SELECT or enterprise agreement. Revenues are recognized as services are performed.
Significant Judgments and Estimates
The Company’s contracts with customers may include promises to transfer licenses (perpetual or term‑based), maintenance, and services to a user. Judgment is required to determine if the promises are separate performance obligations, and if so, the allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation. When an arrangement includes multiple performance obligations which are concurrently delivered and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer, the Company accounts for those performance obligations as a single performance obligation. For contracts with more than one performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated among the performance obligations in an amount that depicts the relative SSP of each obligation. Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. In instances where SSP is not directly observable, such as when the Company does not sell the product or service separately, the Company determines the SSP using information that may include market conditions and other observable inputs. The Company uses a range of amounts to estimate SSP when it sells each of the products and services separately and needs to determine whether there is a discount that should be allocated based on the relative SSP of the various products and services.
The Company’s SELECT agreement provides users with perpetual licenses a right to exchange software for other eligible perpetual licenses on an annual basis upon renewal. The Company refers to this option as portfolio balancing and has concluded that the portfolio balancing feature represents a material right resulting in the deferral of the associated revenue. Judgment is required to estimate the percentage of users who may elect to portfolio balance and considers inputs such as historical user elections. This feature is available once per term and must be exercised prior to the respective renewal term. The Company recognizes the associated revenue upon election or when the portfolio balancing right expires. This right is included in the initial and subsequent renewal terms and the Company reestablishes the revenue deferral for the material right upon the beginning of the renewal term.
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Unbilled Accounts Receivable
Unbilled accounts receivable represent amounts that are unbilled due to agreed-upon contractual terms in which billing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition, and are included in Accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, unbilled accounts receivable were $ 182,315 and $ 159,924 , respectively.
Contract Balances
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s contract assets relate to performance obligations completed in advance of the right to invoice and are included in Prepaid and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Contract assets were not material as of December 31, 2025 or 2024.
Deferred revenues consist of billings made or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from subscriptions and services. The primary changes in deferred revenues are due to the Company’s performance under the contracts and new billings made or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from subscriptions and services. The satisfaction of performance obligations typically lags behind payments received under revenue from contracts with customers.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, $ 253,003 of revenues that were included in the December 31, 2024 deferred revenues balance were recognized. There were additional deferrals of $ 270,695 , which were primarily related to new billings. For the year ended December 31, 2024, $ 231,114 of revenues that were included in the December 31, 2023 deferred revenues balance were recognized. There were additional deferrals of $ 233,910 , which were primarily related to new billings.
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company deferred $ 19,822 and $ 18,540 , respectively, related to portfolio balancing exchange rights which is included in Deferred revenues in the consolidated balance sheets.
Costs to Obtain a Contract with a Customer
The Company recognizes an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if the Company expects the benefit of those costs to be longer than one year. The contract costs are amortized based on the economic life of the goods and services to which the contract costs relate. The Company has determined that costs under certain sales incentive programs meet the requirements to be capitalized. The Company applies a practical expedient to expense costs as incurred for costs to obtain a contract with a customer when the amortization period would have been one year or less. These costs include the Company’s internal sales force compensation program and certain channel partner sales incentive programs for which the annual compensation is commensurate with annual sales activities.
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, deferred costs of $ 4,969 and $ 4,490 , respectively, are included in Prepaid and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets and $ 10,572 and $ 10,715 , respectively, are included in Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Amortization expense related to assets recognized from costs to obtain a contract with a customer was $ 5,746 , $ 5,241 , and $ 5,567 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and is included in Cost of subscriptions and licenses and Selling and marketing in the consolidated statements of operations. Impairments of contract cost assets were not material during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
Remaining Performance Obligations
The Company’s contracts with customers include amounts allocated to performance obligations that will be satisfied at a later date. As of December 31, 2025, amounts allocated to these remaining performance obligations are $ 296,654 , of which the Company expects to recognize approximately 94 % over the next 12 months with the remaining amount thereafter.
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Note 4: Acquisitions
The aggregate details of the Company’s acquisition activity are as follows:
Acquisitions Completed During
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Number of acquisitions 2 3 3
Cash paid at closing (1)
$ 101,475 $ 143,299 $ 26,287
Cash acquired ( 8,223 ) ( 12,892 ) ( 264 )
Net cash paid $ 93,252 $ 130,407 $ 26,023
(1) Of the cash paid at closing, $ 9,500 was held in an escrow account to secure any potential indemnification and other obligations of the seller as of December 31, 2025.
The operating results for any acquired business are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the closing date of each respective acquisition and were not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company’s consolidated financial statements of operations. The following summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as well as the weighted average useful lives assigned to acquired intangible assets at the respective date of each acquisition:
Acquisitions Completed During
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Consideration:
Cash paid at closing $ 101,475 $ 143,299 $ 26,287
Deferred, non-contingent consideration, net — — 525
Other — 108 15
Total consideration $ 101,475 $ 143,407 $ 26,827
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash $ 8,223 $ 12,892 $ 264
Accounts receivable and other current assets 3,596 6,102 1,742
Operating lease right-of-use assets 309 103 397
Deferred income taxes 29 — 2,151
Other assets 864 86 6
Software and technology (weighted average useful life of 3 , 5 , and 3 years, respectively)
5,901 7,025 3,077
Customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 5 , 3 , and 6 years, respectively)
14,600 284 3,900
Trademarks (weighted average useful life of 5 , 10 , and 5 years, respectively)
2,800 5,145 1,000
Total identifiable assets acquired excluding goodwill 36,322 31,637 12,537
Accruals and other current liabilities ( 2,945 ) ( 5,778 ) ( 624 )
Deferred revenues ( 406 ) ( 2,427 ) ( 4,623 )
Operating lease liabilities ( 309 ) ( 103 ) ( 397 )
Deferred income taxes ( 419 ) ( 136 ) —
Total liabilities assumed ( 4,079 ) ( 8,444 ) ( 5,644 )
Net identifiable assets acquired excluding goodwill 32,243 23,193 6,893
Goodwill 69,232 120,214 19,934
Net assets acquired $ 101,475 $ 143,407 $ 26,827
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The Company allocates the purchase price for each acquisition to the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value at the respective acquisition date, with the exception of deferred revenues which are recognized and measured on the acquisition date in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policies in Note 3. The fair values of the working capital, other assets (liabilities), and property and equipment approximated their respective carrying values as of the acquisition date. The fair values of the intangible assets were primarily determined using the income approach. When applying the income approach, indications of fair values were developed by discounting future net cash flows to their present values at market‑based rates of return. The cash flows were based on estimates used to price the acquisitions and the discount rates applied were benchmarked with reference to the implied rate of return from the Company’s pricing model and the weighted average cost of capital. Goodwill is measured as the excess of the purchase price over the value of net identifiable assets acquired. While best estimates and assumptions are used to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, as well as contingent and non‑contingent consideration, where applicable, the Company’s estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. Any adjustments to estimated fair value are recorded to goodwill, provided that the Company is within the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date) and that the Company continues to collect information to determine estimated fair value. Subsequent to the measurement period or the Company’s final determination of estimated fair value, whichever comes first, adjustments are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.
Goodwill recorded in connection with the acquisitions was attributable to synergies expected to arise from cost saving opportunities, as well as future expected cash flows. The Company expects $ 8,799 of the goodwill recorded relating to the 2025 acquisitions will be deductible for income tax purposes.
The Company is in the process of finalizing the purchase accounting for certain acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2025. The initial accounting for these business combinations is not complete because the evaluation necessary to assess the fair values of certain net assets acquired is still in process. The provisional amounts are subject to revision until the evaluations are completed to the extent that additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date. The allocation of the purchase price may be modified from the date of the acquisition as more information is obtained about the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, however, such measurement period cannot exceed one year. The primary areas of preliminary purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate to working capital, tax assets and liabilities, and amounts allocated to goodwill.
Note 5: Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net consist of the following:
December 31,
2025 2024
Land $ 1,341 $ 1,341
Building and improvements 34,429 32,115
Computer equipment and software 62,274 50,696
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment 12,653 9,183
Aircraft 2,038 2,038
Other 65 40
Property and equipment, at cost 112,800 95,413
Less: Accumulated depreciation ( 76,769 ) ( 61,615 )
Total property and equipment, net $ 36,031 $ 33,798
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $ 14,505 , $ 13,684 , and $ 12,368 , respectively.
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Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight‑line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the leasehold improvements or the lease term. Land is not depreciated. Depreciation for equipment commences once it is placed in service, and depreciation for buildings and leasehold improvements commences once they are ready for their intended use.
Estimated useful lives of property and equipment are as follows:
Useful Life
Building and improvements 25 years
Computer equipment and software 3 years
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment 5 years
Aircraft 6 years
Cost of maintenance and repairs is charged to expense as incurred. Upon retirement or other disposition, the cost of the asset and the related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Related to the aircraft, ongoing operating and fixed costs are shared on a proportional use basis subject to a cost‑sharing agreement as the Company’s Executive Chair owns 50 %. Such costs were not material during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
The Company evaluates the recoverability of property and equipment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable. If circumstances require an asset to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the asset is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Impairments of property and equipment were not material during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
Note 6: Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
The Company’s intangible assets primarily arise from acquisitions and principally consist of goodwill, acquired software and technology, customer relationships, and trademarks. Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight‑line basis over their estimated useful lives.
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:
Balance, December 31, 2023 $ 2,269,336
Acquisitions 120,214
Foreign currency translation adjustments ( 21,538 )
Other adjustments ( 833 )
Balance, December 31, 2024 2,367,179
Acquisitions 69,232
Foreign currency translation adjustments 45,064
Other adjustments 679
Balance, December 31, 2025 $ 2,482,154
Goodwill consists of the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets acquired in business combinations. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is tested annually for impairment on October 1, or more frequently if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce its fair value below its carrying amount. The Company allocates goodwill to reporting units on a relative fair value basis.
