PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP /MA 10-K

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures (a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Our management maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is processed, recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the requisite time periods and that such information was accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. (b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2021. Our assessment was based on the framework in the updated Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our assessment we believe that as of November 30, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria. The Company acquired Kemp on November 1, 2021. Management excluded Kemp from its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2021. This exclusion was in accordance with SEC guidance that an assessment of a recently acquired business’s internal control over financial reporting may be omitted from management’s report on internal control over financial reporting in the year of acquisition of the business. Kemp represented, in aggregate, approximately 9% of the Company’s total consolidated assets (excluding goodwill and intangibles, which are included within the scope of the assessment) and less than 2% of total consolidated revenues, as of and for the year ended November 30, 2021. Deloitte & Touche LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, which audited our consolidated financial statements, has issued an attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting, which is included in this Item 9A below. (c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated our “internal control over financial reporting” as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) to determine whether any changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2021 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting. 83 (d) Report of independent registered public accounting firm REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of Progress Software Corporation Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Progress Software Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of November 30, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO. We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended November 30, 2021, of the Company and our report dated January 27, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements. As described in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting at Kemp Technologies, “Kemp”, acquired on November 1, 2021 whose financial statements constitute approximately 9% of total assets (excluding goodwill and intangibles, which are included within the scope assessment) and less than 2% of total revenues of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended November 30, 2021. Accordingly, our audit did not include the internal control over financial reporting at Kemp. Basis for Opinion The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP Boston, Massachusetts January 27, 2022 84 Item 9B. Other Information Not applicable. PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance Executive and Other Key Officers of the Registrant The following table sets forth certain information regarding our executive and other key officers. Name Age Position John Ainsworth 57 Executive Vice President, Products - Enterprise Application Experience Stephen Faberman 52 Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer Anthony Folger 49 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Yogesh Gupta 61 President and Chief Executive Officer Loren Jarrett 47 Executive Vice President, General Manager - Developer Tools Business Katie Kulikoski 45 Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer Jennifer Ortiz 45 Executive Vice President, Corporate Marketing Ian Pitt 54 Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer Gary Quinn 61 Executive Vice President, Field Organization - Enterprise Application Jeremy Segal 51 Executive Vice President, Corporate Development Sundar Subramanian 44 Executive Vice President, General Manager - Chef Products Mr. Ainsworth became Senior Vice President, Products-Core in January 2017 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. Mr. Ainsworth is responsible for the product management, product marketing, technical support and engineering functions for OpenEdge, Corticon, DataDirect Connect, DataDirect Hybrid Data Pipeline, Sitefinity, MOVEit, WhatsUp Gold, Kemp Loadmaster and Kemp Flowmon. In December 2021, the product group in which these product lines are incorporated was renamed Enterprise Application Experience. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Ainsworth was Senior Vice President, Engineering Services at CA Technologies, Inc., a position he assumed in April 2016. Prior to that time, Mr. Ainsworth held various senior positions within CA Technologies, Inc., which he joined through acquisition in 1994. Mr. Faberman became Chief Legal Officer in December 2015 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. As Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Faberman is responsible for our legal and compliance, risk management, license compliance, and facilities functions. Prior to becoming Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Faberman was Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Mr. Faberman became General Counsel in December 2012 and a Senior Vice President in January 2014. Prior to that time, from October 2012 to December 2012, Mr. Faberman was Vice President, Acting General Counsel, and from January 2012 to October 2012, Mr. Faberman was Vice President, Deputy General Counsel. Prior roles included Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. from October 2003 until October 2006, and Partner, Bingham McCutcheon LLP until October 2003. Mr. Folger became Chief Financial Officer in January 2020 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. As CFO, Mr. Folger is responsible for our finance and accounting, financial planning, treasury, tax and investor relations functions. