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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2008</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Massachusetts</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2746201</B></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>14 Oak Park<BR>
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730<BR>
  (781)&nbsp;280-4000</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION<BR>
  2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Joseph W. Alsop<BR>
  Progress Software Corporation<BR>
  14 Oak Park<BR>
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(781)&nbsp;280-4000</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WITH A COPY TO:<BR>
  Anthony J. Medaglia, Jr.<BR>
  Goodwin Procter LLP<BR>
  53 State Street<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;570-1000</B></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
  filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller
  reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer
  <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer
  <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="margin-top: 3pt">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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      <TD width="1%"></TD>
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      <TD width="6%"></TD>
      <TD width="1%"></TD>
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      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="6%"></TD>
      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="6%"></TD>
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      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="7%"></TD>
      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="8%"></TD>
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      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="6%"></TD>
      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="7%"></TD>
  
      <TD width="1%"></TD>
  </TR><TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="23" style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed Maximum</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  
      <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities to be</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed Maximum</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Aggregate Offering</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  
      <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Registered(1)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Offering Price Per Share</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Price</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Registration Fee</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, $0.01 par
  value per share</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,934,940</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.335 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">89,031,405</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,499</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">865,060</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">29.94 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">25,899,896</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,018</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">200,041 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(4)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.335 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,068,244</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">239</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15,138 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.335 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">459,211</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">32,188 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(6)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.335 </TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">976,423</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">38</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,047,367</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">122,435,179</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,002</TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(7)</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="23" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left">
  <DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; width: 18%; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  </DIV>
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="3%"></TD>
      <TD width="1%"></TD>
      <TD width="96"></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>This registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of
  common stock of Progress Software Corporation as may be required pursuant to its 2008 Stock
  Option and Incentive Plan (the &#147;2008 Plan&#148;) in the event of a reorganization,
  recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other
  similar event.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the
  average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global
  Select Market on April&nbsp;28, 2008.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Represents the exercise price of outstanding options which have been granted under the 2008
  Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Represents 200,041 shares of common stock previously registered by the registrant on Form S-8
  (File No.&nbsp;333-146233) in connection with the registrant&#146;s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Represents 15,138 shares of common stock previously registered by the registrant on Form S-8
  (File No.&nbsp;33-96320) in connection with the registrant&#146;s 1994 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Represents 32,188 shares of common stock previously registered by the registrant on Form S-8
  (File No.&nbsp;33-50654) in connection with the registrant&#146;s 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock
  Option Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The total registration fee for the shares being registered hereby is $4,812. An aggregate
  filing fee of $810 previously paid by the registrant in connection with the registration of
  the shares on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-50654, 33-96320 and 333-146233) is offset against the filing
  fee for this registration statement.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b69967s8exv4w3.htm">Ex-4.3 Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b69967s8exv5w1.htm">Ex-5.1 Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed for the
  purpose of registering shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of
  Progress Software Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) to be offered to participants under the Company&#146;s
  2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the &#147;2008 Plan&#148;). The maximum number of shares of Common
  Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2008 Plan includes 3,800,000 shares, plus the
  shares available for issuance under the Company&#146;s 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option
  Plan, 1994 Stock Incentive Plan and 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the &#147;Old Stock
  Plans&#148;), as of the effective date of the 2008 Plan. As of such effective date, there were 247,367
  shares available for grant under the Old Stock Plans, which shares were previously registered with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-50654, 33-96320
  and 333-146233) in connection with the Old Stock Plans. Such shares are carried forward and deemed
  covered by this Registration Statement in connection with the 2008 Plan. Additional shares
  reserved for issuance under the Old Stock Plans may become available in the future as a result of
  the forfeiture, cancellation or termination of awards (other than by exercise) under the Old Stock
  Plans, and these additional shares will be included in the shares reserved for issuance under the