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In testing for goodwill impairment, the Company may first qualitatively assess whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that a goodwill impairment exists. If it is determined that a quantitative assessment is required and the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, the Company will recognize goodwill impairment in the amount in which the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, but not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill within the reporting unit. There was no impairment of goodwill as a result of the Company’s annual impairment assessments conducted for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
Other Intangible Assets
Details of intangible assets other than goodwill are as follows:
Remaining Weighted Average Useful Life
as of December 31, 2025 December 31, 2025 December 31, 2024
Gross
Carrying
Amount Accumulated
Amortization Net Book
Value Gross
Carrying
Amount Accumulated
Amortization Net Book
Value
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Software and technology 2.3 years
$ 88,183 $ ( 70,058 ) $ 18,125 $ 86,578 $ ( 61,671 ) $ 24,907
Customer relationships 5.4 years
332,959 ( 189,838 ) 143,121 315,773 ( 162,175 ) 153,598
Trademarks 5.8 years
77,764 ( 45,992 ) 31,772 74,034 ( 38,593 ) 35,441
Non-compete agreements N/A — — — 350 ( 337 ) 13
Total intangible assets $ 498,906 $ ( 305,888 ) $ 193,018 $ 476,735 $ ( 262,776 ) $ 213,959
The aggregate amortization expense for purchased intangible assets with finite lives is included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Cost of subscriptions and licenses $ 12,890 $ 12,681 $ 12,704
Amortization of purchased intangibles 32,768 33,998 38,515
Total amortization expense $ 45,658 $ 46,679 $ 51,219
Amortization expense for purchased intangible assets with finite lives for the years after December 31, 2025 are estimated as follows:
2026 $ 43,138
2027 36,075
2028 34,575
2029 31,089
2030 29,371
Thereafter 18,770
$ 193,018
The Company evaluates intangible assets subject to amortization for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable or that useful lives of those assets are no longer appropriate. If circumstances require an asset to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the asset is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. There was no impairment of intangible assets subject to amortization for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
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Note 7: Investments
Investments consist of the following:
December 31,
2025 2024
Non-marketable equity investments $ 25,298 $ 23,289
Equity method investments 2,622 2,475
Total investments $ 27,920 $ 25,764
Non-Marketable Equity Investments
The Company invests in privately-held technology development companies in which it does not have a controlling interest or the ability to exercise significant influence. These investments consist of equity securities that do not have readily determinable values and are accounted for using the measurement alternative, recording at cost less impairments, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same investee. The Company’s share of income or loss of such companies is not included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
In March 2023, the Company acquired an equity interest in Worldsensing, a leading global connectivity hardware platform company for infrastructure monitoring, via contribution of its sensemetrics’ Thread connectivity device business (the “Thread business”) and cash. The non‑cash contribution of the Thread business resulted in an insignificant gain, which was recorded in Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s investment balance in Worldsensing was $ 8,928 .
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company invested a total of $ 981 and $ 1,435 , respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized gains on investments of $ 2,360 , which were recorded in Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 20).
During the second quarter of 2024, the Company acquired a business for $ 5,000 from Teralytics Holdings AG (“Teralytics”), a global platform company for human mobility analysis. During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company sold its ownership percentage in Teralytics, which resulted in no gain or loss.
The Company tests its investments for impairment whenever circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these investments may not be recoverable. Impairment of investments were not material during the year ended December 31, 2025 or 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized impairment charges of $ 14,588 to write‑down certain non-marketable equity investments to their fair value primarily as a result of the investees’ decline in operating performance and the overall decline in the venture investment valuation environment. The impairment charges included $ 11,130 to write‑off the Company’s non-marketable equity investment in Teralytics. The impairment charges were recorded in Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 (see Note 20).
Equity Method Investments
The Company applies the equity method of accounting for its investment in which it does have the ability to exercise significant influence. Under the equity method, the Company recognizes its initial investment at cost and updates the carrying value of its investment by its proportional share of income or losses from the investment. In addition, the Company decreases the carrying value by any dividends received from the investee. The Company does not otherwise adjust the carrying value to reflect changes to the fair market value of the investment. The Company’s equity method investments in joint ventures are considered related parties.
No investments were made during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, transactions between the Company and its joint ventures were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Note 8: Leases
The Company’s operating leases consist of office facilities, office equipment, and automobiles. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s leases have remaining terms of less than one year to eight years , some of which include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms from one year to five years and some of which include options to terminate the leases from less than one year to five years .
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in Operating lease right‑of‑use assets, Operating lease liabilities , and Long‑term operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Operating lease right‑of‑use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease right‑of‑use assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate, if the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is determined based on the Company’s estimated credit rating, the term of the lease, economic environment where the asset resides, and full collateralization. The operating lease right‑of‑use assets also include any lease payments made and are reduced by any lease incentives. Options to extend or terminate the lease are considered in determining the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight‑line basis over the lease term.
For contracts with lease and non‑lease components, the Company has elected not to allocate the contract consideration, and account for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. Payments under the Company’s lease arrangements are primarily fixed, however, certain lease agreements contain variable payments, which are expensed as incurred and not included in the operating lease assets and liabilities. Variable lease cost may include common area maintenance, property taxes, and utilities. The Company has elected not to recognize a right‑of‑use asset or lease liability for short‑term leases (leases with a term of twelve months or less). Short‑term leases are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations on a straight‑line basis over the lease term.
The components of operating lease cost is included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Operating lease cost (1)
$ 15,266 $ 17,890 $ 20,008
Variable lease cost 4,424 4,681 4,594
Total operating lease cost $ 19,690 $ 22,571 $ 24,602
(1) Operating lease cost includes rent cost related to operating leases for office facilities of $ 14,247 , $ 16,927 , and $ 19,199 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Supplemental operating cash flows and other information related to leases was as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Cash paid for operating leases included in operating cash flows $ 15,996 $ 14,345 $ 17,899
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities (1)
$ 9,142 $ 11,341 $ 17,015
(1) Right‑of‑use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities does not include the impact from acquisitions of $ 309 , $ 103 , and $ 397 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
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The weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases was 3.8 years and 4.3 years as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The weighted average discount rate was 5.4 % and 5.2 % as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Maturities of operating lease liabilities for the years after December 31, 2025 are as follows:
2026 $ 15,571
2027 8,964
2028 5,884
2029 4,262
2030 2,289
Thereafter 3,323
Total future lease payments 40,293
Less: Imputed interest ( 4,474 )
Total operating lease liabilities $ 35,819
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had additional minimum operating lease payments of $ 16,521 for executed leases that have not yet commenced, primarily for office locations.
The Company evaluates the recoverability of right‑of‑use assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable. If circumstances require an asset to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the asset is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Impairments were not material during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
Note 9: Accruals and Other Current Liabilities
Accruals and other current liabilities consist of the following:
December 31,
2025 2024
Accrued compensation $ 45,776 $ 47,121
Accrued benefits 45,120 40,762
Other accrued and current liabilities 82,359 81,639
Total accruals and other current liabilities $ 173,255 $ 169,522
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Note 10: Long-Term Debt
Long‑term debt consists of the following:
December 31,
2025 2024
Credit Facility:
Revolving loan facility due October 2029 $ — $ 135,315
2026 Notes 677,830 687,830
2027 Notes 575,000 575,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs ( 3,918 ) ( 10,057 )
Total debt 1,248,912 1,388,088
Less: Current portion of long-term debt — —
Long-term debt $ 1,248,912 $ 1,388,088
Credit Facility
On October 18, 2024, the Company entered into the Credit Facility, which provides the Company with a $ 1,300,000 revolving credit facility, including a $ 125,000 swingline loan and $ 125,000 in letters of credit. The Credit Facility also provides the Company with a $ 500,000 “accordion” feature to increase the facility in the form of both revolving indebtedness and/or incremental term loans. On October 18, 2024, the Company used borrowings under the Credit Facility to repay a portion of the revolving indebtedness outstanding under the amended and restated credit agreement, entered into on December 19, 2017 (the “2017 Credit Facility”) and all of the outstanding senior secured term loan. In connection with the termination of the 2017 Credit Facility and entrance into the Credit Facility, the Company performed an extinguishment versus modification assessment on a lender-by-lender basis resulting in the write-off of an insignificant amount of unamortized debt issuance costs. Additionally, $ 6,184 of capitalized fees paid to lenders and third parties associated with the Credit Facility were recorded in Prepaid and other current assets or Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets, depending on the short- or long-term nature of such costs. Debt issuance costs are amortized to Interest expense, net , in the consolidated statements of operations through the maturity date.
The Credit Facility matures on October 18, 2029, subject to a “revolving maturity date” on the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the Company’s outstanding convertible debt, unless on such date the Company meets certain liquidity requirements. Voluntary prepayments under the Credit Facility are permitted at any time without payment of any prepayment premiums.
Revolving loan borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at the Alternative Base Rate or Term SOFR that reset every one, three, or six months. Under the Term SOFR elections, revolving loan borrowings bear an interest rate of the applicable Term SOFR rate plus a credit spread adjustment of 10 bps, plus a spread ranging from 125 bps to 225 bps as determined by the Company’s net leverage ratio. Under the non‑Term SOFR elections, revolving loan borrowings bear a base interest rate of the highest of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the overnight bank funding effective rate plus 50 bps, or (iii) the daily simple SOFR rate plus 100 bps, plus a spread ranging from 25 bps to 125 bps as determined by the Company’s net leverage ratio.
