<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000876167-18-000080.txt : 20180820
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180820164944
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000876167-18-000080
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180810
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180820
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180820

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sweis Faris
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001750313

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19417
		FILM NUMBER:		181028684

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		14 OAK PARK DR.
		CITY:			BEDFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01730

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
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to Progress Software Corporation's (the &quot;Company's&quot;) 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest in six equal semiannual installments beginning October 1, 2016, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F4">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest in six equal semiannual installments beginning April 1, 2017, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents performance-based restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  One-third of the restricted stock units vest beginning April 1, 2017 and the remaining restricted stock units vest in four equal semiannual installments beginning October 1, 2017, subject to the Company meeting revenue and operating income criteria for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2016, and the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Represents performance-based restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest on February 1, 2019, subject to the Company meeting total shareholder return criteria over the three-year period ending November 30, 2018, and the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The stock options vest in eight equal semiannual installments beginning October 1, 2017, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest in six equal semiannual installments beginning October 1, 2017, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Represents performance-based restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest on February 1, 2020, subject to the Company meeting total shareholder return criteria over the three-year period ending November 30, 2019, and the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Represents restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest in six equal semiannual installments beginning October 1, 2018, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">The stock options vest in eight equal semiannual installments beginning October 1, 2018, subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Represents performance-based restricted stock units acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.  The restricted stock units vest on February 1, 2021, subject to the Company meeting total shareholder return and operating income criteria over the three-year period ending November 30, 2020, and the continued employment of the Reporting Person with the Company.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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<DESCRIPTION>FARIS SWEIS POA
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Stephen H. Faberman, Chief Legal
Officer of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company"),
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 August, 2018.



/s/Faris Sweis
Signature


_Faris Sweis_________________
Print Name
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