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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Aquilina Antonio J.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION

14 OAK PARK DRIVE

(Street)

BEDFORD

01730

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/10/2013

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA [ PRGS ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP, Strategy & Corp. Dev.

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	16,183	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Employee Stock Option	⁽¹⁾	01/15/2019	Common Stock	40,000⁽²⁾	18.82	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	Common Stock	16,000⁽⁴⁾	0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	16,250⁽⁶⁾	0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾	Common Stock	15,000	0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽⁸⁾	⁽⁸⁾	Common Stock	10,000	0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽⁹⁾	⁽⁹⁾	Common Stock	10,938⁽¹⁰⁾	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These options vest in forty-two (42) equal monthly increments commencing on July 1, 2012.

2. As of the date of this filing, options to purchase 12,381 shares have vested.

3. Represents restricted stock units acquired by Reporting Person as part of New Hire Grant pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Each restricted stock unit vests in six equal semiannual installments beginning on October 1, 2012, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Progress Software Corporation.

4. As of the date of this filing, 5,332 restricted stock units have vested.

5. Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Each restricted stock unit vests in six equal semiannual installments beginning on October 1, 2012, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Progress Software Corporation.

6. As of the date of this filing, 5,416 restricted stock units have vested.

7. Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Each restricted stock unit vests in six equal semiannual installments beginning on October 1, 2013, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Progress Software Corporation.

8. Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Each restricted stock unit vests in four equal semiannual installments beginning on October 1, 2013, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Progress Software Corporation.

9. Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. 3,645 restricted stock units vested on April 1, 2013. The remaining restricted stock units vest in four equal semiannual installments beginning on October 1, 2013, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Progress Software Corporation.

10. As of the date of this filing, 3,645 restricted stock units have vested.

Remarks:

	Stephen H. Faberman, Attorney-in-fact	08/05/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Craig Newfield, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company"), and Stephen H. Faberman, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Company, signing singly, with full power of substitution, 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 ___ day of January, 2012.







        ________________________

        Signature









        Tony Aquilina_____________

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