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Folger was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Carbonite, Inc., from January 2013 until Carbonite was acquired by OpenText Corporation in late December 2019. Prior to that time, from June 2006 to December 2012, Mr. Folger held senior leadership positions at Acronis AG, including Chief Financial Officer from October 2008 to December 2012. Mr. Gupta became President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2016. Prior to that time, Mr. Gupta served as an advisor to various venture capital and private equity firms from October 2015 until September 2016. Prior to that time, Mr. Gupta was President and Chief Executive Officer at Kaseya, Inc., from June 2013 until July 2015, at which time, Mr. Gupta became Chairman of the Board of Directors, a position he held until October 2015. From July 2012 until June 2013, Mr. Gupta served as an advisor to various venture capital and private equity firms in several mergers and acquisitions opportunities. Mr. Gupta was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of FatWire Software from July 2007 until February 2012, prior to the acquisition of FatWire Software by Oracle Corporation. Prior roles included Chief Technology Officer at CA Technologies, with whom Mr. Gupta held various senior positions. Ms. Jarrett became Senior Vice President and General Manager, Developer Tools Business in June 2019 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. As General Manager, Ms. Jarrett is responsible for the sales, product management, product marketing, field marketing, technical support and engineering functions for our Developer Tools product line. Prior to this 85 role, Ms. Jarrett was our Chief Marketing Officer, a position she held from January 2017 to June 2019. Prior to that time, Ms. Jarrett was Chief Marketing Officer at Acquia, from 2015 until December 2016. Previously, Ms. Jarrett was Chief Marketing Officer at Kaseya, Inc. from 2013 until 2015, and Vice President, Corporate Charge Card and Loyalty Products at American Express, in 2013. Prior to that time, Ms. Jarrett was Vice President, Product Management and Strategy at Oracle Corporation from 2011 until 2012, and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at FatWire from 2007 until its acquisition by Oracle in 2011. Ms. Kulikoski became Chief People Officer in November 2019 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. As Chief People Officer, Ms. Kulikoski is responsible for all aspects of the company’s global human resources function, including culture development, talent acquisition, retention, change management and process effectiveness. Prior to joining our Company, from May 2014 to September 2019, Ms. Kulikoski held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility and scope at Brightcove, Inc. Her tenure at Brightcove included serving as Chief People Officer from November 2018 to September 2019. Prior to May 2014, Ms. Kulikoski held leadership positions at Optaros, CIDC and ConnectEdu. Ms. Ortiz became Executive Vice President, Corporate Marketing in November 2021. Prior to that time, beginning in October 2019, she was Vice President of Corporate Marketing. In this role, Ms. Ortiz is responsible for the development and execution of our corporate marketing programs. Prior to becoming Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Ms. Ortiz held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility and scope at Progress during her more than fifteen-year tenure with the company. Mr. Pitt became Chief Information Officer in August 2021 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. As our Chief Information Officer, Mr. Pitt is responsible for driving the vision, strategy and operations of Progress’ global IT organization. Mr. Pitt is also responsible for the security of our internal networks, infrastructure, business applications and products. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Pitt was Chief Information Officer from July 2016 until May, 2021 at LogMeIn Inc. Prior roles included Chief Information Officer and senior technology and IT roles at Thunderbird/Smart Communications, IntraLinks Inc. Tata Consultancy Services and Chordiant Software Inc. Mr. Quinn became Senior Vice President, Core Field Organization in August 2017 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. Mr. Quinn is responsible for global field operations for OpenEdge, Corticon, DataDirect Connect, DataDirect Hybrid Data Pipeline, Sitefinity, MOVEit, WhatsUp Gold, Kemp Loadmaster and Kemp Flowmon. In December 2021, the product group in which these product lines are incorporated was renamed Enterprise Application Experience. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Quinn was President and Chief Executive Officer of FalconStor Software, Inc. Mr. Quinn joined FalconStor Software in April 2012 as vice president of sales and marketing for North America, and he was named executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) in April 2013, interim CEO in June 2013 and CEO in July 2013. Prior roles included Executive Vice President of Global Partners and International Sales at CA Technologies until 2006 and Commissioner of Information Technology (CIO) at Suffolk County Department of Information Technology (DoIT) from 2008 until 2012. Mr. Segal became Senior Vice President, Corporate Development in May 2020 and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. In this role, Mr. Segal is responsible for leading our inorganic growth strategy to deliver sustained stockholder value through accretive acquisitions. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Segal was Global Head of Corporate Development at LogMeIn, Inc., a position he assumed in September 2019. Prior to that time, Mr. Segal was Vice President, Corporate Development at LogMeIn beginning in March 2016. Prior to that time, Mr. Segal was Vice President, Corporate Development at Akamai Technologies, which he joined in April 2000. Mr. Subramanian became Senior Vice President and General Manager, Chef in October 2020 upon completion of our acquisition of Chef and was elevated to Executive Vice President in November 2021. As General Manager, Mr. Subramanian is responsible for the sales, product management, product marketing, field marketing, technical support and engineering for the Chef product lines. Prior to that time, upon joining our company in August 2019, Mr. Subramanian was responsible for driving all facets of the company’s early stage products including the Kinvey, Kinvey Health Cloud, DataRPM, NativeChat and NativeScript product lines. Prior to joining Progress, Mr. Subramanian was an Executive Director at athenahealth, Inc., from August 2016 to July 2019, and Vice President, Products at Citrus Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd., from September 2015 to August 2016. Previously, he served as Vice President, SaaS at Kaseya, Inc., from January 2014 to August 2015. Code of Conduct We have adopted a Code of Conduct and Business Ethics that applies to all employees and directors. A copy of the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics is publicly available on our website at www.progress.com. If we make any substantive amendments to the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics to our executive officers or directors, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver in a Current Report on Form 8-K. The remainder of the information required by Item 10 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement. 