Swingline borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest that resets daily. Interest on swingline borrowings bear an interest rate of the daily simple SOFR rate plus a credit spread adjustment of 10 bps, plus a spread ranging from 125 bps to 225 bps as determined by the Company’s net leverage ratio.
In addition, a commitment fee for the unused revolving credit facility ranges from 20 bps to 30 bps per annum as determined by the Company’s net leverage ratio.
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Borrowings under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by the Company’s material first tier domestic subsidiaries and are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ U.S. assets, including pledges of the stock of each of their directly owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries, with the latter limited to 65 % of such stock.
The agreement governing the Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions on the Company’s ability to pay dividends, repurchase the Company’s Class B common stock, and make other restricted payments, as well as events of default, including, without limitation, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenants defaults, cross-defaults to certain other indebtedness in excess of $ 100,000 , certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, judgment defaults in excess of $ 10,000 , failure of any security document supporting the Credit Facility to be in full force and effect, and a change of control. The Credit Facility also contains customary financial covenants, including net leverage ratio, net senior secured leverage ratio, and interest coverage ratio.
The Company had $ 150 of letters of credit outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 under the Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $ 1,299,850 and $ 1,164,535 , respectively, available under the Credit Facility.
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants in its Credit Facility.
Convertible Senior Notes
2026 Notes
On January 26, 2021, the Company completed a private offering of $ 690,000 of 0.125 % convertible senior notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”). The 2026 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 26, 2021, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “2026 Trustee”) (the “2026 Indenture”). Interest will accrue from January 26, 2021 and will be payable semi‑annually in arrears in cash on January 15 and July 15 of each year, with the first payment due on July 15, 2021. The 2026 Notes will mature on January 15, 2026, unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased.
During the first quarter of 2025, the Company paid $ 9,797 in cash to repurchase $ 10,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 2026 Notes through open market transactions resulting in an insignificant gain, which was recorded in Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025. The 2026 Notes were repurchased under the Company’s Repurchase Program authorization (see Note 13).
Prior to October 15, 2025, the 2026 Notes were convertible at the option of the holder pursuant to the terms of the 2026 Indenture. On or after October 15, 2025 until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, the 2026 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder at any time.
On October 14, 2025, in accordance with the 2026 Indenture, the Company gave notice to the 2026 Trustee, the Conversion Agent, and the Holders (each as defined in the 2026 Indenture) that the Company elected to change the “Default Settlement Method” (as defined in the 2026 Indenture) for conversions of the 2026 Notes to “Physical Settlement” (as defined in the 2026 Indenture). As a result, all conversions of the 2026 Notes occurring on or after October 15, 2025 will be settled by delivery of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock using Physical Settlement in accordance with the 2026 Indenture. The initial conversion rate is 15.5925 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock per one thousand dollar principal amount of 2026 Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $ 64.13 per share, and is subject to adjustment as described in the 2026 Indenture. If a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the 2026 Indenture) occurs, then the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a specified period of time.
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Upon a fundamental change (as defined in the 2026 Indenture), holders may, subject to certain exceptions, require the Company to purchase their 2026 Notes in whole or in part for cash at a price equal to the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (as defined in the 2026 Indenture). In addition, upon a Make‑Whole Fundamental Change (as defined in the 2026 Indenture), the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its 2026 Notes in connection with such Make‑Whole Fundamental Change. No adjustment to the conversion rate will be made if the stock price in such Make‑Whole Fundamental Change is either less than $ 44.23 per share or greater than $ 210.00 per share. The Company will not increase the conversion rate to an amount that exceeds 22.6090 shares per one thousand dollar principal amount of 2026 Notes, subject to adjustment. The 2026 Indenture also contains a customary merger covenant.
Under the 2026 Indenture, the 2026 Notes may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default. If certain bankruptcy and insolvency‑related events of default with respect to the Company occur, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding 2026 Notes shall automatically become due and payable. If any other event of default occurs and is continuing, the 2026 Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of the 2026 Notes of at least 25 % in principal amount of the outstanding 2026 Notes by notice to the Company and the 2026 Trustee, may declare the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding 2026 Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 2026 Indenture provides that, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with reporting covenant in the 2026 Indenture consists exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the 2026 Notes.
The 2026 Notes were accounted for as debt, with no bifurcation of the embedded conversion feature. Transaction costs were recorded as a direct deduction from the related debt liability in the consolidated balance sheets and are amortized to interest expense over the term of the 2026 Notes. The effective interest rate for the 2026 Notes is 0.658 %.
As of December 31, 2025, none of the conditions of the 2026 Notes to early convert had been met and the Company was in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants. As of December 31, 2025, the 2026 Notes were classified as long‑term in the consolidated balance sheets as the Company had the ability and intent to refinance them on a long‑term basis through available capacity under the Credit Facility.
The 2026 Notes matured on January 15, 2026. Upon maturity, the Company repaid $ 678,254 , which consisted of the remaining outstanding principal balance and accrued interest on the 2026 Notes using borrowings under the Credit Facility and available cash on hand.
Capped Call Options — In connection with the pricing of the 2026 Notes, the Company entered into capped call options with certain of the initial purchasers or their respective affiliates and certain other financial institutions. The capped call options are expected to reduce potential dilution to the Company’s Class B common stock upon any conversion of 2026 Notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. The cap price of the capped call options is initially $ 72.9795 per share, which represents a premium of 65 % above the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s Class B common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on January 21, 2021 and is subject to customary adjustments under the terms of the capped call options.
The capped call options were entered into in conjunction with the issuance of the 2026 Notes, however, they are legally separate agreements that can be separately exercised, with the receipt of shares under the capped call options having no effect on the 2026 Notes, and are legally detachable. As the capped call options are both legally detachable and separately exercisable from the 2026 Notes, the Company accounts for the capped call options separately from the 2026 Notes. The capped call options are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and classified in Bentley Systems stockholders’ equity. As such, the premiums paid for the capped call options were included as a net reduction to Additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021. These capped call options expired on January 15, 2026.
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2027 Notes
On June 28, 2021, the Company completed a private offering of $ 575,000 of 0.375 % convertible senior notes due 2027. The 2027 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 28, 2021, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “2027 Trustee”) (the “2027 Indenture”). Interest will accrue from June 28, 2021 and will be payable semi‑annually in arrears in cash on January 1 and July 1 of each year, with the first payment due on January 1, 2022. The 2027 Notes will mature on July 1, 2027, unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased.
Prior to April 1, 2027, the 2027 Notes will be convertible at the option of the holder only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter (and only during such quarter) commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2021, if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s Class B common stock exceeds 130 % of the conversion price for each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter; (2) during the five consecutive business days immediately after any ten consecutive trading day period (such ten consecutive trading day period, the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per one thousand dollar principal amount of 2027 Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98 % of the product of the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s Class B common stock on such trading day and the conversion rate on such trading day; (3) upon the occurrence of certain corporate events or distributions on the Company’s Class B common stock, as described in the 2027 Indenture; and (4) if the Company calls the 2027 Notes for redemption. On or after April 1, 2027 until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, the 2027 Notes will be convertible at the option of the holder at any time.
The Company will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, at the Company’s election, based on the applicable conversion rate. The initial conversion rate is 12.0153 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock per one thousand dollar principal amount of 2027 Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $ 83.23 per share, and is subject to adjustment as described in the 2027 Indenture. If a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the 2027 Indenture) occurs, then the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a specified period of time.
The Company has the option to redeem the 2027 Notes in whole or in part at any time after July 5, 2024 and on or before the 40 th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s Class B common stock exceeds 130 % of the conversion price on (1) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during any 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice; and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. The redemption price will be equal to the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.
Upon a fundamental change (as defined in the 2027 Indenture), holders may, subject to certain exceptions, require the Company to purchase their 2027 Notes in whole or in part for cash at a price equal to the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (as defined in the 2027 Indenture). In addition, upon a Make‑Whole Fundamental Change (as defined in the 2027 Indenture), the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its 2027 Notes in connection with such Make‑Whole Fundamental Change. No adjustment to the conversion rate will be made if the stock price in such Make‑Whole Fundamental Change is either less than $ 61.65 per share or greater than $ 325.00 per share. The Company will not increase the conversion rate to an amount that exceeds 16.2206 shares per one thousand dollar principal amount of 2027 Notes, subject to adjustment. The 2027 Indenture also contains a customary merger covenant.
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Under the 2027 Indenture, the 2027 Notes may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default. If certain bankruptcy and insolvency‑related events of default with respect to the Company occur, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding 2027 Notes shall automatically become due and payable. If any other event of default occurs and is continuing, the 2027 Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of the 2027 Notes of at least 25 % in principal amount of the outstanding 2027 Notes by notice to the Company and the 2027 Trustee, may declare the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding 2027 Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 2027 Indenture provides that, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with reporting covenant in the 2027 Indenture consists exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the 2027 Notes.
The 2027 Notes were accounted for as debt, with no bifurcation of the embedded conversion feature. Transaction costs were recorded as a direct deduction from the related debt liability in the consolidated balance sheets and are amortized to interest expense over the term of the 2027 Notes. The effective interest rate for the 2027 Notes is 0.864 %.
As of December 31, 2025, none of the conditions of the 2027 Notes to early convert had been met.
The 2027 Notes are the Company’s senior, unsecured obligations that rank senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the 2027 Notes, rank equally in right of payment with the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated (including the Company’s 2026 Notes), effectively subordinated to the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness (including obligations under the Company’s senior secured Credit Facility), to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables and preferred equity (to the extent the Company is not a holder thereof)) of the Company’s subsidiaries. The 2027 Notes contain both affirmative and negative covenants. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants in the 2027 Notes.
