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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-25-005614
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250113
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250123
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250123

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lee James K
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002052647
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39548
		FILM NUMBER:		25550304

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
		STREET 2:		685 STOCKTON DRIVE
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001031308
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				953936623
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		685 STOCKTON DRIVE
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6104585000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		685 STOCKTON DRIVE
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341
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        <issuerName>BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Lee James K</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Michael T. Fischette as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-01-23</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">Know all by these presents that
the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of David R. Shaman, Michael T. Fischette and Mariel E. Quigley, or any one
of them, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned, with full powers of substitution and revocation, for and
in the name, place and stead of the undersigned (in the undersigned's individual capacity), to execute and deliver such forms that the
undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or
transactions in securities of Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (i) pursuant to Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including
any amendments thereto), and (ii) in connection with any applications for EDGAR access codes or any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
without limitation any Form ID application or Update Passphrase request. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned acknowledges that David R. Shaman, Michael T. Fischette
and Mariel E. Quigley are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.</P>

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  <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:</TD>
  <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%">/s/ James Lee</TD></TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Name:</TD>
  <TD> James K. Lee</TD></TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Date:</TD>
  <TD>January 17, 2025</TD></TR>
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