86 Item 11. Executive Compensation The information required by Item 11 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement. Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters Information related to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans as of November 30, 2021 is as follows (in thousands, except per share data): Plan Category Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights Weighted-average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights Number of Securities Remaining Available For Future Issuance Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders (1) 2,193 (2) $ 39.74 7,222 (3) Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders (4) 700 42.43 574 Total 2,893 $ 40.67 7,796 (1) Consists of the 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"). (2) Includes 874,000 restricted stock units under our 2008 Plan. Does not include purchase rights accruing under the ESPP because the purchase price (and therefore the number of shares to be purchased) will not be determined until the end of the purchase period. (3) Includes 687,000 shares available for future issuance under the ESPP. (4) Consists of the 2002 Nonqualified Stock Plan and the 2004 Inducement Plan described below. We have adopted two equity compensation plans, the 2002 Nonqualified Stock Plan (2002 Plan) and the 2004 Inducement Stock Plan (2004 Plan), for which the approval of stockholders was not required. We intend that the 2004 Plan be reserved for persons to whom we may issue securities as an inducement to become employed by us pursuant to the rules and regulations of NASDAQ. Executive officers and members of the Board of Directors are not eligible for awards under the 2002 Plan. An executive officer would be eligible to receive an award under the 2004 Plan only as an inducement to join us. Awards under the 2002 Plan and the 2004 Plan may include nonqualified stock options, grants of conditioned stock, unrestricted grants of stock, grants of stock contingent upon the attainment of performance goals and stock appreciation rights. A total of 11,250,000 shares are issuable under the two plans, of which, 573,863 shares are available for future issuance. The information required by Item 12 with respect to security ownership and our equity compensation plans may be found under the headings captioned “Information About Progress Software Common Stock Ownership” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our definitive Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence The information required by Item 13 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement. Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services The information required by Item 14 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement. 87 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (a) Documents Filed as Part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K 1. Financial Statements (included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K): • Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm • Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 30, 2021 and 2020 • Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019 • Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019 • Consolidated Statements of Stockholder s’ Equity for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019 • Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019 • Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 2. Financial Statement Schedules Financial statement schedules are omitted as they are either not required or the information is otherwise included in the consolidated financial statements. (b) Exhibits Documents listed below, except for documents followed by parenthetical numbers, are being filed as exhibits. Documents followed by parenthetical numbers are not being filed herewith and, pursuant to Rule 12b-32 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, reference is made to such documents as previously filed as exhibits with the SEC. Our file number under the Exchange Act is 0-19417. 2.1* Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 28, 2019, by and among Progress Software Corporation, Ipswitch, Inc. and Roger Greene (1) 2.2* Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 4, 2020, by and among Progress Software Corporation, Go Big Transitory Subsidiary, Inc., Chef Software Inc. and Shareholder Representative Services LLC (2) 2.3 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 23, 2021, by and among Progress Software Corporation, MPC Kappa Holdings, Inc., the Sellers named therein and the Seller Representative (3) 2.4 Plan of Domestication ( 4 ) 3.1 Certificate of Conversion from Non-Delaware Corporation to Delaware Corporation ( 5 ) 3.2 Certificate of Incorporation ( 6 ) 3.2.1 Certificate of Correction to Certification of Incorporation ( 7 ) 3.3 Amended and Restated By-Laws, as amended March 19, 2019 ( 8 ) 4.1 Specimen certificate for the Common Stock ( 9 ) 4.2 Description of Registered Securities ( 10 ) 4.3 Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2021, between Progress Software Corporation and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee (11) 4.4 Form of 1.