Capped Call Options — In connection with the pricing of the 2027 Notes, the Company entered into capped call options with certain of the initial purchasers or their respective affiliates and certain other financial institutions. The capped call options are expected to reduce potential dilution to the Company’s Class B common stock upon any conversion of 2027 Notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. The cap price of the capped call options is initially $ 95.5575 per share, which represents a premium of 55 % above the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s Class B common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 23, 2021 and is subject to customary adjustments under the terms of the capped call options.
The capped call options were entered into in conjunction with the issuance of the 2027 Notes, however, they are legally separate agreements that can be separately exercised, with the receipt of shares under the capped call options having no effect on the 2027 Notes, and are legally detachable. As the capped call options are both legally detachable and separately exercisable from the 2027 Notes, the Company accounts for the capped call options separately from the 2027 Notes. The capped call options are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and classified in Bentley Systems stockholders’ equity. As such, the premiums paid for the capped call options were included as a net reduction to Additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021.
Derivative Arrangements
The Company records derivative instruments as an asset or liability measured at fair value and depending on the nature of the hedge, the corresponding changes in the fair value of these instruments are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations or comprehensive income. If the derivative is determined to be a hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative are offset against the change in the fair value of the hedged assets or liabilities through the consolidated statements of operations or recognized in Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes until the hedged item is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is recognized in earnings. Also, changes in the entire fair value of a derivative that is not designated as a hedge are recognized in earnings.
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Effective on April 2, 2020, the Company entered into an interest rate swap with a notional amount of $ 200,000 and a ten‑year term to reduce the interest rate risk associated with a portion of the Company’s floating rate debt. Under the terms of the interest rate swap, the Company will pay a fixed interest rate of 72.9 bps, and will receive a floating interest rate equal to daily SOFR plus an ARRC spread adjustment of 11.448 bps. The interest rate swap is not designated as a hedging instrument for accounting purposes. The Company accounts for the interest rate swap as either an asset or a liability on the consolidated balance sheets and carries the derivative at fair value (see Note 17). Gain (loss) from the change in fair value and payments related to the interest rate swap are recognized in Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 20). The bank counterparty to the derivative potentially exposes the Company to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance. To mitigate that risk, the Company only contracts with counterparties who meet the Company’s minimum requirements under its counterparty risk assessment process. The Company monitors counterparty risk on at least a quarterly basis and adjusts its exposure as necessary. The Company does not enter into derivative instrument transactions for trading or speculative purposes.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net consists of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Contractual interest expense $ ( 7,581 ) $ ( 16,967 ) $ ( 34,973 )
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs ( 7,575 ) ( 7,338 ) ( 7,291 )
Other interest (expense) income
( 166 ) ( 469 ) 933
Interest income 2,887 2,730 1,538
Interest expense, net $ ( 12,435 ) $ ( 22,044 ) $ ( 39,793 )
The weighted average interest rate on credit facility borrowings were 6.17 %, 7.22 %, and 7.13 % for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Scheduled maturities of long‑term debt for the years after December 31, 2025 are as follows:
2026 $ 677,830
2027 575,000
Total scheduled maturities of long-term debt $ 1,252,830
Note 11: Executive Incentive Plans
Executive Bonus Plan
The Company maintains the Bonus Plan, which is a legacy plan from decades prior to the Company’s IPO and was established to compensate a limited set of executives with substantial holdings of the Company’s common stock. As of January 1, 2024, Gregory S. Bentley was the sole remaining participant in the Bonus Plan. Pursuant to the Bonus Plan, participants are eligible to receive incentive bonuses that are determined based on the Company’s adjusted Management Report Operating Income (“MROI”), as defined in the plan agreement and before deduction for such plan payments. For purposes of the Bonus Plan, the bonus pool thereunder may be funded with up to an aggregate of 20 % of the Company’s adjusted MROI, subject to approval by the Sustainability Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”), with payments made to plan participants based on each such participant’s allocated interest in the bonus pool. The plan permits the deduction of certain holdback amounts from the plan’s pool, from which amounts can then be allocated to fund items including equity and/or cash incentive compensation for non‑plan participants and participant charitable contributions.
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As part of Gregory S. Bentley’s transition to the role of Executive Chair effective July 1, 2024, on June 26, 2024, the Committee approved Amendment No. 2 to the Bonus Plan pursuant to which (in addition to other conforming changes) Mr. Bentley’s fractional interest under the Bonus Pool Plan was reduced from 12/33 to 4/33 effective July 1, 2024.
On November 2, 2022, the Committee approved an amendment to the Bonus Plan such that with respect to fiscal year 2022, one‑third of the Company’s Chief Investment Officer’s allocated percentage interest will be multiplied by a coefficient derived from the performance of the Company’s BSY Investments group (the Company’s executive team focused on portfolio development, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investing, digital integrator business activities, and various incubating and accelerating business activities). This coefficient is generally determined by calculating the annual increase (or decrease) in value of the BSY Investments portfolio, taking into account applicable fees and an annual hurdle rate, in all cases, as approved by the Company’s non‑employee directors. The Company’s Chief Investment Officer retired effective March 31, 2023 and received one Bonus Plan payout during 2023 in respect to the 2022 fiscal year under the amended allocated percentage interest.
A participant may defer any portion, or all, of such participant’s incentive bonus payable pursuant to the Bonus Plan into the DCP (see Note 12). The Bonus Plan provides, in part, that a participant may elect to receive any portion, or all, of such participant’s non‑deferred incentive bonus in the form of shares of fully vested Class B common stock issued under the Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”), subject to the limitation described below. The Company records the election of non‑deferred incentive bonus in the form of shares of fully vested Class B common stock as stock‑based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 15). Such election must be made prior to the start of the applicable calendar quarter for which the incentive bonus is to be paid, and the number of shares of Class B common stock payable in respect of such elected amount is calculated using a volume-weighted average price of the Company’s Class B common stock for the period commencing on the ten th trading day prior to the end of the applicable calendar quarter and ending on the ten th trading day following the end of the applicable calendar quarter. Notwithstanding participants’ elections to receive shares of fully vested Class B common stock in respect of their non‑deferred incentive bonus payments, if, in any calendar quarter, the aggregate U.S. dollar value of shares of fully vested Class B common stock payable in respect of the non‑deferred incentive bonuses exceeds $ 7,500 , the portion of each participant’s non‑deferred incentive bonus payable in shares of fully vested Class B common stock will be reduced pro rata such that the $ 7,500 limit is not exceeded, and, for each affected participant, the amount of such reduction will be payable in cash.
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the incentive compensation, including cash payments, election to receive shares of fully vested Class B common stock, and deferred compensation to plan participants, recognized under this plan (net of all applicable holdbacks) was $ 9,019 , $ 16,337 , and $ 21,463 , respectively.
Career Stock Program
In June 2024, the Committee established an equity-based incentive program to compensate a limited set of executives (the “Career Stock Program”) pursuant to which the Company may grant restricted stock units (“RSUs”) awards under the 2020 Plan. Under the Career Stock Program, the Committee may from time to time grant RSU awards to program participants, the amount of which is to be determined based upon the Company’s AOI less SBC growth in the year preceding the date of grant (the “Performance Year”) as a percentage of the difference between realized AOI less SBC growth during the Performance Year and an inflation-adjusted target growth level for such Performance Year. Any such awards, if made, would thereafter cliff vest five years following the end of the Performance Year and would otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted 28,913 RSUs with a fair value of $ 1,160 under the Career Stock Program based on the achievement of the performance goals for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, there was $ 964 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSUs under the Career Stock Program, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 4.0 years.
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Note 12: Retirement Plans
Deferred Compensation Plan
Under the Company’s DCP, certain officers and key employees may defer all or any part of their incentive compensation, and the Company may make discretionary awards on behalf of such participants. Elective participant deferrals and discretionary Company awards are received in the form of phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, which are valued for accounting purposes in the same manner as actual shares of Class B common stock, and are recorded as stock‑based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 15). The DCP has 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock reserved for issuance. As of December 31, 2025, shares of Class B common stock available for future issuance under the DCP were 4,615,798 .
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, DCP elective participant deferrals were $ 0 , $ 188 , and $ 1,765 , respectively. No discretionary contributions were made to the DCP during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock issuable by the DCP were 10,805,223 and 12,728,808 , respectively.
In August 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to the DCP, which offered to certain active executives in the DCP a one‑time, short‑term election to reallocate a limited portion of their DCP holdings from phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock into other phantom investment funds. DCP participants’ holdings in phantom investment funds are classified as liabilities in either Accruals and other current liabilities or Deferred compensation plan liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets as they will be settled in cash upon eventual distribution. The deferred compensation plan liabilities are marked to market at the end of each reporting period, with changes in the liabilities recorded as an expense (income) to Deferred compensation plan in the consolidated statements of operations.
Deferred compensation plan expense was $ 14,409 , $ 12,382 , and $ 13,580 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
The total liabilities related to the DCP are included in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:
December 31,
2025 2024
Accruals and other current liabilities $ 4,294 $ 3,798
Deferred compensation plan liabilities 106,831 96,684
Total DCP liabilities $ 111,125 $ 100,482
Other Plans
The Company maintains a qualified 401(k) profit‑sharing plan (the “401(k) Plan”) for the benefit of U.S.‑based full‑time colleagues. The Company matches 50 %, up to a maximum of 6 % of qualified cash compensation for each eligible participating colleague. The Company’s matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan were $ 6,022 , $ 5,472 , and $ 5,260 , for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
The Company also maintains various retirement benefit plans (primarily defined contribution plans) for colleagues of its international subsidiaries. The Company’s contributions to these plans were $ 14,928 , $ 13,531 , and $ 13,208 , for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
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Note 13: Preferred and Common Stock
Preferred Stock Authorized and Selected Terms
The Company’s amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Company to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Preferred stock has rights, preferences, and privileges which may be designated from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Common Stock Authorized and Selected Terms
The Company’s amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Company to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and up to 1,800,000,000 shares of Class B common stock.
