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0001887559
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000876167
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
000-19417
15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400
BURLINGTON
MA
01803
(781) 280-4000
JENNIFER L ORTIZ
Officer
Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
1 New York Plaza
38th Floor
New York
NY
10004
4203
237844.41
43307145
04/20/2023
NASD
COMMON
03/31/2019
ESPP
ISSUER
N
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03/31/2019
Cash
COMMON
06/30/2022
ESPP
ISSUER
N
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Cash
COMMON
03/31/2022
ESPP
ISSUER
N
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Cash
COMMON
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ESPP
ISSUER
N
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Cash
COMMON
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RSU
ISSUER
N
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NONE
COMMON
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ESPP
ISSUER
N
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Cash
COMMON
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ISSUER
N
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ISSUER
N
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ISSUER
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ISSUER
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ISSUER
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ISSUER
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ISSUER
N
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ISSUER
N
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ISSUER
N
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ISSUER
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NONE
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N
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NONE
Y
04/20/2023
01/20/2023
/s/ Jennifer Ortiz