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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-20-010813
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200821

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001031308
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				953936623
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		690 PENNSYLVANIA DR
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341
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144pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Re:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Bentley Systems, Incorporated</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 172.8pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Amendment No. 2 to</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 172.8pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 172.8pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Submitted August 7, 2020</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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N.E.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Washington D.C. 20549</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">On behalf of Bentley Systems, Incorporated (the &#8220;</font><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Registrant</u><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), we are writing to respond to the comments set forth in the comment letter of the staff (the &#8220;</font><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Staff</u><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Commission</u><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) dated August 14, 2020 (the &#8220;</font><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Comment Letter</u><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) relating to the above-referenced Amendment No.&#160;2 to the draft Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-1 confidentially submitted on August 7, 2020 (the &#8220;</font><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Draft Registration Statement</u><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). The Draft Registration Statement has been revised in response to the Staff&#8217;s comments and to reflect that it has been filed rather than confidentially submitted, and the Registrant is hereby publicly filing concurrently with this letter its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the &#8220;</font><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Registration Statement</u><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) with the Commission.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">In addition, we are providing the following responses to the Comment Letter. To assist your review, we have retyped the text of the Staff&#8217;s comments in italics below. Page&#160;references in the text of this letter correspond to the pages&#160;of the Registration Statement. Unless otherwise defined below, </font></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">1</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:30pt;width:100%;"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">August 21, 2020</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">terms defined in the Registration Statement and used below shall have the meanings given to them in the Registration Statement. The responses and information described below are based upon information provided to us by the Registrant.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Prospectus Summary, page&#160;1</u></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">1.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">We note your revised disclosures in response to prior comment 1. Please revise to also include this information for the interim periods ending June 30, 2020 and 2019.</i></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 54pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">The Registrant has revised the disclosure on pages 3 and 111 to disclose the number of accounts for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020.</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">2.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">We note your response to prior comment 2. Please disclose in the summary section that you authored the 2019 Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners report.</i></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 54pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">The Registrant has revised the disclosure on page 2 to disclose that the </font><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">2019 Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners</i><font style="font-size:12pt;"> report was authored by the Registrant.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Risk Factors</u></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Class B Common Stock</u></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">The choice of forum provision..., page 48</u></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">3.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">We note that your forum selection provision identifies the federal district court for the District of Delaware as the exclusive forum for claims brought under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. Please also state that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. In that regard, we note that Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.</i></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 54pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">The Registrant has revised the disclosure on page 48 to state that investors cannot waive compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder and to clarify that such forum selection provision is applicable only to the extent permitted by applicable law.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Capitalization, page 56</u></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">4.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Please revise the introductory paragraph to disclose the amount of additional share-based compensation expense that will be included in as adjusted accumulated deficit for the 994,912 shares of Class B stock that will vest upon consummation of this offering. With regards to the shares of Class B stock that will be sold in this offering following the exercise of stock options for such shares, please tell us how you determined this adjustment meets the factually supportable criteria of Rule 11-02(b)(6) of Regulation S-X. In this regard, tell us </i></p></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">2</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:30pt;width:100%;"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">August 21, 2020</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 36pt;"><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">whether you have enforceable commitments from certain option holders of their intent to exercise such options.</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 54pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">In response to the first part of the Staff&#8217;s comment, the Registrant has </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">revised the disclosure on pages 20 and 55 to disclose the amount of additional share-based compensation expense that will be included in as adjusted accumulated deficit for the total shares of restricted Class B common stock that will vest upon the consummation of the offering and to disclose the amount of additional share-based compensation expense for the restricted stock units that will vest upon the consummation of the offering and be settled in cash.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 54pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">In response to the second part of the Staff&#8217;s comment, the Registrant respectfully advises the Staff that the Registrant has received contractual commitments from such option holders to exercise their options upon the consummation of the offering and that therefore the Registrant believes the adjustment meets the </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">factually supportable criteria of Rule 11-02(b)(6) of Regulation S-X.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Consolidated Financial Statements</u></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Note 23. Subsequent Events, page F-79</u></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">5.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;"><i style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">With regard to the restricted stock awards granted after June 30, 2020, please revise to disclose the amount of estimated unrecognized stock-based compensation expense that is associated with these awards. 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