UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 21, 2011

PAREXEL International Corporation

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Massachusetts		0-27058		04-2776269
(State or other juris-		(Commission		(IRS Employer
diction of incorporation		File Number)		Identification No.)

195 West Street, Waltham, Massachusetts		02451
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 487-9900

Not applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     On September 21, 2011, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of PAREXEL International Corporation (the “Company”) approved targets under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan, or MIP, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or Fiscal Year 2012. Under the MIP for Fiscal Year 2012, incentives of the executive officers disclosed in our Proxy Statement, dated October 29, 2010 (the “Named Executive Officers”), are based on the achievement of corporate, business unit and personal goals. The corporate goals set by the Committee include specific earnings per share, or EPS, and backlog objectives, and the business unit objectives are based on achieving predetermined business unit operating margin, or BOM, and customer satisfaction objectives. Personal goals collectively constitute 20% of each executive’s Fiscal Year 2012 MIP opportunity. For Fiscal Year 2012, corporate and business unit goals were set to have a roughly 80% chance of attainment based on budgets, market conditions and historical factors. For executives to be awarded any payment under the corporate EPS or BOM elements of the Fiscal Year 2012 MIP, at least 90% of the targeted value has to be attained. For executives to be awarded any payment under the backlog element of the fiscal year 2012 MIP, 100% or more of the targeted value has to be attained. Over-achievement of certain goals enables an individual to earn more than 100% of the targeted MIP. However, to the extent any such over-achievement payment would cause the Company to miss its targets, that payment is reduced.

     The metrics for Fiscal Year 2012 bonus opportunities under the Company’s MIP for the Named Executive Officers, excluding personal goals, are as follows:

				Target				Maximum
				Percent		Maximum Percent		Percent
Name		Metrics		of Base1		of Target2		of Base3
Josef H. von Rickenbach		Backlog		100%		120.0%		120.0%
Chairman & CEO		EPS
James F. Winschel, Jr.		Backlog		55%		127.5%		70.1%
Senior Vice President & CFO		EPS
Mark A. Goldberg, M.D.		Backlog		65%		118.8%		77.2%
Chief Operating Officer		EPS
		Customer
		Satisfaction
Ulf Schneider, PhD.		Backlog		45%		122.5%		55.1%
Senior Vice President & CAO		EPS
Kurt A. Brykman		Backlog		45%		125.0%		56.3%
President, PCMS		EPS BOM Customer
		Satisfaction

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.