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2026 (included as Exhibit A in Exhibit 4.3) (11) 10.1** 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (1 2 ) 10.2** 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (1 3 ) 10.3** 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (1 4 ) 10.4** Form of Employee Retention and Motivation Agreement (effective prior to September 2014) (1 5 ) 10.5** 2002 Nonqualified Stock Plan, as amended and restated (1 6 ) 10.6** 2004 Inducement Stock Plan, as amended and restated (1 7 ) 10.7** Progress Software Corporation 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated (1 8 ) 10.8** Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (1 9 ) 10.9** Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Grant Agreement under the Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan ( 20 ) 10.10** Progress Software Corporation Corporate Executive Bonus Plan ( 21 ) 88 10.11** Progress Software Corporation 2020 Fiscal Year Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors (2 2 ) 10.12** Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement under the Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (2 3 ) 10.13** Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (Initial Grant) (2 4 ) 10.14** Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (Annual Grant) (2 5 ) 10.15** Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (2 6 ) 10.16* Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2022, by and among Progress Software Corporation, each of the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association, Silicon Valley Bank and TD Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger (27) 10.17** Employment Agreement, dated October 10, 2016, by and between Progress Software Corporation and Yogesh Gupta (2 8 ) 10.18** Employee Retention and Motivation Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2016, by and between Progress Software Corporation and Yogesh Gupta ( 29 ) 10.19** Employment Agreement, dated January 16, 2020, by and between Progress Software Corporation and Anthony Folger ( 3 0 ) 10.20 Form of Employee Retention and Motivation Agreement (effective after September 2014) ( 3 1 ) 10.21 Form of Termination Letter (Executive Officers) (3 2 ) 10.22 Form of Separation Form of Separation Agreement and Release (Executive Officers) (3 3 ) 10.23 Form of Capped Call Confirmation (3 4 ) 21.1 List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 31.1 Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Yogesh Gupta 31.2 Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Anthony Folger 32.1 Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 101*** The following materials from Progress Software Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2021, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 30, 2021 and 2020, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019, and (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended November 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) (1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2019. (2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 9, 2020. (3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed of September 27, 2021. (4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2015. (5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2015. (6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2015. (7) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2015. (8) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May 31, 2019. (9) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2011. (10) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2019. (11) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2021. (12) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2009. (13) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2009. (14) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2012. (15) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013. (16) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2015. (17) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2015. (18) Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to our definitive Proxy Statement filed April 14, 2021. (19) Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to our definitive Proxy Statement filed April 14, 2021. (20) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013. (21) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2012. (22) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2021 filed on April 7, 2021. (23) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013. (24) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013. (25) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013. 89 (26) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2014. (27) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2022. (28) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2016. (29) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2016. (30) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 17, 2020. (31) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2019. (32) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2019. (33) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2019. (34) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2021. * Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted from this Exhibit pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Progress Software Corporation will furnish a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. ** Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement in which an executive officer or director of Progress Software Corporation participates. *** Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulations S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections. (c) Financial Statement Schedules All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown on the financial statements or notes hereto. Item 16. Form 10-K Summary Not applicable. 90 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 27th day of January 2022. PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION By: /s/ YOGESH K. GUPTA Yogesh K. Gupta President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ YOGESH K. GUPTA President and Chief Executive Officer January 27, 2022 Yogesh K. Gupta (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ ANTHONY FOLGER Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer January 27, 2022 Anthony Folger (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ DOMENIC LOCOCO Chief Accounting Officer January 27, 2022 Domenic LoCoco (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ JOHN R. EGAN Non-Executive Chairman January 27, 2022 John R. Egan /s/ PAUL T. DACIER Director January 27, 2022 Paul T. Dacier /s/ RAINER GAWLICK Director January 27, 2022 Rainer Gawlick /s/ CHARLES F. KANE Director January 27, 2022 Charles F. Kane /s/ SAMSKRITI KING Director January 27, 2022 Samskriti King /s/ DAVID A. KRALL Director January 27, 2022 David A. Krall /s/ ANGELA TUCCI Director January 27, 2022 Angela Tucci /s/ VIVIAN VITALE Director January 27, 2022 Vivian Vitale 91