X0303 4 2009-03-19 0001094093 PROGRESS ENERGY INC PGN 0001453071 Schiller Frank A 410 S. WILMINGTON STREET RALEIGH NC 27601 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2009-03-19 4 F 0 187 34.7102 D 25562 D Common Stock 4549 I Employee 401(k) Plan Restricted Stock Units that were granted on March 17, 2008, vested on March 18, 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the participant's Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, those units were converted to shares of our Common Stock and on March 19, 2009, the number of shares necessary to pay the required taxes was withheld and sold. Includes 147 shares acquired through routine acquisitions of the Company's stock under Progress Energy's 401(k) Plan between January 2009 and February 2009. Frank A. Schiller by Arlene S. Graves pursuant to POA 2009-03-23