The rights of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion rights. Each share of Class B common stock is entitled to one vote per share, while each share of Class A common stock is entitled to 29 votes per share and is convertible at any time into one share of Class B common stock. Class A common stock will automatically convert into Class B common stock upon certain transfers, and its votes per share will be reduced to 11 in the event none of the Bentleys (Barry J. Bentley, Gregory S. Bentley, Keith A. Bentley, Raymond B. Bentley, and Richard P. Bentley, collectively) serves as a Company director or executive officer. Class A common stock also will automatically convert into shares of Class B common stock upon the affirmative vote of at least 90 % of the then outstanding shares of Class A common stock or such time that the Bentley family (the Bentleys, certain other family members and trusts and other entities controlled by or primarily for the benefit of the Bentleys and their families, collectively) directly or indirectly, own less than 20 % of the issued and outstanding Class B common stock on a fully-diluted basis (assuming the conversion of all issued and outstanding Class A common stock).
During the year ended December 31, 2023, 64,130 shares of Class A common stock were converted to Class B common stock.
BSY Stock Repurchase Program
In May 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved the Repurchase Program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $ 200,000 of the Company’s Class B common stock through June 30, 2024 . In December 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the Repurchase Program to allow the Company also to repurchase its outstanding convertible senior notes. This additional authorization did not increase the overall dollar limit of the Repurchase Program. The Company’s authorization under the Repurchase Program approved in May 2022 expired on June 30, 2024. In March 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an extension to the Repurchase Program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $ 200,000 of the Company’s Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes from June 30, 2024 through June 30, 2026 . In November 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an extension to the Repurchase Program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $ 500,000 of the Company’s Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes from November 21, 2025 through December 31, 2028 . This updated authorization supersedes the Company’s prior authorization, which was set to expire on June 30, 2026. As of December 31, 2025, $ 481,558 was available under the Company’s Board of Directors authorization for future repurchases of Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes under the Repurchase Program.
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The shares and outstanding convertible senior notes proposed to be acquired in the Repurchase Program may be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions, through privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws. The Company intends to fund repurchases from available working capital and cash provided by operating activities. The timing, as well as the number and value of shares and/or outstanding convertible senior notes repurchased under the Repurchase Program, will be determined by the Company at its discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including management’s assessment of the intrinsic value of the Company’s shares, the market price of the Company’s Class B common stock and outstanding convertible senior notes, general market and economic conditions, available liquidity, compliance with the Company’s debt and other agreements, and applicable legal requirements. The exact number of shares and/or outstanding convertible senior notes to be repurchased by the Company is not guaranteed, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, modified, or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 2,887,224 shares for $ 125,057 , and $ 10,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2026 Notes for $ 9,797 (see Note 10) under the Repurchase Program. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 1,292,733 shares for $ 64,359 under the Repurchase Program. The Company did not make repurchases under the Repurchase Program during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Common Stock Issuances, Sales, and Repurchases
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company issued 1,657,737 shares of Class B common stock to DCP participants in connection with distributions from the plan, net of 335,295 shares which were sold back to the Company in the same period to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 14,396 . During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued 4,707,845 shares of Class B common stock to DCP participants in connection with distributions from the plan. There were no shares sold back to the Company as they were issued on a gross basis during the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 3,410,006 shares of Class B common stock to DCP participants in connection with distributions from the plan, net of 935,939 shares which were sold back to the Company in the same period to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 38,456 .
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company issued 83,791 shares of Class B common stock in connection with Bonus Plan incentive compensation, net of 47,405 shares which were sold back to the Company in the same period to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 2,371 . During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued 282,340 shares of Class B common stock in connection with the Bonus Plan incentive compensation. There were no shares sold back to the Company as they were issued on a gross basis during the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 247,867 shares of Class B common stock in connection with the Bonus Plan incentive compensation, net of 135,314 shares which were sold back to the Company in the same period to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 5,756 .
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued 844,283 shares of Class B common stock to colleagues who exercised their stock options, net of 67,146 shares withheld at exercise to pay for the cost of the stock options, as well as for $ 2,195 of applicable income tax withholdings. The Company received $ 4,007 in cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $ 40,775 .
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 2,621,959 shares of Class B common stock to colleagues who exercised their stock options, net of 238,627 shares withheld at exercise to pay for the cost of the stock options, as well as for $ 6,581 of applicable income tax withholdings. The Company received $ 11,715 in cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $ 112,025 .
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The Company has a Class B Common Stock Purchase Agreement with a strategic investor (the “Common Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the investor acquired the maximum purchase amount of $ 250,000 of the Company’s Class B common stock. The Common Stock Purchase Agreement grants to the strategic investor certain informational and protective rights, including, for so long as the Company remains party to a long-term strategic collaboration agreement with the investor the right to participate in any sale process the Company may undertake. The Common Stock Purchase Agreement expires in 2030.
Dividends
The Company declared cash dividends during the periods presented as follows:
Dividend
Per Share Amount
2025:
Fourth quarter $ 0.07 $ 21,207
Third quarter 0.07 21,263
Second quarter 0.07 21,295
First quarter 0.07 21,198
Total $ 0.28 $ 84,963
2024:
Fourth quarter $ 0.06 $ 18,130
Third quarter 0.06 18,134
Second quarter 0.06 17,980
First quarter 0.06 17,871
Total $ 0.24 $ 72,115
2023:
Fourth quarter $ 0.05 $ 14,764
Third quarter 0.05 14,768
Second quarter 0.05 14,702
First quarter 0.05 14,522
Total $ 0.20 $ 58,756
In February 2026, the Board of Directors approved cash dividends of $ 0.07 per share payable on March 19, 2026 to all stockholders of record of Class A and Class B common stock as of the close of business on March 10, 2026.
Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Bentley Systems, Incorporated Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) provides eligible colleagues of the Company with an opportunity to contribute up to 15 % of their eligible compensation toward the purchase of the Company’s Class B common stock at a discounted price, up to a maximum of $ 25 per year and subject to any other plan limitations. The ESPP has 25,000,000 shares of Class B common stock reserved for issuance.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the ESPP has been implemented by means of consecutive offering periods, which will run from January 1st (or the first trading day thereafter) through June 30th (or the first trading day prior to such date), and from July 1st (or the first trading day thereafter) through December 31st (or the first trading day prior to such date). The purchase price per share at which shares of Class B common stock are sold in an offering period under the ESPP will be equal to the lesser of 85 % of the fair market value of a share of Class B common stock (i) on the first trading day of the offering period, or (ii) on the purchase date (i.e., the last trading day of the offering period).
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During the year ended December 31, 2025, colleagues who elected to participate in the ESPP purchased a total of 280,767 shares of Class B common stock, net of shares withheld, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $ 11,534 . Of the total 291,251 shares purchased, 10,484 shares were sold back to the Company to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 539 . During the year ended December 31, 2024, colleagues who elected to participate in the ESPP purchased a total of 253,578 shares of Class B common stock, net of shares withheld, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $ 11,228 . Of the total 260,437 shares purchased, 6,859 shares were sold back to the Company to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 348 . During the year ended December 31, 2023, colleagues who elected to participate in the ESPP purchased a total of 315,840 shares of Class B common stock, net of shares withheld, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $ 9,988 . Of the total 333,324 shares purchased, 17,484 shares were sold back to the Company to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $ 845 . As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, $ 6,173 and $ 5,577 of ESPP withholdings via colleague payroll deduction were recorded in Accruals and other current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, shares of Class B common stock available for future issuance under the ESPP were 23,737,693 .
Note 14: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following:
Foreign Actuarial (Loss)
Currency Gain on
Translation Retirement Plan Total
Balance, December 31, 2022 $ ( 89,408 ) $ ( 332 ) $ ( 89,740 )
Other comprehensive income, before taxes
4,774 68 4,842
Tax expense — ( 89 ) ( 89 )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
4,774 ( 21 ) 4,753
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest — — —
Balance, December 31, 2023 ( 84,634 ) ( 353 ) ( 84,987 )
Other comprehensive (loss) income, before taxes
( 19,308 ) 220 ( 19,088 )
Tax expense — ( 45 ) ( 45 )
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes
( 19,308 ) 175 ( 19,133 )
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest ( 42 ) — ( 42 )
Balance, December 31, 2024 ( 103,900 ) ( 178 ) ( 104,078 )
Other comprehensive income, before taxes
29,360 279 29,639
Tax expense — ( 106 ) ( 106 )
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes
29,360 173 29,533
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest 13 — 13
Balance, December 31, 2025 $ ( 74,553 ) $ ( 5 ) $ ( 74,558 )
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Note 15: Stock-Based Compensation
Total stock‑based compensation expense consists of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Restricted stock and RSUs expense
$ 62,222 $ 58,921 $ 54,606
Bonus Plan expense (see Note 11) 6,823 12,344 14,801
ESPP expense (see Note 13) 2,931 2,426 2,407
Stock grants expense 600 600 600
Stock option expense — — 343
DCP elective participant deferrals expense (1) (see Note 12)
— 126 215
Total stock-based compensation expense (2)
$ 72,576 $ 74,417 $ 72,972
(1) DCP elective participant deferrals expense excludes deferred incentive bonus payable pursuant to the Bonus Plan.
