---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-24-000304"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRGS"
cik: "0000876167"
company_name: "PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:30:41.341459+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Progress Software shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay and stock plan increase

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 33.5M to 36.6M.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 35.5M for, 1.1M against, 64K abstain.
- Stock plan share increase approved with 34.0M for, 2.7M against, 68K abstain.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for FY2024 with 37.4M for, 2.0M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-24-000304
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRGS
- cik: 0000876167
- company_name: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278124000304/0001552781-24-000304-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278124000304/e24238_prgs-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000304
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000304.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000304.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 4 - The ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023: For Against Abstain 37,384,799 2,044,726 63,866
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278124000304/0001552781-24-000304-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Election of nine members to the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors: Total Vote For Each Director Total Vote Withheld From Each Director Broker Non-Votes Paul T. Dacier 33,479,775 3,241,872 2,771,744 John R. Egan 33,366,842 3,354,805 2,771,744 Rainer Gawlick 36,570,113 151,534 2,771,744 Yogesh Gupta 35,994,428 727,219 2,771,744 Charles F. Kane 33,811,288 2,910,359 2,771,744 Samskriti Y. King 36,578,218 143,429 2,771,744 David A. Krall 34,950,635 1,771,012 2,771,744 Angela T. Tucci 36,480,076 241,571 2,771,744 Vivian Vitale 34,729,991 1,991,656 2,771,744
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278124000304/0001552781-24-000304-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2023 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 35,523,816 1,133,475 64,356 2,771,744
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278124000304/0001552781-24-000304-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3 - Approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,954,507 2,699,061 68,079 2,771,744
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278124000304/0001552781-24-000304-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.