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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140918162819
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001619688-14-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140901
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140918

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:			MA
		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:			Benedict Michael
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001619688

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19417
		FILM NUMBER:		141110315

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14 OAK PARK DRIVE
		CITY:			BEDFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01730
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        <footnote id="F3">Eight-sixtieths (8/60) of the options were vested and exercisable on the grant date. The remaining options vested in 52 equal monthly increments commencing on November 1, 2008.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F5">Three-sixtieths (3/60) of the options were vested and exercisable on the grant date. The remaining options vested in 57 equal monthly increments commencing on June 1, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">As of the date of this filing, these options have fully vested and 540 shares were already sold.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Eight-sixtieths (8/60) of the options were vested and exercisable on the grant date. The remaining options vest in 52 equal monthly increments commencing on November 1, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">As of the date of this filing, these options have fully vested and 7,740 shares were already sold.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Two-sixtieths (2/60) of the option were vested and exercisable on the grant date. The remaining options vest in 58 equal monthly increments commencing on May 1, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">As of the date of this filing, 4,125 options have vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Two-forty-eights (2/48) of the option were vested and exercisable on the grant date. The remaining options vest in 46 equal monthly increments commencing on May 1, 2011.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">As of the date of this filing, 1,344 options have vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer'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 Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">As of the date of this filing, 5,198 restricted stock units have vested and been released.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer'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 Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F16">As of the date of this filing, 5,000 restricted stock units have vested and been released.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F17">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. 1,749 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 Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F18">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. The restricted stock units vest in six equal semiannual installments beginning on October 1, 2014, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F19">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person upon conversion of performance share units relating to FY13 performance pursuant to the Issuer's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.  One-third of the restricted stock units vested on April 1, 2014, with the remaining restricted stock units vesting in four semiannual installments over two years, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F20">As of the date of this filing, 3,933 restricted stock units have vested and been released.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F21">Represents performance-based restricted stock units that vest based on Issuer's total shareholder return over a three-year period, as will be determined at the first meeting of the Issuer's compensation committee following November 30, 2016.</footnote>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY







Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints Stephen H. Faberman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company") and Shana L. York,

Counsel of 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 15th day of September, 2014.







/Michael Benedict/

Signature





Michael Benedict

Print Name

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