(2) As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, $ 1,814 and $ 1,556 remained in Accruals and other current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
Total stock‑based compensation expense is included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Cost of subscriptions and licenses $ 3,882 $ 1,506 $ 4,444
Cost of services 2,252 3,142 3,196
Research and development 22,345 20,862 19,380
Selling and marketing 15,954 12,972 11,565
General and administrative 28,143 35,935 34,387
Total stock-based compensation expense $ 72,576 $ 74,417 $ 72,972
Stock‑based compensation expense is measured at the grant date fair value of the award and is recognized ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. Specifically for performance‑based RSUs, stock‑based compensation expense is measured at the grant date fair value of the award and is recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the number of awards expected to vest at each reporting date. The Company accounts for forfeitures of equity awards as those forfeitures occur.
The fair value of the common stock during periods prior to the IPO was determined by the Board of Directors at each award grant date based upon a variety of factors, including the results obtained from independent third‑party valuations, the Company’s financial condition, and historical financial performance.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
The Company’s 2020 Plan provides for the granting of stock, stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, and other stock‑based or performance‑based awards to certain directors, officers, colleagues, consultants, and advisors of the Company, and terminates in September 2030. The 2020 Plan provides that 25,000,000 shares of Class B common stock may be issued for equity awards. Equity awards that are expired, canceled, forfeited, or terminated for any reason will be available for future grant under the 2020 Plan. As of December 31, 2025, equity awards available for future grants under the 2020 Plan were 18,476,290 .
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Restricted Stock and RSUs
Under the 2020 Plan, the Company may grant both time‑based and performance‑based shares of restricted Class B common stock and RSUs to eligible colleagues. Time‑based awards generally vest ratably on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date. Performance‑based awards vesting is determined by the achievement of certain business growth targets, which include growth in ARR, as well as actual bookings for perpetual licenses and non‑recurring services. Performance targets are generally set for annual performance periods. The fair value of restricted stock and RSUs is determined by the product of the number of shares granted and the Company’s Class B common stock price on the grant date.
Shares of restricted stock have voting rights and, subject to the terms of the award agreements, the time‑based restricted stock awards generally accrue declared dividends which are paid upon vesting. RSUs, which may be cash or share‑settled depending on the award, do not have voting rights and, subject to the terms of the award agreements, the time‑based RSUs have dividend equivalent rights and do not accrue cash dividends. Recipients of the Company’s outstanding performance‑based restricted stock awards and RSUs are paid dividends prior to vesting.
The following is a summary of unvested RSUs activity and related information:
Time- Performance-
Based Based
Weighted Weighted
Average Average
Time- Performance- Grant Date Grant Date
Total Based Based Fair Value Fair Value
RSUs RSUs RSUs Per Share Per Share
Unvested, December 31, 2024 3,417,009 3,067,703 (1)
349,306 (2)
$ 45.45 $ 44.83
Granted 1,778,953 1,560,631 218,322 (3)
$ 40.90 $ 40.62
Vested ( 1,563,419 ) ( 1,248,515 ) ( 314,904 ) $ 43.99 $ 43.84
Forfeited and canceled ( 223,934 ) ( 216,048 ) ( 7,886 ) $ 42.87 $ 52.53
Unvested, December 31, 2025 3,408,609 3,163,771 (4)
244,838 $ 43.96 $ 42.10
(1) Includes 175,928 time‑based RSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2022 to certain officers and key employees, which cliff vested on January 31, 2025. Additionally, includes 300,964 time‑based RSUs granted during the three months ended June 30, 2024 to certain officers, which vest 20 % on each of December 15, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
(2) Primarily relates to the 2024 annual performance period. Includes 162,038 performance‑based RSUs granted during the year ended December 31, 2022 with extraordinary terms, which are described below.
(3) Primarily relates to the 2025 annual performance period. Includes 10,493 additional shares earned based on the achievement of 2024 performance goals for performance-based RSUs granted during the year ended December 31, 2024.
(4) Includes 36,124 RSUs which are expected to be settled in cash.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company granted 185,186 performance‑based RSUs to certain officers and key employees, which vest subject to the achievement of certain performance goals over a three‑year performance period (the “Performance Period”). For each year of the Performance Period, one‑third of the performance‑based RSUs were subject to a cliff, whereby no vesting of that portion would occur unless the Company’s applicable margin metrics (which, for 2022 was Adjusted EBITDA margin, and for 2023 and 2024 was AOI less SBC margin, excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations) also equaled or exceeded the relevant target level for such year. Provided that the applicable margin targets were met, the total number of performance‑based RSUs that vested were determined by the achievement of growth targets, which included growth in ARR, as well as actual bookings for perpetual licenses and non‑recurring services. As of December 31, 2024, 162,038 of the aforementioned performance‑based RSUs were outstanding. On January 31, 2025, 162,038 performance‑based RSUs were determined to be vested based on the achievement of the performance goals during the Performance Period.
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In 2016, the Company granted RSUs subject to performance‑based vesting as determined by the achievement of certain business growth targets. Certain colleagues elected to defer delivery of such shares upon vesting. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, 1,577 , 1,569 , and 1,562 shares, respectively, were delivered to colleagues, and 32 , 32 , and 36 additional shares, respectively, were earned as a result of dividends. As of December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, 4,755 , 6,300 , and 7,837 shares, respectively, of these vested and deferred RSUs remained outstanding.
The weighted average grant date fair values of RSUs granted were $ 40.87 , $ 50.36 , and $ 42.29 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, restricted stock and RSUs were issued net of 330,161 , 197,328 , and 161,841 shares, respectively, which were sold back to the Company to settle applicable income tax withholdings of $ 14,881 , $ 9,966 , and $ 7,299 , respectively.
As of December 31, 2025, there was $ 97,229 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested time‑based RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.8 years. As of December 31, 2025, there was $ 747 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested performance‑based RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.0 year.
Stock Grants
Under the 2020 Plan, the Company may grant unrestricted, fully vested shares of Class B common stock. The fair value of stock grants is determined by the product of the number of fully vested Class B common stock granted and the Company’s common stock price on the grant date. The total expense related to stock grants is recognized on the grant date as the issued awards are fully vested.
During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company granted 12,591 , 11,391 , and 12,639 fully vested shares of Class B common stock, respectively, with a fair value of $ 600 , $ 600 , and $ 600 , respectively.
ESPP
The ESPP is considered a compensatory plan as it provides eligible colleagues an option to purchase shares of the Company’s Class B common stock for 85 % of the lower of the price of the first day of the offering period or the last day of the offering period (i.e., the purchase date).
The fair value of each purchase right under the ESPP was calculated as the sum of its components, which includes the discount, a six‑month call option, and a six‑month put option. The call and put options were valued using the Black‑Scholes option pricing model. Stock‑based compensation expense is recognized ratably over the respective offering period.
Note 16: Income Taxes
The components of Income before income taxes consist of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Domestic $ 160,489 $ 118,624 $ 16,652
Foreign 190,244 174,431 166,875
Income before income taxes
$ 350,733 $ 293,055 $ 183,527
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The (Provision) benefit for income taxes consists of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Current:
Federal $ ( 4,940 ) $ ( 7,194 ) $ ( 12,899 )
State ( 1,831 ) ( 2,674 ) ( 2,567 )
Foreign ( 41,873 ) ( 36,287 ) ( 40,171 )
( 48,644 ) ( 46,155 ) ( 55,637 )
Deferred:
Federal ( 18,940 ) ( 7,627 ) 134,516
State ( 5,399 ) ( 4,057 ) 29,514
Foreign 6 ( 887 ) 34,848
( 24,333 ) ( 12,571 ) 198,878
(Provision) benefit for income taxes
$ ( 72,977 ) $ ( 58,726 ) $ 143,241
A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate after the adoption of ASU 2023‑09 (see Note 2) is as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2025
$ %
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate $ 73,654 21.0 %
U.S. federal:
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:
Stock-based compensation ( 18,673 ) ( 5.3 )
Nondeductible officer compensation 14,151 4.0
Other 324 0.1
Tax credits ( 4,958 ) ( 1.4 )
Other adjustments ( 958 ) ( 0.3 )
State and local income tax, net of U.S. federal income tax effect (1)
5,712 1.6
Foreign tax effects:
Ireland:
Foreign tax rate differential ( 11,516 ) ( 3.3 )
Other ( 1,029 ) ( 0.3 )
Other foreign jurisdictions 16,270 4.7
Effective tax rate $ 72,977 20.8 %
(1) New York state and city, California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania represent the majority of the tax effect in this category.
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A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate prior to the adoption of ASU 2023‑09 (see Note 2) is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate 21.0 % 21.0 %
State and local income tax, net of U.S. federal income tax effect 2.1 ( 0.3 )
Stock-based compensation ( 16.0 ) ( 22.9 )
Nondeductible officer compensation 14.1 14.9
Tax credits ( 3.0 ) ( 5.8 )
Withholding taxes 3.4 4.9
Foreign tax rate differential ( 3.3 ) ( 3.0 )
U.S. net tax on foreign earnings 0.5 4.2
Tax impact of internal legal entity restructuring — ( 93.1 )
Other 1.2 2.1
Effective tax rate 20.0 % ( 78.0 %)
For the year ended December 31, 2025, the effective tax rate was higher as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 primarily due to the decrease in tax benefits related to stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions, recognized in the current year. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the effective tax rate was higher as compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 primarily due to the tax benefit recognized as a result of the internal legal entity restructuring during the fourth quarter of 2023 described below, as well as a decrease in tax benefits related to stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions, partially offset by the decrease in the adverse effective tax rate impact of the net tax on foreign earnings. The decrease in net tax on foreign earnings is primarily related to increased foreign creditable taxes available to reduce the net impact of the U.S. Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusion.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the OBBBA. The OBBBA includes the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the JOBS Act, modifications to the international tax framework, and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates. The OBBBA had a favorable impact on the Company’s cash paid for income taxes in 2025, primarily attributable to the change in restoring immediate U.S. tax deductions for domestic research and development expenses. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on the effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2025.