  2008 Plan.
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  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
  to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
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  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
  </DIV>
  
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      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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      <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November&nbsp;30,
  2007, as filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2008;</TD>
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      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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      <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
  February&nbsp;29, 2008, as filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2008;</TD>
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      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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      <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;11, 2008 (except for
  the Item&nbsp;7.01 information), as amended on March&nbsp;17, 2008; the Company&#146;s Current Report
  on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;6, 2008; and the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
  on April&nbsp;28, 2008; and</TD>
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      <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July&nbsp;22, 1991, as filed with the Commission
  pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment thereto or report
  filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that
  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Goodwin
  Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Anthony J. Medaglia, Jr., who is Of Counsel at Goodwin Procter
  LLP, is an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2.02(b)(4) of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, Chapter&nbsp;156D of the
  Massachusetts General Laws (the &#147;MBCA&#148;) allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal
  liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation for monetary damages for a breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except
  where the director breached his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, failed to
  act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
  payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company has
  included a similar provision in its articles of organization.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.51(a) of the MBCA provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors against
  expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably
  incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding brought against any director
  by virtue of his position as a director of the corporation unless he is deemed to have not acted in
  good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the corporation or
  in the case of any criminal proceeding, he knowingly violated the law. As noted below, the Company
  has provided for director indemnification in its articles of organization and by-laws.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.52 of the MBCA provides that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly
  successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was
  a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in
  connection with the proceeding.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.53 of the MBCA provides that a corporation may, before final disposition of a
  proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director
  who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director if he delivers to the corporation both a
  written affirmation of his good faith belief that he has met the relevant standard of conduct
  described in Section&nbsp;8.51 of the MBCA or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability
  has been eliminated under a provision of the articles of organization, and a written undertaking to
  repay any funds advanced if he is not entitled to mandatory indemnification.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.56(a) of the MBCA (&#147;Section&nbsp;8.56&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify its
  officers to the same extent as its directors and, for officers that are not directors, to the
  extent provided by (i)&nbsp;the articles of organization, (ii)&nbsp;the by-laws, (iii)&nbsp;a vote of the board of
  directors or (iv)&nbsp;a contract. In all instances, the extent to which a corporation provides
  indemnification to its officers under Section&nbsp;8.56 is optional.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s by-laws, as amended, provide that each person who was or is made a party or is
  threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding,
  whether criminal, civil, administrative, investigative or otherwise, because he is or was a
  director or officer of the Company or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation serving at the request of the Company (an &#147;Agent&#148;), whether the basis of such
  proceeding is an alleged action in that person&#146;s official capacity with the Company or in any other
  capacity while serving as such director or officer of the Company or serving as an Agent, shall be
  indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the MBCA against
  all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred. Such indemnification shall continue to an
  indemnitee who has ceased to be such a director, officer or Agent and shall inure to the benefit of
  such indemnitee&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators. This right to indemnification shall extend
  to those proceedings initiated by such indemnitee only if the proceeding was authorized or ratified
  by the Board of Directors of the Company. This indemnification right shall include the right to be
  paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
  disposition. However, if the MBCA so requires, advancement of expenses shall be made only upon
  delivery to the Company of an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately
  be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such
  indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The by-laws further provide that the Company may maintain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
  insurance. The Company maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy.
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  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Organization, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
  3.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2006).</TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the
  Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2006).</TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.</TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.</TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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      <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
  change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
  and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
  Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
  than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
  &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
  change to such information in the registration statement;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
  Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
  to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
  filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
  permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
  the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
  such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
  director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
  the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
  will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the town of Bedford, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 30th
  day of April, 2008.
  </DIV>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Joseph W. Alsop</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Joseph W. Alsop</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and President</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints Joseph W. Alsop and Norman R. Robertson his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective
  amendments to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the same offering that
  is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
  alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </DIV>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph W. Alsop
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer,
  President and Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph W. Alsop
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Norman R. Robertson
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Norman R. Robertson
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Finance
  and Administration and Chief
  Financial Officer
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David H. Benton, Jr.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate
  Controller
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David H. Benton, Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Barry N. Bycoff
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger J. Heinen, Jr.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Roger J. Heinen, Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles F. Kane
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Charles F. Kane
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David A. Krall
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  David A. Krall
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael L. Mark
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Michael L. Mark
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Organization, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
  3.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1,
  2006).</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the
  Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2006).</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3*
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2008
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Massachusetts
  04-2746201
  (State of Incorporation)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  14 Oak Park
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
  (781) 280-4000
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
  2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Joseph W. Alsop
  Progress Software Corporation
  14 Oak Park
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  (781) 280-4000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  WITH A COPY TO:
  Anthony J. Medaglia, Jr.
