X0303 4 2009-03-19 0001094093 PROGRESS ENERGY INC PGN 0001358752 Sims Paula J 410 S. WILMINGTON STREET RALEIGH NC 27601 0 1 0 0 Sr. Vice President Common Stock 2009-03-19 4 F 0 381 34.7102 D 37032 D Common Stock 848 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 352 shares acquired through routine acquisitions of the Company's stock under Progress Energy's 401(k) Plan between March 2008 and February 2009. Paula J. Sims by Arlene S. Graves pursuant to POA 2009-03-23