During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company recognized a net income tax benefit of $ 170,784 attributable to internal legal entity restructuring and related intra-entity transactions as part of its continuing efforts to align intellectual property ownership with the Company’s business operating model. These transactions resulted in the recognition of deferred tax benefits arising from the net increase in deferred tax assets related to intangibles and goodwill of $ 171,622 . As of December 31, 2023, the deferred tax assets represented the undiscounted future anticipated cash tax impacts of basis differences, which were expected to be realized through tax amortization over the next 13 years, beginning in 2024. The benefit of the internal legal entity restructuring was partially offset by an increase in the effective tax rate impact of the GILTI inclusion due to the mandatory capitalization of research and development expenses for U.S. tax purposes and a decrease in tax benefits related to stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions, recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023.
The Company has elected the “period cost method” and treats taxes due on future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to Net Controlled Foreign Corporation Tested Income, formerly known as GILTI, as a current‑period expense when incurred.
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Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds, after the adoption of ASU 2023‑09 (see Note 2) was as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
2025
U.S. federal $ 10,495
U.S. state and local 4,402
Foreign:
Ireland 22,544
India 4,486
Brazil 2,608
All other foreign 7,042
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds (1)
$ 51,577
(1) Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds, excludes $ 7,518 of third‑party withholding taxes.
The following is a summary of the significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities:
December 31,
2025 2024
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued compensation $ 31,072 $ 32,875
Tax loss and credit carryforwards
18,775 19,679
Intangible assets including goodwill 118,038 142,293
Convertible debt 4,014 5,281
Lease liabilities 5,451 5,810
Other accruals not currently deductible 1,091 1,294
Allowance for doubtful accounts 787 1,048
Deferred revenues 3,273 1,899
Other 2,197 581
Total deferred tax assets 184,698 210,760
Less: Valuation allowance ( 6,411 ) ( 4,474 )
Net deferred tax assets 178,287 206,286
Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating lease right-of-use assets ( 4,314 ) ( 4,607 )
Prepaid expenses ( 1,132 ) ( 714 )
Unrealized gains and losses ( 4,088 ) ( 8,522 )
Property and equipment ( 2,753 ) ( 2,769 )
Total deferred tax liabilities ( 12,287 ) ( 16,612 )
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) $ 166,000 $ 189,674
The Company recognizes deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of NOL carryforwards, credit carryforwards, and temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the items are expected to reverse.
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The Company had deferred tax assets for tax credits and NOLs, net of unrecognized tax positions, primarily related to:
Jurisdiction: December 31, 2025 Begin to Expire
U.S. Federal NOL $ 4,463 2034
U.S. Federal research and development credits $ 60 2039
U.S. Federal foreign tax credits $ 254 2028
U.S. State NOL $ 1,473 2026
U.S. State research and development credits $ 1,237 2029
U.K. NOL $ 2,814 Indefinite
U.K. research and development credits $ 340 Indefinite
Canadian research and development credit $ 1,274 2030
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has a valuation allowance recorded against net deferred tax assets related to NOLs and tax attributes in certain jurisdictions of $ 6,411 and $ 4,474 , respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company increased the valuation allowance by $ 1,937 , which was primarily related to taxable losses in various foreign jurisdictions. A valuation allowance is required when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate whether the existing deferred tax assets will be realized.
The Company has provided for any applicable income taxes associated with current year distributions, as well as any earnings that are expected to be distributed in the future, in the calculation of the income tax provision. No additional provision has been made for U.S. and non‑U.S. income taxes on the undistributed earnings of subsidiaries that are expected to be indefinitely reinvested. A liability could arise if the Company’s intention to indefinitely reinvest such earnings were to change and amounts are distributed by such subsidiaries or if such subsidiaries are ultimately disposed. The potential tax implications of unremitted earnings are driven by the facts at the time of the distribution. It is not practicable to estimate the additional income taxes related to indefinitely reinvested earnings or the basis differences related to investments in subsidiaries.
The following is a reconciliation of the changes in gross unrecognized tax benefits:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Gross unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of year $ — $ 466 $ 910
Increases for tax positions of prior years — — 12
Decreases for tax positions of prior years — ( 26 ) ( 9 )
Increases for tax positions related to the current year — — —
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities — ( 382 ) —
Reductions as a result of lapse of the statute of limitations — ( 58 ) ( 447 )
Gross unrecognized tax benefits, end of year $ — $ — $ 466
As of December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company had total unrecognized tax benefits including interest and penalties of $ 0 , $ 0 , and $ 557 , respectively, of which $ 0 , $ 0 , and $ 554 , respectively, would impact the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized. Interest expense and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits included in the (Provision) benefit for income taxes were $ 0 , $ 91 , $ 194 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The cumulative accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits were $ 0 , $ 0 , and $ 91 as of December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
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The Company is subject to income tax in the U.S. (federal and state) and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in evaluating the Company’s tax positions and determining the provision for income taxes. During the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. The Company establishes reserves for tax‑related uncertainties based on estimates of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. These reserves are established when the Company believes that certain positions might be challenged despite its belief that the Company’s tax return positions are fully supportable. The tax benefit recognized is based on the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company adjusts these reserves in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the outcome of tax audits. The (Provision) benefit for income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations includes the impact of reserve provisions and changes to reserves that are considered appropriate. The Company records accrued interest and/or penalties, where applicable, related to unrecognized tax benefits as part of the (Provision) benefit for income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations.
The Company is currently under audit in the U.K. for years 2018 through 2023, in Ireland for year 2023, and in Canada for years 2019 through 2024. In addition, the Company is under audit in various other foreign taxing jurisdictions that are not material to the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s U.S. consolidated federal income tax returns for years 2022 through 2025 may be subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company also may be subject to examination by other significant jurisdictions, including the Inland Revenue Department for New Zealand Tax purposes for years 2020 through 2025.
In December 2021, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) adopted model rules to implement a global minimum corporate tax of 15% for companies with global revenues and profits above certain thresholds (referred to as “Pillar 2”). The OECD has continued to issue administrative guidance and interpretations regarding the Pillar 2 rules. A number of E.U. and G20 member nations, including locations where the Company currently has operations, are at various stages in the process of enacting tax legislation to incorporate aspects of the Pillar 2 rules. For countries that have adopted the model rules, certain aspects of the Pillar 2 rules became effective in 2024 and 2025, while other aspects are expected to become effective in 2026 and beyond. Due to the uncertainty regarding which countries will enact Pillar 2 legislation and in what form the legislation will be adopted, as well as uncertainty regarding the timing of individual country legislative action and the underlying complexity of the rules, the Company is still assessing the impact, if any, of the Pillar 2 legislation. Pillar 2 legislation did not have a material impact on the (Provision) benefit for income taxes in the consolidated statements for the years ended December 31, 2025 or 2024.
Note 17: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company categorizes its assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a three‑level hierarchy, based on the priority of the inputs to the respective valuation technique. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). An asset or liability’s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of significant input to its valuation. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.
The fair value hierarchy consists of the following three levels:
Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on management’s own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value.
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The Company’s financial instruments include cash equivalents, account receivables, certain other assets, accounts payable, accruals, certain other current and long‑term liabilities, and long‑term debt.
Current Assets and Current Liabilities — In general, the carrying amounts reported on the consolidated balance sheets for current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short‑term nature of those instruments.
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its fair value measurements for Level 2 financial instruments as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:
Interest Rate Swap — The fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap asset or liability is determined using an income approach and is measured based on the implied forward rates for the remaining term of the interest rate swap. The Company considers these valuation inputs to be Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.
Long-Term Debt — The fair value of the Company’s borrowings under the Credit Facility approximated its carrying value based upon discounted cash flows at current market rates for instruments with similar remaining terms. The Company considers these valuation inputs to be Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. As of December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes was $ 676,542 and $ 543,059 , respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes was $ 671,123 and $ 519,271 , respectively. The estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes is based on quoted market prices of the Company’s instrument in markets that are not active and are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret the market data and develop estimates of fair values. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts at which these instruments could be purchased, sold, or settled.
Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities — The fair value of deferred compensation plan liabilities, including the liability classified phantom investments in the DCP, are marked to market at the end of each reporting period.
Financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis consist of the following:
December 31, 2025 Level 1 Level 2 Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)
$ 17,838 $ — $ 17,838
Interest rate swap (2)
— 21,934 21,934
Total assets $ 17,838 $ 21,934 $ 39,772
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (3)
$ 111,125 $ — $ 111,125
Cash-settled equity awards (4)
361 — 361
Total liabilities $ 111,486 $ — $ 111,486
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December 31, 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)
$ 5,648 $ — $ 5,648
Interest rate swap (2)
— 32,172 32,172
Total assets $ 5,648 $ 32,172 $ 37,820
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (3)
$ 100,482 $ — $ 100,482
Cash-settled equity awards (4)
440 — 440
Total liabilities $ 100,922 $ — $ 100,922
(1) Included in Cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2) Included in Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3) Included in Deferred compensation plan liabilities , except for current liabilities of $ 4,294 and $ 3,798 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which are included in Accruals and other current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
(4) Included in Accruals and other current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
Note 18: Commitments and Contingencies
Purchase Commitments
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various purchase commitments for goods and services. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company entered into approximately $ 7,900 and $ 45,500 , respectively, of non‑cancelable future cash purchase commitments for services related to cloud provisioning of the Company’s software and for internal‑use software costs. As of December 31, 2025, total non‑cancelable future cash purchase commitments were approximately $ 53,700 , of which the Company expects approximately $ 17,600 to be paid over the next 12 months and approximately $ 36,100 to be paid through September 2029. The Company expects to fully consume its contractual commitments in the ordinary course of operations.
