0001465475-15-000003.txt : 20150708 0001465475-15-000003.hdr.sgml : 20150708 20150708165711 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001465475-15-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150706 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150708 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150708 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000876167 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 042746201 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14 OAK PARK CITY: BEDFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01730 BUSINESS PHONE: 781-280-4473 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14 OAK PARK DRIVE CITY: BEDFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01730 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Benson David A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001465475 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19417 FILM NUMBER: 15979697 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14 OAK PARK DRIVE CITY: BEDFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01730 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-07-06 0000876167 PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA PRGS 0001465475 Benson David A C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION 14 OAK PARK DRIVE BEDFORD MA 01730 0 1 0 0 EVP and CIO Common Stock 2015-07-06 4 M 0 22500 14.29 A 64638 D Common Stock 2015-07-06 4 S 0 22500 30.24 D 42138 D Stock Options 14.29 2015-07-06 4 M 0 22500 0 D 2016-07-15 Common Stock 22500 0 D Includes 76 shares of common stock acquired through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. These options vested in equal monthly increments over a 54 month period commencing on January 2, 2010. Stephen H. Faberman, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-07-08 EX-24 2 attach_1.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY







Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen H. Faberman, Vice President and General Counsel of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company"), signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of the Company, Form 144 Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;



2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 144, 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interests of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this ___th day of July, 2013.









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David Benson

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