PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 5, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA (PRGS)
CIK: 0000876167
Period of Report: 2012-01-03

Reporting Person: GUPTA RAM (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-03	Common Stock	M	625	$13.01	Acquired	5255	Direct
2012-01-03	Common Stock	S	625	$19.77	Disposed	4630	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-03	Stock Option	$13.01	M	625	Disposed	2015-10-15	Common Stock (625)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The trading activity reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on February 17, 2011.

F2: Six - sixtieths of the option vested on the date of grant, thereafter the option vests in equal monthly increments over a 54 month period commencing on November 1, 2008.