Litigation
From time to time, the Company is involved in certain legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, based upon the advice of counsel, the outcome of such actions is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Guarantees
The Company’s software license agreements typically provide for indemnification of customers for intellectual property infringement claims. The Company also warrants to customers, when requested, that its software products operate substantially in accordance with standard specifications for a limited period of time. The Company has not incurred significant obligations under customer indemnification or warranty provisions historically and does not expect to incur significant obligations in the future. Accordingly, the Company does not maintain accruals for potential customer indemnification or warranty‑related obligations.
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Note 19: Segment and Geographic Information
The Company operates and manages its business in a single reportable segment, the development and marketing of computer software and related services. The Company defines its CODM to be its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis. The Company’s reported measures of profit or loss for segment reporting purposes are Net income and AOI less SBC. The CODM is regularly provided Net income and AOI less SBC to understand the Company’s financial and operating results across accounting periods and for comparison of the Company’s results to those of other companies. The CODM regularly reviews AOI less SBC for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, to evaluate operating performance, and to make decisions on allocation of resources. The CODM does not use segment asset information to evaluate operating performance or allocate resources.
The presentation of Net income is included in the consolidated statements of operations. AOI less SBC is a non‑GAAP financial measure and is defined as operating income adjusted for the following: amortization of purchased intangibles, expense (income) relating to deferred compensation plan liabilities, acquisition expenses (inclusive of cash‑settled retention incentives provided to key employees of acquired companies), and realignment expenses (income), for the respective periods.
Reconciliation of operating income to AOI less SBC:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Operating income
$ 362,621 $ 302,150 $ 230,542
Amortization of purchased intangibles (see Note 6)
45,658 46,679 51,219
Deferred compensation plan
14,409 12,382 13,580
Acquisition expenses (1)
7,229 10,222 17,866
Realignment expenses (2)
— 789 11,470
AOI less SBC
$ 429,917 $ 372,222 $ 324,677
Further explanation of certain of the Company’s adjustments in arriving at AOI less SBC are as follows:
(1) Acquisition expenses . The Company incurs expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are recorded in General and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations. Also included in the Company’s acquisition expenses are cash‑settled retention incentives provided to key employees of the acquired companies.
(2) Realignment expenses . During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company approved the 2023 Program. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized realignment costs related to the aforementioned program of $ 847 and $ 12,579 , respectively, which represent termination benefits for colleagues whose roles were impacted (see Note 21). For the year ended December 31, 2023, realignment expenses were partially offset by income associated with the continued wind down of the Company’s Russian entities following our exit from operations beginning in the second quarter of 2022.
“Headcount‑related” costs are considered the Company’s significant expense category and primarily include salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock‑based compensation expense, employment taxes, travel, training, and realignment and optimization of the Company’s colleagues, and third‑party personnel expenses and related overhead. The CODM is regularly provided headcount‑related costs to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, to evaluate financial performance, and to align colleague resources and evaluate compensation to support the Company’s operational efficiency and maximize long‑term growth. Headcount‑related costs of $ 851,674 , $ 787,248 , and $ 748,772 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, are included in Cost of subscriptions and licenses , Cost of services , Research and development , Selling and marketing , and General and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations .
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Under the Company’s Net income measure of profit or loss for segment reporting purposes, other segment items were $ 372,311 , $ 331,414 , and $ 152,854 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023, respectively. These other segment items primarily include cloud‑related costs incurred for servicing the Company’s accounts using cloud provisioned offerings and the Company’s license administration platform, channel partner compensation for providing sales coverage to users, marketing costs, acquisition costs, depreciation expense, and amortization expense recorded in Cost of subscriptions and licenses , Cost of services , Research and development , Selling and marketing , and General and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, other segment items include Deferred compensation plan expense (income), Amortization of purchased intangibles , and non‑operating expense (income) amounts presented in the consolidated statements of operations.
Under the Company’s AOI less SBC measure of profit or loss for segment reporting purposes, other segment items were $ 226,234 , $ 202,994 , and $ 179,246 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. These other segment items primarily include cloud‑related costs incurred for servicing the Company’s accounts using cloud provisioned offerings and the Company’s license administration platform, channel partner compensation for providing sales coverage to users, marketing costs, and depreciation expense recorded in Cost of subscriptions and licenses , Cost of services , Research and development , Selling and marketing , and General and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations. Within the reconciliation of AOI less SBC, cash‑settled retention incentives provided to key employees of acquired companies included as a component of acquisition expenses and costs associated with the 2023 Program included as a component of realignment expenses totaling $ 6,046 , $ 9,369 , and $ 24,282 for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, are excluded from the calculation of headcount‑related costs.
Revenues by geographic region are presented in Note 3. Long‑lived assets (other than goodwill), net of depreciation and amortization by geographic region (see Notes 5, 6, and 8) are as follows:
December 31,
2025 2024
Americas (1)
$ 213,352 $ 230,964
EMEA 31,684 32,712
APAC 15,154 16,384
Total long-lived assets $ 260,190 $ 280,060
(1) Americas includes the U.S., Canada, and Latin America (including the Caribbean).
Note 20: Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income (expense), net consists of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
(Loss) gain from:
Change in fair value of interest rate swap (see Note 17) $ ( 10,238 ) $ 10 $ ( 5,038 )
Foreign exchange (1)
2,578 939 2,497
Receipts related to interest rate swap
7,390 9,309 8,803
Other income (expense), net (2)
817 2,691 ( 13,484 )
Total other income (expense), net
$ 547 $ 12,949 $ ( 7,222 )
(1) Foreign exchange gain is primarily attributable to foreign currency translation derived mainly from U.S. dollar denominated cash and cash equivalents, account receivables, customer deposits, and intercompany balances held by foreign subsidiaries.
(2) Other income (expense), net for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes non-marketable equity investment impairment and other charges of $( 16,988 ), partially offset by gains on non-marketable equity investments of $ 2,360 (see Note 7).
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Note 21: Realignment Costs
During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company approved a strategic realignment program to better serve the Company’s accounts and to better align resources with the strategy of the business, including reinvestment in go-to-market functions, as well as in AI in product development. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company incurred realignment costs related to the aforementioned program of $ 847 and $ 12,579 , respectively, which represent termination benefits for colleagues whose roles were impacted. The 2023 Program activities, including payments of termination benefits, were completed as of December 31, 2024.
Realignment costs (income) by expense classification were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023
Cost of revenues:
Cost of subscriptions and licenses $ 1,227 $ 839
Cost of services ( 85 ) 1,246
Total cost of revenues 1,142 2,085
Operating expenses:
Research and development ( 118 ) 4,995
Selling and marketing 413 4,012
General and administrative ( 590 ) 1,487
Total operating expenses ( 295 ) 10,494
Total realignment costs $ 847 $ 12,579
Accruals and other current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets included amounts related to the realignment activities as follows:
Balance, December 31, 2023 $ 12,459
Realignment costs 847
Payments ( 12,768 )
Adjustments (1)
( 538 )
Balance, December 31, 2024 $ —
(1) Adjustments include foreign currency translation and other adjustments.
Note 22: Net Income Per Share Attributable to Bentley Systems Stockholders
To compute the numerator of basic net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders , u ndistributed net income attributable to Bentley Systems allocated to participating securities (described further below) using the required two‑class method, is subtracted from net income attributable to Bentley Systems. The denominator of basic net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders is the weighted average number of shares, inclusive of undistributed shares held in the DCP as phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock.
The Company issues certain performance-based RSUs determined to be participating securities because holders of such shares have non-forfeitable dividend rights in the event of the Company’s declaration of a dividend for common shares. As of December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, there were 207,829 , 349,306 , and 365,641 participating securities outstanding, respectively.
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To compute the numerator of diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders , interest expense, net of tax, attributable to the assumed conversion of the convertible senior notes using the if‑converted method is added back to basic net income attributable to Bentley Systems . To compute the denominator of diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders , the basic weighted average number of shares is adjusted for the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under the Company’s equity compensation plans and ESPP using the treasury stock method , and for the dilutive effect of the assumed conversion of the convertible senior notes using the if‑converted method.
Except with respect to voting and conversion, the rights of the holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock are identical. Each class of shares has the same rights to dividends and allocation of income (loss) and, therefore, net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders would not differ under the two‑class method.
The details of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders are as follows :
Year Ended December 31,
2025 2024 2023
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Bentley Systems
$ 277,861 $ 234,787 $ 326,787
Less: Net income attributable to Bentley Systems allocated to participating securities
( 58 ) ( 84 ) ( 74 )
Basic net income attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders
277,803 234,703 326,713
Add: Interest expense, net of tax, attributable to assumed conversion of convertible senior notes 6,720 6,880 6,874
Diluted net income attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders
$ 284,523 $ 241,583 $ 333,587
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares 314,690,707 314,886,615 312,358,823
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock, and RSUs 807,288 1,185,014 2,435,456
Dilutive effect of ESPP 85,637 68,752 75,568
Dilutive effect of assumed conversion of convertible senior notes 17,505,581 17,633,786 17,633,786
Diluted weighted average shares 333,089,213 333,774,167 332,503,633
Net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders:
Basic $ 0.88 $ 0.75 $ 1.05
Diluted $ 0.85 $ 0.72 $ 1.00
For the year ended December 31, 2025, 139,424 RSUs were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders as including them would have an anti‑dilutive effect. There were no anti‑dilutive securities for the years ended December 31, 2024 or 2023.
The Company repaid the 2026 Notes at maturity on January 15, 2026, and no shares of the Company’s Class B common stock were issued upon settlement. Subsequent to repayment, the 2026 Notes no longer represent potential common shares and, as a result, approximately 10 million shares will be excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares.
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