---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-26-000319"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRGS"
cik: "0000876167"
company_name: "PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA"
filed_at: "2026-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:23:56.121591+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Progress Software shareholders approve equity plan increases and advisory say-on-pay

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; each received 31.1M to 32.3M votes for (excl. broker non-votes).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 31.2M for, 1.96M against, 15.8K abstain.
- 2008 Stock Option & Incentive Plan share increase approved: 30.8M for, 2.4M against.
- 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan share increase approved: 33.1M for, 137K against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2026: 36.3M for, 794K against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-26-000319
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRGS
- cik: 0000876167
- company_name: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA
- filed_at: 2026-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/0001552781-26-000319-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/e26246_prgs-8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000319.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 310775ee2a949b0e3af4a20733e95f7d8a705d15
  claim: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Election of nine members to the Board of Directors at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: (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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/0001552781-26-000319-index.htm
- claim_id: 818b73be7db3ce43c35e6d1cef833a73174a4837
  claim: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 31,236,329 1,956,233 15,833 3,894,436
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/0001552781-26-000319-index.htm
- claim_id: a53759a9088270a244456c1ac0ded7217518f68b
  claim: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved 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 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,065,101 137,046 6,248 3,894,436
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/0001552781-26-000319-index.htm
- claim_id: a930720409f5986e842fbc320aab7f7d8689b047
  claim: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved 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 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 30,766,625 2,421,416 20,354 3,894,436
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/0001552781-26-000319-index.htm
- claim_id: de93d7cc9e4fa26c33178b7c1182b79529430412
  claim: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 5 – Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026: For Against Abstain 36,258,725 794,673 49,433
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000155278126000319/0001552781-26-000319-index.htm

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