  Goodwin Procter LLP
  53 State Street
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109
  (617) 570-1000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
  filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
  reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  þ
  Accelerated filer
  o
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  Smaller reporting company
  o
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Proposed Maximum
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Offering Price Per Share
  Price
  Registration Fee
  Common stock, $0.01 par
  value per share
  2,934,940
  $
  30.335
  (2)
  $
  89,031,405
  $
  3,499
  865,060
  29.94
  (3)
  25,899,896
  1,018
  200,041
  (4)
  30.335
  (2)
  6,068,244
  239
  15,138
  (5)
  30.335
  (2)
  459,211
  18
  32,188
  (6)
  30.335
  (2)
  976,423
  38
  Total
  4,047,367
  $
  122,435,179
  $
  4,002
  (7)
  (1)
  This registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of
  common stock of Progress Software Corporation as may be required pursuant to its 2008 Stock
  Option and Incentive Plan (the "2008 Plan") in the event of a reorganization,
  recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other
  similar event.
  (2)
  Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the
  average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global
  Select Market on April 28, 2008.
  (3)
  Represents the exercise price of outstanding options which have been granted under the 2008
  Plan.
  (4)
  Represents 200,041 shares of common stock previously registered by the registrant on Form S-8
  (File No. 333-146233) in connection with the registrant's 1997 Stock Incentive Plan.
  (5)
  Represents 15,138 shares of common stock previously registered by the registrant on Form S-8
  (File No. 33-96320) in connection with the registrant's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan.
  (6)
  Represents 32,188 shares of common stock previously registered by the registrant on Form S-8
  (File No. 33-50654) in connection with the registrant's 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock
  Option Plan.
  (7)
  The total registration fee for the shares being registered hereby is $4,812. An aggregate
  filing fee of $810 previously paid by the registrant in connection with the registration of
  the shares on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-50654, 33-96320 and 333-146233) is offset against the filing
  fee for this registration statement.
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  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  PART I            INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  PART II            INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
  ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
  ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
  ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
  ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
  ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
  SIGNATURES
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Ex-4.3 Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
  Ex-23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for the
  purpose of registering shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of
  Progress Software Corporation (the "Company") to be offered to participants under the Company's
  2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2008 Plan"). The maximum number of shares of Common
  Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2008 Plan includes 3,800,000 shares, plus the
  shares available for issuance under the Company's 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option
  Plan, 1994 Stock Incentive Plan and 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the "Old Stock
  Plans"), as of the effective date of the 2008 Plan. As of such effective date, there were 247,367
  shares available for grant under the Old Stock Plans, which shares were previously registered with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-50654, 33-96320
  and 333-146233) in connection with the Old Stock Plans. Such shares are carried forward and deemed
  covered by this Registration Statement in connection with the 2008 Plan. Additional shares
  reserved for issuance under the Old Stock Plans may become available in the future as a result of
  the forfeiture, cancellation or termination of awards (other than by exercise) under the Old Stock
  Plans, and these additional shares will be included in the shares reserved for issuance under the
  2008 Plan.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
  to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
  The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
  (a)
  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30,
  2007, as filed with the Commission on January 29, 2008;
  (b)
  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
  February 29, 2008, as filed with the Commission on April 9, 2008;
  (c)
  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 11, 2008 (except for
  the Item 7.01 information), as amended on March 17, 2008; the Company's Current Report
  on Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2008; and the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
  on April 28, 2008; and
  (d)
  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 22, 1991, as filed with the Commission
  pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment thereto or report
  filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that
  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
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  ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
  The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Goodwin
  Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Anthony J. Medaglia, Jr., who is Of Counsel at Goodwin Procter
  LLP, is an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
  ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
  Section 2.02(b)(4) of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, Chapter 156D of the
  Massachusetts General Laws (the "MBCA") allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal
  liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation for monetary damages for a breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except
  where the director breached his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, failed to
  act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
  payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company has
  included a similar provision in its articles of organization.
