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0001897760
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000876167
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
000-19417
15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400
BURLINGTON
MA
01803
(781) 280-4000
SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAN
Officer
Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
38th Floor
New York
NY
10004
2475
142016.24
43880206
02/09/2024
NASDAQ
COMMON
04/01/2022
Restricted Stock
ISSUER
N
1853
04/01/2022
Not Applicable
COMMON
04/01/2023
Restricted Stock
ISSUER
N
622
04/01/2023
Not Applicable
N
SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAN
15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400
BURLINGTON
MA
01803
Common
01/08/2024
750
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SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAN
15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400
BURLINGTON
MA
01803
Common
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SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAN
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BURLINGTON
MA
01803
Common
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SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAN
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BURLINGTON
MA
01803
Common
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SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAN
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BURLINGTON
MA
01803
Common
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02/09/2024
08/09/2023
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