# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000876167
**File Stem:** 0001552781-26-000319
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 7664
**Document Hash:** 62cc56501420d69dc281318bc3bf2216
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001552781-26-000319.hdr.sgml**: 20260511

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001552781-26-000319

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260507

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260511

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260511

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000876167
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 042746201
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1130

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-19417
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26960726

**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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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**May 7, 2026**

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

____________________

**Progress Software Corporation**

PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **0-19417** | **04-2746201** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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|:---|:---|
| **15 Wayside Road, Suite 400, Burlington, Massachusetts** | **01803** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**(781) 280-4000**

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**Not applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| **Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share** | **PRGS** | **The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On May 7, 2026, Progress Software Corporation (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on the matters disclosed in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on, and distributed to its stockholders commencing on or about, March 25, 2026, in connection with the Annual Meeting (the "Proxy Statement"). Set forth below are the final voting results for the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The election of nine members to the Board of Directors of the Company, to serve
until the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's
named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) The approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance
under the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) The approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance
under the Company's 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026.

The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to the stockholders:

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***Proposal 1 – Election of Directors:***

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Total Vote**<br> **For**<br> **Each Director** | **Total Vote**<br> **Withheld From**<br> **Each Director** | <br>**Broker Non-Votes** |
| Paul T. Dacier | 31169530 | 2038865 | 3894436 |
| John R. Egan | 31124676 | 2083719 | 3894436 |
| Rainer Gawlick | 32295438 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;912957 | 3894436 |
| Yogesh K. Gupta | 31990304 | 1218091 | 3894436 |
| Charles F. Kane | 31255597 | 1952798 | 3894436 |
| Samskriti Y. King | 32290374 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;918021 | 3894436 |
| David A. Krall | 31407753 | 1800642 | 3894436 |
| Angela T. Tucci | 32301276 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;907119 | 3894436 |
| Vivian M. Vitale | 31582806 | 1625589 | 3894436 |

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***Proposal 2 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:***

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker <br> Non-Votes** |
| 31,236,329 | 1,956,233 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15,833 | 3894436 |

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***Proposal 3 – Approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Company's 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated:***

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker <br> Non-Votes** |
| 30,766,625 | 2,421,416 | 20,354 | 3894436 |

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***Proposal 4 – Approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Company's 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated:***

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker <br> Non-Votes** |
| 33,065,101 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;137,046 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6,248 | 3894436 |

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***Proposal 5 – Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026:***

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** |
|  36,258,725 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;794,673 | 49,433 |

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**Signatures**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | Progress Software Corporation | Progress Software Corporation |
| Date: May 11, 2026 |  |  |
|  | By: | /s/ YUFAN STEPHANIE WANG |
|  |  | YuFan Stephanie Wang |
|  |  | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |

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