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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000876167-22-000131
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220705
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220705

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Tucci Angela
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001626495

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19417
		FILM NUMBER:		221065841

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3333 WALNUT STREET
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301

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:		15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400
		CITY:			BURLINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		781-280-4473

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400
		CITY:			BURLINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01803
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents deferred stock units issued to the Reporting Person by Progress Software Corporation (the &quot;Company&quot;) as the fiscal year 2022 equity retainer for the Reporting Person's services as a director of the Company during such period.  These deferred stock units were issued in accordance with the Company's FY22 Director Compensation Plan pursuant to the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and are payable on a one-for-one basis exclusively in common stock on the earlier of a change in control of the Company or the date the Reporting Person terminates service on the board of directors of the Company (the &quot;Board of Directors&quot;).  The deferred stock units will vest on the date of the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service on the Board of Directors until such date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Anthony Folger, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-07-05</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>1 - TUCCI POA (6.23.2022)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints YuFan Stephanie Wang, Acting Chief Legal Officer, and Anthony Folger, Chief Financial Officer of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company"), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-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: (i) Form 144 Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; and (ii) Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (collectively, the "Forms");

2.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.    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 such Forms 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 on June 23, 2022.




/s/ Angela Tucci
Signature


Angela Tucci
Print Name
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