  Section 8.51(a) of the MBCA provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors against
  expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably
  incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding brought against any director
  by virtue of his position as a director of the corporation unless he is deemed to have not acted in
  good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the corporation or
  in the case of any criminal proceeding, he knowingly violated the law. As noted below, the Company
  has provided for director indemnification in its articles of organization and by-laws.
  Section 8.52 of the MBCA provides that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly
  successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was
  a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in
  connection with the proceeding.
  Section 8.53 of the MBCA provides that a corporation may, before final disposition of a
  proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director
  who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director if he delivers to the corporation both a
  written affirmation of his good faith belief that he has met the relevant standard of conduct
  described in Section 8.51 of the MBCA or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability
  has been eliminated under a provision of the articles of organization, and a written undertaking to
  repay any funds advanced if he is not entitled to mandatory indemnification.
  Section 8.56(a) of the MBCA ("Section 8.56") provides that a corporation may indemnify its
  officers to the same extent as its directors and, for officers that are not directors, to the
  extent provided by (i) the articles of organization, (ii) the by-laws, (iii) a vote of the board of
  directors or (iv) a contract. In all instances, the extent to which a corporation provides
  indemnification to its officers under Section 8.56 is optional.
  The Company's by-laws, as amended, provide that each person who was or is made a party or is
  threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding,
  whether criminal, civil, administrative, investigative or otherwise, because he is or was a
  director or officer of the Company or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation serving at the request of the Company (an "Agent"), whether the basis of such
  proceeding is an alleged action in that person's official capacity with the Company or in any other
  capacity while serving as such director or officer of the Company or serving as an Agent, shall be
  indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the MBCA against
  all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred. Such indemnification shall continue to an
  indemnitee who has ceased to be such a director, officer or Agent and shall inure to the benefit of
  such indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators. This right to indemnification shall extend
  to those proceedings initiated by such indemnitee only if the proceeding was authorized or ratified
  by the Board of Directors of the Company. This indemnification right shall include the right to be
  paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
  disposition. However, if the MBCA so requires, advancement of expenses shall be made only upon
  delivery to the Company of an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately
  be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such
  indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified.
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  The by-laws further provide that the Company may maintain directors' and officers' liability
  insurance. The Company maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy.
  ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
  Exhibit
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Articles of Organization, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
  3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 1, 2006).
  4.2
  By-laws, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
  Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 1, 2006).
  4.3*
  Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
  5.1*
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2*
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement).
  *
  Filed herewith
  ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
  (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
  change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
  and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
  Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
  than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
  change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
  Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities
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  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
  to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
  filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
  permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
  the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
  such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
  director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
  the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
  will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the town of Bedford, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 30th
  day of April, 2008.
  PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Joseph W. Alsop
  Joseph W. Alsop
  Chief Executive Officer and President
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints Joseph W. Alsop and Norman R. Robertson his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective
  amendments to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the same offering that
  is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
  alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Joseph W. Alsop
  Chief Executive Officer,
  President and Director
  April 30, 2008
  Joseph W. Alsop
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Norman R. Robertson
  Norman R. Robertson
  Senior Vice President, Finance
  and Administration and Chief
  Financial Officer
  April 30, 2008
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ David H. Benton, Jr.
  Vice President and Corporate
  Controller
  April 30, 2008
  David H. Benton, Jr.
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  Barry N. Bycoff
  Director
  April 30, 2008
  /s/ Roger J. Heinen, Jr.
  Roger J. Heinen, Jr.
  Director
  April 30, 2008
  /s/ Charles F. Kane
  Charles F. Kane
  Director
  April 30, 2008
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ David A. Krall
  David A. Krall
  Director
  April 30, 2008
  /s/ Michael L. Mark
  Michael L. Mark
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
  April 30, 2008
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Articles of Organization, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
  3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 1,
  2006).
  4.2
  By-laws, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
  Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 1, 2006).
  4.3*
  Progress Software Corporation 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
  5.1*
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2*
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement).
  *
  Filed herewith
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